The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-09-30

Minister 8. s. Coz has been on q
fearful pilgrimage 10 the grave Of
Hannibal. Of Carthage.
Louis Leaksy, Formerly known SEA
public reader both On French aad In.
/ Rlish. has been appointed Professor Of
English 10 Cornell University.
General W. s. Harvey, who was
''old Harneyn before the var. is going
b settle down Ia OraBge County,
/ Florida, there 70 pass the rest Of bis
life.
Ben Perl y PoOne says Ga bis remin
fsences that Daniel Webster usually
slipped up whenever be tried to ring
down q Latin phrase Ia bis sp eeehes.
II eost . fashionable lady who was
sOlournlng &c Saratoga this summer
$500 for doctors bills for attendance
on q pet dog, which was taken sick.
Charles Judd, the Kings Chamber
lain. has been deposed by the Haw-
allan Legislature. Major Curtis Jun
ker, Collector Of Customs at HODOlu-
Ia, succeeds him.
An eioping couple IN q New Hamp-
shire town left the following terse
note behind: "We've elOped. For
give us n you can, but 70 you can't,
what will you do about itf'
". Cheverul attended a theatrical
performance ct the Opers. Paris, IN
honor Of his 1OOth birthday. It was
the first time In twenty years that be
had gone 70 see a play.
Colonel George w. Williams, the
author Of the History Of the Negro
Race in America" IL arranging for
the publication OF his military His
tory Of the Negro Troops In the War
Of the Rebellion"
The banking houses OF n. n. Roth
sehild & Sons and Messrs. Banning
Brothers, Of London, have each con-
tributed 81 500 % the Charleston re-
lief fund.
Roscoe COnkIing is q member Of an
automatic delivery company just in
cOrpOrated in New York with n CAPT
tai Of 500. 900.
The sons Of seventeen Senators and
siXty-seyen Representatives are borne
on the government rolls, beside the
relatives Of members Of the Cabinet
and other Washington officials.
Mrs. Grsnt INVITED Mrs. Cleveland
and the President % stop at her house
al ElberOu on their return from the
AdFiOndaeks, but the visit To Buffalo
will prevent an acceptance OF the in
vItatlOn on tie part Of the President.
James Recalton, q school teacher OF
MapleWOOd, N. J., has just returned
from q trip through Russia on triey-
Gle. He left New York June IL and
arrived at Arehangel early in July,
and ST. Petersburg Aug. IL. His trip
cost him only $500.
Me-sO-wat, the son OF old Chief
Keokuk, has been paying a visit 10
KeOkuk, Iowa, which was named
after his father. He Is now known a.
Chit Moses, and has charge of the
reservation Of the Saos In the Indian
Territory. He Is quite wealthy.
The Hon. Fred 7. Dubois, who was
removed from the Marshalship Of
IdahO by President Cleveland at the
instance Of the MormOns, has been
nominated for Congress by the Re
publicane Of Idaho. His election will
lie q bitter pill to the MOrmOns.
The Taylor brothers who are run
ming for Governor In Tennessee, have
formed an agreement by which Bob,
the Democrat, is to drop the Presir
dents civil-serviee reform policy a.
campaign issue 10 All. the Republic
can, will leave out his fiddle. It is
thought the Democrats got the be- st
Of the bargain for the fiddle was the
biggest issue in the campaign.
In 17T6 the Committee Of Safety Of
New York caused a chain 800 feet IN
length, with boom attached, to be
stretched across the Hudson between
Anthony's Nose, on the Eastern side,
and Fort Montgomery on the Wes-
tern shore. Twice the river current
swept away these distractions but q
third one, constructed in the spring
Of l7T7, endured until the capture Of
Forts Clinton and Montgomery in
the autumn Of that year by the Brit
lsh. 10 was then destroyed TO clear
the passage Of the river for the feet
then attacked and destroyed Kings
stOn. A similar chain was RfterwArd
placed across the river at West Point.