The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-12-27

I cdtlOu Ol tue Shiluh DAlly tr0ESUP-
morning pAper-tO appear not
later than JAM.
The Santa Fee railroad has con-
nected its track with the Union
Pacific And Missouri Pacific, aud
the Santa Re eau now Iranefer csrs
without trouble. The Rock Island
IL still without that CONNECTION. but
! will, doubtless, unite with the rest
! The jury Of the L. ). Court, car
/ ried by 4 special on the Missouri Pa
cific TO Ellsworth county, Co make q
personal Inspection Of railroad land
damage case, stopped over for supper
81 the NAtIOual last night. They were
accompanied by the attorneys la the
ease.
One great boast of Kansas IL Itsex-
cellent roads. They are never In
the condition expressed In ByTon's
famous cOmplet:
The Dad IL impossible
Not even Jacksssable.
Ten months in the year the Kansas
road is As smooth rs an asphalIum
pavement.
Miss Julia Woodward, who has
been low with consumption for sew
eral months at the residence Of her
sister, Mrs. Nell Hsggart. died
Christmas night. The funeral exer-
Uses took place this morning At the
residence Of her father. J. E. Wood
ward, Sr.-nOTtheast Of SalIna.
VI. Solomon, the popular grain
dealer, on Christmas, was presented
AL elegant gold wsIch by bis farmer
friends. The watch was pure hased
1T ID. q J. b. whItehead's, and upon
u MAS beautifully engraved q sheaf
vi " eat, With the proper cOmplinen-
tary lines.
A. Ringwalt, Of the LIndsbOrg
N"Ts, Was in tue city Monday. Mr..
l!inRwalt not only publishes the
.N"Ts, but the Swedish paper, the
FrIHIf. Just nOS he IL maxi ng
strenuous eIerIiuus Ia favor Of Hon.
\. W. smith for the position of l.. =.
Marshal. lie is doing good work Ia
that direction.
The installation of the new officers
Of John A. Logan Post next Tuesday
evening will be public to the extent
of admitting the members Of the Post
aud their families, and the members
of the w. X. C., the Union Veteran
Legion, and the Sons OF Veterans.
The installation will be conducted |
by Capt. J. q. MOhlrr ss Senior Past
Post Communicative ceremonies To |
commence Mt \ o'clock.
The new Andrews troupe has given
universal satisfaction la each Of their
performances-Mondsy Tuesday and
last evenings. The sickness Of Mrs.
Andrews has intrrfered somewhat
with their arrangements. On Tues
day evening they had q splendid
house; on the two other evenings q
fair house. This excellent troupe
will no doubt win additional laurels i'm
their contemplated tour.
ID. X. Wagstaff. after several
weeks absence, 10 home for the hOli-
days. During his absence he spent
9 week with three others hunting, In
the Indian Territory, IS miles south
west Of Baxter Springs. The party
secured 70 turkeys, besides squirrels
and other game. He says turkeys
are so abundant as to be o nuisance
TO the settlers, aud that he neVe.
saw 80 many squirrels before In all |
his life.
Dsdman Brothers did themselves |
proud In the way OF ChrIstm dec
oratlons for their market. The
various sides. hams, shoulders, and
etc, looked so tempting with their
ribbons and rosettes, that the pssser-
by, no matter what may have been |
bis frame OF mind, stopped TO look.
and ne'er cOnsentIng, consented.
The Dedmans are certainly not dead
men when Il comes TO market deco
ration.
The Topeka Capital 20 mn,on-
Tsdith says:
4 gentleman Of SAlina who has
heard . sermon on " Robert Els-
mere" writes to this office for his
biography. CycloPedias up to the
present time give no data with ref
erence 90 the gentleman In question.
Robert 10 not 3 character of the
present, but Of the future.
We guess such an inquiry was
never made by" gentleman Of ss-
lima" Gentlemen Of Salina are bet
ter posted.
Christmas day for some unexplain-
able reason was MI attractive a.
far - the weather Was concerned.
The sky w&s gray. the air Of . rheu-
naaNfa 1