The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-10
STATE NEWS.

Some mIsereant tried 10 ruin the
gas we'll at lola last week.
The new Midland college at At
Gibson has been dedicated.
QaaIls were seen on the court
house square In Philllpsburg the
other day.
Lawrence american: meet me
on the corner tOnite," he wrote,
land deW not fsle." And she an.
sWered him There IL no such word
- 'fAle.'"
Topeka Journal: when you see an
Item beginning, Two hundred mil
lion, etc" you can depend upon Il
that 10 II something about the Kan
sas eTops.
J. J. spendlove Of Topeka. who
killed Gustav Werner six months
ago, and who has been out on 81, 900
bail, has been surrendered 10 the
authorities by bis bOndsmeD.
Captain n. +. KiBgsbury, Of Fort
ScUtt, died Saturday night from the
effects Of q small piece Of soup bone
swallowed several days before. The
Infiamation produced resulted In
acute bronchitis.
George w. King, Of Kansas, has
been appointed q Waterman In the
treasury department and Norris II.
Merrill, Of Kansas. has been APP
pointed to o 81 900 cleTkship In the
surgeon generals Office, war depart
meut.
The Quincy Herald says that ait IL
published that q Texas we'll pro-
duces water that Is Of an lDtOXicAt-
Ing nature. This, however, h
considered - an immigration
scheme to coax In settlers from
Iowa and Kansas.
Brown County World: Baby Nc
Kee couldn't take the premium ut q
colOred baby show. II this II rebel
lion make the most Of IL. We are
sick OF infants being drawn into
politics and hope this babe Will he
shut of from further notice at once.
Lawrence Journal: John NJ.
Reynolds has entered the ministry.
From "a Kansas He'll" TO q hoped
for heaven 10 quite . leap and there
seems an element Of uncertainty In
It. But Reynolds Of Kansas, has
the old Kansas grasshOpper move
ment.
LeavenWorth Times: Democratic
papers, and especially southern
Democratic papers, never tire OF
saying mean things about Kansas.
The latest IL from Atlanta, Ga,
Consultation. IL speaks Of the Kan
sas City Times as Kansas paper.
Oh, Ze devil!
Two members OF the common
council and q policeman Of Spokane
Fails, Washington Territory, have
been placed under bail TO answer Q
charge OF forming q conspiracy 10
appropriate the funds and supplies
contributed for the relief Of the SUI
ferers by the recent fire.
John Zuinthal aud his ten chill.
drsn left Boone, lows, In a wagon
about September /, for Milwaukee.
They were ten days on the road,
and on arriving In Milwaukee nine
Of the children were taken with
dIptheria, six dying within six days.
They contracted the disease on the
road.
Owen HefFeran, q hOd carrier, laid
up with q broken leg, his wife
Bridget and daughter Mary all got
drunk at their home on the third
floor Of 42T Fast Nineteenth street,
New York City. Hsferan began 10
beat his wife, when Mary interfered.
Her father became eDfaged ct this
and dragged her by her hair to the
stove, where he poured boiling
water over the poor girl, scalding
her face, arms aud chest, and injur-
ing her lungs 50 that the doctors nj
Bellevue hospital do not think she
can recover. The father aud mother
were placed under arrest.
The story Of an unknown tramp's
herOism comes from Council Bluff
He was walking ON the Chicago and
Northwestern track from Council
Bluffs to Missouri Valley, and, be-
tween Crescent and Stony creek, he
found q broken rail on . high en-
bankment where the rail makes q
sharp curve. II was an outside rail
next the river aud no train could
have passed over In safety. The
next train due was the limited pas
senger aud he resolved to avert
Q terrible wreck 10 possible.
He ran to Honey Creek, three
miles, and tried to raise the operator,
who was no; at his post. He then
aroused the section hands and they
took the haud-caF aud went back "a
the broken rail, arriving there Just
In time to flag the limited express
aud stop it within q few feet OF
Hlmost certain deRt ruction.