The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-08-29

head Of Kansas counties In the pro-
duetiOn OF corn this year.-Jetceu
Monitor.
10 IL now definitely settled that the
reunion ct KIrwln will be held De-
tobeT 10Th, 18th and 12th.-PhiiHps-
burg Herald
The water and musk mellon crop
Of northwest Kansas this year 10 the
largest and best ever produced IN
that section.
]. w. Gregory, editor Of the Gar
den City Sentinel, who was recently
found guilty Of perjury, has been
granted new trial.
The school fund commissioners
purchased about $4,000 school
district bonds, with money Of the
permanent school fund.
William B. Logan appointed pros
bate judge Of Kearney county, to GIL
vacancy caused by resignation Of
w. II. Mccormick, resigned.
Irrigation has been q complete
failure this year In Kansas. The
bitches have all been washed out by
the ralns.-RdRsds city Star.
In this vicinity wheat is averag-
ing all the way from Is 10 10 bushels
rye % TO Snow corn will make
80 to 100 bushels per acre.-DOrRs
Times.
w. II. Miller, Of Usage City, has
been appointed q member OF the
state board OF charitable instltu-
lions, vice Hon. Harrison Kelly,
resigned.
Hays City has secured q paper mill
which will run night and day, EN-
plOy about forty men steady, con-
sumo q ear Of coal and twelve tons
Of straw q day.
A 4-ineh vein OF very fine coal
has been struck near La Cygne nj .
debth OF fOrty-fOur feet. The neigh
boring mines are from ITO to liz feet
below the surface.
James Mcneil, Of Cambridge, car
ries In his leg q piece OF money
which, when an elght-year-old boy
In Prince Edwards Island, he swAl-
lowed while running.
r. +. Swanson has had very good
success with the petition calling for
a north aud south railroad bond cleo
ton. All the farmers appealed to
have signed.-dssdrid Argus
w. w. CIsmensOn, an old aud for
meTly wealthy citizen Of Topeka,
committed suicide Sunday by shoot
ing himself through the heart. The
loss Of his property unbalanced his
mind.
Mrs James Shafer was drowned In
the NeOshO river near Usage Mission
I.,a -
gon In which she with her husband
and daughter was crossing the
stream.
A man who came 10 Rawlins
county In $50 with only 81 aud a
suit Of clothes now has $50 acres OF
land, six horses and thirty town
lots, but he still has only one suit Of
elOthes.-EdHsds City Star.
Coon Heasley has field Of corn on
OlOf peterson's farm that 10 hard to
beat. IL will average over IS BUSH
to the acre. One hall was observed
with five big stalks and two large
ears on each stalk.-dsSdrid Argus.
A "mOOnshIner" outfit has been
found about . quarter OF q mile
northwest Of town where they have
bNGh lhC
mon beer" Tor the past five years,
but only came TO light last Sunday.
Cuba Pilot.
Mrs. y. A. Werner OF Wisconsin,
who was deserted by her husband
seventeen years ago, found her re-
creant spouse living at Topeka as
the husband of another woman, aud
promptly had him arrested on the
charge Of adultery.
George Foster brought In q sample
bunch Ofmillet Tuesday. The stalks
were five feet ten and oue-half
inches I'm length and the heads
were unusually large aud well filed
were five aud One-half inches long,
-CcRtrdiid journal.
II required six days to thresh the
the grain grown by w. 8. Harrison
this seeson. The work was finished
Wednesday afternoon. He had 1873
acres Of wheat. The most Of this
yielded about twenty bushels per
acre dkeeHV World.
The state officers have united In
au invitation to the sovereign grand
lodge, I. d. q. F., which meets I'm
Columbus next month, TO hold their
next annual session In Topeka. The
Invitation will be delivered In per-
son by the Kansas representatives.
Five hundred farmers held q meet
ing In q grove nine miles from
Wichita last Saturday TO consider
the best way Of disposing Of the corn
aud wheat crops. They decided to
sell a. little as possible now, but
crib their products aud wait for bet
ter prices.
A. II. Owen, three miles east Of
the city, estimates his apple crop
this year at 100 bushels. He saws II
Ii the finest crop he has yet raised,
aud he expects to find 3 ready sale
for all he can spare at 81 bushel.
They are mostly winter varieties.
Osborne journal.
The Ssllna JOURNAL having NOM
mated W. II. Caldwell, Of BelOit,
for state printer, To succeed elf
Baker, MFR. Caldwell declines with
thanks. He says he has had enough
trouble running for state printer,
and admits that he IL "skeered." -
CLAY Center Times.
Lincoln county has for two years
In succession captured the silk flag.
ut the Delhi Reunion for having the
largest number Of eX-union soldiers
attending. Members Of the q. A. II.
here express doubts, however, about
our keeping the flag, and think that
Russell county will probably take 10
this yeAT.-LiHcOiR Beacon.
Two Germans got into a quarrel
over the price Of some small grain,
hot words ensued and they soon
cllnched and fell. The top man
ehoked the other In horrible shape,
and In the scuffie the under man
managed To reach q corn knife, and
with 10 he cleaved the others head
entirely from his shOulders.-Ober-
lin Opinion.
Web Wilder gpt In from Colorado
where he has been sojourning dur
ing the summer. "Web" IL super
iBteHdent OF the state insurance
Office. He says Colorado IL rs
parched aud dry As q powder horn,
while Kansas up to the very eastern
boundary line, IL as green as the
baiEe screens Of q Kansas saloon,
when he first began writing his
ANNALS"
Hon. e. n. Jones has disposed Of
q half Interest In his herd Of buffA-
loes to some parties In Ogden, Utah,
for the sum OF $4,000. There Il not
. more enterprising and far-seeins
man in western Kansas than Mr..
Jones. We regret very much, how
ever, to learn that this famous herd |
Of bufialoes, the only one known 10 |
be In existence, IL to be removed