The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-03
STATE NEWS.

. JANIS WHTrcoHB Riley.
STATE NEWS.
Peabody has struck . tbIrty-foOs
bed Of salt.
Railway freight cars are beginning
TO be scarce In Kansas.
The Knights Of Honor claim 49,
600 members In Kansas.
Sumner county people have al
ready begun 10 burn corn for fuel.
The Union Pacific railroad will
run In excursion to Ellis October 10.
An Ellsworth farmer lost eighteen
stacks Of wheat by fire one night
last week.
GenesO, Kan, banks pay out on
wheat eh ecks 10 the extent Of t2,0OO
. day.
Rice country IL sending broom
corn to jamestown, n, Y, for man.
ufaeture.
A KIngman county farmer raised
and sold 1900 bushels OF peaches for
40 cents @ bushel.
Edward r. Lincoln, Of Topeka, II
10 said, has taken out more patents
than any other man In Kansas.
Horton celebrated on Sept 18th, the
third anniversary Of the birth Of the
town. Gov. Humphrey made .
speech.
The contract IL about TO be closed
for the Sickle Henler and Machine
company 10 put In q mammOuth
plant at Hays City.
Ex-Governor Robinson has been
appointed Q delegate TO the wheat
grOWerH' convention 10 be held In
80. Louis, October 3.
1. NJ. YOst OF Hays City has
bought 100, 600 bushels Of wheat ut
his two elevators nj Victoria and
Hays. This speaks well for western
Kansas.
The Topeka Lance has entered
upon q crusade against the titles
Honorable" and Professor" The
Kansas coIOnels will become lone
some directly.
MILFORD 4 Co., druggists at wieh-
ita, have been sued for $4,000 dam
ages by Mrs. Annie Webster, who
claims the firm sold her husband o
drink Of whisky.
Burns, Butler county, Kan, has
Elk hay presses running day and
night. One hundred tons OF pressed
hay were shipped 10 Kansas City
one night last week.
The Medicine Lodge lake averages
eight feet in deph and ESQ cubic
feet Of water n minute flows out Of
the waste gates that might be used
for irrigation purposes.
The safe Of X. KelsOn, postmaster
and store keeper at Reno, Leaven-
worth county, was blown open
Thursday night and robbed Of 500
In money aud 500 In notes.
Paola Times: A typical Kansas
scene nowadays IL the farmer home
ward bound from the hardware
store loaded with step-lAdders to be
used In gathering the corn crop.
From tile PaOIa Times: Lost-In
the weeds In or near PaOlA, o large
male elephant, the property Of
HoW's circus company. A liberal
reward will be paid for his recovery.
The Marion Record makes the
statement that J. q. Harden, mar
man In Kanaas. He stands seven
feet four inches In his stockings.
Secretary Of Agriculture Rusk and
party inspected the mill at Liberal
last week, aud expressed themselves
~ well satisfied with the showing
made In the new industry.
Wichita Eagle: On q rainy day
the Topeka man will unknowlngly
carry q peck OF sawdust around ON
his feet and then sOlemnly swear 10
his wife that he hasn't been Ia q
joint since his marriage.
AtchisOn Globe: You can never
entirely overcome the opposition,
even though you have the right on
your side. The Lord has been try
Ing TO overcome the devil q great
many years, but the devil still has
many admirers.
An inmate of the workhouse at
North Dublin, Ireland, has Just died
In his IOSth year. He was engaged
In IabOring work up to 1879, when he
fell heir 20 81, 600. This he entrust-
ed 90 . friend, who, becoming bank
Fupt, left the centenarian 20 finish
his days In the POorhOuse.
Wicked Larned. From the Eagle
Optic: When Adam and Eve were
ptnceu in tue NhTuen OF E0en en0
PartoOk Of the forbidden fruit they
hid themselves, but the couple that
entered Mr.. Sei!g's melon patch last
Sabbath evening and partook Of the
melons were readily seen. Eve held
the lines while Adam plucked the
melons.
Wichita Eagle: Farmers In this
section anticipate some difficulty in
securing enough help TO harvest
their corn crops. IL IL q big under
taking, 60 be sure, but we may reas-
onably expect two months OF open
weather before winter sets In, and
with q reasonable amount Of Undue
try the force that made the crop can
gather lt within that time. The
greatest aud only real difficulty We
apprehend In connection with the
corn crop will be In providing room
20 store it. The bulk Of the crop will
not be put on the market at once u
10 can be avoided, most farmers pre-
ferrlng TO put the corn Into live
stock during the winter, or holding
10 for better prices than are now