The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-16
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eashsrsd Rron ths Coluzani 81 contsn-
Peragass.
Corn Il selling a. low - II cents q
buskel ct Downs.
Hog thieves are eemmIttiBg their
dsprsdations N Saith eoanty.
A Glsn Elder, Mitchell county,
I4e1e 4 efibssd ever 10000 bushels
81 Esf1.
o. enc e che hotels Of BeloIt is
ais ssgn; "A good meal for bushel
III ezra"
Kansas can furnish corn cobs
enoagh to make cob pipes for all the
smokers In the world.
Kansas this year has raised $780,
os1.14 worth Of rye, and it will be
used for legal purposes, too.
Western Kansas exchanges de-
STARE the prospects for . good wheat
crop this year are exesllent.
The Washington Republican says
there are already twenty farmers'
alliances Ia Washington county.
Secretary Chandler has appointed
Jas. A. Cooper Of Winfield special
Indian agent At = salary Of 5000.
The @. A. RS IN Congressman
Peters district are urging him to
wsrk for the dependent pension bill.
The city council Of Wichita has
awarded the contract for the cree
tioa Of city building 10 cost SOL $50.
Among a lot Of hogs sold by Dan
and Jake MelssnheiIneT OF Hiawa-
ths one weighed SO aud another go
pounds.
The Usage City Water Co. has filed
articles Of incorporation with the
secretary Of state; capital stock
SlO0,OOO.
The wheat crop all over the state
20 In splendid condltiOn-bettsr
than ever before 1T this season OF
the year.
IL appears to be guile generally
conceded that mild winters are the
most favorable 10 the production Of
big crops
The Kirwin Chief celebrated its
seventeenth bIrthdey last week. IL
claims TO he the oldest journal In
that part Of Kansas.
The caWker City Times says the
corn crop OF Judge Smith last year
aggregated 1900 bushels. He also
feeds q large herd Of cattle.
PhIIlipsburE Dispatch: Eighty
thousand bushels of corn will pay
four Of our highest salaried county
officers for enc whole year.
The Phillipsburg Dispdtch faVors
o county high school, and urges the
literary societies throughout the
county to discuss the subject.
The Downs GIO6e says the Central
Branch 10 increasing their side track
room there by putting In at least
two miles OF additional track.
Topeka has q Horse Police assoei-
sue and capture thieves and recover
stolen animals and carriages.
The Bender fake has again been
exploded. The records at Jackson,
Mich, show the women there to be
themselves and not Blenders.
The Phillipsburg Herald believes
the time will come when the Office
Of county superintendent will be
filled by women IN every county In
Kansas.
1t IL claimed that the farmers Of
Brown county will this year receive
81 ,OOO, OOO for their erOps-mOre than
enough 10 pay all the Indebtedness
Of the county.
The year that closes to-day has
not been specially signaliZed in Kan
sas by railroads building. Only
fifty-four miles Of new track have
been laid during the year.
Osborne will hold q big camp fire
February 18th, Rt which IL IL expect
cd most Of the state officers and
many prominent people from the
state at large will be present.
George Abbott, Q Garden City
farmer, has threshed ] ,3J6 bushels OF
oats from thirty acres Of land. The
grain was very heavy, making by
weight slXty-seven bushels per acre.
The destruction be fire OF the Os-
borne journal, . few days gan, 10 the
second time this Office has been de-
stroyed similar way In the past year.
newspaper offices in North western
Kansas. The loss will be $500;
Insurance, 81, 800.
The school board OF AtchlsOn has
adopted Q resolution 10 prosecute all
parents or guardians in that city
Whs do not oil the requirements OF
the school law, which makes Il com
pulsory TO send all children Of
school age to school at least twelve
weeks Of the year.
Marion county IL greatly excited
ever the arrest Of Cornelius and
william Schultz oil HillsborO OH the
oharge Of attempted arson. II 10
claimed by their prosecutors that
they attsmpted TO remove the Rat
ainif Bros., Hebrew merchants, in
this way. HillsbOrO IL q Russian
t9Wn.
Judge G. q. Foster Of the United
States district court holds that q
"spOtter'B" testimany does not count
and where there IL no other evidence
against q man this will not avail.
The decision was brought about by
"a altered violation of the prohibit
tlon law where the only evidence
was . detective employed for that
purpose alone.
Speaking Of the propensity Of
Kansas To vote bonds TO railroads
Noble Prentis says: A Kansas man
cannot keep house without q rail-
road. A Kansas baby, as soon ne Il
can stand on its legs eau run from
one end Of n passenger coach to the
other. IL Is built that way. Kansas
has paid the railroads aud the rail-
roads have naId Kansas