The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An unusually large peanut crop IL
to be planted In Virginia this year.
An extraordinary amount Of snow
fell on the Italian and Swiss alps the
past winter.
A Chicago shoe-dealer tells the
Herald Of that city that the average
slEs for his customers il 81.
An exhibition Of toys IL about TO
bs opened At 81. Petersburg. IL Il
Intended TO illustrate the history Of
toys from the earliest ages.
VIM. Salmon, NJ. d., Of PeDIIyne
Court, IL the oldest freemason I'm
Great Britain. He has lust ceIe-
brated his hundredth birthday.
A London contemporary predicts
that by next June there will be
tWenty-three or tWenty-fuur cleo
trically-PrOpelled launches upon the
Thames.
In Utica, n. Y tradesman Of all
sorts not only tell their deIinauent
accounts At q public sale, but adyer-
tise them at full length In the pa.
Pers.
The young Chinese emperor IL
breaking up the gambling estab-
llshments Of Prkin and tryiu z TO re-
duce the expenses Of the sdministra-
tion Of the government.
Work has just begun on raising a
fund for q monument 20 James n
Eads at ST. Louis, where his fame il
already peTpetuaIed by one Of the
uOblest OF human memorials.
Something Of social sensation IL
caused at Melbourne by the fact that
Lord Hopetoun, the governor, at
tends the Presbyterian church while
lady HoPetoun always goes to the
EplscOpallan.
Mr. Foster, OF Buekfield, Me who
10 believed TO be the most extensive
wooden tOOth-piek manufacturer in
the world, says there are now enough
Ia stock to supply the United states
for two years.
Mrs. Zerela Wallace, the mother
OF the author Of Ben. Hurr (Geu.
wallace, has been occurring I'm
Michigan cities to large audiences.
her subjects being, "a Whole HUI
manlty" and Women From q Bible
Standpoint"
The antitrust bill having passed
both houses Of congress 10 now in
the hands OF the president for sigma
ture. The bill has been violently
opposed, but the people demanded Il
OF their representatives, aud they
felt bound 60 obey.
The msneuvres to test the defen-
sive powers of Calcutta against
maritime attack have ended, aud
are said TO have borne out the old
belief In the complete safety Of the
city against surprise, aud the i'm
possibility Of any hostile fleet run
ming the gauntlet Of the pew forts
on the HOOEhly.
Walker Fearn, late United State,
Minister at Athens, states thai
brtgandage no longer exists In
Greece. He says that be and his
daughter and few friends, unarmed
and without an escort, visited on
horseback the widest parts of
Greece and met with nothing but
cordial hospitality.
The Eighth Hussars OF the British
Army have q guEelle for "ehlld Of
the regiment" IL accompanies the
regiment everywhere, and Is an
especially conspicuous figure on the
Sunday church parade, when n
accompanies the band, leading the
line With q stately tread, apparently
Initiated from that Of the drum
major.
Ten women, including Pundfta
Ramaeai, were delegates 20 the Fifth
National congress In India Their
credentials were In due form, and
they were given seats on the plat
form. II was an unprecedented In
novatiOn, end created 9 sensation:
but during the convsnti0n every ref
erenee to the lady delegates was re-
esivea with cheers.
The melancholy death Of Mr..
Abraham Lincoln, son Of the Amer
lean minister, reflects great dlscredit
90 Pnrisisn surgery says the Lon.
den World, "fOr ID r. due 10 an i'm
prudent and premature operation.
which necessitated the repetition Of
frequent similar Operations. a. the
oniy means Of afiordinR relief by
fEssing ths heart and iuBEs, until
The pafieat sank under the exhaust.
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