The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-03-20
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. All the rDuurllnen pT"-thA tN'cFA
Jackson. Ia the absence Of the
Mayor who was sick, Councilman
CrsveIS presided.
OrdinanC. No. -. for the pay
ment of bill. amounting To s.. 4al %i
read 10y sections and passed. $3.50
of the amount was for the payment
Of the Gamewell Fire Alarm system,
and all of this except Ell ia cash,
was tin'e script.
The street COMMISSIONER report
was presented and ordered To be
filed. II read a. follows:
! have within the last year Ia
March |, lS,D executed the following
work to-wit:
Grading one blk on Elm bet 9Th
and 10th I2j yards.
Grading one Tx on Walnut bet
9.h aud 10Th Ia yards.
Grading one blk on Iron Ave. and
10Th ~ yards.
Grading four blks on South street
gih aud 9Th 49, yards.
TRADING on =. Santa Fe - yards.
Grading on Iron Ave. Ri and
Front-stTeet go yards.
Grading ON Columbia Ave. and
FrOnt-street ~ yards.
Grading on Film street two blks
bet 81 aud Front :JIg yards.
Grading on Fourth street depot To-
south ~ yards.
Total a,ae yards.
CROSSE NG-.
II new wood crossings.
, new stone crossings.
CULVERTS.
II new culveris.
new bridge on Grand avenue,
aud all necessary repairs and street
gradiuRs.
CRY TpOI : on HAND.
One grader, = wheel graders,
sluSh scTapers, = piuw-, shoNelS, ]
pick, ! maItock-, = chains, | saw, ]
hInd-aX, = han Tners, ! hrush-f"TE.
! cruw-hAr, ; scythes, = scrape-horS
Persons liable. tn pole tax for the
ems uing year will b. from five nun
bred tn -iN hundred.
Respectfully submitted,
joins DAUM.
street Com.
VI. u Lyons submitted written
resignation ~ PARK Commissioner,
aud %. y Ju.lin vas appointed In
hts stead.
Persons consuming less than 1908
gallons per tay submitted n written
complaint nf excessive price charged
10y water works Referred tn Coin.
ui cor and franchise.
Adjourned sine die.
This was the last meeting az the
present council.
>IGNS OF SPRING.
Garden seeds are i'm demand
The asses.or il abroad in the land.
Tailor- ARE busy showing their
light suitings.
The milliners are engaged on
Easter bonueis.
IT. Patrirks day has past.
Boys pockets are filled with mar
hles and tops.
Boating on the Smoky Hill il a
Iaynrite amusement.
Hinges on the garden Gat" are lis
tening to lovers honied whispers.
Pedestrians seek the -haky side Of
the streets aud spring fever has be-
gun 10 strike in.
Sheriff NailI Of Dickinson county
pursued aud captured Bert short,
Whn was wanted for certain mi-de-
meanOrs committed in Solomon
city =nme time sgo. The capture was
effected near the state line at Kan
sas City and he was being brought
home. At Kansas City three cattle
men, all friends of Sheriff NALL.
took the same train for Abilene on
which the officer and his captive
, were to Journey. and they all took r
seAt together to be social. ShOIt
co implanted that the hand cuffs were
hurting him aud that bis wrists
were swelling, and, at the instance
OF his friends suggestion that he
would be safe enough with the
crowd, the sheriff removed the
shackles: but the tale does not end
here. The officer Of the Law and his
companion slept, and Short moved
noiselessIy from the seat and jumped
from the train. The first notice
given Of his departure was when q
little boy, who witnessed the escape.
tapped the sheriff on the shOu lder
aud said, Mister, your man il gone"
Sheriff NALL got Off at Silver Lake
aud came back to Topeka on the
first train, aud made known his loss
at police Headquarters, aud left =
description Of the fugitive.