The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-03-13
STATE news.

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The body Of the Valley Falls bank
robber has been Identified 40 that u
Charles Robinson, Of Ottawa, Kas.
The law abiding element ut Mar
win, Phillips county, have organized
and raised funds to eradicate the
whisky joints from that place.
Wilson, Ellsworth county, has
raised as 600 toward developing hsr
salt Industry, and enough more is
promised to make the amount
$50, 600.
The Topeka State Journal IL au-
thorlty for the statement that Claus
Spresklss 10 preparing TO build
sugar factory In Kansas at q cost
Of 81 600, 900.
The Topeka pension agency pays
~, 464 ,575 IS annually, which makes
IL the third largest pension disburs-
Ing Office In the country.
The agent OF the alliance store near
Hillsboro 10 Marion county q has de-
camped and the stockholders are
left" 10 hold the bag.
A colony Of Illinois farmers has
purchased ,TGO acres Of land In Reno
county aud will Immediately some
to Kansas TO live. The farmers are
numbered among the hest In their
state.
The report Of the finding OF vein
Of anthracite coal at Alma has for
some time been doubted. The state
mine inspector has examined 10 and
prsnOuBees it anthracite which Il
will pay 10 work.
improvements are going steadily
forward nj the great govern
msnt post ut Fort Riley. The
furniture for the mammoth mess
hall has arrived. IL will contain
eighty-twO tables and one thousand
stosls. The food will be transported
from the kitchen In small cars. A
whole regiment in uniforms dining
at once In q single room will be
striking sight, soon TO be Witnessed
at Fort Riley.
According 10 Labor Commissioner
BettOn, th0re are p, $50 women en-
ployed In the various trades, indus
tries and professions In Kansas,
including those engaged In personal
service.
The biggest sugar manufacturing
project ever proposed In Kansas has
originated at Newton. The Kansas
Central sugar company has been Or
CANNED there. II proposes to build
four sugar mills In Harvey county,
each 10 cost SlO0,00O.
Missouri township In Shawnee
county has voted to issue els QUO In
bonds to aid In rebuilding the sugar
fastory which was destroyed near
Topeka some time since. The farm
ers believe there Is money In trails
ing cane"
A valuable collection Of botanical
specimens from California, Erie
county, Pa, ChautauquA, n. Y. aud
India, numbering about 1000 speei-
mems, has been presented 10 the
stats university by Prof. and Mrs.
Blackmar. These specimens include
the silver back and golden back
ferns, which are difficult for botan-
lists 10 obtain.
Junction City Republican: Sam
Peterson killed Q large wildcat on
farm near Humboldt creek last Sun
day. Sam says Il weighs p pounds.
wa-Keeney World: On and after
March Z, 1880, the United States
land ofiics will be run on sun time,
which 10 twenty minutes faster than
mountain time. The offiee will be
open promptly at S:45 q. m. for the
purpose Of enabling parties and at
tornsys to obtain Information, but
ne paper can be fled until Q o'clock.
We have Just BEEN admiring one
Of the bandsomest 0ILpictures Of
"yaeque" Roses that we have ever
seen, and had it been In an art-store
we should have known that q good
price would be asked for it. But
Imagine q work Of art of sush In
trinsie value being obtained for
nething! for that IL practically the
care, as u IL o supplement the Demo- |
resf's Family Magazine fer April.
This wonderful publication has on
Its Easter garb, aud Il certainly
II an attractive ore. Each
succeeding number appears 10 grow
better and better, until We are
forced to wonder what can be done
10 improve lie present high stand
ard Of excellence. The fact Of the |
matter 10, there n but one purely |
family and home magazine, and that |
10 Democrats. The Illustrations are /
works u art, and some OF the articles
which they illustrate are Orchids"
THE Manhattan workiBg-Gir
Society" THE Easter lily "Ths
Forbidden Place." or "The Hsrsn
Esch-Sehsrif In jerusalem" "Iu
the Grasp Of the Grip" "Eastsr |
Eegs," Easter Novelties"
"Kfudsrgarton work and Play for
the Home" etc., besides numerous
other articles and stories, including
"a Woman's Kitchen-0arden,n
"0ur Cooking Class," preserving
from Moths," "Ths Art
Of Letter-Writlng," "Madge Ben
fields Eastsr Ghost, !" etc. Publish
ed by w. Jennings Demorest, rs
East II ST., New Yerk. Every
ought 10 keep this
publication, and We sup
pose they do. It shsvs the magic
power Of % esnts, and great distances
that shall amount can be made 10
70.