The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-03
NEIGHBoRHOoD NEWS.
BROOkVILLE


rFrum the Transcript,
Rockville 10 the healthissI place
in Kansas.
Rockville has an abundance Of
the best water IN the state.
Postmaster Granger l. recovering
from bis recent sieknesses.
A city Of 100 people here in two
years IL what We expect.
Chimneys, small buildings and
such stuff went whirling sEer yester-
day.
Ssliua IL trying 10 secure the Arm
strong shops. We hope they will
succeed.
Mrs. J {. Smith has been visiting
with her parents In Salina this
week.
The BrookvilIe Brass Band went
to Bavaria TO attend the entertain
ment given by the l. D. q. T., Last
saturday night.
A prairie fire ran east Of town
Sunday night. and with the strong
south wind II was carried rapidly
northward, doing considerable
| damage.
Geo. Waters Was badly kicked By
a horse on Geo. Scarletts farm last
Monday. One aide Of his face is
covered with . mass Of bruised
| flesh.
The Brookville Roller Mills have
got a job on hand that 10 likely 10
last them for quite q time. They
have contracted TO grind several
| thousand bushel Of corn for Messrs.
Bowling, Ds-Tombay and johnson.
Jake FIyte and family, left Wed
nesday night for Aberdeen, Wash
ingtOH. Jake has lived near here
for q number Of years sud does not
20 to washingtoH TO remain; he
stIll owns his farm and personal
property west Of BrOokvilie.
Sam Parsons was one OF the
heaviest losers by the are Sunday
night, his fine orchard MS entirely
destroyed, all Of his feed was burned
aud himself came very near being
burned TO death. The rail road
company should pay the damage.
The real estate nrm Of Jennings 4
Duncan has been dissolved. Mr..
Jos Duncan will continue the bust.
ness. Mr.. Jennings having hsd q
position offered him a. assistant
engineer OF street construction In
-. Louis, has decided 10 accept, he
therefore sold his interest In the
real estate business 10 bis partner.
Quite . serious wreck occurred si
Terra Gotta last Saturday morning
As No ao5 passenger train Eolng vest,
Was going ~ the rate Of twenty
miles al hour, the rails at the
switch spread letting the tender Of
! the engine, mail ear, two baggage,
smoking and too regular psssengef
cars down on the ties, the Pullman
sleeper did NOT leave the track o.
engineer Chrysler slapped the traln
| In time to save u. No passenger
were hurt seriously but ali got q
good scare. A large force Of hands
4 With . wreck trala vas at once dis
PATCHED % the place of accident, ssd
| In sig hours had built q track around
The wreck and allowed the train
| from the west 10 pass. The pass
eEeers Were brsaght hack 70 Brock.
| vile for dinner. TIE wreck wss all
cleared mp by Sunday morning.
| The damsgs 30 the railroad eempsny
viii Be- aeoat sl0, 600, al on sceeuni
Of . fsW rotten ties.
Wednesday night at about siss
4 thirty tie err Of IRE wa srsiu
heard "a the city. The place on IRE
was A. Doggrelt's Ene residence 90
west Anderson Ave. A crowd 81
| willing helpers was soeo % the
sp0s, and could baekets and vafef
have been Pfoeared - ones The
greater part q the house might have
been Esved, bat a. neither could b
found handy, the crowd helped In
getting the faFnitars cut. Almost
everything ves saved With the sx.
eeptsen Of The sltting r0om carpet,
Of course eevsral thsngs were brokeu
aud considerably damaged. bot ths
insarascs On furnisars will csvss
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