The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-17

STATE HEWs.
The glorious rains were plentiful
out In Decatur county.
Cawksr City stock dealers shipped
eighty car loads from that place In
March.
The FIRMS, Graham county, aOur
mill was burned by the recent prai-
RE fire In that county.
The Monitor says more trees will
be planted In Mankato this spring
than In any previous season.
Western Kansas farmers are pre-
paFIDg fer IN unusually large sore
age Of broom corn this season.
The Herald says Gaylord 10 the
only town In the state that II cut OF
debt aud has money In its treasury.
The Cawker City Journal has sus-
pended because there 10 not room
enough In that town for Q third pa
per.
The PresbytsEians Of Kansas APP
pear to be quite generally In favor
Of o revision Of the Westminster con-
fessloR.
Mrs. Mary L. Burton, pOstmistrsss
aud wife Of the Jamestown RonsdH,
edits an interesting column OF that
excellent paper.
e. Z. BraInerd, Q well known
newspaper man Of Republic county,
has bought q half interest In the
PhIllIPsburg Herald.
According to the chief the Downs
people are beginning 10 talk over
the matter Of holding their eleventh
annual anniversary.
Vast beds Of an exceedingly fine
quality Of marble have been found
near lola, and two stock companies
have been formed to dsyelOpe the
find.
The Lawrence Tribune says that
Samuel Shy, Of Wichita, the man
who devised the scheme for govern
ment banking, died In that city last
week.
CD. Jones, Of Garden City, Kan
sas, sold Q pair Of tuffalOes the other
day TO the president Of the First Ma
tional Bank, OF Fl. Wayne, Indiana,
for 1000.
Private Daniel G. Pattan, troop c,
Seventh regiment, was shot and In
stantly killed on the Fort Riley res
ervatlOn by Sergeant COlnbroOk,
same troop.
Last year the city officials Of Cot
tOnwOOd Falls were all women.
They declined reelection this year,
and as . consequence, the city IL
now governed by men.
Jewell City Republican: Jewell
shipped cut 1872 cars OF stock and
grain during March and twenty ears
during the first four days Of April.
Where 10 there . better shipping
point.
The Gaylord roller mills are again
running under the management OF
Harvey Piatt. TIE mills have been
Overhauled and placed In excellent
condition, and will do better work
than ever before.
The farmers In the vicinity Of Bird
city, Cheyenne county, ars taking
bold Of the mill project In deep ear
nest. The Netcs says there 10 not q
particle of doubt OF the 80 barrel
mill being built this summer.
OberlIn Opinion: We are glad 10
note that the farmers are sowing q
large crop Of wheat and oats In De-
caiur county this year. Small grain
has been q wonderfully successful
crop here for the last few years.
Governor Humphrey appointed r.
w. Finley, OF Decatur county, q
member OF the board Of regents OF
the state Agricultural College, vice
Thomas Henshall, Of Wyandotte
county, whose term has expired.
Capt. J. ID. Parker. Of Fort Riley,
has presented to the natural history
department OF the university twenty
specimens Of fossil fishes, which are
OF great value. Five or six different
species are embraced In the collec-
tlOR.
The city street car stables at Ar
kansas City, together with twenty
three horses, four cars and o lot Of
feed, were destroyed by fire, entail
ing loss to the company Of about
$4,000, on which there was an lnsuT-
Ance Of 5000. The firs - thought
TO be the work Of an lneeudlary.
BeloIt Courier: Occasionally we
notice Ia our exchanges, that some
person has Leen arrested for selling
liquor contrary to law. We are
not troubled with offenders Of that
class In our peaceful city. The In
diligence In this evil 10 Of SO small
consequence that people have ceased
to bother their brains about Il.
State Journal: "a state eonven-
veutieu Of trade and labor unions IL
to be held In Topeka, May LIST, to or
ganlEe q state federation Of labor and
consider the eight hour question.
Trade unions now exist Ia all the
larger cities of the state, Topeka
standing at the head with eighteen.
The state federation Of laber will CO.
operate with the American fedora
tIon Of labor with headquarters at
New York. The growth Of trades
unions la the past year has been
marvellous