The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-02
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he postal tetoIf1pu COMPANY
knye been granted . franchise In
E0pefia.
ne Santa Fs 10 running 22,00e
eers esd Jet the whole state IL
kIoeksded.
A furniture factory 10 being built
In Topeka. It will employ about
ETY. porBons.
Natural gas was struck the other
dey at the depth Of 100 feet two
niles noFth Of Erie.
Atchis0n expects 10 build Q $780,
60 court house, aud railroad shops
g cost $50, 900 In 1880.
An AtehIson commission house
he's sold 1900 pounds Of candy dur
lag the FIRST fifteen days Of Deem
bsf.
NOtwIthstandIug the blIghtIng eff
feots Of prohibition 500 ebattel
mortgages were released In MePher-
son county Last month.
X. 9. Gazette. The drift Of the
yeung men Of the country to-day
toward the Republican part II very
svident. Democracy 10 merely o
"reminiscences.
Mrs. James Reed, the wife Of the
Presbyterian minister at Savannah,
fell dsek ward down stairs aud sus-
salsed injuries from which she died
IN few hours.
A night mali has been put on the
Central Branch running west from
Atchlson. The route agent was par
alySsd the fist night to find 5000
s1unds of mail IN thrOW
Kansas IA steam Touring mills,
with IN aggregate Investment In
buildings and machinery Of 5,2tO,-
025, and . capital Of $3.50, 80 en-
Pioyed In operating them.
&c. Gazette: On the 10th inst.
Senator Plumb introduced eighty
seven bills In the senate. This beats
the record Of any man who has ever
occupied . seat In the senate.
A charter has been filed for the
Ellsworth soldiers home. Mother
Byckerdyks pledges 81, 900 and con-
hdentiy expresses her ability to more
than double this amount by spring.
Smith Center intends TO build and
deed 70 the county 9 county high
school building, free from debt, In
consideration that the county &C.
sept, and maintain In Il a. . county
high school.
The secretary Of the interior has
allowed t5,TT9 Of the original claim
Of Smith 4 Smith Of Cove county,
Kansas, amounting to tI7,I53, for
depredations committed by the
Northern Cheyenne Indians In 1878.
Kansas 70 on the eve Of the great
est prosperity Of its history. During
1853 everything touched bottom
along ell lines Of business. From
new there will be q rapid upward
tendency and . most substantial
prosperity.
An oil strike has been made four
miles from PItIsburg In the valley Of
Charters creek. The well yields
struck tile column shot out Of the
casing tube TO O distance Of 100 feet.
Great excitement prevails.
The Kansas papers are still pound
Ing away at the corpse OF resubmis
sion ~ n they feared there was some
life In % yet. II looks like a rather
cruel performance, but then Il IL
perhaps well 10 know for q certainty
that u IL very dead before it IL abAn-
donsd.
Parsons 10 excited over the work
Of gang Of countifeiters who have
been passing spurious money lndis-
crimlnately among the business
men Of that city. Bogus dollars Of
the dates 1883 aud lSs9, as well n
i've dollar geld pieces have been
freely passed.
The rapid depletion OF the forests
timber supply. The frat railroad 10 |
make any provision Ia this direction |
10 the Southern Pacific which has a |
tract Of land near Darlington, Kan.
Of 8, 900 900 trees that are 10 furnish |
she road with ties In the future.
The Manhattan Life Insurance
company Of New York city has sub
united q proposition TO the business |
men Of Topeka, which 10 In sub
stance that the company will erect q |
magnificent building there and |
make that point their western head |
quarters, provided the business men |
Will take out insurance To the |
amount Of 81 100000. One quarter
% the required amount IL said TO |
have been subscribed.
The oil wells Ia Miami county are
more numerous aud q |
stronger flow as the development /
The PaOla Gas aud Land |
shot their oil well, No. IS,
on the Russell farm, on Tuesday,
With thirty quarts Of nitrOglyOerine,
aud struck flow Of fifty barrels per |
day IA this oil IL the highest grade |
of lubricating oil produced, being
worth % per barrel NJ the we'll, this |
10 an oil strike Of great value.
Sedan Graphic: 2. b. Written Of
Peru was Q caller at this Office last
Saturday aud In reply 10 inquiries
as 70 bis crops the past season he
said: "Cotton by all odds was my
m0st profitable crop. planted
seven acres Of cotton, Just to keep
me busy between haying aud corn
husklng seasons, from which I
picked one bale per acre aud for
which . resolved IN cash s cents per
pound, or ESQ per bale, making q
Total for the seven acres Of t2O7 30.
This 70 by far . better return than
ian be obtained from any other crop
hat can be planted In this latitude I"
The large banner which hangs
,vSr the entrance TO the Kansas
Headquarters Of the national teach.
m association Is Tx2i feet, and ia
he center has the seal Of Kansas.
10 the right Of this appears the fol-
owing: Wealth 81 ,5OO, OOO, 600; pop
l.5OO,OOO; area in square
niles, s, 900; mot q saloon In the
tate" To the left Of the seal are
he following statistics: School
taO0O,0OQ; state school
und, 5000, 600; annual expense, t5,-
0o.OOO; enrolment, Az 600; teachers,
2,O00; and then at the bottom in
arge letters: "Intelllgence, sObri-
On Monday night, Fred Seehaver
u Meridian township Was shot aud
titled by his brother-ln-lEW, Jacob
AnsenmyeT. The wives Of the two
men are sisters. Mrs. LIusenmyer
I seems received a letter from Can
lda, the former home of Seehaver,
upon him. He demanded
o zee the letter which seems to have
,-en refused. While standing up Ia
he room, with his hands on the
,aek Of a chair, the wOman's hus-
md shot BeehaveF In the back, in
llcting q wound, which soon resulted
q death. Binsenmyer made no ef.
0rt 10 escape and Sas arrested.-l
Freeman.
This 10 . hard season on Demo-