The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-04
KANSAS.

twelve apiece.
Jake stotIer says: There Uer'
q eight different Kansas organization
8 at Cincinnati last week besldss J
d Peter 81. John.
. Captain John Smith II the Presi'
dent OF the new board Of public
works aud Sol Miller IL the ssers-
9 tary. Mr.. Emery IL lust . mem
E ber."
e when you see rattlesnake with
. ten rsttles and Q button" says the
State Journal, you touch the
, button and the snake will do the
rest"
Sumner county Press: We will
venture the assertion that not Q
single one Of the Alliance congress
men from Kansas will be reelected
next year.
In Cowley county this week out Of
twenty farms sold by the sheriff
seventeen OF them were mortgaged
for more than they were worth and
abandoned.
"The flowers Of spring have come
again, bringing Joy, pleasure and
beauty with them" IL the way the
mayor Of Hutchinson begins an
official message.
A brand new dag has been pun
chased fer the Kansas University,
which will wave from the dome
during the quarter Centennial
commencement.
The Wichita Eagle tells OF mAn
who caught . thirty pound catfish
In his stable during the present
week. AS . watering place Wichita
has few equals. Butte
Evangelist Updlke says that the
curse Of EmPoria IL worldly church
members. The public knows nov
why the Carbondalech branhAs nrve
has built into that town.
The water works company II To-
Peka IL preparing to build Q water
tower 10 feet high, with an obser-
vatOry on the top. IL will be the
fret public work Of art In the city.
Prof. Carruth says that the pre-
sent sophomore German class In the
university IL the best one he has
ever taught. This 10 . red letter
year for the university ali around.
A horticultural out In Western
Kansas has begun to turn his melons
over now so that by practice he Sill
be able TO handle them when they
get ripe without breaking his back.
8Butts.
A l3-year-old lad living near May
field, Sumner county, EAs granted .
teachers certificate last week. lie
made an average Of 20 per cent In
the ten branches In which he was
examined.
The Republican says the govern
ment can make money by investing
In Emporia real estate 1t present
prices. This Is . straight tip" that
the administration can hardly afford
TO overlook.
James II. Ellsworth, who acted
for many years As the private
secretary Heterogeneous Ander-
son, says there IL more politics
talked In Kansas In . week than
there IL In Washington In o month.
The Iola Register has not heard Of
. Republican surveyor In the state
who IL taking advantage Of the new
Lave and keeping his ofiice open six
days . week at "a . day, but has
heard OF two Alliance surveyors who
are.
The battle between the corn and
weeds In Kansas has begun. An
old farmer Of that state says that the I
earth 10 mother to the weeds and
stepmother TO the corn, which &C.
counts for the more rapid and hardy
growth Of the weeds.
A Topeka girl has . lot Of silk
worms that consume daily 800
pounds Of leaves, which she IL com
PEELED to gsther for them. IL keeps ,
her so busy that she is wearing . hat {
yet from last year which IL only
foot and half across the brim.
An Atchison county man claims Z
TO be the possessor Of the smallest
calf In Kansas. Its weight lie only
six pounds and Il 10 compelled TO
place Its fore legs on . beg which ,
has been provided for the purpose,
TO reach what Mr.. Micawber could
call the maternal fountain" ,
Such freaks Of nature only serve TO G
the talent for meeting
emergencies which Is peculiar 10
Kansas character.
Topeka has . genuine curiosity In
the person Of an old veteran Who
was battered all out Of shape In the
war, but who absolutely refuses to
accept Q pension. He says he quit =
when the var closed, and 2
when he cannot make enough 20 c
keep body and soul together he will u
pass 10 his checks. II In needless 20 =
add that he IL regarded by his H
neIghbors and the community In .
general - being . little or" IL
The State Historical society re- b
revived last week from John @. o
Whittier an autograph copy Of his '
famous poem, THE Kansas Emil ,
grants Song" IL vas accompanied e
By the following brief note 10 5eers- d
Iary Adams: my eyesight has u
Jailed me % much that fear my =
writing will be unreliable. IWOuld q
not have tried 10 copy anything for =,
my other purpose" No more e
eloquent compliment was ever paid \,
10 the great state Of Kansas. q
Leavenworth Standard: "Bome :,
Tears ago q Kansas preacher Who -
ras stationed st town In the north q
I'm part Of the state did not get on q
yell with his congregation. To get v
i'd Of him the governor vas pre- q,