The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-02-25
CENTRAL AND wErsERN KANSAS.

The Sherman county wild dog
story is again going the rounds.
| Brady is the only editor in the
State that loves ID. II. Anthony.
Mcpherson, like all other towns.
has her quota OF boys who are bad.
The Kansas Conference Of the
Swedish Lutheran Church meets i'm
Marquette on March end.
The Old-rashioned editor who "no-
tees 10y hills printed at this Office"
publishes the Liberal Lyre.
The Enterprise Creamery adver-
tises that it will deliver to CUSTOM
ers through the Summer, ice, butter
milk and skim milk.
| In commenting on Jerry SIMPSONS
wretched photography the Wichita
Edgtc concludes that spoilers, like
poets, are born, not made.
The best newspaper correspondent
i'm the state, so far as our observa-
ton goes, is the Detroit correspon-
dent To the Enterprise journal.
The starving, officiating farmers
OF Wallace county have donated n
ear Of wheat to be sold for the bene-
fit of Bethany college at Lindsborp.
Sterling is i'm the midst Of tenn
perance revival. At least the ren-
dition of "Ten Nights i'm a Bar |
Room" by home talent indicates "a
much.
Ellsworth gets the rub on Salina |
i'm the photographers war. Instead
of cutting prices the Ellsworth pict-
ure men say fighting words i'm the
newspapers.
We can answer the cOnundrum Of
western Kansas paper, "why il
our contemporary over the way Ii Ike
a cannard?" It is because there is
nothing in it.
The calamity registers Of Ottawa
and Mitchell counties refuse to fur
nish statements Of mortgages re-
leased, because il would injure the
political prospects OF their party.
Ellsworth is becoming almost as
pious a town a. Mcpherson. She IL
not only closing up the joints, but
about half the business men of the
place have experienced religion.
Arkansas City Trdrclcr: A west
ern Kansas farmer has written to
the railroad commissioners to come |
out and remove the "cuckle" burs
from his farm "that sprunged up
from seed scattered on II by Jim
Junction City makes a deal Of
noise about her new militia compa-
ny. New militia companies are
more efficient and more ,
to duty during the first !
year of their existence than ever
afterward.
Will White: cards OF thanks are
all right when used with moderation;
but when the desire to break into ,
public notice gets to be a passion as a
L was with the Mcpherson woman '
who printed a card thanking her
young man for flowers, il 10 time to
nave laws passed against the per-
licious habit. b
Topeka Journal: Secretary Mar
in Mohler, who has lately been
raveling over the State attending
armers' institutes, says: "On my
asst trip to the northwestern part Of
he State, learned something that
vas good news to me and Is interest
ng to the entire State That ~, that
arms are being purchased in great
numbers and that i'm most instances
pay cash. A few DAYS
go an improved half section four
nil bal
old for s. 800 cash, and q quarter
ectiOn near il brought $4,000 spot
ash. The purchasers are not all
rom the east. know several farm
rs in that part of the State who {
feared enough money Of OF their v
asst years wheat crop to pay for u
God farm" y
Kansas City journal: There are
so great liars in Kansas who send r
nings Ia the telegraph editor. One G
! the wichita liar" and the other ii
the "Hiawatha liar" The first Is a
ne more artistic and spreads over p
lore territory; the second IL the 81
lore persistent. The Wichita man a
the fellow who IL responsible for a,
re famous child In a drive well fic- =,
on and its variations, the hogs eat :, ~
X up the child incident, the Kan ii
u cave myths and various kindred
eces of news lore. The Hiawaths nc
nanias does a great deal of his r.
ing by mail. He gets up stories =,
,out Kansas girls and makes them =, =,
, all sorts Of impossible things
e set a daughter Of Congressman 90
aker to blowing and put another pr
ansas girl to running a harvester. | 4,
e tells stories about birds and
rites up mobs of women who tear
'wn the show bills, in his fertile 70
lagination. The Wichita man
yns the name "Brubaker" to his ca
eaks OF fancy, but his real name Is bo
ekinzi'e; the Brown county short ~,
Dry writer makes no attempt to -
mccall his identity and signs up "a
crharf i IN