The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-09-22
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays daily.
Stand mp for Salina.


Enoc Lewis and wife were ut th
Fair Thursday and Friday.
Elder lockwood went to Ell Dc
RADIO on the Santa Fe last night.
/ The mother Of A. @. welsher, fol
merly Of this city, died In Arkansa
last week.
! There IL an epicemic of Q light 4
grippe character among the child
dren In the city.
Diptheris has about disappeared
from the city, there being two case
reported ut present.
VIM. Shaw, the Saline county
poultrymsn, and wife, were attend
In the Fair this week.
The boiler for the Second Ward
school building came In on the Mis-.
souri, Pacific yesterday.
Conductor Monahan Of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific, who has been very
sick for some weeks, 10 improving.
Senator Mohier and Hon. o. G..
Peterson, Of Des Moines, Iowa, will
speak at Falun next Thursday even
ing.
The schools In Abilene have been
closed on account Of an epidemic Of
scarlet fever that 10 raging there
now.
Commercial travellers at the
National who few days ago placed
Smiths majority at 1900 now put It
Joseph Duncan sold an eighty
acre farm twelve miles west Of town
to . Shannon County man this
week.
The Missouri Pacific depot Is now
lighted by an arc lamp. The other
railroads should profit by the ex.
ample.
The balloonist created quite an ex-
element on the streets during his
passage over the business part Of
town yesterday.
A card from Chas. Mobler tells us
he 10 located at Waukasha, Wiscon-
sin, and that he Ii employed by the
Central railroad.
Mrs. Blodgett has sold out her
boarding house on Seventh street
to Mr.. Critchfield, and will leave
for Chicago to-day.
1t 10 said that Hays City Ii not
able to furnish houses and shelter
for all the migrants that are COM
ing to that part Of the State this fall.
A. M. Clafiin has trimmed up the
hedge around his property back Of
the National Hotel, improving the
facilities for locomotion along the
street.
Sam Buckhsrt was fireman ut the
balloon ascension yesterday, and
furnished plenty Of amusement for
the crowd ~ well ~ gas TO initiate
the balloon.
The fair is out and II was . success
but not 90 much 90 a. Il could have
been made II all had done Whist they
should to make It 30. Let every
body get ready for next year.
Married, Thursday evening, ct the
residence Of the brides parents on
West Walnut street, by Rev. Muck.
low, James Payne Of Topeka and
Miss Matte De Priest Of this city.
There has been no complaint about
drunkenness this week TO speak Of,
but last night little misunderstand-
ing took place between . white and
black boy which looked for time -
though 1t would be necessary TO call
the police.
"Gochee, Jr." the grade Norman
Of Mr.. T. H. Terry was awarded the
blue ribbon for the best all purpose
stallion on the grounds In competi-
ton with several registered horses.
That was quite little victory for Mr..
Terry's horse, which BY the way 10 .
. beauty, and - handsome and &C.
tive - any big horse can convenient
~ be.
. Mrs. T. c. Ritter, Of McCracken,
came In on the Missouri Pacific yes
terday In company with her daugh-
ter Clara. They will remain here
some two weeks visiting her brother,
Thomas Wright, near Berwick.
Their friends here will be glad 10
know they are getting along nicely
in McCracken.
The Missouri and Kansas Car
servics Association has located NJ.
d. N. Mitchell Of Topeka ct Saline
- resident clerk Of the company.
The association embraces ten West.
srn roads, and has for its object The
securing Of promps service In leed-
ing and unloading cars.
Brother Gaines was In the city
yesterday. He did not look much -
though he hsd been making any dur
ing his absence. When sssn By the
JOURNAL he wss prancing mp and
down Santa Fe with his hands In his
pockets locking the very picture Of
despair. Aside from his politics
Brother Gaines 10 all right.
Caroline hes gone 10 washinstea.
She left yesterday with ths crowd.
and on taking the train posssassd -
cents In change, but she vim Ess
through all right. Caroline enjoys
the distinction Of having had three
husbands, ell Of whom we're killed In
the var. They were respectively.
Jacob Dobbins, Of Galveston, Tsxss;
Willis Harris, Of Virginia; and John
Cole, Of Connecticut.