The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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other morning, a brakemen on the Kansas
| Pacific was sent about a mile west of town
to flag train. He sat down on the end OF
tie and went to sleep. His light went
out, and his own train shortly after came
on him, cutting an arm and leg off and
otherwise mutilating him, so that he died
the following day.
ABOUT eleven o'clock the other night, To-
peka was thrown into a wild state of ex-
citement by shock which was thought to
be an earthquake. The trouble proved to
be the explosion of two large boilers in the
Shawnee FIGURING Mills. The engine room,
a stone building, 50x30 feet, together with
everything contained therein, was blown to
atoms. Leroy Mills, the engineer was sup
posed to be fatally scalded, and two other
men were badly injured. The damage was
fully 5000.
LATE one night last week as Mrs. Shep-
herd, who resides in the western portion of
the city of Topeka, was sitting in her hSme
sewing, with the doors open, some one
stealthily entered, and stepping up behind
her threw piece of carpet over her head
and attempted to carry her off. Her
screams frightened the rascal who escaped
in the darkness.
The residence of l.. Garneau, of Parsons,
was burned to the ground the other morn
ing about = O'Clock, together with its con-
tents, Mrs. Garneau, who was the sole occu-
pant of the house, narrowly escaping with
her life. The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion of a lamp which had been left burn
ing in the house. Loss, $4,000, partially
insured.
THE letter of the Governor to the County
Attorney of Atchison County, in reference
to training for prize-fghting, caused Slade
to leave Kansas.
o. I. THURMAND, who a week or two
since shot and killed cattle boss named
Smith at Camp Supply in quarrel about
a range, fled to Wichita, where he surren-
dered to the Sheriff of Sedgwick County.
Thurmand is a native of Southern Texas,
and hardly more than a boy in age. He
had been the foreman of the New York
Cattle Company's ranch, and Smith was
the foreman of another ranch. Thurmand
claimed he killed the man in self defence.
He went to Dodge to give himself up, but
finding no United States Marshal, and
threats of lynching being made by the
friends of Smith, he proceeded to Wichita.
EFFORTS are being made to raise an en-
dowment fund for Emporia College.
A YOUNG man by the name of w. H.
Whistler, residing near Parsons, was
frightfully gored by mad cow a few days
ago. His back was terribly lacerated.
JULIA ECKLES, a cOlored girl, confined in
jail at Leavenworth for robbing the house
of Mr. Albright, attempted to commit sui
eide by spreading some salve left in her
possession by the County Physician on
bread, in the same manner as butter, and
eating it. She had no more than finished
her lunch, when she told the other inmates
of what she had done, who at once gave
the alarm to the turnkey, when physician
was promptly called and her life saved.
A HEAVY immigration has already COM
menced to flow into the State, and it is be-
lieved that the immigration this fall and
next spring will be very large. The State
is remarkably prosperous and the develop
ment alike in towns and the country is |
rapid and substantial. Farm lands es-
pecially are in great demand and rapidly |
increasing in value. 1t is believed that the |
increase in the value of such property dur
ing the past year will aggregate fully fifty |
per cent for the entire State. The growth |
IF stock raising, manufacturing and COM
mercial business of the State keeps pace
with its astonishing agricultural develop
nents.
The following charters were filed with
the Secretary of State recently: Green
field Cemetery Association, Washington
County; Cartwright Society of the Wichita
District, Southwest Kansas Conference of
he NJ. E. Church; Gate City Cooperative,
Rendering, Fertilizing and Packing Asso-
,iation of Kansas City, Wyandotte County;
Ieavenworth Union Dapot and Railroad
Company, capital stock $150,000
WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN, who Travelled
through Kansas for several years buying
I'D iron, rags ETC., some months ago drew
draft, while in Topeka, upon a Kansas
;ity firm, for $1433S, putting up car load
# iron and rags as collateral, which he had
previously sold and got pay for. He got
he draft cashed at Topeka bank and slit
ut" Detectives were put after him and
e was recently captured.
THE Eighth Kansas Infantry will hold a
egimental reunion at Leavenworth on the
econd day of the State Soldiers reunion,
October II. The surviving members of the
egiment are requested to send their names
nd addresses to Chas. W. Rust, Secretary,
t AtchiSOn.
BILL HART and man named Wilson,
mployes of the Omnibus Company at To-
eka, were recently arrested for stealing
alise from passenger, the contents be-
lg valued at 500.
ONE morning last week all the wheat,
ats and millet belonging to the Parsons
own Company at their ground in the
orthwest part of that city were entirely
by fire. 1t was evidently the
-ork of an incendiary, as no residence or
uilding or habitation of any kind is near.
oss 500. The Town Company offered a |
eward of $50 for the apprehension of the
opposed incendiary. I
LEAvENwoRTH is preparing for the re- J
Mon.
A PRISONER named Ike Snead was killed
lie other morning in the air shaft at the
enitentiary by a plumb-bob which fell on :
is head. This is the first accident which !
as happened at the shaft. .
JOHN ECKLE, German, aged sixty-one, a
Leavenworth City, recently committed Z
licide by taking rat poison. While in =
ansas City in 1873 he was injured about b