The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

recent volcanic OuIUTodh III Java.
The hazing court-martial progresses
at Annapolis. 1t seems the hazers made
the boys stand on their heads just fol
fun.
EX-GOVERNOR TALBOT, of Massa-
chusetts, has positively declined to again
become candidate for that office.
DANIEL COURTNEY, a 'longshoreman,
deliberately shot and killed Thomas Young
in New York saloon on the night of the
4th.
JAMES DoNAHUE, aged twenty-five,
deliberately shot and killed his step father,
Michael O'Connell, at Cleveland on the 4th,
and threatened to shoot his mother if she
interfered.
ANXIETY was being felt in Boston and
Cambridge, Mass, concerning the water
supply, owing to the drought.
EIGHT HUNDRED of the Chicago news
boys indulged in a street parade on the 4th
and afterward journeyed to South Park,
where picnic had been arranged for them
by the Young Mems Christian Association.
GEO. RANKIN, convicted of pension
frauds in Philadelphia, was refused new
trial on the 4th and sentenced to two years
imprisonment. Geo. WeSner received a
like sentence, and Henry Frank received a
sentence of three years together with a
fine of $500 and costs.
The Manufacturers and Mechanics
Institute Exposition opened on the 9th in
Boston.
TWENTY THOUSAND men turned out
in the Trade and Labor procession on the
9TH in New York.
A WASHINGTON artificial ice company
is preparing apparatus to be used for ice
making in South Africa.
H. DUDLEY COLEMAN & BRO, iron
founders and machinists, New Orleans, sus-
pended on the 9TH. Liabilities, 100000;
assets, 100000.
HEINRICH CAUsCIAN, q middle-aged
German living near Rock Island, ILL.,, arose
from his bed early the morning of the 9th
and went to the barn and hung himself with
a clothes-line.
A TERRIBLE storm of thunder, light
ming and rain struck the Salt Lake Valley
the evening of the 9TH, causing considerable
damage and badly soaring the people,
heavy thunder and lightning being almost
unknown there.
The steamer Queen of the Pacific,
with a party on board bound for the
Northern Pacific opening, ran aground
On the 9TH at the mouth of the Columbia
River.
JAY GOULD testified before the SEN
70 ho,.
5he 9TH.
THE body of John Noonan, who dis
appeared from East Bridgeport, Conn.,,
lew days since, was found on the 9th in
Sheldon's Pond at that place, bearing
marks of having been foully dealt with.
THE defalcations of Kennedy, the alb
Youngstown (Ohio) bank cashier,
ioot up $4,000. The bank will not lose
anything.
THE Count de Chambord left Co.
'00,0 900 francs to be divided between the
Duke of Parma and the Count of Bardi.
QUEEN VICTORIA subscribed f200 to
he Egyptian relief fund.
THERE were five new eases of yellow
ever at the Pensacola Navy Yard on the
th and one death. The city remained
lealthy.
REX and his royal retinue arrived at
Cincinnati on the 9Th and was received with
lue ceremony by Cincinnatus and his ad-
lerents. The guests were regaled with a
umptuous lunch, the bands meanwhile
,laying "If Ever Cease to Love" in be-
lalf of Rex, and followed as a response
T.
)wn." There was grand procession and
right royal time generally.
A RELIEF committee under the Presi-
lency of the Prince of Orange was collect
ng subscriptions in Holland for the suffer
rs by the Java eruption.
REPORTS from Santa Barbara, Will !
ningtOn and Los Angeles, Cal, announce
harp shocks of earthquakes at 4:30 the
norning of the 9Th. The vibrations were
to southwest.
QUARANTINE was abolished on the |
uez Canal on the 9th, and traffic resumed |
S before the cholera epidemic. Baltic |
roops were returning to Cairo.
THE first train on the Mexican Ma |
ional Railroad arrived at Saltillo on the |
tn. The whole town was out to witness |
ne great event.
COUNT DE CHAMBORD left 100000 |
rancs to charity and religious societies.
A HURRICANE swept over the West !
ndies on the 9th, causing damage to ship
ing.
CARRIE WALDMAYER and Amelia
Weaver of Philadelphia We're drowned at
.aritan, New Jersey on the 9th.
j. ?. WESTCOTT, cashier of the Coney
sland Jockey Club pool-room, absconded
n the 9th. His accounts were short |
f,OOO /
A FREIGHT collision occurred near !
Taldron station, Ohio, on the 9th. Two
'ainmen were killed.
AN effort is making to annul the
ause of the will of the late Jennie McGraw
iske, whereby Cornell University received
,500,000
The steamer Gamma was wrecked on F
lie 9th on the Newfoundland coast. The
assengers and crew were saved.
JOHN CRANE, a wealthy citizen of
ew London, Ia, fatally stabbed his wife
1 the 9th, for having him arrested.
MARTIN KALLER was killed by Con-
able Johnson in Highland Park, suburb
Chicago, the night of the 9th. Kaller's
lends tried to burn Johnson's house after !
le killing.