The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
MANUFACTURERS of bags met in New

MANUFACTURERS of bags met in New
York on the 18th and decided that there
was over-production of their goods and to
make only limited quantity next year.
THE autumn meeting of the Institute
of Mining Engineers closed on the 18th in
New York. The next meeting will proba-
bly, be held in Cincinnati, in February.
ANOTHER telephone combination has
been formed, the Globe Telephone Com
pany, of New York, absorbing the Shaw,
of Chicago.
LORD LANsDOwNE, the new Governor
General of Canada, and wife have sailed
for Canada.
A RUSSIAN has been arrested in Ger
many for sketching the forts at Konigs
berg.
The anniversary of the discovery OF
America was celebrated on the evening Of
the 18th with a splendid banquet in the
Opera House at Madrid, Spain. The build.
ing was brilliantly illuminated and deco
rated with flags and the coats of arms OF
Spain and the republics of North and South
America.
AT the sale of seats for the first
nights performance in the new Metropoli-
tan Opera-house, New York, the highest
price obtained for box was 500 and for an
orchestra seat was SO. The lowest price
for an orchestra seat was $14.5O.
The Spanish Ambassador 10 France
has rendered his resignation and insists up.
on its acceptance.
TIE village of La EStrella, Province
of Tervel, Spain, was inundated on the
18th. Sixteen houses were destroyed and
over forty lives lost.
A FRENCH transport started on the
18th for Tonquin with 19) men and guam.
tity of war material.
THOMAS LIvERMORE, agent for the
Amoskeag Cotton Mills was before the
Senate Labor Committee on the 18th. He
testified that the mills used 10000 bales of
cotton yearly, turned out 81, 100000 to co.
900 yards of cloth at cost of between
$j,OO0,000 and $G,000,000. The cost of labor
was about thirty per cent. of the total cost
of the goods, or about 81 100000. Amount
Of capital employed in plant, building, etc.
about equal to the yearly production.
American operatives number one-fifth of
the employed. They are the best opera
tiveS.
IN the Episcopal Convention at Phil
adelphia on the 18th report was made adj
verse to the erection of the diocese of West
TenTe Ssee.
THE Evangelical Conference opened
its sessions at Allentown, Pa, on the 18th.
The Cinnamon in Salt Lake City,
Utah, are in an uproar. Tie City Council
has ordered them to leave their promiscu
Gus housings among the whites and con-
centrate in a suburb by themselves. As
many of them have long leases Oh their
premises they propose to resist in the
courts.
UPON the retirement of General Sher-
man, November l, 1883, it is understood
that Gen. Hancock will succeed Lieut.
Gen. Sheridan in command of the Division
of the Missouri. Maj aj-Gen. Pope will suc-
ceed Gen. Hancock i'll command of the Di-
vision of the East, md Maj.-Gen Schofield
will remain i'll command of the Division of
the Pacific.
JUDGE ADVOCATE SWAIN is of the
opinion that the President will soon pardon
Sergeant Mason for shooting at the assas-
sin Guiteau. The records of the War De-
partment show that the applications for
Mason's release form the largest petition
ever presented on any subject in the his
tory of the United States, the signatures
which are from every State and Territory,
aggregating more than 100000 names.
PROF. j. LAWRENCE SMITH, the dis
tinguished scientist, died at his residence
in Louisville KY, on the 18th, of diabetes.
He was native of Charleston, S. c., born in
1878, and graduated at the University OF
Virginia.