The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18

THE steamship Coptic sailed from
San Francisco with 200 Cinnamon aboard,
the largest number of the race ever leaving
in one vessel. Nine hundred are booked to
return.
THE revised estimates of the French
budget are said to show deficit of 55,OOO,-
000f. which the Minister of Finance pro-
poses to cover by reduction of government
al expenses.
IN the Catholic Congress at Naples on
the 18th letter from the Roman Duke was
read, declaring the 10000 Catholics in Italy
ready to strike for the restoration of the
temporal power of the Pope.
A MOB of French Anarchists in Lyons,
on the 10th poured bucket of petroleum
over policeman and set him on fire. The
man was terribly burned. The mob after
ward attempted to fire the stables of the
municipality.
THE value of exports of petroleum
and petroleum products for August, 1888,
was 81 ,229, ,292, against 1889, 40 for the
same time in 1882. For eight months end
ed August 81, 1888, $50, 917,732; same time
in 1882, $3O,946,S56.
STATE Veterinary Surgeon Bridge
visited Trescottown, Pa, on the 10th and
ascertained that cattle reported as suffer-
ing with pleUro-pneumonia were merely af-
ficted by capillary bronchitis. The dis
ease is contagious.
On her recent cruise from Portsmouth
to New York, the Pinta collided with and
sunk brig, for which the Government will
probably be called upon to pay. Navy Off
GERS think it is a pity that the Pinta wasn't
sunk instead of the brig.
UPto the close of business on the 10th
there had been received at the Treasury
Department for redemption $23,5S9, 300
United States bonds, embraced in the 121st
call, leaving still outstanding $6,410, 100
bonds included in that call.
AT Lebanon, Pa, on the 9th the Phil
adelphia & Reading Railroad Company
laid tracks all around a lot of ground which
had been purchased as a depot site for a
new line. The property will now be mac
cessible for depot purposes.
MEMBERS of the Corean Embassy
called at the White House on the 18th in
full court dress and took formal leave of
the President, attended by all members of
the Cabinet. The presentation was made
by Secretary Frelinghuysen.
THE elections in Ohio and Iowa on
the 9th were favored with good weather,
and in both States the vote polled was so
L Al
Republican gains in Ohio, but whether
enough to carry the State had not been
learned.
THERE were four new cases of fever
at Brewton, Ala, on the 10th, three dying.
The Mayor of Brewton, a pioneer, was
among the number. The disease is pro-
nounced yellow fever. Nearly all the stores
and dwellings were closed and the inhabit-
ants were leaving en- maSse.
MORE complete returns from the
election in Ohio indicate an increase in the
Democraticmajority, and it will probably
be considerably over 1900. The Senate
will be two to one Democratic, and the
House is estimated at forty-three Republi-
cans and sixty-two Democrats.
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MOODY and Sankey successfully be-
gan series of meetings in the Royal Thea
ter, at Limerick, Ireland, on the 10th. The
building was crowded to its utmost capaci-
ty. The services were singing by Sankey
and two addresses by Moody. The audi
ence appeared spelI-bound under Moody's
preaching.
SECRETARY FOLGER received informa-
tion on the 11th from Port Townsend, Wash
ington Territory, of the capture of eleven
Cinnamon who, in violation of law, landed
on the coast near that port. The United
States officers at that port directed the re-
turn of the Cinnamon to the place whence
they came.
ESTIMATES at the National Depart
ment of Agriculture indicate that the cot
ton crop will not exceed 5,S00,000 bales
Corn will average something like a bush
els per acre, or total crop about 1925 5,000,-
600 bushels. Wheat will show decrease
of nearly 1OO,OO0,0OO, or about 414,OO0,OOO
bushels. Oats will show up splendidly.
LATER returns from the election in
Iowa indicate that Sherman's majority will
reach $4,000. Complete returns from fifty
nine counties, which include heavy Demo-
cratic ones, give him 1890. Partial re-
turns from the remaining counties give him
$4,000 His plurality will not be less than
1900. The lower house is close. The Re-
publicans now have 54: the Opposition, Al.
OF the remaining five the Republicans will
get three. The Senate now stands: Repub-
cans, 81; Opposition, s.; in doubt, 3.
A MONTGOMERY, Ala, dispatch of the
Sth says: The quarantine officer just from
Brewton says that the malignant fever
there is nothing else but yellow fever, andis
spreading. He reports seventeen cases and
two deaths to-day. Trains on the Mobile
& Montgomery Railroad pass Brewton
without stopping. DIR. Cochran, State
Health Officer, advises quarantine to be
kept up between here and Pensacola and
rigid enforcement between Brewton and the
world. The weather is hot. There has been
no rain for over three months and every
thing is drying up.