The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25
miscellaneous.

miscellaneous.
THE recent reunion of veterans at Leav-
enworth was a grand affair for the old SOL
diers, who met from all parts of the Missouri
Valley, and around the camp-fires talked
over the scenes and incidents connected
with their former campaigns. 1t was es-
timated that twenty five thousand strangers
veterans and their families and friends
we're present, and the procession of veter-
| ans, many of the regiments being under
command of their old officers, reminded
those present of the days of "War's
alarums." The heavy rain of the last day
| cast a damper upon the enjoyment, but al
together the reunion was grand success,
and an occasion long to be remembered.
GOVERNOR CLICK recently addressed
letter to State Agent Crawford, at Wash
ington, directing his attention to the fact
that of the grant of $4,000 acres of public
land made by Congress in 1862 to the Kan
sas Agricultural College, the State has
selected and has had secured to it s., ,313 SO
acres, leaving yet due the State 7,6S6.47
acres. The Governor requests Mr.. Craw-
ford to ascertain the condition of these
lands and see whether the remainder can
cultural College that is entitled to this
grant. The delay, even if the deficiency is
finally made up, must result in the selec-
ton of very inferior lands on account of
the good land being taken up so rapidly
If good lands could be selected soon the
deficiency would be worth $40, 900 to $4,000
for the Agricultural College.
IN the United States District Court, at
Leavenworth, Adolph OFT, a Kansas City
liquor dealer, was tried upon the charge of
carrying on the business without having
paid the special tax to the Government.
The defendant sent packages of liquor
from his business house in Kansas City, by
express to Chanute, the packages addressed
to himself, and at the same time sent
tickets to various persons there, authoriz-
ing them to receive the packages on the
payment to the express agent of the
amount due on each. Defendants attorney
moved to set the verdict aside, and upon
agreement the case was certified to the
United States Circuit Court at Topeka.
THE office of S. F. Burdette, Grand Secre-
tary of the Grand Lodge, 1. o. o. F., in
Leavenworth, was recently broken into
and robbed of fifty dollars.
SIDNEY DILLON, President of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, recently noti
fed the Railroad Commissioners that the
Union Pacific Railway Company had
ceased to operate the Solomon Railroad !
and will hereafter refuse to recognize any
responsibility as to the rates charged upon |!
that road. This notice was the result of |
the recent decision in the Beloit case.
THE other evening fire broke out In |
Endicott's foundry and machine shop at !
Girard, totally destroying the moulding /
room, engine and the wagon shop of E. c. |
Butler. Total loss about $4,000; partially |
insured.
SUNDAY night, the 14th, as Messrs. Gus.
Sholes and Charles Achternacht, of Wy
andotte, were returning on foot from the
Union depot in Kansas City, where they,
as a committee, had been receiving dele
gates to the Railroad Conductors Conven-
ton, upon reaching the Wyandotte
bridge, about half-past ten O'Clock, they
we're attacked and held up by four robbers,
who robbed Sholes of a gold watch and
seven hundred dollars, money he had col.
lected for the purpose of giving banquet
TO the Conductors. The robbers escaped,
with slight prospects of detection.
The General Conference of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Conference, in session in
New York, resolved to give the Kansas
Conference the privilege of dividing it.
territory, and to form Missouri Confer
ence during the next four years, with the
consent of the bishops.
ABUNDANCE of rain.
A LIVELY scene was enacted in the Dis
trict Court of Shawnee County, at Topeka,
the other day, growing out of divorce suit,
the attorneys in which indulged in such
high-toned language towards each other
that the Court absorbed portion of the
fees by filming the three attorneys re-
spectively, twenty-five, twenty-five and
Ten dollars.
WINTER wheat in Southern Kansas is re-
ported to be looking better than ever be-
fore.
THE report that Governor st. John had
purchased large mining interest in New
Mexico is denied.
THE eight-year-old son of s. S. Snyder
fell from railroad bridge, recently, at
Topeka, and was badly injured