The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-18
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playing havoc with the swine.
TIE American Scientists in convention
at Philadelphia, the other day, had con-
siderable talk of entering into closer re-
lations with the British organization Of a
similar character.
The Nickel-Plate Road recently took to
Niagara Falls an excursion train of thrifty
seven coaches, containing 800 passengers.
A THREE-DAY celebration was lately
held at Chambersburg, Pa, to commemo-
rate the advent of the first white settler in
Franklin County, 100 years ago.
DIPHTHRRIA of a malignant kind has
broken out in the Italian quarter at Tren-
ton, n. j. There have been some deaths.
1t is feared the disease will spread.
LEGACIEs amounting to two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars were left by
the late Senator Anthony to his sister and
other relatives. He left twenty-five thous-
and dollars for pu blic purposes.
WALTER CARROLL, a depositor in the
New Brunswick IN. j. Bank, cut his
throat recently on account of his losses
through the collapse of that concern.
The Monongahela miners in convention
assembled at Pittsburgh September 10th,
resolved to continue the strike for three
and one-half cents per bushel.
The Bankers and Merchants Telegraph
Company's Office, at New Haven, Conn.,,
was lately closed under an attachment.
THE United States Electrical Confer
ence which convened lately was formally
opened in the Exposition Building at Phil
adelphia, with Professor Simon Newcomb
in the chair.
THE National Prison Association of the
United States lately met at Saratoga. Ex-
President Hayes was chosen Chairman. A
number of interesting papers were read.
DURING the first week of September four
men were killed in New York State
by the giving way of road bridges under
the weight of portable thrashing engines
on which they were riding. All of these
casualties occurred at different times and
places.
THE steamer Wyoming recently landed
at New York five hundred proselytes for
Utah.
ERNEST SCHILLING, the coachman who
eloped with the daughter of Jay Gould's
private secretary, was found to be an i'm
pecunious German nobleman.
AN accident in Cragan's Japan works in
Brooklyn, by which a varnish kettle of
great proportions caught fire, killed five
men recently.
THE mercury September 10 in New York
rose to ninety-three degrees. Nine deaths
occurred at Bellevue Hospital from the
heat, and the street car lines were almost
compelled to stop operations. A Philadel-
phia dispatch reported intense suffering
among the animals at the State Fair, while
fancy poultry died in large numbers.
Two of the commissioners appointed by
the Recorder of New York to investigate
the condition of William G. Rhinelander,
who married below his station, reported
that he is insane, while the third took
contrary view.
THE sugar-refining firm of Burger, Rurl-
butt & Livingstone, of New York, lately
made an assignment, giving prefere noes
for about $12O,OOO.
MISS SARAH E. STEVENS recently disap-
peared mYsteriously from her home near
New Brunswick, N. J. Foul play is sus-
pected, as a farmer named Pendrun was
heard in quarrel with her.
EON September 11th there were thirty
seven deaths from the heat in New York.
SITTING BULL and several of his follows
ers have been taken to New York by Colo
mel Allen, under permit from Secretary
Teller.
ARECENT fire in the Pine Brook mines at
Scranton, Pa, caused a loss of $4,000.
AT recent large meeting of Tammany
Hall Cleveland was endorsed for Presi-
dent, but against the protestations of Mr..
Grady.