The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26
Miscellaneous.

General Augur, died at LeayenwOrth on the
18th of apOpleXy, after an illness of eight
days.
THE board of Railroad Commissioners anC
the various traffic managers in Kansas have
finally agreed upon schedule of freight
rates, to be uniform on all roads in the State.
The new tables will be ready to go into eff
feet soon. The new agreement was based
upon the BelOit decision and makes gen.
eral reduction of about twenty per cent
A DISPATCH from Leavenworth, dated
the 18TH gives the following items: At the
opening of the concert and picnic garden
out in Cincinnati the other night eight men
got into row, in which one was badly
pounded up and others more or less hurt.
w. II. Oldham, a river man, and James
Green, painter, quarreled in a Cherokee
street saloon, Oldham cutting Green terribly
in the left side with a large clasp knife and
severing the tendons of the left hand,
crippling him for life. Oldham is in Jail.
Herman Meyer, pantaloon maker. got up
| from bed, walked out window OH to a
porch roof and off of that to the pavement,
breaking both of his wrists and badly bruis-
ing himself. He had been on a spree. This
morning j. Jacob Keller, boarder at the
Commercial House, rough place on Chero-
| kee street. was found under the window of
his room nearly dead, having falling from a
window during the night. He was taken
up to his room again, but died late this
afternoon Foul play is suspected and an
inquest will be held.
TIE murder of the railroad contractor, b.
L. Burris, at Wichita on the 18th was a de-
liberate assassination. A man named
Richard f. Bradley was under arrest
charged with the crime. BurriS was called
to his back door at night and shot through
| the head. A woman of the town named
Riley was accused with being an accom-
plice of Bradley in the shooting.
w. III. j. SAWYER, travelling represen-
tative for Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, of Chi
cago, died at the Arlington House, yelling
ton, OIL the 18th. He was suffering for some
days with serious attack of sciatic
rheumatism. He had not slept for several
days and took an overdose of choral and
morphine, causing death.
IHE State Veterinarian returned to To
peka on the 10th from Southern Kansas and
reports thirteen new cases of glauders among
the horses in that part of the State. In
Sedgwick County nine animals were con-
demned and killed; in Morris County two
were killed, and two in Usage. Fifty-one
infected ANIMALS were condemned and
killed previous to this last trip, and the
thirteen just killed make siXty-fOur put to
death since the Sth of May. HydrOphobia
has made its appearance among the cattle
in Lyon and Morris Counties, and seven of
the animals have died from the effects of
the disease, one belonging to farmer
named Grabenstein living south of Empo-
ria, and six belonginging to Mr.. Patch, in
the same neighbOrhood. These cattle with
SavQral nfharS Nyara hiftap nv mod dn0v
and two of the diseased dogs have since
been killed.
PosT-oFFfcE charges in Kansas during
the week ended June Z, 1884: Estab-
hed-Franklinville, Ness County, John
Ii. Redman Postmaster; Redband. King
man County, William c. Farris Postmaster.
Discontinued - Hector, johnson County:
Swansea, Usage County. Name changed
-C2sawfordsville, Chase County, to Glenn
ent". POstmasters appointed - Arthur
Hcgeman County, Maurice b. Barker: Coons
vile, Linn County, II. c. White; Grange,
]. inn County, A. l.. Muse; Hadley. Craw-
ford County. John L. Sellers; Kinsley, Ed
wards County, Charles C. Sellers. RAYS,
Kingman County, Alfred NJ. Leatherman
JAMES NORRIS, aged sixteen, fell fifty feet
from a scaffOlding at the coal mine at
Leavenworth, recently, and was drowned in
the water at the bottom of the shaft.
A CLERGYMAN has written to Governor
Click to know whether it is right that gen
tlemen of the ministry should be compelled
TO work on the roads. His Excellency has
taken the question into serious considera-
ton.
MESSRs. RAGSDALE, Boyd and MOeSer.
the three Topeka saloon keepers, were com
mtted to Jail again by Judge Martin, be
cause they refused to give one thousand
dollars bond each not to engage in the sale
of liquor again for two years.
FARMERS and others are requested to
send specimens by mail of insects com
hitting depredatiOns on vegetation to the |
State EntomolOgist, Prof. +. III. Snow, of
Lawrence.
Two hundred soldiers had roaring time |
at AtchisOn, recently, while waiting for q
train en- route to New Mexico. They filled |
up with whisky and made threats of deser |
ton. One of the soldiers named Patrick |
Garrison was arrested and taken to the |
military prison at Leavenworth.
CROPS are coming forward.
BILL NORRIS, the noted road agent and |
former partner of Polk Wells, was brought |
to AtchisOn, recently, from Sioux Falls. d. |
L. Norris had been living under an as
Sumed name near Sioux Falls for two wears, |
but followed circus to town one day and |
was arrested for crookedness and identified |
as the notorious Norris. Norris, in company
with Wells and Jim Daugter, robbed Lay
son X Mccarthy and was wantel in Kansas
for the crime.
HoN. ID. b. EMNIERT recently died in
Albuquerque, n. VI. He was widely known
throughout Kansas as newspaper man.
He established the Fort Scott Monitor and
other papers.
L. c. UHL is the name of the Democratic
for Congress from the Sixth Dis
trict.
LESTER NJ. CRAWFORD, manager of the
New Topeka, or Crawford's Opera House,
and Sam Gardenhire, editor of the Critic,
had personal encounter recently in To
peka, in which the latter received severe
Gaming over the head and face. The attack
was made by Mr.. Crawford. He claims
that he had been driven to desperation by
scurrilous articles, published against his
house by Gardenhire, and could not stand
the insults any longer.
PEDDLER of patent medicine named
Markham was drowned in the Kaw mean
Rossville, the other day. While drunk he
drove his team into the river.
LowENTHAL BROTHERS, jewellers of To
peka, failed the other day for $1,000