The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
THE WEST.

| died In Chicago recently, aged seventy-five
ALDERMAN GAYLoR, of the Ninth Ward
| Chicago, was fatally shot by James Davies
ward politician, in a saloon recently
The facts were not definitely known, but il
was stated the only cause was the Alder
mans refusal to drink with his assailant.
MINERS at work in a shaft near Dubuque
Iowa, recently dug out bone of some ami
NAL sixty-five feet below the surface, evil
IDENTIFY flesh-eating quadruped from the
formation of the teeth. The relic goes tc
the Medical College at Iowa City.
HoYT SHERMAN, of Des Moines, in re
ceiving his discharge as assignee of B. F.
Allen, reported having collected S473,062.
On the formal ballot at the Anti
Monopoly convention in Chicago on the
14th, Butler received 124; Thurman, Z;
Scion Chase, of Maine, 1. Butler was de
clared the nominee of the convention.
A GOOD deal of excitement was raised in
Denver the other day. A new City Clerk
had been elected by the Council and the
Office was refused to him by the old Clerk,
who thought the election was fraud. The
new Clerk, aided by his friends, forcibly
took possession of the Office and stood the
old Clerk in the street.
MRS. ROGER NJ. SHERMAN, eldest daugh.
ter of the late Governor Bagley, obtained
g decree of divorce from her husband in
the courts of Detroit, Mich, recently, and
was awarded the custody of her two
children.
THE war on Eastern passenger rates at
Denver was severe on the 14th. The fol-
loxpinr xuara tho ,.atac buIlatinad. Miccorri
River points, distance 635 miles, s.; st.
Louis, S.; Chicago, 81; New York, $25.
Proportional rates to other Eastern points.
1t was stated that scalpers were selling to
New York for $40.
THE old Van Buren, tavern, at Findlay,
o., for years famous stopping place for
stage-coaches, before the day of railroads,
was burned to the ground the other morn
ing. The loss was $1,000. 1t was insured
for 81, 300.
A coLoRED porter in Chicago went to a
gambling house the other evening to get
change for fifty dollar bill, and was given
ten notes of five hundred dollars each.
When he returned to have the mistake cor
rected, he was not even thanked.
Two swindlers have been canvassing for
insurance in Fountain and Warren Coun-
ties, Ind, securing bankable note at the
bottom of each application. Recently
they sold 500 of these notes to bank at
Attica, stole horse and buggy, and dis
appeared.
AN exciting scene occurred in the Senate
the other day. Van Wyck severely criti-
cised Blair for something he had done in
committee. He was repeatedly called to
order by the President of the Senate
Blair said that Van Wyck was either
grossly mistaken or an intentional falsifier.
DAVID E. HARBAUGH, for many years
Revenue Collector and Police Justice at
Detroit, Mich, died recently in the insane
asylum at Pontiac, aged seventy-six years.
The annual financial statement of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott 6 Gulf Railroad
Company for 1888 shows earnings, S2,016,-
212; an increase of IA $500 per cent. Net
earnings, $685., $50; an increase Of IL Ga 100
per cent.
THE Colorado railroad rates to points
East have been restored.
THE bone factory of A. B. Meyer, st.
Louis, burned the other morning. Loss,
S65 900; insurance, $1,000.
SEVERAL times lately people at Racine,
Wis, claim to have seen an animal dis
porting in Lake Michigan and resembling
a sea-lion. 1t has been conjectured that
the animal might possibly be the :sea-lion
lost from a menagerie several years ago.
Over one hundred persons saw the strange
animal the other day.
ANOTHER diamond has been found at
Eagle, Wis.
A GLENDIvE, NJ. Z, special says while
United States Paymaster Whipple was en-
route to Fort Buford from Glendive re-
Gently, abost forty miles out, he was at
tackled by road agents. Sergeant Conrad
was killed aud two privates seriously
wounded. The mules attached to the ain-
sulance in which the pays1aster, clerk and
treasurer's box were, ran away and thas
made their escape.
Tue Duluth and Superior CITY ferry-boat
Mary Martin, collided recently with sail
Duluth, and Connor's Point, Wis, and
it up. Twenty-one persons were
in the sail-boat at the time. Isadere Plum
nadore, who ran it, and three Swedes,
lock laborers, names unknown, were
drowned.
GENERAL WILLIAM II. Il. Terrell died
'ecently in Indianapolis. He was Adjutant- |
General during the war, and held several |
prominent positions since, among them |
Third Assistant General and |
Pension Agent. His report in several vol |
lines of Indiana in the War for the Union |
s a model of accuracy and valuable con.
ribution to the history of the State.
A DUEL was fought recently between
-"-" and Pedro Cara, near the
=" old feud.