The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-27
Miscellaneous.

rent expenses, S1O,7s7OS; water works
1851. 9S; cash received and paid into the
State Treasury, Sl0,93S.39; coal supplied to
State institutions during the month, 2O,S94
bushels; sold for cash. 77,SO1 bushels; total
for the month, 9S,695 bushels.
AT North Topeka the other day Lee
Foo, a Chinaman, generally respected, was
shot in his laundry and stOre-rOom by some
unknown person. The balls, there being
two shots, entered his forehead, inflicting
probably fatal wounds. He was found in
a heap near his door which he had evil
IDENTIFY been trying to fasten. In reply to
inquiries he stated that young white man
came into his place and sat down and talked
with him about an hour. Lee Foo started
to lock his back door, when the young man
shot him. This was all he could tell. AS
the Chinaman had considerable amount
of money, robbery was supposed to be the
motive.
North TOPEKA was the scene of dis
graceful row the other night, in which four
men were badly cut up in saloon fight,
the most seriously injured being DR.. Ward,
who had nearly the whole top of his head
knocked off with beer bottle. The other
parties wounded were George Merritt, Frank
Merritt, DR.. Thompson and young man
known as ''Roxey.'
| COMPLETE returns from ali the counties
| III the State gave Blaine, 154, 406: Cleve-
land, 80, 1872; Butler, 16, 346; st. John, 4,495.
Total vote of the State, 265,379. Fannie
Randolph received 15,7 02 votes for State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Click ran ahead of Cleveland 1882 votes,
and Martin ran behind Blaine 1929.
n. n. CARPENTER, of Wyandotte, was
recently killed by passenger train on the
Missouri Pacific Road. Carpenter was on
! his way home at the time of the accident
and although warned of the approach of
the train attempted to cross a culvert. lie
| had Just left the track when the engine
struck him, knocking him into a deep
ravine and killing him instantly. He was
sixty-Seven years old and leaves a wife and
four children in destitute circumstances.
ACCORDING to Topeka paper, the Super
intendent of Public Instruction thinks
there ought to be radical change made in
tie school land laws of the State. As they
exist now every county officer gets a whack
| at the proceeds of sales, except the County
| Superintendent of Schools, and he has no
show whatever.
! Miss LOUISA c. LARRIcK, a popular
school teacher at EmpOria. committed sui
eide recently by taking morphine. For
| some weeks she had been greatly diScour-
aged with her school work, and few days
! before taking the fatal dose she wrote let
| ter in which she stated that she could re-
member the time when her desire to die was
not stronger than to live, and gave detailed
directions for her burial, even specifying the
kind of coffin to be used. The disposition
| to be made of her money and property,
which is considerable, was clearly written,
and she provided for the wants of her aged
| father and the education of a younger
| brother. Miss Larrick came here about a
| year ago from Bloomington, ILL.,, was faith
| full worker and highly esteemed in the COM
munity.
JOHN BoUAssA and Jake Boyle, the
| horse thieves arrested recently at junction
| City, We're taken to Rossville to have their
preliminary examination before Justice
Lawrence 1t is stated that these men
have been doing wholesale business at
stealing horses. Thrty-seven animals taken
by them at various times were found and an
officer was ON the track of six more. These
horses belonged to the Indians. In addition
to this lot, the Sheriff secured two horses
that were stolen by them from Z. c. Ned
dan, at Rossville, and for the latter theft
they were taken to ROssville.
THE other day Alexander Fowler and
Prince Phillips, two boys residing in North
TOkeka, went out in the country short
distance to hunt rabbits. They were
armed with an old shotgun and left the
city with the expectation of bagging lots of
game. While walking along the banks of
Soldier Creek rabbit ran across the path.
Young Phillips, who had the gun, quickly
fired, but instead of hitting the rabbit, his
companion, Alexander Fowler, received
the charge in in his right arm, frightfully
decorating that member.
The Independence & Verdigris Valley
Railroad Company flied a charter with the
Secretary of State recently. G. w. Donald
sor, Z. Otis, A. c. Stitch, F. Mcfarland,
j. NJ. Anderson. NJ. S. Stahl, P. V.
Hockett. John p. Fillikins and Henry Eos
ter are the incorpOrators. They propose to
construct and operate railway from hide
pendence to Emporia. with 4 branch starting
at Altoona, and running to Chanute, also
another branch from Virgil to Burlington.
The amount of Capital stock is placed at
S1,000,000, divided into 10000 shares OF
500 each.
JUST before Henry Schwoertz, The North
Topeka barber, met his recent mysterious
death, he purchased some property of one
Charles JOckheck, for relative, and had
the deed to it in his desk drawer, along
with other valuable papers. Jockheck was
recently arrested OH charge OF having |
stolen said deed the morning that !
Schwoertz's dead body was found, and |
carried it away. He was placed under |
$500 for his appearance.
{, TOPEKA has Poultry Club.
PATENTS were recently issued to the fol- |
lowing Kansas inventors: Samuel W. Peter |
son, Wyandotte, car door fastening; Fred |
Honi onh Cboriac A Rillinntnn Morrill, |
cuitivator; Marcus HardenbroOk, Maryville, |
horse hoe; George III. Harrington and Mar
tin Hellar, Wichita, fire escape; A. F. |
Pack and Edwin French. Emporia, sulky |
harrow; John o. West, Fulton, wire fence.
THE charter of the Relief Association of
the Grand Army of the Republic, of
Fred0nia, Wilson County, was fled with The
Secretary of State recently. The directors
are Benjamin Dornblaser, Charles j. Butin,
William NJ OakfOrd, Allen w. Howe and
Alexander Hunt, all of FrepOnia.
j. d. QUINN and Mrs. Chas. E. Bachelor.
of Silver Lake, were arrested recently upon
the charge of selling liquor.
SOME time ago Charles Miller, an engi-
neer on the Santa Fe Road, reported an en-
counter he had with a burglar at Argentine,
in which he shot and wounded the latter.
A few days after he visited Kansas City
and remained until after night. On his way
home he states that he was attacked by
three men, while passing through a cut near
Argentine and badly shot in the hand.
Miller claimed that he defended himself and
fired five times without killing his man, and
then jumped from bis horse and stabbed one
of the assailants with dirk. The knife
was found next morning, covered with
blood, near the scene of the attack.
THE reception to GoverDor-eIect Marin.