The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

| July IL 10 ouLOuAOCu llldt
all Kansas roads will give the boys in blue a
ate of two cents per mile each way between
all stations to tue Missouri River, tickets at
these rates to be sold in connection with
tickets of connecting lines.
TIE township assessors of Clay County
! have completed the statistical work for the
| past year and make the following excellent
showing: Present population of Clay
| County, 1873 being gain OF over 1000 /;
population Of Clay Center, 4,1S2, gain OF
1,300. The county has in fine condition
! I7,4S3 acres of winter wheat, 5000 acres Of
| rye. $4,000 acres of corn, 16, 600 acres OF
| oats, and acres upon acres of potatoes,
| sorghum, beans, broom corn, grasses, etc
| This county Owns over 10000 cattle, 1,50C
| horses, 6,00e sheep and $4,000 hogs Both
| county and city enjoy an unusual state of
prosperity, and the prospects for bountt
tul harvest could not be better.
JEROME WILLIAMS, carpenter of Atchi
| son, was sent to do some work at a residence
recently, and by means of misrepresenta-
ton secured money from the parties of the
house. Then feigning sickness, lie wa:
allowed to lie down in room to rest, which
he plundered of its valuable contents and
made good his escape.
A DISPATCH from Topeka says: The
Railroad Commissioners have determined
that Superintendent Fayan will have to put
he Central Branch road in decent shape or
they will make it warm for him. A letter
was addressed to that gentleman stating that
many people feel compelled to travel oveI
Ills road, and there can be no reason for sub
jecting them to a risk of their lives upon 1t In
its present condition.
4 MEETING of the officers and Executive
Committee of the Denver, Memphis IL At
lantic Railway Company was held at To-
peka recently. Business relating to the
;arly construction of the road was con-
sidered and disposed of and it was reported
that a corps of engineers were at work To-
eating the line and work was to be COM
nenced on the grading right away. Sub
sides amounting to $4,000 per mile had
been secured from Baxter Springs to Larned
and three hundred miles of the road will be
constructed this year. The same corpora
ZION has also organized the Excelsior Town
and Mining Company.
WHILE Rev. c. \. Reggie, Methodist
minister of TecumSeh, was absent from
home the other night his barn was burned
by an incendiary and valuable horse
DeriShed in the flames.
WHILE Mr. Joel Hmtoon, City Engineer
loft of his barn in that city the other even
ing, his foot slipped upon the ladder, cauS
ing him to fall to the floor below. A frac-
ture of his right arm at the elbow and be-
tween the elbow and wrist vas the result. J
R. w. WYLIE, well known in CONNER
cial circles of the Missouri Valley, was
bound over by Justice Drury at AtchisOn
recently to appear in the District Court to
answer the charge of stealing groceries
from the jObbinS house of w. l.. HOlliSs, of
which he was manager.
DURING recess at the West Side School
house at Parsons recently, girl, about
twelve years old, was seriously shot by the
accidental discharge of a pistol in the
hands of some boys not far off. The ball
entered her left cheek, and lodged in her
mouth. 1t was not thought to be a fatal
wound. The boys were arrested.
Dr.. HoLCOMBE, the State Veterinarian,
reports that the CHAMBERS exists among the
horses in twenty-nine counties of the State,
and is becoming serious in its proportions.
The disease, it is believed, was brought into
this State from Missouri where it has eX-
isted for some time, and has been spread
throughout the State by "horSe jockeys"
who brought over their infected animalSStnd
traded or sold them.
DAVID BRIGGAM recently came into To
peka from Strong City. He had one thou
sand dollars in his possession. He fell il
with an old chum named Barnes. and after
carOusing around little while they parted
Shortly after Brigham missed his pocket
book containing the money and Barnes was
arrested. The money, however, was not
found in his possession.
THE United States Fish Commissioners
special car passed through Topeka the other
day over the Santa Fe road attached to the
CannOnball train. 1t had on board George
w. Moore CT Chicago. in charge; F. l.. Don
nelly, w. A. Bennington, VI. Tune and John
T. Moore. They were returning from the
Needles of California, where they planted
500, 900 shad fish in the Colorado River In
his talk with a reporter, Mr.. Moore said he
thought the farmers of this State ought to
build ponds and 90 into the cultivation of
carp. They are good, hardy fish, well
adapted 20 this climate, and if properly
cared for. grow in years time to weigh
from one to five pounds.
MAY 2S. J. McCarty and twenty-eghi
other persons filed a petition with the Board
of Railroad Commissioners asking pernis
sion to construct spur or switch two miles
from Baker Station on the Missouri Pacific
Road in Brown County, but the Board did
not think, in its decision, that the incOnven-
fence caused to few persons in an agricul-
tural district by having to haul their produce
two miles further to the station at Baker,
was sufficient to counterbalance the addi-
tional hazard which would be caused to the
travelling public by allowing a switch put i'll
at said place, and for these reasons the APP
pication was denied. This was the third
time the same case had been disposed of.
STOCK your ponds with German carp.
TIE assessments made by the AtchiSoh
County and city assessors are now in. and
show So. 159.72O for Atchison city and So
O72,57O for the township in the county.
Total, S.232,9 800.
JESSE GEORGE, aged sixteen years, son of
William George, weUto-do farmer living
eight miles northeast of Wellington. was
drowned the other afternoon while bathing
in + small stream with some other boys.
Colonel. JOHN A. MARTIN is a cousin of
the Hon. James G. Blaine. In this particu-
lar a local paper says: 1t is predicted that
then Aft, or John 4. Martin. will be mem-
Der of the Cabinet in case Mr.. Blaine is
elected
4 TAILOR named Miller was knocked
down in Topeka the other night and robbed
Of one hundred and fifty dollars.
A HEAVY rain fell az Mcpherson on the
9Th. The Union Pacific depot building was
struck by lightning. Two freight cars were
burned: also the goods stored in the depot
The office of the Peoples Elevator was also
burned.
THE Board of Railroad Commissioners
recently issued an order giving Bell brothers,
coal miners at Scranton, permission to con-
denim land, and upon or over it construct a
switch seventy rods long from the Santa
Fe track out to their mines.
THE Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
met In aayenMnrth on the lIfh Next