The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-24
THE WEST.

THE WEST.
WADswoRTH, New, was completely des-
| troyed by fire recently.
A RICH strike of gold was discovered
near Silver City, N. w. 7. 1t was said to
be equal to any in America. Great excite
ment prevailed.
THE first fast mail train East from San
Francisco, left on the 18th.
AN ignorant fellow named Guzmann in
dorsed a stolen draft at Appleton, Wis,
and was jailed. He then confessed that
himself and companion stole a mailbag
at MenaSha, and rifled the letters.
SADIE REICH, of Chicago, who killed a
hotel waiter for circulating false reports as
to her character, has entered a plea of
guilty of manslaughter.
A MOST destructive fire broke out at
Tacoma, W. T. Nine buildings, forming the
principal business blocks of the city, were
completely destroyed. Loss, $40, 900; in
surance, estimated, $4,000.
LATE advices from Vera Cruz, Mexico,
say the yellow fever prevails there, and
that thirteen deaths occurred in one day
last week. Among the deaths was that of
an American named c. E. Powers, formerly
connected with the Mexican Central Rail-
road. The American Consul, who had the
fever, has recovered.
Two farmers living near Wabash, Ind,
had a battle, in which the thumb of one was
entirely bitten off by the other. The in.
jured man will begin an action against his
opponent for 5000 for the loss of his
thumb.
THE Republican State Convention of H.
linois at Peoria nominated Richard j.
Oglesby for Governor.
A. R VoN MARTELS, Judge of the Gin
cinnati Police Court, died recently.
JOSEPH GRIFFIN was arrested one night
at Milwaukee while attemp ing to burglar
ize the premises of No. 229 Broadway. The
butcher-shop of Gus Hanback, occupied the
lower floor. Hanback, heard the fellow as
he was effecting an entrance over the tran
som, and seized him as he dropped inside.
FRANCIS MURPHY and his son Thomas,
just from England, were announced to
speak at the Opera House at Freeport, H.,
the other night, but the elder Murphy fell
down ON a pavement and sustained serious
injuries. His son, however, delivered an
address on temperance, as did also Rev. E.
W. Drew.
The Marine Railway & Dry Dock Com
pany, of Cincinnati, has assigned. Liabili
ties, 100000.
DURING storm recently, lightning struck
the depots of the Milwaukee & Northern
Road at Forest Junction and Greenleaf,
Wis, destroying them. The total loss was
about $1,000.
BLACK RIVER has risen seven and a half
feet natural rise at Black River Falls, Wis,
obviating the growing fears of lumbermen
that the log crop would be delayed in reach
ing the mills. The condition of logging
matters on the Chippewa was not very
hopeful.
The Mexican Government is making ne
gotiations for a loan of $4,000, 900 from the
Franco-Egyptian Bank.
THE performance at Chicago for the ben
eft of the Actors fund netted 81 800. Miss
Fanny Davenport sent a check for 1900 in
lieu of performance at Baltimore. At Bos-
ton the performance Melted 81 1853.
EDWIN F. SMITH, Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society, thinks the wheat crop
of California this year will exceed that of
1880.
KILLER, HALLoCK & Co., bankers OF
Buena Vista, Col, have assigned; available
assets estimated at $4,000, liabilities $780,
600. The immediate cause of the failure is
said to be the expensive litigation of the
Nest Egg mine, in which the concern was
largely interested.
REV. FATHER SANsHEz, last Of the
pioneer Franciscan missionaries to Cali
fornia, who arrived there in 1871, died
recently, aged seventy-one.
THERE was great excl ement in mining
towns of Colorado owing to rich gold finds
near Pixies Peak.
The Lathrop; Cal, levee broke the other
morning, and the San Joaquin River was
spreading rapidly. If the break cannot be
repaired 10000 acres of wheat will be de-
stroyed.
By the neglect of a telegraph reporter at
Steubenville, O., to deliver the proper train
orders, two freight trains ON the Pan-Han-
die collided near Wheeling Junction. Both
engines and ten cars were completely
wrecked.