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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
A Summary Of the Daily News.
prnsoN.1 AND POLITICAL.

Il
WILBUR F. STOREY, the well-known editor
of the Chicago Times, died at his home In
Chicago on October 9th. He had Eeen
gradually failing for some weeksA and was
declared an imbecile by Chicago court
some weeks ago. Mr.. Storey had been suf-
fering from a stroke of paralysis, which
came upon him few years ago while trav-
cling in Europe. He died very quietly.
THE Presidents chair of the Woman's
Home Mission Society, which recently met
at Cleveland, O., was occupied by the wife
of ex-President Hayes.
COLONEL ROBERT G. 1NGERSoLL will de-
liver an address at the unveiling of the
Kit Carson monument at Santa Fe, n. M,
about November 2S.
THE Presidentrecently appointed ex-Sec-
retary Hugh McCulloch to be Secretary OF
the Treasury, and Secretary Walter ..
Gresham to be Circuit Judge of the Seventh
Circuit to succeed Judge Thomas Drum
mond, resigned.
GENERAL FITz JOHN PORTER was not
long ago appointed Police Commissioner OF
New York City in place of the late Sidney
P Nichols.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
They Want to Know.

SOUIHBURY, CONS., Uet0Der >.
On Sunday Mrs. Maria Enchat was
found at the foot of her cellar steps dead
and bruised with lamp in one hand and
the lamp-chimney at distance from the
lamp. How she came there Is mys-
tery, but the Coroner said It was an ac-
cidental death. The verdict IS ques-
toned by the people, who argue that 1t Is
at variance with all the circumstances.
The people ask if she fell backward dowr
stairs, how it was that her eyes and nose
showed marks of violence and how If sns
fell forward, the back Of her head shoais
be particularly injured They sw1N a
explanation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
-Ihe Queen of England for hersel

-lhe Queen of England for herself
alone receives every year from the En-
glish Government over S3.OOO,OOO for
life. The Prince of Wales draws every
year 5000, 600 from the English treasury.
The Princess of Wales. for pin money,
$4,000; the Duke of Edinburgh. SlOO,-
900: Princess Louise, MarchiOness OF
Lorne, $4,000; Prince Arthur, S132.-
500. and Prince Leopold about the same
sum. Then comes the Duchess OF Cam
bridge. $4,000; the Princess of Teck,
$50, 900; the Duke of Cambridge, $780,
900, and any number of others.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
A Valuable Prisoner.
LEAvESwORTH, KAs., October .

LEAvESwORTH, kAs., October %.
Major Wasson, the United States army
paymaster who was sentenced to serve
eighteen months in the Kansas State PEN
itentiary, was released from the prison
to-day, and will 20 direct TO Des Moines,
Ia, where his parents reside. He has
never been closely confined. and being
good civil engineer, planned and almost
superintended a fine system of water.
works for the prison until is completion.
He was out great portion of the time on
surveying expeditions, locating ground
for the coal mine at the prison.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
Bad Management.

CAIRO, Uctober ..
The supplies sent ON Eus.and for
tie Nile expedition are arriving at Wady
Ha.fa in q very confused way. There are
immense quantities of some one i1ae OF
articles, and none at all OF ON
ers. A serious rrsut OF this
bad management is that The troops
will be deprived of tobacco and OF many
medicines. The Canadians have got
well under way and overcome the oo-
siacles in their path with great ease.
The whale boats are very success
ful. The steamer cony ying the Camel
::orps was partially disabled II hssouay
and at AssiOut.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
MRS. DIR. PAW.
Her Abilities and Her Necessities-HOU
They Should be Recognized.

They Should be Recognized.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October %.
Mrs. DR.. Pavy, widow of the Arctic ex-
plorer, arrived on the "Bayou Sara" this
morning. Her stay n New Orleans, where
her husbands relatives live, was chiefly
spent in endeavOring to obtain q situation
as chief of department in the Worlds Fair
Her friends in this city have looked with
favor upon the idea of urging that the De-
partment of Missouri be given to her as
recognition of her ability and her ne
cessitv, which latter is very
urgent, as she has received no assistance
from the Government, not even her hus-
bands back pay, due two years ago. The
seminary which she conducted at Mary
Vile, Mo-, during the dark, uncertain
hours through which she waited for her
lost husband closed last June, and she
has been financially unable to reopen it.
While in St. Louis she will be the guest
of Deputy Marshal COuZins.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

On the occasion of the festivities of
Courbairam in Turkey, the Sultan or
dered that a number of sheep killed in
sacrifice at Yildiz should be sent to
the different seminaries of Stanboul for
the use of the poor students living on
the premises.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
School Statistics.

The forthcoming report of the State SUI
perintendent of Public Instruction will
prove valuable work, showing interesting
statistics as to the growth of Kansas schools,
the increase in number of school children
and in the value of school property. The
table of school children, between the ages
of FIVE and twenty-one years, shows that
Leavenworth County has lost the first place,
giving way to Shawnee. The following list
of the siSeen leading counties shows the
school population for 1888 and 1854, with
the increase for one year:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

The capacity of the steel-rail mills
of this country is about 1,6OO.OOO tons
per annum. About 100000 tons went
into new roads last year, and the
amount used for renewals. new second
track and sidings is estimated at 65O,-
600 tons, or 5.42 per cent. OF the total
amount of rails in track. This rate Is
equivalent to a renewal of the road once
in 1874 years. At the end of 1883 lit
tie rrore than half the track in the
United States was iron.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

Two Highland tourists lost their
lives not long ago in Fingars Cave.
While they were standing on a ledge
overlooking the water wave of un-
usual volume swept over the slight iron
railing running around it, and carried
them into the sea.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

As preventive of petroleum fires it
is now proposed to place a bottle of
ammonia in each barrel of the oil. On
ignition, by accident or otherwise, the
bottle would break, and the effect of
the ammoniacal vapors would be to
extingish the flames.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

GOVERNOR STONEMAN, of California,
has pardoned Isaac P. Newton, sent
to State Prison in 1880 from Sacra-
mento County for eight years for
grand larceny, on condition that he
leave the State and never return. He
is eighty-one years old and in poor
hnalfh
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

THE banking firm of Rothschild in
London employs women exclusively as
coupon counters, and experience shows
that they are far more reliable and in
telligent than male employees.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

The chief object of interest in Ala
media County, California, is the huge
wine cellar being built by John Gal
legos, near San Jose Mission Nearly
one hundred bricklayers are at work
upon the foundation and walls, and the
accommodations of the town are taxed
TO their utmost. The cellar will cost
o5a OOO
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

THOMAS SCoTT narrowly escaped be-
ing killed in Midland, o., a few days
since by black stallion known as the
"man eater" The horse threw Scctt
down and was gnawing HIN when
Charles Oscars bulldog Syke came to
the rescue, and getting hold of the
horses nostrils, compelled him to re-
lease his hold.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

THE old question of a speedier means
of official killing than the blade or the
moose is again being discussed in Eng
land. The Lancet not only thinks that
decapitation does not cause instant
death, and that hanging is torturing
slow, but that neither prussic acid nor
electricity would be quick enough in
fatal effect.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

THE newspapers of British India
commonly speak of Englishmen as
fiends, demons, robbers, and scoun-
drels, and are endeavoring, apparently,
to incite the natives to rebellion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

ONE of the first couples which took
advantage of the new French divorce
law bore the name of Granville. The
woman, who married at sixteen, OBJ
tanned a separation fifteen days after
the wedding, and had been awaiting
her divorce fifty years.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

THE burrashuta, carnivorous fly
heretofore confined to South America,
has made its appearance in Florida.
Its bite, though not poisonous, is pain
full, and the loss of blood is compara-
tiyely great
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

BISHOP COKE, of Western New York,
says that during his twenty years of
observation in that field there have
been some improvements in religion
and morality, but the increase of i'm
piety and infidelity is, on the whole,
appalling. The most blasphemous
publications are circulated, frightful
atheism is uttered, and gross hcentious-
ness abounds."
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

An attendant in the Treasury De-
partment who can count 1900 new
notes an hour for seven hours day is
considered unusually dexterous.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

Boston has been greatly disturbed
over the land in front of Trinity Church,
called Trinity Triangle. 1t was ru-
mored that it was built up, but now the
owner offers to sell it to the city for
G1S 600.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

The army and navy of England fur
nish their full pro rata of that country S
convicts, and a due proportion were
officers, too.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
mystery.

THERE has been less amateur coach
ing in England this year than formerly.
Only two coaches are now running out
of London.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

An English bicycle rider has Travelled
from Lands End to John O. Groats,
eight hundred miles, with considerable
baggage, in eight days and half.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

A STROKE of lightning split open
hollow tree, at Shasta, Cal, revealing
a skeleton and clearing up a murder
mystery.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

THE will of a sensitive musician in
Wisconsin contained an injunction that
the village brass band should not play
at the funeral
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
CURRENT COMMENT.

A NEW WILMINGTON, Pa, magis-
trate and jury decided that wire
fence is not legal fence.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06
miscellaneous.

There are but two counties in the State
showing a loss, both in the Northwest.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

Land at Bar Harbor, Me-, that
could have been bought sixteen years
ago for so or s15 per acre now brings
from 81, 600 to 5000 per acre.-B0StOH
EzldGet 70 r r
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-06

The Brave Action of the Foreman of burn
ing Factory in Seeking the Safety OF
Others Results in the Sacrifice OF His own
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
Death Of John Booth.

John Booth proprietor OF the Reese
River ncveille, was struck with paralysis
Wednesday night, and remained uncon.
scions until his death which occurred at
Z O'Clock Thursday evening at his home
in Austin. The deceased was one Of the
Oldest newspaper mon in the State, aud
was President of the Association of
Reese River Pioneers. He was also a
member Of Lander Lodge Of Mnsons.
"Unclc John Booth was we'll known on
the coast, and the sad news OF his sud-
den taking of will be received with very
general regret.
Hisdcath was from Cerebral apopicSy,
caused by the rupture Of n blood. vessel
in the brain.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
From Arizona.

Aletter and a couple Of copies Of the
Quijotoa Prospector reached this Office
last evening, having been sent by our
former townsman, Fred. II. Mason, who
is now engaged in business at that FAM
Gus camp rs Manager for the Arizona
Il California Lumber Company, of
which his brother, j. n. Mason, is a
member. The latter was also formerly
q well.known citizen of this place.
Fred says that Quijotoa il now about
the size Of Tuscarora, and is growing
quite rapidly; naively adding: aud we
all think 1t is going TO be one OF
the largest in the world" He says
many Nevadans nre there, most Of whom
are dead broke aud rustling for another
mise. Among those in business, he
mentions the widow Michel, whose hus-
band kept the hotel at Wells some years
ago, and who died ct that place. AZ an
indubitablc evidence of the prosperity OF
Quijotoa, Fred mentions that fourteen
saloons are now in full blast, with more
q coming, and water quoted at 50 a bar
rel. Next to water, ONE were tho
scarcest article in the camp, but the
supply now apprcIimates the demand;
the last census returns showing q total
Of 20, an increase Of 400 per cent. over
the former enumeration.
We shall be glad to hear from Fred
soon again.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
fFrom Saturdays Daily.l
q 4.

Both trains are reported on time thi.
evening.
The Office of Wells, Fargo 4 Co =,
belmont Nye county. has been sus-
pended.
The Eiko Lodge 1. o. o. F.. hold a
regular meeting ut their hall 7.3o this
evening.
Mn Whitney, the mother Of T. d.
rage, OF Fish creek, Eureka Co, died n,
her son ranch. last Wednesday.
Departed by stage for Tuscarora this
morning; w. j. Triton, J.. S. Gregory.
:. ii. Turner. Arrived last evening: w.
V. Everett.
"Tbc BIsckett behind the bure I" il
aceo'dinSt to the Stock Exchange. the LAT.
est thing in bedroom iurnitur. in San
Francisco.
Miss Marion Stone arrived here from
San Francisco by the train last evening.
The young Lady came on II visit TO her
father L. n. Stone.
Governor Kinkcad writes TO a friend
IN Carson that the alleged interview in
The Ogden PHO; WIS mostly made from
the breezy immagiuation OF the neporter
A dispatch received from General
Manager Towne. Of the Central Pacific
Railroad, states that Governor S,apford.s
son died Wednesday, at Florence, Italy.
General Manager Towne says the
Central Pacific will not make any run
ming chances until satisfied that the
last mai service Is something more than
an esTc."genL
oAs M-!Sor Mclaughlin, with the
Ihdian Chic, Sitting bull. in charge, is
'nrouie to Minneapolis. the object oi the
TIP being to give the big I%njun"a
view of the white elephant.
Colonel Hardin shipped nine carloads
OF ia: be ives from winnemucca TO San
Francisco yesterday. According TO re-
port there are not very many moe beef
cattle ia the country ut present.
All those who are interested in th.
manly National game of base ball, ar.
requested To meet at DR.. Jessup's Office
IN the Bank Building on Monday even
ing Mt $ r. NJ, for the purpose Of organ
Using a Base Ball and Social Club.
The Chief of Police OF St. Petersburg
has received IA letter from the Sihilists
threatening with death my one who in
forms against DegaieG, who was
the leader of the four Nihilists that
murdered Colonel Suciekin, December
IN
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
Death OF OLD "Rocky."

The news comes from Salt Lake that
j. ID. f. Rockefeller, an old-time Nevada
prospcctor, and n '49-er, well-known all
over The Coast, committed suicide by
taking morphine in hat city Sunday.
During the White Pine craze, Rocky,
as he was famiIiarly known, was report
ed to have died in the mountains, and
notice to that effect was published in the
News. Some time after, Rocky rode in
t o Hamilton and was greeted by 1.-THE
boys" AZ IA naturalization from the spirit
lind, showing him the touching obitu-
AIRY with which his final exit from this
mundane sphere WIS graced.
Rocky was one Of the very few per-
sons who have the privilege Of pcrusing
their own obituary, and he didn't seem
to enjoy it to any marked extent, for the
total destruction Of the Office from which
cmanated the handsome sepd.oT APP
pearcd alone sufficient to appcase his
wrath.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
Iron Mond.y.. Daily.l
RALAAoUNDI

J.E. GiiligAn leaves this evening for
Schroeder district.
Mrs. Terry departs for Austin by the
train this evening.
Mill. Polk is down from Halleek Sta
ton to-day on business.
Thomas Gilland arrived here this
evening from his home in Lamoille
valley.
Rev. q. w. James lectures on the sub
lect OF memories, at the church this
evening.
George II. Meigs came down from
Wells last evening. aud remained in
town to-day.
Junge J. IL. Raud and II. L. Dyrne.
returned from San Francisco Ly the
train Saturday.
Arrived by stage from Tuscarorn last
evening": G. W. Grover, N. Kuhn. Mrs.
A. G. ScLlumb.
The grand st. Pa,rick's ball takes
place at Wells tonight. which will be
preceded by an Amateur Dramatic En-.
tert,inment.
w. G. Craighead, to-day, resigned
his position Of Deputy Constable under
Benjamin Franklin Thurman, Constable
for Elko township.
A. Bruce, has bought Of James Talbot
tue dwelling on Idaho street, formerly
occupied by Nose Haynes, and is NOV
ing it up to his ranch on the river above
town.
II Is reported that II snow-slidc carried
away the Samson Mining Company's
concentrating works, eight miles north
east oil Silyarton, Colorado. They v,r.
built last Summer at an expense of 500
O0 No lives lost.
A man known rs Montana Chief. was
arrested this morning for disturbing the
peace, and being destitute of the $40
plaster necessary 10 the healing Of the
fractured law. he will abide with Sheriff
Tascr for a period Of ten days.
The Times-Reyiew understands that
there will be considerable placer mining
at Bruneau this Spring. Parties who
have prospectcd that section declare
their belief that the district contains
more gold than the entire Curur d'A-
lene country.
The Governor Of Kansas has issued a
proclamation converting the Legislature
in extra session tomorrow, ior the pur.
pose Of taking some action for the sup
preston Of the cattle plague which is
noT threatening the vast stock interests
OF that State. Governor Click reports
the value OF cattle in Kansas To he nj
least $50, 900, 900.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
tFron Wednesday. D.lly.f
lSALAAGUNDI.

Departed by stage this morning: E.
feates and Hank Knight.
The weather to-day is colder than for
sometime past.
The Postofice at Coifax. W. T., was
destroyed by hre Saturday.
Mcdowell, the recaptured murderer
has been taken back to San Bernardino
to be hanged.
The tax levy in White Pine county
for the present year is S3.45 or the 500
vaination-same as last year.
In the Thoroughbred language of the
tramp. the sign of q I n a gate-post.
signifies danger to the fraternity and no
grub at that place.
Agent Brooks OF the Central Pacific
received notice here to-day that the
Eureka d Palisade road is now again
open for business.
The Appeal says the North. Carson
min has recently been jumped by yir-
ginia City miners, and that efforts TO
eject them will soon be made.
The thrill of satisfaction and relief
Will electrify the American Nation TO
learn that Bismark has invited Sargent
to dine with him and that the latter has
accepted the invitation.
Thousands Of shoal water fish were
frozen up in Washoe lake during the
Winter, and the ice enclosing them hay-
ing thawed. they now lay in piles, de-
composing along the shores.
Just received and for sale cheap for
cash ut the Postofiee News Stand: Ada
nIan;ine base-balls, clubs Of the same
g!ass-eyes, wax-inscrs, bridges for brok-
en noses, plasters for barked shins, etc,
etc. Call and examine before purchas-
Ing elsewhere. q
1t is n remarkable fact, saysthe Wood
land Democrat, that although wages
have gone down to G5 cents Il day in the
coal regions, the price Of the coal is still
kept up to the regulation standard. It
brings us high IA price now AZ itdid when
wages We're at 81 40 per day.
About $50 miles north Of Missoula.
Montana, n region has been discovered
by an exploring party in which are twen-
ty-two cascades over 500 feet in hight,
and n r glacier with n mile of 'front.'
age and 500 feet fall. 1t is said 10 be a
more wonderful region than the Yellow
stone. 90
A joint resolution a~ppropriating $50.
600, to he used by the Commissioner of
ASriculture-with the cooperation of
the Authorities Of the States in which it
Is used for suppressing the Cattle Pla-
que, passed the Senate Monday. The
resolution provides that the Government
shall not be committed beyond that
amount.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23
Iron Tu.sd.y'. D.ily.l
sALMAGuADI.

Indications favor the near approach
OF another storm
Arrived by stage from Tuscarora last
night: Miss Emma Yates. Departed
this morning: Z. S. Yates. Rev. G. w.
James.
1t has fallen TO the lot Of few men TO
originate and carry forward to compile
ton, 30 grand a historical work as that
on which Mr.. Hubert Bancroft is now
engaged.
A. ID. Meacham passed through for
the East by the train last night. He
has the Centennial district mining prop
erty bonded and will probably dispose Of
the same to an Eastern syndicate.
The Pacific Coast Library of Hubert
Howe Bancroft now numbers IS, 600 VOL
uines. Mr.. Baniroft has recently erect
ed IN San Francisco a fre-proof build
ing for the exclusive use Of his collec-
tons.
A hunter who lost his way during a
late snow storm near Las Minas, Chi
euahut, became so hungry, that he cut
III his faithful dogs tail for food, which
he roasted and ate. He then gave the
bone to the unfortunate canine, not I'M
mindful of the debt OF gratitude he owed
the sacrificing animal.
4 Berlin dispatch says Bismarck is
suffering from n severe attack Of out
and has postponed his departure from
tredricksrhue. The Lasker incident
has greatly excited him, every fresh
phase Of the dispute quickening his irri-
tItion. He is rueh emaciated, having
lost forty pounds in a short time.
We learn that the party here who
caShed the $50 check for T. II. Delosse
n few days ago, has received LIS money
back, the latter having sent the coin
down from Salt Lake City. The officers
OF that Territory would not, however,
hold Dclosse on the charge of bicamy
without higher authority than Il telegram
from this county.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-23

August Rivas, n young italian boot.
black, who has already served two terms
In San Quentin for murdCrous assaults
on unofending people, wns arrested on
the 18th by Officer Linsky for an assault,
with a deadly weapon on James Mahon.
cy, n saloon.kecper on Broadway, oppo.
site the County Jail. Rivas was refused
n drink which he would pay for. and he
drew n pistol md placed ii against Ma.
honcy's breast. The latter would Ger.
tainly have been shot were IL not for in.
reference Of John Butler. who was stand:
ing near. About year ago Rivcs near.
" severed the throat Of a spaniard in
Pickncy place.