The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Topeka recently and elected the following
officers: C. B. Hoffman, President; G. F.
Hargress; Vice President; w. ]. d. Bower.
sock, Treasurer: Robert Atkinson, Secre-
tary; Executive Committee-C.B. Hoffman,
]. l.. Shellabarger and W. II. Childs. The
salary of the Secretary of the insurance
company was fixed at 81 500 per year. A
lengthy report from the Secretary of the
Millers' Fire Insurance Company showed
that: "Aside from the $1560OO taken
we have the assurance of $4,000 more
in the near future. We feel safe in saying
that if the work of this company be
pushed as it should be we will have issued
between S251,O00 and $500, 1000 by the time
the company is one year old. During the
eight months of our existence we have had
no loss, which speaks well for Kansas mill
interests"
THE Commissioner of the General Land
Office submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior papers in relation to the adjust
ment of grant of public lands to the State
of Kansas for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Company, together with complete
record of the case while before the Interior
Department, and an exhaustive opinion OF
the question involved. His conclusion was
that the State of Kansas jbe called upon &c
request the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad. Company to return to the United
States by proper deed the REIMBURSEMENT
or conveyance from the lands last certified
n the State as indemnify its use of the
lands equal to u $50 acres, certified in ex-
cess of the total area of and numbered Sec
i,,4 -, ,%oll g n
certified in excess from or on account of
lands south of the road in the granted
limits in common with the Missouri, Kan.
sas & Texas Railroad Company, and 40, 069
acres north of the road which passed to the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Com
pany, for which the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad Company has received
indemnity in the 6O,l8o acres.
THE Kansas Wool Growers Association
met at Topeka on the 18th, and elected the
following officers: President, H. Clifford.
of Russell; Vice President at Large, \. T.
Eaton, of Russell: Vice President, c. A.
Morton, of Beloit: Secretary, j. B. Lawton,
of Kinsley; Corresponding Secretary and
Treasurer, S. S. OFT, of Topeka; Executive
Committee, j. S. Codding, of Louisville,
Robert Lay, of Eureka, and q. H. Wads.
worth, of Larned. The Association passed
a resolution favoring restoration of the
tariff on WOOL also asking the Railroad
Commissioners of the State for readjuSt-
ment of freight rates within the State sc
that the labor connection with the wool in.
terests may be fairly paid, and to the end
that capital invested therein be not of
txyx withdrawn, from hot hro oh Of
industry.
JAMES CoURMODE, living on a farm ad.
joining Governor Clicks, in Atchison
County went IA bbit hunting the othermorn.
ing, and, while aiming and making shot.
the gun exploded, driving the breeca pin
of his weapon into his right eye, tearing it
out, while the other was severely burned
from powder. He will go blind entirely as
a result.
JAMES FIELD and wife, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, were recently induced by fellow tC
come to Kansas and purchase farm which
the fellow claimed to own. The swindler
came with them to Atchison, where he sue
ceeded in getting $500 from Field when he
disappeared.
DEWITT c. ToPE, young married man,
who had been employed in the Insane ASy-
lum at Topeka, but discharged some weeks
since, committed suicide in that city sever
al days ago by taking morphine.
ATCHIsoN has commenced to close sa-
looms. There were over forty wholesale
and retail liquor houses in that city.
a BURGLAR in recently attempting to
carry away some articles he had stolen by
breaking into Seaton & Leas' foundry, al
Atchison, was captured by Waterman
and taken to prison. He gave the name of
Frank Johnston.
WYANDoTTE was considerably excited re
Gently by the discovery that grave robbers
were making descents upon her cemeteries.
The ghouls were detected and chased off
one night before securing any bodies. They
fl ed across the State line into Missouri.
BERNARD DoNNELLY was supposed to be
fatally crushed while handling ice the other
day, in the river near Armstrong.
Mp. E. E. EWING, formerly proprietor OF
the Kansas Farmer, lost his residence and
household effects by fire at Highland, N.
c., recently.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHNSTON received !
a iCNShIly Oldl CilCC ~
Seward, one of the attorneys for the State |
in the quo warranto case in the United States !
Supreme Court against the Union Pacific !
Railroad Company, stating that the mo-
ton to advance the case was argued and |
granted.
EDWIN D. GooDIN, only son of Hon. John !
r. Goodin, died at Wyandotte recently |
after very brief illness. He was twenty. !
three years old and had but lately grad. !
uated at the State University and been ed. |
mitted to the bar.
CONGRESSMAN ANDERSON recently intro /
duced bill in Congress to provide for tie |
adjustment of the land grants made to rail |
roads in Kansas. The purpose of this was
to secure reference to the Public Lands |
Committee, of which he is member.
THE Missouri Pacific Railway Company !
has decided to pay the tax assessed against |
it for the payment of the salaries and ex-
penses of the Railroad Commissioners.
SENATOR PLUMB recently secured an al
lowance of pension to John o. Gibson, of /
Chanute.
IT is reported that a strong local COM
pany, backed by Eastern capital, has been
formed at Wichita, for the purpose of build
ing line of railway and telegraph from that
city to Denver, Col, via Nj. Hope, Burton
and Mcpherson, Kas. Colonel j. W. Hart
cell, railroad builder of experience, IS at
the head of the company. o
PREPARE for spring blowing.
IT is stated that A. T. Redeem, Chairman
# the Republican State Central Commit.
tee, will call a meeting of the committee at
he Windsor Hotel in Topeka on Wednes-
lay, February 6, at three O'Clock p. M, for
the purpose of providing for State Con-