The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


| recently. The object as named in the char
ter is not for stock company, but 10 give
| financial aid to widows, orphans, heirs and
devisers of deceased members. and for no
other purpose whatever. The places o.
business are given at Topeka and Indiana
polls, Ind.
GOVERNOR CLICK was lately the re-
cipient of high honors from two sources.
One a notification to the effect that he had
been elected a member OF the Executive
Committee of the National Stock Breeders
! Association, of Chicago, and the other d
handsome silver medal from the late Cattle
mems Convention, at ST. Louis. The
Governor highly appreciates the diStln-
guShOd recognition shown him by the lead
ing stuck dealers and raiSers of the United
States.
THE Governor has offered a reward OF
$500 for the arres; and delivery of James c.
PuSey to the Sheriff of LeavenwOTth
County. Pusey is described as being
thirty-seyen years of age, heavily built,
weighing 195 or 200 pounds, fair complex
ion, smoothly staven, except heavy dark
brown muStache, double chin, about five
feet eight inches HIGH small feet, entirely
blind in right eye, high forehead, dark hair,
light gray eyes, small tapering hand, and
when he left was well dressed in brown
suit, double breasted sack coat. Added t.
this amount Warden Jones, of the Peniten
| tiaTy. offers reward or $20G.
JOHS WELSH, of Wyandotte, aged seven
teen years, met with an accident at COnnOr
the other night which resulted in death a
few hours later. Welsh and a lad named
Smith LEFT Wyandotte in the morning and
boarded train and went to Conner. In an
attempt to again secure passage on NOV
ling freight the Welsh boy fell under the
train, one of the trucks passing over his
left leg Severing it above the knee. The
right foot was also injured. He was taken
home and the leg amputated, but death soOG
relieved his suffering.
TIE Electoral College met at Topeka OH
the Sd, all the electors being present. The
College was called to order by General Rice.
l. o. Pickering was elected Chairman. and
Dell. A. Valentine Secretary. Chief Justice
Horton, of the Supreme Court, administered
the oath. The vote of the State was then
cast for Blaine and Logan, for President
and Vice-Prcsident of the United States.
Upon the fourth ballot j. NJ. Miller was
elected messenger to take the returns to
Washington.
The West Plains Town Company re-
Gently filed its charter with the Secretary of
State. TIE new candidate for population
and an ''Otlicial paper is in Seward County,
in the southwest corner of the State. Charles
w. Mosher Edward N. Mears, William
leighton, Morris 7. Roberts and Wm.
| Randall, all Of West Plains, have formed a
| company to purchase a tract or tracts OF
LAND to be surveyed and laid off for town
| site.
TIE other day attorney General Smith
dismissed the quo warranto proceedings in
the Supreme Court against the City of At
| Gibson, better known as the whisky cases.
A NAN giving the name of James B. Pat
| ton was arrested at Omaha OH suspicion of
being James c. Pusey, the defauiting clerk
of The Kansas Penitentiary. Patton claims
! to be a telegraph operator from Orange
| City, Iowa, but answered The description Ot
| Pusey perfectly.
AN officer from New Mexico lately took
the fourth man 10 the Penitentiary at Leav-
! tnWOrth under five years sentence con-
vlcted Of being concerned in the late train
wrecking in that Territory. lie claims to
be the son of a Methodist minister and gave
the gang away. The three others were sen
| fenced for seven years. The fifth is still at
lGr-c.
THE fifteenth anniversary of the organize
ton of the National Grange was lately cele-
brated at Topeka. The principal address
was by Mr. TOOthaker. Lecturer of the State
Grange. Addresses were also made by
Major William Sims, Master of the Grange,
John G. Otis, and Judge F. G. Adams, Sec
retary of the State Historical Society.
Or September %, 1878, Henry Darnell,
of Emporia, suddenly disappeared. Until
recently no one had heard a word of his
y-lao L,
dead. D!igent search was made for him.
but for years to no avail. Recently his
brOther-ir-law, Mr. Evans, of Menier, Ill.,,
heard he was in Dakota and went in search
Of him. His efforts wore rewarded, and the
long lost man will soon again be with his
family, who are in Illinois. His story is,
that while stopping at Quincy, H., he lost
all his money by Sharpers and was ashamed
to return to his home, friends and creditors.
and he sought the great Northwest TO hide
himself in oblivion.
THE Raiirand Commissioners have re-
Gently been on tour of inspection over ths
Southern Branch Railroad.
IL letter to Ii. NJ. Hoxie, of the ms
souri, Pacific Railway Company, the Board
OF Railroad Commissioners called attention
TO neglect in IT, placing of additional
switches at Westphalia, Anderson COUNTY
Referring to Mr.. HoXie's' letter, in which he
states the season is too far advanced 70,
this work, the Board ''regretS that the i'm
prOvement had not been commenced, and il
was deemed too late in the year to make it
There has been nothing in the nature of the
season since the date of your last letter to
prevent the laying of a side track, and we
deem it our duty TO urge that the improve
Tent be made without further delay"
OUR Italian skies disappeared the past
week.
A LARGE number of immigrants from
Indiana and Ohio passed through north To
peka, the other day, on the Union Pacific, Ell
route for Western Kansas.
TIE pupils in the Wyandotte coloreG
school are preparing specimen papers for
the New Orleans Worlds Exposition.
a CRAZY woman woman in the Wyan
dOtte Jail entertains crowds by raving a1oui
a murder which she witnessed years ago.
THE Governor recently made the follow.
ing appointments: Justice of the Peace
Siias Wright, Granville, Jefferson County.
Notary Public-James c. Fenlon. Lansing.
Leaveaworth County, and John f. Taylor,
bf Ran;be!t, Ford County.
PosT-OFFICE changes in Kansas, for the
week ended November %: Discontinued
Adams Peak. POttawatomie County; Car,
son. Brown County; Cold Springs, Ness
County; Cromwell. Washington County:
Malta, Cloud County; Ray. Pawnee County;
ROcktOn, Wa5aunsee County,
COUNTERFEIT dimes are in circulation.
THE charter of the German Evangelical
Lutheran Trinity Congregation OF Ural-
tered Augsburg Confession was filed with
the Secretary of State recently, the edifce
of this congregation being on Horse Shoe
Greek, in Washington County.