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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
Crushed Under Seventy Tons of Steel.

PITTSBURGH, PA, Jan. 81.
An accident that resulted in the instant
death of two men and the fatal injury of
another occurred this afternoon at the Lin
den street works in the Twenty-third Ward.
Thos. Liney, John Butler and John Roach,
laborers, were at work on platform load
ing bars of steel, known as fish-plate, on
car on siding. The platform was en- feet
high and supported seventy tons OF metal.
Without a moments warning the timbers
supporting one side gave way and the
platform toppled over. The accident
was 20 unexpected that the men
had no time to save themselves,
but went down with the wreck,
and were buried under the mass of steel.
A long time was consumed in removing
the immense weight, and when the unfor-
Inmates were extricated two Butler and
Liney) were found to be crushed almost
beyond recognition. Roach seemed to have
escaped serious injury, and much to the
surprise of everyl o iy was able to walk to
his clearinghouse unaided. This evening,
however, he complained of severe internal
pains, and at last accounts was not expect
ed to recover. The platform has often been
more heavily loaded than to-day.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
VIII They Never Learn?

DALLAS. TEX, Jan. 81.
VI. P. Vaughn, of Goliad, Tex, returning
from visit to Illinois, was to-day swindled
by confidence crooks out of 1910. One rep
resented himself as an old acquaintance
named Steward, telling Vaughn he had
been East and purchased big stock of
goods TO engage in business at Victoria,
Tex. A third party with the words ok.
press Agentr on the front of his cap came
up and presented bill of charges amount
ing TO $1,000 against the alleged stock of
goods. Vaughn took S1,0O1 bond of the
Butte City, Mont, Gold and Silver Mining
Company and advanced 500 on it. TIE
gone.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
A GREAT Fog.
Heavy Atmosphere Hangs for Hour
Over New York City to the Danger OF
Life and Limb A Collision Between
Trains on the s.L' Road-How 1t APP
neared from the Pic Rridpe

A Heavy Atmosphere Hangs for Hour
Over New York City to the Danger OF
Life and Limb A Collision Between
Trains on the 81" Road-How 1t APP
peared from the Big Bridge.
New YORK, Jan. 31.-A dense fog Gov
cred the city like pail yesterday. Such a
fog has not visited Manhattan Island before
In years The elevated cars, the stages an6
ferry-boats were crowded, and very natur
ally all these routes of travel were subject
to incessant delays, now and then an acct
dent, and uninterrupted confusion. At ten
minutes to eight o'clock Engineer Tower, Of
the Sixth Avenue 81" Railroad, brought
his Harlem-boend train into the Park
Place depot at a rapid pace Just as the
preceding train was starting to get out OF
the way. For some reason or other the block
system. under which the trains were sup
posed to be running, failed to work in this
instance, and Towers train went crashing
into the rear of the car in front with great
violence There were only two or three
people in the car at the time, and no one
was hurt, though the dummy and car were
sorry-loOkiDg wrecks.
1t required half an hours labor to clear
away the wreck so as to permit trains TO re-
sumo their running. 1t was nearly noon
before trains were running on schedule
time. All the car lines were thrown more
or less off their schedule dnring the day.
Even the drivers of street-carS and trucks
were unable to see just what they were
doing when the fog was thickest. Bad as
the fog was on the streets, it was naturally
worse on the rivers. 1t lifted but little from
the face of the water from morning till night,
and those by the river side listened to an I'M
musical entertainment of steam whistles
without an intermissiOn. All the boats were
run at half speed, and it was novel senSa-
ton for iandSmen to feel themselves slowly
moving through the water, to hear the
steam voices hailing them from every
qGafter and every distance, and yet to see
only the deck they stood on and the
white walls of fog around them.
To cross the Brooklyn bridge between
six and eight o'clock was like
a trip in the clouds. 1t was balOoning,
with nothing but fog in sight. Walking
near the towers one could not see the big
cables overhead, and thirty yards away he
could not see the towers themselves Only
the suspension ropes at the sides of the foot
bridge were in sight The majority of
the ferry boats stopped running altogether,
and travel everywhere was very much i'm
peded. There were number of minor ac-
cidentS, but no serious casualties reported.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

The Office held by the Kidneys is one of
Importance. They act as natures sluice-
way to carry off the extra liquids from the
system and with them the impurities, both
those that are taken into the stomach and
those that are formed in the blood. Any
clogging or inaction of these organs is
therefore important. Kidney Wort is Ma
lures efficient assistant in keeping the kid
neys in good working order, strengthening
them and inducing healthy action. II you
would get well and keep well, take Kidney
Wort.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
TERRORIZING A TOWN.

Unknown Miscreants Threatening to Fire
an Ohio Village and Butcher its Best
Citizens-A Lady the Innocent Cause Of
it All.
FOsToRIA, O., Jan. s31.-The town of Ar.
excitement over threatenings made by I'M
known parties to fire the town and murder
the best citizens. The school directors Of
the town have just built S., 700 school
house. Among the teachers en-
ployed is a Miss Askcome, of Vanlue
who seems to be the innocent cause
of all the difficulty. On the 26tt
inst. threatening letter was found on the
desk of the Superintendent of Schools. The
letter charged Miss Askcome's father with
several crimes too horrible to mention.
Soon after this villainous communication
was received each of the school directors
got a letter threatening his life and property
if he did not have Miss Askcome discharged.
But little attention, however, was paid to
these threats, as they were supposed to come
from some one who was jealous of the
young lady.
Seven or eight of such letters in all were
received, the handwriting being good, while
not single word was misspelled, showing
that the waiter was person of education.
As measure of precaHtion, watchmen
were stationed at the drugstore, school
house, and several other places, all of which
had been threatened, to save them from The
incendiaries' torch.
About 80 Tuesday night the parties
made their appearance at the residence OF
Mr.. Morganthall, where the young lady was
boarding and sent large hammer whiz
Zing into the room in which she was sup
posed to be asleep. Morganthall at once
jumped up and went to the door, when three
pistol-shots were fired at him in rapid sue
ceSSion, one bullet whizzing by his head.
The marauders then decamped. Miss Ask
come has rendered her resignation as teach
er, but the directors have refused to accept
it, saying they purpose to ferret out the
whole thing.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
SPARTANBURG, S. c., Jan. 81

SPARTANBURG, s. c., Jan. 81.
Captain John Moore, conductor on the
Chester & Cheraw Railroad, was passing
through car taking up tickets aud was in
the act of punching ticket when he heard
some one exclaim, "Don't do tina, J" and
turning, was stabbed in the left breast
above the heart by DR.. T. d. Marion, a
practicing physician of Richburg The as
sault was apparently without motive, and
the only way it can be accounted for is on
the supposition that DIR. Marion was crazy.
When the Doctor saw that he was foiled,
in his crazy frenzy he went to slashine
the seats with his knife. Shortly after the
Doctor and the conductor again met on the
platform of a car, when another assault
was made, and the conductor was about to
pull the trigger OF his revolver on the mad.
man when his arm was staid by Rev. Frank
Hallam, Episcopal clergyman who hap
pened to step upon the platform at the
time. The conductors wounds are painful
but not serious. $50 -tfFf
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Two MONTHS ago my attention was called
to the case of a woman afflicted with can
Ger on her shoulder at least inches in cir
conference. angry, painful, and giving the
patient no rest day or night for months
obtained a supply of Swift's Specific for
her. She has taken bottles, and the ulcer
is entirely healed up, only very small
sea- remaining, and her health is better than
for years past seems to be perfectly cured.
REV. JESSE H. CAMPBELL, Columbus, Ga.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
Bounced the Hoodlums.

n SAN FRANCIstU, OAI1-, JIM 81.
A number Of whisky, hot coffee and
doughnut sellers, headed by Dennis Kear-
ney, recently jumped strip of land ly.
ing between the confines OF the Golden Gate
Park and high-water mark. They built
shanties, and began plying their trades.
Quiet efforts to evict them failed, the sqaut-
ters claiming they were on United States
land, beyond the city or State authority.
Early this morning the Park Commission
ers, with twenty-five men and six police
men, proceeded to "Hoodlumville" and
quietly wiped the town out" The own
ers. on the alarm being given, rushed to
the spot, but were too late to prevent the
demolition. Bloodshed was expected, but
no resistance was offered.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

CATARRH AND HAY FEvER.-For twenty
years was a sufferer from Catarrh of the
head and throat in a very aggravated
form, and during the summer with Hay
Fever. procured bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm and after few applications received
decided benefit-was cured by one bottle.
Have had no return of the complaint.
CHARLOTTE PARKER, Waverly, N. Y.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Mr.. R. I. Bentley, q member of the esti-
mable community of Quakers at Sandy
Springs, Nd, says he was severely affected
by rheumatism in his right hand. Mr..
Bentley applied st. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-cure, and by its continued use, in .
short time, was completely cured.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

candid and capable dairymen, that the I'M
proved Butter Color of Wells, Richardson
& Co., Burlington, VT, is the best in the
world. Such men as A. W. Cheever, of
Massachusetts,, E. D. Mason, Vermont,
Francis A. Hoffman, Wisconsin, use it,
and recommend it as superior to all others.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

David Kemlo, of Brooklyn, had a
narrow escape from death by shooting
recently. His brother-in-law shot at
him, but the bullet passed through the
collar of his coat, struck his collar but
ton, shattering it in pieces. and then
dropped down between his vest and
shirt.-BrooLIy,a- EGgIe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, etc. 1t tells of
wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scott's Coca,
Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. Sold by
druggists; 81 DR.. Scott, Kansas City, No.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

@Decorative Art. Explicit directions
for every use are given with the Diamond
Dyes. For dyeing Moses, Grasses, Eggs,
Ivory, Hair, &c. 10c. Druggists keep them.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

"A Montreal citizen is addicated to
the musical habit of whistling in his
sleep, far more musical at its worst than
snoring.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

A SORE THROAT OR COUGH, if suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. "BrOlon's Bronchial
TrOches" give instant relief. 20 cts. a boz.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

AS ONE HAVING used Ely's Cream Balm I
would say it is worth its weight in gold as
q cure for Catarrh. One bottle cured me.
s. A. LOWELL, Franklin, Pa.
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Prominent Rutter MaEe-s.

THE little stump of girl marries the tall
man because she wants some one to look
up to.-BOStOH Transcript
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

In ancient Rome, any fool could become
a great violinist. They were all Pagan
ninnies.-DetrOit Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

A WORTHLESS check-the rein that hitch
es horses head too high.-LOloeU Courier.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

A WORKMAN is known by his chips, and
q barber is known by his shavings.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

" Samaritan NerUine cured me of st. Vitus
Dance" said I. j. Osborn. Richmond, Va.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
OmcehnIderA

WHEN baby cries all night do not be-
come impatient. Be thankful it isn't twins.
-ChicdGO Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Is g cure for lung and throat diseases. Pixies
toothache drops cure in one minute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

THE man who lost his shoes is disconso-
late-they were his sole Chicago
Hernl6
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

"BErrER lay it than never" cackles the
industrious hen.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

A Iss-ALLIANCE-A young ladies' de-
batting society.-ChicdgO Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is convenient
to use and to carry when on a journey.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

They who vorz
early and late the
year round need. oc-
caslonany. the health
full stimulus impaired
bya wholesome tonic
like ostetterls
Stomach Bitters To
all, its purity and
efficiency as aremedy
and preventive OF dis
ease commend It Il
checks incipfent
and ma
Iarial symptoms, re-
constipation
dyspepsia and bilious
meas. arrests prema-
ture decay of the ply
steal energies mitr
gates the tn1rmities
OF age and hastens
convalescence. For
sale by all Druggists
and Dealers generally.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

THE music of the union-The wedding
~ Y Mail
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

FITz JOHN PORTER - Johns coat, Of
course.-N. Y Indepeud0nt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Samaritan Nerrine relieves the brain Of
morbid fancies. It's pure family medicine.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Chancellor Byrd, of Trenton, n.
J., granted divorce recently for good
causes, but ruled that wife's being
Rugged and kissed by another man was
not sufficient cause.-N.s T. .SHR.-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

"A Canadian railway official is sixty
years old and has thirty-three children.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

The night telegraph operator at Winona
Miss, is only twelve years old.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. l.
Yesterday morning the second daily session
Of the Mississippi Valley Dairy and Crcsm r.
Association was held. When ca led { oUuer
the Convention was addressed by Mr.. Doug
lass, or jefferson County. who has been init
mately coHuected with the h story of butter
making in his c. u 1try. having dealt in il or
manufactured it alf his long lite. ia 1885, he
came 10 this city ard enga. ed in the sa g az
York; some wss obtained from the Westsrd
Reserve of Oh o. He began getting butter
from Illinois near Galena aud Elgin. The but
ter obtained from the latter State was very
poor and be paid four cents pound for It
He had printed Sone Instructions for the
more props handling of the product and dis
tributed them largely in Illinois, which hsd
the eject of improving the quelity of the but
ter In 1874 he began working his dairy farm
and felt that his experience lifted him es-
p6cielly to counsel his fellow-laborers- He
bald esq ecial stress upon the necessity of cen
stTpcting the dairy-house so that the temporal
plan is moving streams OF water through the
building Another building has walls of the
house in three sections, so that there would
be three air chambers, to be opened at night
and closed during the day. Prof. Wilknson's
plan of building was 10 have the dafry- house
In a hillside aud conducting the o BED or
warmed air through ducts in the hlll. WITH
wind-mills pumping the surplus water in tanks
to make ARTIFICIAL streams where tnere
are none natural. But he said thar
while ne thought his dairy was quite
convenient, he was starting anew
he would introduce into his establishment the
centrifugal separator which takes the milk as
n comes from the COW and separates the cream
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
TIE CREAMERY CONVENTION.

First Annual Meeting of the Mississippi
Valley Dairy and Creamery Association
Discussions on Various Topics Connect
ed with the Industry, Election of Officers,
, 1884-02-29

Washington, February 2s.-The de-
partment Of state received information
from the United States consul at
Birmingham, England, that the foot
and mouth disease is among the cattle
in almost every county In England.
The secretary Of tue treasury has re-
quested the secretary of state to notify
the United States consuls Of Great
Britain not to certify the invoices of
cattle unless after an examination of
the animals by a veterinary surgeon
they are satisfied the animals are free
from disease.
At a regular meeting OF the senate
committee on postotices and post roads
this morning, William Penn Nixon,
proprietor Of the Chicago Inter Ocean,
made an argument advocating the
reduction Of the postal rates upon news
papers to INT cent per pound.
Representative Brewer was directed
by the house committee on manufact-
ures to report favorably on his bill to
impose q nne Of not more than 800, or
punishment by imprisonment for three
months, on any person interfering in
any way with a commercial traveller
selling goods by sample.
At a meeting Of the eight democratic
members of the ways and means COM
mittee 1t was unanimously agreed to
report a substitute for the Morrison
tariff bill. The substitute is Identical
with the bill introduced by Morrison,
except that the free list is confined to
coal, salt and lumber. The other arti-
cles on the free list, as prepared by MIR.
Morrison. will come under the pro-
vision providing for 81 per cent. hori-
Iontal reductions. Tho democratic
members of the committee say the sub
stitute will be presented at an early
day.
The house committee on public lands
has decided-7 to 4-to recommend the
forfeiture OF all granted lands contiRu.
GUS to that portion of the Northern
Pacific railroad not completed July 4,
1879.
, 1884-02-29
The Internal Machine.

London, February % 1t seems the
clerk at Charing Cross station, heard
q noise like the ticking of a clock in
side a heavy valise. He forthwith
handed the valise over to the police and
1t was, sent to Woolwich. The report
that the police found a large quantity
OF explosives under the Charing Cross
railway station has not beer confirmed.
The officials at the station a~pprehended
that some outrage would be attempted
early this morning. The valise con-
tanned a tin box with Il quantity OF
dynamite fastened around it. Within
the tin box was u clock movement con-
nected with a loaded revolver and the
time to run four hours before dIscharg-
ing the revolver. When the banner of
the revolver had fallen the cartridge
failed to explode and the disaster was
thus averted. The valise was deposited
In the cloak room on Monday night.
1t contained twenty pounds of dyna-
mite. 1t is believed the co%nspirators
intended this machine should explode
simultaneously with that at the Vic
toria railway station. The clock move
ment is American make. The railway
officials absolutely deny that any dyna-
mite was found underneath the station.
TIE dynamite and clockwork was
packed in clothes in the Valise exactly
like the valise found at the Victoria
railway station, which is supposed to
have caused the explosion there Tues
day morning. There is no clue to the
person who left the valise in the Char
Ing Cross station. If it had exploded
It would have done much greater dam
age than that at the Victoria station as
the cloak room was built under the
hotel.
, 1884-02-29
A PROLONGED DEBATE
Which Occurred In Committee Of iss
Whole Yesterday, on the Water Bill.

The council, yesterday 70 'encon as soon
as the reading OF the journal was over
for the second time, resolved itself into
committee OF the whole, Mr.. Hines in
the chair, for the further considera-
tion OF the bill ito regulate the use of
water for irrigation purposes, and to
settle the priority Of rights thereto,''
and which Is now better known as the
'water bill" This bill, which is prob
ably the most important Of any which
has appeared In either house during the
present session, except, perhaps the
maverick bill, seeks, as its title indi-
Gates, to provide some way by which
the water In the various large streams
In Wyoming territory can be equltably
distributed, and also to determine, in a
way provided for in said bill, for the
determining and adjustment of water
rights, and the object sought to be at
tained by this bill is conceded by all to
be a very considerable one.
There has been from the outset and
since the introduction OF the bill, no
very serious disagreement In regard to
Its provisions, except on the question Of
Jurisdiction. The territory, by the
terms OF this bill, Is divided into water
districts and a commission is to be- APP
pointed In each district. by the COVER.
nor of the territory, who shall have
charge OF the water affairs OF the dis
trict, etc. In addition to the disagree
ment in regard to the question of Juris-
diction, there was also one other ques-
tion obout which there is or was a diff
ference Of opinion, whether the com
missioner should be appointed OF
elected.
At the outset yesterday, 1t was appar.
ent that there would DO quite a discus.
sion, and at the outset, as ON former
occasions during the present session,
II was informally agreed upon that the
discussion in reference to the bill nigh,
be Of q general nature and amendments
offered, If necessary, ut any time before
, 1884-02-29
Railroad Accident.

Chicago, +. february 2s.-The Daily
News Paris, ILL.,, special says: The
local eastbound passenger train on the
Indianapolis s. st. Louis road, leaving
here for indianapolis at IL O'Clock to-
day, collided with the westbound
through freight when one mile east Of
here. The engines OF both trains were
demolished, and Fireman Lindsay, OF
the freight, instantly killed. The cars
are splintered and piled In a complete
wreck. Many of the passengers we're
hurt, but at present the names Of the
killed and injured cannot be learned.
1t is rumored twelve were killed. Tho
accident is supposed to be owing to'dis-
obedience Of orders.
, 1884-02-29
Heavy Snow Storm,

New Xork, February 28.-Ths snow
storm hereabouts this morning inter
fered seriously with t~elegraphing. In
Boston the telephone wires and the
wires Of the hre alarm system were
wrecked, and falling on the wires Of
the Western Union system, bothered
Its working considerably. By request
OF the mayor, the electric light com
pany did not charge the wires, in order
that the line men might repair the
wires that are down. A s~ixty-foot
pole, bearing forty wires, fell with a
crash at Columbia avenue station just
as n Boston & Albany train had passed.
In Ontario, trains are being delayed
and abandoned owing to the severity OF
the snow storm. In Nova Scotia the
storm still 6ercely RACES.