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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-04

The reduced son of a former editor
of Il leading London newspaper hires a
cab after dark and picks up flares"
till midnight He says other poor gen
tlenen in London do the same thing,
and that their knowledge OF the world
and OF European languages stands
them in good stead.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-04

Hing Ludwig, of Bavaria, has the
fine>t horses in his stables, and soon
ruins them by hard riding. Sometimes
his ma iesty rises in the night. has a
black steed saddled, and dashes off at
whirlwind speed up and down the hill
roads-which are well kept for that
rcasOn-like phantom hOrseman pur-
sued by some relentless decree of the
supernatural powers.
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THE FAST.


ROYAL B. CoNANT, who was pardoned
from the Massachusetts Penitentiary by
President Arthur, after serving some
years for embezzling from the Eliot Ma.
tional Bank, lost his right egrecently by
falling under train at Peabody, Mass.
Mr.. BLAINE was so disabled by sore
throat on the 26th that his physicians ad-
vised him to remain at BGr Harbor and
abandon his engagements in Northeastern
Maine.
THE safe in the First National Bank at
Albion, New York, was forced open
recently by experts and found to contain
nothing of value.
AT Coal Center, Pa, number of strik-
ing miners were arrested for trespass.
Their wives came with babes in their arms
and wanted to be locked up, too, claiming
they had nothing to live upon.
The foreclosure proceedings against the
Rochester g. Pittsburg Road have been
withdrawn until October, because a de-
fault of sixty days in the payment of inter
est is required by law.
The coal miners in the third pool of
Pennsylvania weakened, and one hundred
and thirty men returned to work.
The Chautauqua Assembly closed on the
10Th, with fine singing exercises.
RECENT Boston dispatches mention the
discovery of a counterfeit silver dollar,
differing only slightly from the genuine
as to weight and thickness.
some citizens of Trenton, N. J., who
favor cremation, have purchased pottery
kiln at Pennington, and will transform it
into an oven for burning bodies.
A SHORTAGE of six hundred thousand
dollars has been found in the sinking funds
of Essex County, N. J.
JOHN BURROWS, a well-known business
man of Chicago, recently died very sud-
denly at Springfield, Mass.
A CATHOLIC priest of Pittsburgh named
Charles Sharp, while in the last stages of
consumption, lately took his life with re-
yOlver.
TwENTY-oNE cars were smashed by an
accident on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad
at Coatesville, Pa, on the 9th.
WILLIAM B. ROBERTS shot Jessie Tracy
at Utica, N. Y, recently, because she
would not marry him.
SAMUEL ROBERTS, of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
failed recently in the sum of seventy-fve
thousand dollars.
THREE young ladies, Bridget Hayes,
Anna Hayes and Mary McCabe, of New
York City, were drowned in the Catskill
River not long since.
GENERAL SHERIDAN recently received a
very warm welcome at Wier, n. II.
ID. P. BLooMER, a travelling salesman
from New York, was horribly beaten by
unknown parties recently at Minneapolis.
THE New York Firemen's Association
met at Utica on the 9th.
The villa of John G. Hecksher, a we'll
known society man Of New York, which is
at Newport, was robbed of diamonds and
jewelry on the 2S5h by unknown parties.
THE steamer Rose Standish was recently
sunk in Boston Harbor.
CARL SEIZURE has accepted an invitation
from some Germans in Milwaukee to visit
that city and make speech on the politi-
cal condition of the country.
WATERFOWL, n. Y, was greatly dam
aged by fire on the 2Sth.
MAUD S. is in training at Hartford for the
purpose of preparing to lower her record
THE Coroners of Long Island have de.
cided to ask for proof that Miss Dora Buck,
of Lincoln, Neb., is the sister of Private
Charles B. Henry before his BODY is ex-
humed uDOn bar ordar
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-04
A WEEKS NEWS.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE gold reserve in the Treasury has in.
creased to one hundred and twenty mil
lion dollars. A call for ten million dol.
lars in hree per cents is about to be issued.
SECRETARY FoLGER was taken seriously
i'll on the Goth and had to return to his
home.
The Treasurer of the United States has
forwarded to the Governor of Louisiana
free-school bonds of the State to the
amount of twenty-one thousand dollars,
which were captured at Baton Rouge by
General Sheridan.
AT the National capital on the 9th, a
workman attracted some attention as he
was swung slowly to the top of the Wash
ington monument, inspecting every joint
IN the five hundred feet of marble. He
reported the column in admirable condi-
ton, notwithstanding the recent earth
quake.
The Swain court martial has been post
poned until November.
SENIOR Y. CARA, Secretary Of the Peru
Wan Legation, received a semi-official dis
patch saying that at Lima all is quiet. He
interprets it as meaning that the trouble
reported in that city is over.
TIE Treasury Department purchased four
hundred and seventy thousand ounces of
silver for delivery at the New Orleans,
Philadelphia and San Francisco mints.
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A DIREFUL DIET.

Thirty-twO Negroes, Having Partaken of
the Flesh of Hogs that ID ed from the Bit,s
of a Rabid Dog, Seized with HydrOphobia
-TAe Malady Among the MuIes-A Race
for Life from a mad MuIe-A scared Conn.
munity.
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winnepeg and Vicinity Severely Shaken Up
Dy n Cyelone-Houses Barns and Other
movable Property Scattered Broadcast-
Terrible Time on n CoIIingwood Line
Steamer.
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at this office.

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NorIcE-A Mass Meeting Of the
Democratic voters of the Parish of
Rapides, is hereby called4to meet
in the City Of Alexandra, on We'd
nesday, the 18th Of August, 1884,
for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to represent the Parish of
Rapides in the Congressional Con.
vention to be held in the CITY Of
Shreveport, on August 2Sth. Tn
der the apportionment adopted by
the Congressional Committee. Ran
ides will send nine delegates.
=. :, FSEIP
Vice Chairman Parish Executive
Committee.
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PLATFORM
The HAT|9NA! DEN1.RA7!t PARTY,

The following is the synopsis Q
the Platform adopted at Chicago
on July sth:
The Democratic party of tn
Union, through its representative
in National Convention assembled
recognizes that as TIE nation grow
older new issues are born of tim,
and progress, and old issues perish
but the fundamental principles o:
the Democracy, approved by tho
united voice of the people, remain
and ever will remain as the bes,
and only security for the continu.
anee OF free government, the pre-
servation of the personal rights OF
the States, and the supremacy OF
the Federal government within the
limits of the Constitution will ever
form the true basis of our liberties,
and can never be surrendered with
out destroying that balance of
rights and powers which enable the
continent to develop in peace and
social order to be maintained by To-
cal self-government. 1t is indis-
pensable for the practical applica-
ton and enforcement of these fun
damental principles that the gov
should not be controlled
by the same political party. A fire.
luent change of the. administration
IS as necessary as the constant re-
'urrence to the popular will; other
wise, abuses grow and the govern
nent, instead of being carried on
or the general welfare, becomes an
instrument for imposing heavy bur-
lens on the many who are govern
ID for the benefit of the few who
,overn-public servants thus be-
'ome arbitrary rulers. This is now |
he condition Of the country, and |
lence a change is demanded. The
republican party, so far as princi-
lie is concerned, is a Renaissance
a practice 1t is an organization
Or enriching those who control its
The frauds and iobbe-
Y which have been brought to light
4 every department of the govern
lent are sufficient to have called
n reform within the Republican
arty, yet those in authority, made
'ckless by the long possession of
over, have succumbed to it's cor
lpting influence and have placed
nomination a ticket, against
hich the independent portion of
'e party are in open revolt. = {
therefore,, a change is demanded. i
UGH a change was alike necessary !
1876, but the will of the people {
as then defeated by fraud which $
n never be forgotten nor con- +,
med. Again, in 1880, the change f
by the people was de- s
ated by the lavishness of money
attributed by INSCRIPTIONS con- t
actors and shameless jobbers, who p
d bargained for unlawful profits, "
for high office. c
The Republican party, during its b
gal, its stolen and its bought ten r.
IS of power. has steadily de- it
yed in moral character and polit- fl
! capacity. It's platform promi- n
are now list of its past fail t.
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CARDS.

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II UNTER, M0SELEY & HERT-
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on Front street, between Murray
and johnston.
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EASs0N, John, Physician and
~ Surgeon Office at residence,
at ''le head of Beauregard street.
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ALEXANDRIA, LA, JULY 81, 1884.

congress 10 remove the burdens I'M.
}. der which American shipping has
. been depressed; it imposed and has
continued those burdens. 1t pro-
+ fesses the policy of reserving the
!, public lands for small holdings by
actual settlers-it has given away
9 the peoples heritage till now a few
railroads and nonresident aliens
, individual and corporate, possess a
) larger area than that of all orr
; farms between the two seas; it pro-
fesses preference for free institu-
tons; it organized and has tried to
legalize control of the State cleo
tons by Federal troops; it processes
a desire to elevate labor-it has
subjected American workingmen
Ito the competition of convict and
imported convict labor; it processes
gratitude to all who were disabled
or died in the war, leaving widow
and orphans: it has left to a Dem
ocratic House Of Representatives
the first effort to eoualize both
bounties and pensions. It profers
a pledge to correct the IRREGULAR
ties OF our tariff; it created and has
continued them: It's own Tariff
Commission confessed the need of
more than 20 per cent. reduction;
its Congress gaze reduction of
less than 2 per cent. 1t professe
the protection of American manu-
features; it has subjected them to
an increasing food Of manufactured
goods and q hopeless competition
with manufacturing nations, not
one of which taxes raw materials.
1t processes to protect all Ameri-
can industries. 1t has impover-
lshed many to subsidize few. It
has impoverished many to subsi-
die a few. 1t processes the pro-
lection of American labor-it has
depleted the returns of American
agriculture, an industry followed
by half our people. 1t processes
the equality of all men before the {
law-attempting to fix the status J
OF colored citizens. The acts of its a
Congress We're overset by the deci- t
sions of its courts. 1t accepts a a
new the duty Of leading in the {
work Of progress and reform. Its v
caught criminals are permitted to |
escape through the contrived DELAYS n
'r actual connivance of the prose- e
,ution. Honey-combed with cor ]
upton, outbreaking exposures no IT
onger shock its moral sense. It's G
honest members and it's indepen- rt
lent journals no longer maintain a tt
uccessful contest for authority in u
is counsels or a veto upon bad :.
nomination. That change is ne 81
essary is proven by an existing n
urplus of more than 500, 100000, S
which has yearly been collected g
rom a suffering people. Unneoes- <:
airy taxation is unjust taxation.
We denounce the Republican par i
for having failed to relieve the. R
eople from the crushing war taxes in
Inch have paralyzed business, nj
rippled industry and deprived la 70
or of employment and of its just g:
'ward. The Democracy pledges R
self to purify the administration We
49, !. C1
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NO. 90.

sioners; knowing full well, howev-
er, that Legislation affecting the oc-
cupation Of the people should he
cautious and conservative in meth
cd, not in advance of public opin-
ion, but responsive to its demands.
The Democratic party is pledged
to revise the tariff ina spirit of fair
ness to all interests.
The Civil Service.-The various
offices Of the government belong to
the people thereof, who rightfully
demand to be allowed to exercise
and fill the same whenever they are
lifted by capacity, integrity and en-
ergy; the last two qualifications
never to be tested by any scholas-
TIC examination. We hold that fire.
quent changes of Federal officers
are shown to be necessary, first, to
counteract the growing aristocratic
tendencies to caste of life offices;
second, experience having shown
that all investigation is useless
while the incumbent and his asso-
clates hold their places. Frequent
changes Of officers is necessary to
the discovery and punishment Of
frauds, populations, defalcations
and entertainments of the public /
Resolced, That we adhere to and
affirm the doctrine enunciated and
by Jackson-that the
government alone has the power to
and issue money for the
people. That the issue Of the legal
'ender note made by the govern
nent as a method of borrowing
money to carry on the war, in the
exercise Of a constitutional power,
las become the fixed policy of the
United States equally as coined
,old or silver. That neither poll
y nor duty calls for any meddling
With it.
JOB Printing neatly execnted
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SHORTHAND
and Telegraphic Institute

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culars. Type Writers for sale
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St. Louis, Mo.
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E0dnsriNe JouraR,

Captain Mccoy, Of the Arialna, gives full
particulars of the fearful experience Of q
bridal party In the storm opposite Rockpolt
last Tuesday. Ira xenor went from Rock.
port 10 be married to Miss Shryock, whose
parents live opposite. J. G. Daugherty, who
Of late years has been running the ferry, took
the groom and his friends, accompanied with
atwo-horse carriage, across the river on his
ferry boat In the MOrAing. Everything veAa
well, the csremony was performed, and the
aay passed pleasantly until about 8 p. M,
whom the party, with some addition, started
to return. They consisted of Mr.. Daughersy
and his wife, Ira Zenor and his bride, and
ten other ladies and gentlemen.
After crossing an overnowed field they
reached olump Of trees on the edge Of the
river bank, when the storm struck the frail
boat, overturning IL. The party clung to the
trees and remained in the branches two
hours, when they were rescued by colored
man and skiff. They remained at the coll
ored mans house until morning, when they
righted their ferry boat and went TO Rosk-
port, thankful to be alive. The weather was
so cold the clothing Of the sufferers froxs on
them, and Il Is wonderful that NO lives were
lost.
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ALocoMoTIvE STEAL.
A Rash, Rash Act which Led to un.imely Suicide

A Hendersonville IN. Co. dispatch of
March Sd, to the Cincinnati Enquirer, says:
A few days ago a brief telegram appeared
from San Antonio, Texas, announcing the
suicide of Warren Dawkins, alias j. w.
Walker, IN the Vaudeville Theatre of that
city. 1t tlanspires that the suicide was War
rem Davis, recently postal clerk in the office
of this town, aud son Of one Of the most
prominent citizens of this section. In De-
cember~ last q Locomotive was stolen from
the railroad depot at this place. The event,
when discovered, caused great excitement,
aud posse of citizens, with detective,
commenced pursuit. At Saluda, 10 miles
from Hendei sonville, It was ascertained that
the thief had stopped at tank to fill the
boiler, but on the approach of an employee
of the road had suddenly turned on steam
and plunged down a steep grade, perhaps the
steepest in the United States, being 367 feet
In three miles. The velocity at which the
engine rushed down this grade was appall-
ing, residents along the line being reused
from sleep by the noise Of the locomotive
as il passed over the dangerous trestle,
sounding like detonations of heavy artillery.
BY a miracle be reached the bottom Of the
grade in safety, and at once abandoned the
engine. and coolly proceeded to return to
Hendersonville, stopping for breakfast en-
route, aud washing the dirt from his hands
and face. Here he remained until reward
of $500 was offered by the railroad for the
apprehension Of the party who took the en-
gine. Fearing arrest, and having cause to
believe he was suspected by detectives here,
he left town, and passing through Atlanta
went to Nashville, Tenn. Here he met a
young man by the name of Reynolds, of
whom he foolishly made . confidant, giving
details Of the theft of the engine, the reward
offered, and the name of the detective who
he feared had spotted him. Reynolds and
Davis afterward went TO San Antonio, Tex,
and from here treacherous Reynolds wrote
to Detective Bryson, in Hendersonville,
Offering TO surrender Davis If he would III
sure him the reward therefor. Bryson at
once telegraphed the San Antonio Chief of
Police to see Reynolds and secure Davis.
During all entertainment at the Vaude-
vile Theatre, young Davis saw the Chief OF
Police enter the building with Reynolds.
Satisfied that he was betrayed, and deter
mined to die before being carried back to
North Carolina, he coolly drew his pistol
aud blew his brains out. His act caused
great excitement In the theatre. Young
Davis was bright, handsome lad, Is years
Of age, and much liked here. His mother,
who idolized him-for he was an only son
was terribly shocked, and Is In a critical con-
dition. 1t Is impossible TO assign cause
for the mad freak, but it Is suspected that
whisky was at the bottom of 1t.
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PREPARING SEALSKINS.
The CoIoring All Done In England.
N. y. SIN.

In small, gloomy room at the top OF a
dingy building in q down town street eight
girls sat yesterday working stolidiy, The
light seemed dusty and hot az 1t sbone dimly
through the soot-inclusted window panes,
and the rumble of machinery below Jared
the floor necessarily. The girls sat in little
groups. They were shabbily clad, though
there were touches Of bright color here and
there, and their faces all looked pinched and
careworn. Their backs were bent In
weary way, as they leaned over their work.
Each girl held seal-skin stretched across
her lap, and picked at 1t with great rapidity.
Their hands were quite black. They sell
dom spoke, and when a stranger entered
they looked at him listlessly for moment,
and then dropped their eyes on their work
again.
They are picking the long black hairs on!
Of the skin," said the foreman, rubbing his
hand oYer Gps Of the glossy pieces pf fur.
"We get all OF our sealskins from london,
where they are taken direct FROM the Arctic
regions. sealskins cannot bs eolored ont
side of England. They not only have q Pc
culiar process there, but the climatic inHu-
ences result In better coloring than can be
done here. So the skins SO TO Rnglsnd first.
After they have been eolored they are ship
ned ell over the world and made into sasqaes,
dolmans, muiIs, gloves. and hats, when they
arrive at their destination"
"Why are the long black hairs you speak
Of not taken out In London?"
"Well, don't known that thsSe 10 any
partlepisr reason except the economical one.
The London concerns charge quite heavily
for the wsrk, and the result Is We prefer to
do 1t here where IL doesn't cest so much. 1t
does not require highly skilled labor. The
black hairs you see are not so very much
longer than the rest of the fur. There Is .
difference Of, perhaps, sixteenth at an inch.
Ry blowing against the grain of the fur the
black hairs can all be made to stand out and
are easily sesn."
SHOW many hours do the girls work
days"
"They come at o'clock and leave at y.
They gre paid fair wages. Qf course they
do not make their fortunes, but still the pay
Is fair.m
"Monotonous work !"
"Oh, it's overpoweringly So" said the
chatty foreman, struggling his shoulders i'm
patiently. "The incessant picking almoat
drives me mad at times; but then / suppose
It's verse for the girls"
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The Grandest stairway In the World.

The Calvario Hill, just west Of the city Of
Caracas, the scene OF battle between the
spaniards and the patriots In June, 1891, has
been made into beautiful park. Going up
the mount is what 1 believe to be the most
stairway In the world. have
never seen anything approaching Il In state
lIneas and beauty In Europe. ltis Of sand.
st9ne, 100 feet wide and 80 feet high. The
park cost 81, 600 900. The crest 10 600 feet
higher than the level Of the city, ani Is sur
by q statue Of ;he "Great Presi
dent,n Guzmau Blanco, the "illustIiaus
american" q he n aallad, who has done %
mnch 70 pacify and build up the country.
He may have made money during this work
Ing, but the people certainty haze lhs Inn
provemenss. He Ii worth aboni Sia.sfo, nm.