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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, August 21.-On
Tuesday the large brewery of C. Magnus
was closed by the authorities and the prem.
ises searched. There were found i'll the
building seven hundred barrels Of beer,
which Magnus claims he made previous to
the 4th of July. The question here is why
he should have such an immense quantity OF
beer on hand when he knew prohibition
was soon to 90 into effect. There is ne eX-
element of any account The liquors
seized are being tested. MagnuS says he
will abide by the law, and if the authorities
decide there is alcohol in the drinks he has
been making since the 4th, and that they
are intoxicating, he Will cease making them
and close his brewery.
Iowa CITY, Iowa, August 21.-The John
son County Board of Supervisors granted
six permits to manufacture and sell alcO-
hOlic liquors. All of the licenses were is
sued to saloonkeepers or brewers. and
almost all were implicated in the riOtOus pro-
ceedmgs last week. Warrants for a number
of others who were active in the disturb
ance last Wednesday have been issued. and
arrests are being made as fast as possible.
DECATUR, ILL, August 21.-The active
war on the local gallon dealers has been re-
newed. There were seven arrests and they
all pleaded guilty; each was fined twenty
five dollars. 1t is notorious that certain
dealers sell almost openly liquors in less
quantities than gallon. The police force
las hpen increased
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THE LATEST.

CAPTAIN j. W. NORMAN, ice master O.
the Thetis of the Greedy relief squadron
denies that he ever made the statement
that cannibalism existed among Lieuten
ant Greely's command.
1T was stated that cattle shippers at Mon
trcal have lost heavily. One firm, it was
said, dropped quarter OF a million dollars
and another ond hundred thousand dollars
during the past three years.
THE Foo Chow arsenel was bombarded
ana destroyed by the French on Saturday.
Seven Chinese boats were sunk and the
Chinese resistance was feeble.
w. F. STOREY, of the Chicago Times, has
been pronounced an imbecile.
FRED HURST, the noted English runner,
| recently died at Wikesbarre, Pa, from the
! effects of a wound inflicted by Thomas
Hazleton.
A COMMITTEE of the Ohio Legislature re-
Gently took charge of the body of Mac
Gahan, the late war correspondent. he
will be inferred at Lexington, o.
AT Salt Lake the memorial services, in
honor of the Mormons killed in Tennessee,
were largely attended.
Rev. PATRICK H. TERRY, pastor of st.
Patrick's Catholic Church, of Chicago, died
on the oath of heart disease.
A MASS meeting of Irish citizens under
the auspices of the National Irish Ameri-
can Republican League was held at Robin
sons Opera House, Cincinnati, recently.
THE Bankers & Merchants Telegraph
Company denied the report of their EN-
barrassment.
EIGHT cases have been found against the
Prairie Cattle Company for fraudulent
land entries in the States of Colorado and
Nebraska.
The survivors of the Greedy expedition
IN Boston have adopted resolutions, thank
ing the relief ship crew and surgeons for
tie attention and skill to which they owe
their lives.
AT Cynthiana, KY, a score of fine horses
burned recently, among them Long Branch,
Chestnut, Wilkes and Jersey Lily.
THREE hundred houses were recently de-
stroyed by fire at Rawa, an Austrian town.
and three thousand persons were left
homeless.
HENRY Nj. STANLEY has written advis-
ing Gerina ny to recognize the Congo
Free States, which would be an advantage
to the Gernan trade, instead of effecting
an agreement with Portugal, which would
expose Germany to the customs chicanery.
Stanley declares that the Congo must be
free to the coast
Inc Bank of Winds Or, at Windsor, Pa,
suspended the other da.v. Deopsitors will
probably be paid in full.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Ii. d., died at
MS residence at Worcester, Mass, recently.
lgeo eighty-slx. He was graduated at
Harvard.
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KANSAS STATE NEWS.
School Fund Report.

| The School Fund Commissioners at To
! peka on the 18th purchased bonds amount
| ing to $50, 535. The number of new school
houses in Kansas shows how well this money
/ has been used The following shows the
counties which borrowed from the fund:
School district No. SO, Rice County, 81, 500;
! No. 81, Dickinson County, S1,700; No. 25,
! Lyon and Coffey Counties, 81 800; Nc. 25,
Z Douglas County, $500; No. 8, Ottawa
/ County, S1,5O0; No. IS, Republic County,
! S1,400: No. so, Wabaunsee County. $500;
/ No. 149, Sumner County, 500; No. A.,
Kingman County, $3.50; No. a, Saline
| County, $500; No. 25, Brown County, $500;
No. 9S, Cloud County, $500; No. Isl,
Chautauqua County, $50; No. 134, Smith
County. 1915; No ?, Stafford County, $50;
No. ?. Rocks County. $1,000; No. 65,
Ellsworth County, $3.50; No. Sc, Osborne
County, 1000; No. 104 Crawford County
$1,000; No. 1. Kingman County, $4,000;
No. 55. Shawnee County, $1,000; Board
of Education City of Beloit, $4,000. Total,
$50. 235.
There will be $4,000 more loaned as soon
as the coupons to the bonds presented can
be examined Graham County advertiSeS
for sale $4,000 acres of school lands in forty
acre tracts. These lands must bring three
dollars per acre. There is but little to be
made by the county at this time in selling
these lands. as but about S2,10 will be
turned into the County Treasury in
fees, with chance of losing many settlers.
Much OF these lands are on water courses,
and spectators buying can easily force the
settler out from wafer and thus neceSSitate
his giving up his claim and leaving the cOun-
try, which, of course, gives the SPECTATOR an
immense range for his cattle. Now that
agriculture begins to be profitable there is
some doubt as TO the prOpriety of permitting
running water to be fenced in, and in
this county it can only result in driving out
those who have opened up the country, and
worried through the bad years. The statute
shows that all that can be gained by the
county in fees is as follows: Filing each
paper, sc: recording each application (per
foliO) &c; granting certificate, 25c; indoors
ing payment on certificate, sc; filing treas
urer's receipts sc; approving bonds on each
forty, Csc; making abstracts for each tract
for auditor. sc. The County Treasurer col
lectS the following fees: Listing for printer.
sc; also one per cent. of net proceeds of all
sales.
Of course the 50, 700 collected on these
lands goes into the County Treasury, as the
Clerk and Treasurer being salaried officers
are not permitted to accept any fees. BY
holding these lands few years the State
School Fund would be greatly benefited be-
cause of increased prices received from &C.
tual settlers who desire only small tracts,
and the county would receive at least
double the amount in fees. There being 10
present need for this money, Graham COun-
ty could well afford to wait few years.
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Thomas p Fenlon, J. NJ. Galloway. Joseph
Donahue, j. H Schaffer. Frank Dale, FL.
A. Young, d. r A. Trimble.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention re-asSembled at half past
one Governor Click was re-nominated by
reclamation with rising vote and cheers.
c. X. Holiday was nominated for Lieuten-
ant Governor by reclamation. A commit
tee was appointed to wait on the resubmis-
sion convention and invite the members to
seat in this body.
Proceeding with tine regular order of bush
ness, Eugene Hagan, of Topeka. was NOM
mated Tor Secretary OF State, and Hugh Y,
Gavigan, of Cherokee County, was nomin-
ated for Auditor OF State. W. Z. Hut
man OF Barton, was nominated
for State Treasurer: G.. P. Smith. of
Allen, for Acknowledgement; Nj. J. Keys. of
Ottawa, for Superintendent o. Public In
Struction. Judge W. p. Campbell. of Sedg-
wick, was unanimously chosen for Chief
worth, was also unanimously nominated
Associate Justice
PRESIDENTIAL. ELECTORS.
At large, Thomas Moonlight. of Leaven-
worth; Charles s. King, of Labette; First
District, W. W. Sargent, Holden; Second
District, l.. B. Chapman, Fort Scott; Third
District z. F. DevOre, Independence; Fourth
District, t. P. Fulton. El.ioradO; Fifth Dis
Tiet James Katler, Junction City; Sixth
District II. 4. YOnge. BelOit; Seventh Dis
trlct L. b. Fugate. Newton. During the
election of officers Frank +. Lynch, First
Nice-PreSident, presided over the Conven-
ton.
TIE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following State Central Committee
was appointed: ". C. Perry, Fort Scott;
Ed. Carroll, Leavenworth; C. c. Bmncs,
Atchison; John Mileham, Toneka: ii. E
Norton, EmpOria; John Scilaeffer, Jewell;
W. H. Camp, Rush; Marshal Gephart,
OskaiOOSa; A. J. Burchfeld. Contra
liza; J. Z. Elliott, Manhattan; DR..
Weston Bowen, Garnet; David Eppinger,
burlington; John NcGalIoway, Fort Scott;
W. c. Jones, Lansing; A. q. Buchanan,
Abilene; j. G. johnson, Peabody; J. t.
Highley, PaOla; J. p. DeJarnett, Chetopa;
+. ". Frazier, Clyde: J. N. Walker. How
ard; John Foster, Salina; II. A. Younge,
Beloit; j. b. Brigham, Great Bend; John
Schleyer, Hays City; c. Z. McAdams,
Wichita.
The convention adjourned sine die.
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GENERAL

CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, who has just
returned from foreign tour, expresses
tie opinion that Italian opera is doomed
ami that Albani is soon TO sing in English.
So great have been the ravages of locusts
in the central portion of Spain that the
damage to the crops was estimated at S10,-
OOO, 200.
IT is definitely known that Captain
Lewis, of the schooner Julia Baker, was
poisoned by Mate Walker and Steward
Gomez. Captain Lewis was given red.
dish fluid to drink, and died in a few min.
utes. The steward escaped at Anaqua.
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Caught Dangling.

DALTON. Ten, August 21.-Quite an ex.
element arose here by an attempt 10 break
Jail on the part OF James COker, charged
with stealing watch from negro He is
usually confined in the cell at night, but al
lowed the privilege of the halls in the day.
In order to escape he had removed tss
bricks under one of the windows, which are
grated with iron. Having made a rope Of
his blanket, he was just swinging down feet
foremost when he was caught BY his shirt
on the end of bar of the grating. and where
lie was di4cOversd thus suspended. Quite
crowd gathered upon the scene, and having
released the wOuld-be refugee from justice,
he was returned to his cefi, whence I've will
be allowed no more privileges.
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Caught Dangling.

DALTON. TEN, August 21.-Quite an ex-
element arose here by an attempt to break
Jail on the part of James COker, charged
with stealing watch from negro. He is
usually confined in the cell at night, but al
lowed the privilege Of the halls in the day.
In order to escape he had removed the
bricks under one of the windows. which are
grated with iron. Having made a rope Of
his blanket, he. was Just swinging down feet
foremost when he was caught by his shirt
on the end of bar of the grating, and where
he was discovered thus suspended. Quite
crowd gathered upon the scene, and having
released the would-be refugee from justice,
he was returned to his cell, whence he will
be allowed no more privileges.
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THE WEST.

j. L. RIPLEY has resigned the Assistant
General Freight Agency of the Wabash
Road, to take the Commissionership os the
wabash & Burlington Pool at Chicago,
September l.
h u. HoRR was nominated by acclama-
ton for Congress in the Eighth Congress
sional District of Michigan.
HE body of Private Whistler, one of the
Arctic explorers, was exhumed at Delphi,
Ind, recently. and it was found that the
flesh had been cut from the bones as in the
case of Lieutenant Kislingbury.
T. len EYcE, farmer near Broadhead.
Wis, fatally stabbed his wife recently and
then hanged himself to a tree.
ELIAS LITTLEToN, living near Terre
Haute, Ind, caught boy in his water
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A WEEKS NEWS.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

MARY CLEMMER ANES, well known as g
newspaper correspondent at Washington
died the other evening in that city.
JUDGE THoMAN, of the Civil Service
Commission, says that owing to the large
number of appointments being made in
the departments, it will be necessary to
hold EXAMINATIONS soon in Arkansas, Cali.
fornia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Texas and Wis
consin.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR recently received at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, Com
mander Schley, Commander Coffin, Lieu
tenant Emory, Chief Engineer Melville
and dozen other officers of the Greedy ex-
petition.
The secret service division is in posses
sion of a new counterfeit ten dollar note On
the Third National Bank of Cincinnati. 1t
is series B. l., with chocolate colored back,
vignette on the face. The note has a
coarse, scratchy appearance, not very well
executed
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28
KANSAS DEMOCRATS.
The Kansas State Democratic Convention
Assemblies at Topeka-The Ticket Nom
mated

Assemblies at Topeka-The Ticket Nom
mated.
TOPEKA, August 21.-At 4 80 a. m. YES
serday the Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, W. c.. Perry, of
Fort Scott, called the convention to order
and nominated Hon. A. A. Harris. of
Bourbon, as Temporary Chairman. II.
Miles Moore, the Secretary of the State
Central Committee, was designated to read
the call of the State Central Committee
conyening the convention. MeSsrs. Frank
1. Lynch, of the Ieayenworth Standard
and George T. King, of the Labette
county Democrat, were selected to es-
cort Mr.. Harris to the chair, who made a
speech thanking the convention and review
ing the political situation. The Chairman
announced the committees, as made by the
State Central Committee. as follows:
CredentialS-H. Miles Moore, Chairman:
Henry Insley, r. A. Merritt, George Cur
rier, Frank Bacher, l.. Shoemaker. S. G.
Lewis. ID. Sheahan, j. H. McKinslev, G.
W. Wood, G. w. Brown, I. W. Boston.
John Lee, John Shank, Walter Cannon, T.
S. Jones, d. c. Clark and F. P. Grove
Order of Business and Rules-Sidney
Hayden, Chairman; MeSsrs. William Gillian.
John B. Clifford, Adam Oliver, Jr, j. NJ.
McCowen, ID. G. Mckay, J. ". Dundmore,
Isaac Sharpe, j. NJ. Haverheld. II. S. Swing
ley, 4. J. Hunt, NJ. Z. Hall, T. Mcintyre,
NJ. b. Tilden, J. W. Hughes, G. S. Mace, G.
L. Metcbam and DR.. A. Bassett
Permanent 0TganizatiOn-J. W. Gardiner,
Chairman; NeSSrs. C. c. Burnes. j. b.
Oliver. j. b. Howe, J. G. Kramer, W. C.
Perry, Moses Neal, NJ. J. Keys NJ Melon
aid, j. I. Higley, 3. f. Devere, ID. S.
Lorne, J. Walker, w. S. Gle. Thos. Nc
Neill, y. c. Hawkins. IL. \. Young and &
Nenable
ResolutiOns-ThOmas Moonlight, Chair
man; MessrS. o. p. Herald J. H. Moss, j.
+. Riggs. j. II. Sallee, H. d. Dickson, j. A.
Ketner, Charles Butcher, W. A. Ochilt ee.
George +. King, William Becker Thomas
George, w. O'COnnor, Thomas McNuny.
Thomas Tahey, j. Ii. Sharfer and w. P.
Campbell
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California race-horses have made
their best time at home, and have not
eoualed it when taken to the Eastern
turf. The San Francisco Chronicle
therefore concludes that the climate Is
as well adapted to the best develop
ment of the thoroughbred horse as that
of Arabia or Barbary, and much better
than that of England, Ireland. or any
of the Atlantic States.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

Prof. Austin Phelps, d. D.. says
that death is toall minds alike a dread,
appalling presence, from its first concep-
ton till LIES close. Say what men VIII
of it, all men fear it. He declares that
the most devout Christian and the most
sensuOus skeptic recoil from it, resist 1t,
put it out of sight, struggle to forget it
to the last. 1T is the one CverwheIm-
ino terror of every human life"
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,1B Carter = veII-Lnown citizen o

j. B. Carter, a wel-lnOwn citizen OF
Augusta. Ga, was recently awakened
by mosquitoes under his net. He got
mp, lit a kerosene oil lamp, went back
20 the bed, and began to brush out the
mosquitoes. While doing this he struck
IS foot against something, and stUsn-
oled. The lamp was broken against Ae
bed-post, and the hot oil, falling on Mr.
Carter, took ire and burned tiereely.
In short time the body was heap OF
ashes s.. L0nis Post.
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Second Day.

TOPEKA, August 22.-The ReSubmisSon
Convention reaSenbled at twelve O'Clock
noon yesterday. The Conference Commit
tee presented the result of the CON
ference with the Democrats at / 80.
They had been received in a friendly man
ner. General Pierce said no Republican
principles would be discarded, but they
would like the nomination of c. X. HOIl
day, which they were assured would be
done. While the question of adoption
was pending, an invitation was received
from the Democratic Convention invit-
ing this body to meet with them, accOmpa-
MED by the information that c. X. Holiday
had been unanimously nominated for Lieu
tenant Governor. The resolutions were
then adopted and the convention adjourned
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--..ng death. A herd of cattle had
broken into a corn field near her house
and she attempted to drive them out. The
cattle became frightened and ran over the
unfortunate woman.
THOMAS JOHNSON, young Englishman,
was drowned IN the Iroquois River near
Watseka, H., recently. He - a brick
mason by trade.
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Graham. Lodge & Co., wholesale white
goods, of Philadelphia, failed recently. LA
bilitieS unknown.
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RESUBhISSfONiSTS.
Kansas Republicans Who Favor Resub-
mission of the Prohibitory Amendment
Meet in COnyen tiOn-The Proceedings

Kansas Republicans Who Favor Resub-
mission of the Prohibitory Amendment
Meet in Convention-The Proceedings.
TOPEKA, August 21.-The ReSubmiS-
Sionist Convention was called to order
at 4:30 p. m. by Joel HuntoOn. J. q.
Mohler, OF Salina, was made Temporary
Chairman, and Frank Herald, of Topeka,
Temporary Secretary. Mr.. MOhler, on tax
ing the Chair, announced that this body as
sembled for the purpose of passing reSOlu-
tons and possibly placing in nomination
a State ticket; that the members of this
body were not in favor of laws restricting
them in what they eat, what they wear,
what they drink, how they drink, when they
drink, and how they purchase that drink.
He declared regular business in order
After a recess of fifteen minutes the follow
ing committees were appointed:
CFedentials-G. W. Veale. Shawnee: J.
c. Pussy, Leavenworth: c. Reid Marion;
\. L. Dodge, Saline; ChaS. Coll ms, Reno;
c. NJ. McLaren, Dickinson; KerSey Cook,
Cherokee.
Northumberland Overmeyer Shaw
nee; John Hoensheidt, Atchison; William
Smith, Cherokee; q. ". Martin, Davis;
Harry Cline, Barton; G.. A. W. Bone,
Saline; Edward Frtch, LeavenwOrth.
Permanent Organization-H. Il. Pierce,
Wabaunsee: Frank Ferlin, Saline; W. j.
Taylor, Jefferson; D. S. Lockwood, Mont
gOmery; ii. p. Long, Allen; W. z. Lowe,
Davis: c. b. Hamilton. Shawnee.
Adjourned to p. nj.
EVENING SESSION.
At the convention in the evening,
Baker, of Saline, moved that a committee
of thirteen be appointed TO confer with
like committee to be appointed by the Dem
Ocratic convention. The committee is II.
ID. Baker, J. +. Anderson, ii. a. Pierce
George ". Martin. Joel Hmtoon, George
w. SteinrOd and Charles Collins.
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gonUola car of the front train and the en-
CINE snd four cars of the rear train, the
latter filed with sheep and hogs, were
mashed. The wreck caught fire and was
consumed. Upward of eight hundred ami
mails were killed.
THERE was a heavy rain, accompanied
by thunder and lightning, on the odd at
Dover, n. H. Many persons were Killed
by lightning, and houses were damaged.
Miles of telegraph and telephone wires
were blown down.
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The commerce of Il nation to q great extent
determines its supremacy. Cheap and easy
transportation should therefore be literally
fOstsreti Within the limits of the Constitution
the general Government should so improve
and protect IFS natural water ways as will en-
able the producers of the country TO reach
ifahi ma rEAt
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-23
4 NEK SNoK PLOK.

A KANSAS City inventor has patented
a snow; plow which promises to take the
place Of the cumbersome scoops which
are attached to locomotives running on
Northern railroads. during the winter.
1t is an arrangement of steam pipes
which can be heated at the will OF the
engineer, melting the snow as tine en-
CINE slowly advances. The form OF. the
ordinary snow pillow is preserved 50 that
the snow in shallow cuts can be thrown
aside, as by the pillow now in use; but
when deep drifts are encountered the
steam can be turned on the pipes ant
the road cleared in far less time than Il
can be done with shovel'. Another
advantage in TIE new invention is tia
it will not leave additional embarkmen
to catch q still greater depth of snow il
succeeding storms.