The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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lighting an alcohol lamp preparatory Ier
work the other day. 1t exploded from An
unknown cause. The skin and flesh OF his
left hand was burned TO a crisp, while his
face was burned In a shocking manner.
WHILE on the target range west OF Fort
LeavenwOrth, recently, Private costello OF
G troop, Seventh Cavalry, was accidentally
shot and instantly killed. He was engaged
in marking for rifiemen practicing on the
range, and it is supposed he came up out OF
| the trap too soon to mark and was killed by
tine balls of the markSmen. Costello lett
wife and three children.
THE following charters were recently filed
with the Secretary of State: The First
| Eyangelic Lutheran Immanuefs Church of
| Russell County; Bavarian Cemetery ASsO-
citation, of Bavaria, Saline County: Board
of Trade, Hutchinson, kaS.; Long Island
Cemetery Association, Long Island, Philips
| County; Public Cemetery Association, Kan
SaS Center, Rice County.
\ CRAZY man named Cole caused little
excitement at the Union Pacific Hotel III
North Topeka. He insisted that lady
bOS~der was his wife and that she had
ruined his family, and with a pistol and
knife attempted to execute vengeance upon
her. He was seized by the landlord, how
ever, and tragedy was prevented.
THE eighteenth annual session of the
| State Medical Society of Kansas, was
| opened in the Court House at Wyandotte
Oh the Goth, by the President, DIR. ID. w.
Stormont, of Topeka, who called the meet
ing to order. Papers were read by DR..
Schenck and DR.. Fryer, the latter exhibiting
| female patient of his upon whom he had
operated, illustrating his views OH diseases
Of the eye.
AN extra freight on the Missouri Pacific
from Leavenworth ran into the river near
Nine Mile Creek, mile and a half below
the Pacific Junction, on the 18th. The
rains had caused heavy rise In the creek
and washed out four hundred yards of
track and the bridge. The train had almost
arrived at the break when the rails spread,
the engine before it could be stopped run
ming into the river aud the cars piling OD
top of each other, killing two car loads OF
cattle. The train men jumped and saved
themselves.
Two young men named MoSher and Reed
of ArmOurdale, were called out late one
night recently by two men, who invited
them to a little fun. When the men got
them some distance off they proceeded to
give them fearful pummeling. The cause
of the assault was stated TO be of dOmeS-
tic nature, and no arrests were made.
THE annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway
Company was held at Parsons On the 21st
The following named gentlemen were
unanimously elected directors: Jay Gould,
Sidney Dillon, Russell Sage, George |. For
rest Samuel Sloan, n. l.. McCready, A. l..
Hopkins, A. G. Lulman, Thomas j. Eckert,
Frank S. Bond Thomas w. Pearsall, of
New York; Fred l.. Ames, of Boston; Il.
S. Hayes, of ST. Louis; c. FL. Pratt, of
David Kelso, of Parsons.
AN old cOlOred woman named Amanda
Young fell down stairs the other day at
AtchisOn and broke her neck.
DIR. HoLCOMBE, the State Veterinarian,
has returned from trip over the State i'll
yestigating the reported glanderS among
horses IN various parts of the State He
has investigated the matter personally and
has found the CHAMBERS among the horses in
seven counties, as follows: LeayenwOrth,
Neoshe, Montgomery, Greenwood, Ottawa,
Marion and Edwards. Besides these, he
has received reports from nine other coun-
ties, stating that the disease exists in each
of them. They are Lyon, Shawnee, Riley,
Clay, Dickinson Reno, Rice, Kingman and
Davis. DR.. HOlcOmbe will investigate the
matter further, and every effort is being
made to stamp out the disease and prevent
its further spread.
BOYD, Ragsdale and Moser. the Topeka
whisky sellers, were released from the
county Jail by the County Commissioners
because they were unable to pay fines and
costs. One of their attorneys said if they
had not been released Governor Click would
have pardoned them on the 29th, when the
time required by law for notice would have
expired.
THE State Funeral Directors Association
recently met in Annual Convention at To
pe&a.
THE WyandOtte Gun Club held their regll-
lar monthly shoot on the 23d at Normandy
Grove. Following was the result in brief,
ten clay pigeons each being shot at: Bishop,
10; Ford 10; GriswOld, TO- StearnS, Z;
Gray, 6; WalcOtt, 5: McAlpine, 2. In the
shoot off between those tied Ford won by
second clean score of ten. This was justly
regarded as extraordinary good shooting,
and it was hoped that the Wyandotte club
would challenge some one of the crack
clubs of Kansas City.
Rev. A. B. CAMPBELL will accept the po-
sition of State Evangelist in the Sunday
school work of the Christian Church. re-
State Temperance Union at the end of the
year, which is in July some time He
would have commenced his new work i'm
mediately but the Union Directory per
suaded him to wait until the annual
election.
THE Church of Christ, of Usage City,
Usage County; the First Baptist Church, of
Council Grove. Norris County; the Meth
odist Episcopal Church of TiblOw, Wyan-
dotte County, and the First Baptist Church.
of Dennis, Labette County filed their re
Spective charters recently with the Secre-
tary of State.
FROM the report of the State Horticul
tural Society, just published, it is learned
that the number of bearing fruit trees in
Kansas in 1883 was as follows: Apple,
1921, JAG; pear, 10O,570; peach, 5,S15, ,301; &;
plum, 2736SO; cherry, sS7, ,736. OF trces
not yet in bearing the number of every va
riety above named was about equal to those !
in bearing.
On recommendation of Congressman
Morrill,. T. F. Sanders was appointed Post !
master at Oneida.
A CoLoRED prisoner in the County Jail |
at Topeka was operated upon recently for |
adominal dropsy. The doctor tapped" him |
and drew forth about six quarts Of water.
Mr.. GORIIAN, OF Topeka, lately went out !
to attend to his horses at the stable. He /
laid off his coat and vest when a thief |
stole eighty dollars from his vest pocket.
COOP prospects along the Santa Fe.
S. q. KING, general merchant of Cedar. |
vile, made an assignment recently to John |
Johnson. His liabilities were unknown; as
sets about ten thousand dollars.
THE banking houSe of DOnnell lawson &