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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

in the second congressional district
With all their boast we are not dismay-
ed. The democratic party ought to be
more careful in the future, as they have
been careless in the past. Fusion is
measure fraught with danger to the
democratic party and establishes a bad
precedent. The Jeffersonian principle
are broad and comprehensive enough
for every true citizen to stand upon
As democrats we deny the assertion
of the opposition that we have been de-
feated on the only and true principles
of political ecOnOmy-free trade. This
measure has always received from the
democracy a careful and respectful con-
sideration. The rank and file OF the
working classes of Kansas are favora-
BILE to free trade, and the farmers are in
direct opposition to protective tariff;
thus the statements through the repuD-
lican press is not correct and deserves
no respect. Why should there be class le-
gislatiOn for one class of citizens more
than another? 1t is well established
fact that the western farmer does not
receive any legislative protection. y
He is compelled by law to supply his
wants. not from the cheapest sources,
but from certain privileged establish
ments to which he has to pay extrava
CANT prices. RIP VANWINKLE.
Health is good and farmers are pros
porous and happy.
The hog cholera which was imported
into our township from Missouri last
fall is subsiding. An apparently sure
preventive of the disease is carbOlc
acid. We have heard of no case where
it has failed to prevent 1t.
Peter Buffenmeyer has five brood sows
from which he has sold 81 300 worth OF
hogs in the past two years. Can any
body beat it?
Mr.. II. Altman sold two steers this
week for Sl20 each. The animals
weighed a ton apiece and brought SIX
cents per pound.
An entertainment was given Friday
evening, March 18th, at the Greenridge
school house, by home theatrical COM
pany. The house was crowded to over
flowing and the performance applauded
to the echo. We understand that the
company will travel for a short time
and give exhibitions where desired. 1t
is success. SHERMAN.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
A Testimonial Of Appreciation.

We, the undersigned pupils of Rev.
S. P. Harrington's school, ask permits
sion to certify that, after spending sew
eral months under his instruction in
the various branches he teaches, espe-
cially penmanship and the intricate sci
ence of accounts, we are highly gratifi-
ed with our progress and do most sim
cerely assert that this school furnishes
the most thorough work and the great
est amount of instruction for the least
money of any school i'll the country.
We especially recommend the school to
any who have the teachers profession
in view.
JAMES W. DAY, Hope, Kansas.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

A EIna Ionk belonging to VI. L. Baldwin,
iiiC JoCh, of Abilene, will serve mares
during the season of 1SSiat reasonable rates. Sat
isfactiOn guaranteed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

Recently bought i'm New York City at go cents on the
is arriving at his Abilene Simon intends to divide
customers the profits of this purchase The stock embr
the latest and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07

Articles incorporating The Opera Company, of
Union City, were filed with the Secretary of
State yesterday. The company has a capital
stock of $25, 900, and is formed for the purpose
of erecting an opera house at Union City The
incorporators are Joseph R. jackson and Aman-
dus B, Shuyler, of Union City; ArthurT Phelps
of West Troy N. Y, and Emmett L. Blood of
Topeka, Kas.
The Enterprise Bracket Company, of Spades
Ripley county, with capital stock of so, 600
was also incorporated under State laws ycSter-
day. The directors are A. FRANKIE. Xavier
Schmaz, j. Smoker, C.. Billman, and J. G.
Steinfort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
Miscellaneous Notes.

The surveyors of the New Albany, Leaven-
worth 81 Cannelton Narrow gauge railroad will
to-day reach Leayenworth Ind, in the location
of the line.
Railroad Commissioner Coffin, of Iowa, wants
Sunday work on the railroads of that State stop
ped III order that the employees may get much
needed day Of rest.
The Pittsburg, Cleveland G. Toledo railroad
was opened on Monday for traffic, with close CON
nectons from Cleveland to New York, Washing
ton and Baltimore.
The scheme of a railway from Winnipeg to
Hudson Bay is still being agitated, and the Man
it0ba government has been asked to name some
terms for guaranteeing the bonds"
The railroad commissioners of New York State
are completing their first annual report. which
will make two volumes. The board has investi-
gated about eighty complaints and about 1000
accidents.
The Houston & Texas Central is said to have
earned I or per cent. its stock during the
year. and to have spent the money on steel rails
"a better investment for the company than divi-
dendpaying.
1t is stated that the forthcoming annual report
of the Burlington q Quincy will show an in
crease 1f the net earnings of about 81, zoo, 900
for the year, and that the total net earnings
will be nearly 143 per cent on the capital stock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
Coming to Their Senses.

The pressure on the Wabash management to
induce them to better accommodate the travel
ing public between Michigan City and Indianapo-
lis in the way of running their trains is so great
that probably on March l changes will be made
An additional train win be put on, or the present
train willleave Michigan City early in the morn
ing, reach Indianapolis at 1890 A M, and leave
indianapolis at $50 PM This would give business
men of Michigan City, LaPorte, Plymouth and
other towns on the northern division an oppor-
tunity to spend few hours in indianapolis and
return the same day, which they cannot do
as trains are now run. An official of the road
admits that something must be done, so great
are the complaints regarding the present ar
rangement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
A New Poultry Association.

A meeting of number of well-known poultry
fanciers was held at the rooms of the State
Board of Agriculture, last night, pursuant to a
call issued several days ago, and national
poultry association was organized. The move
ment is the outgrowth of dissatisfaction among
the leading members of the Indiana association
The call for the meeting to effect a new organ
ization was addressed to ''those interested in
the advancement of thoroughbred poultry and
the holding of frst-class exhibitions" Among
those who were present were Messrs. Mitchell
Fenton, Balls, Shortridge, Rosencrans, Chris
tian Fry, Congor, Pottage, Tobin, Duty Nc
Clure, and Jenkins, all well-known poultry
breeders. The name given the new organiza-
ton was the National Poultry Association, of
indianapolis. The temporary officers elected
were: President, w. F. Fenton; secretary, d.
H. Jenkins, and treasurer w. F. Christian. A
committee, consisting of w. H. Fry, Sid Con
gor, and w. f. Christian, was appointed to re-
port form of constitution and bylaws for the
new association.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
A Cheerful View of the Situation.

Colonel VIM. Shaw, general agent of the In
diana, Bloomington G. Western road, returned
yesterday from an extended Western trip, and
he speaks very encouragingly of the prospects
for heavy travel as soon as the weather becomes
settled. While absent he travelled over the prin-
cipal roads of six Western States, and he found
business men in excellent spirits. They had
good crops last year. and the prospect now is for
good crops this year People settled in these
States were writing for friends to come West
and settle near them, and he looked for large
immigration from the Eastern States, and in
turn settlers were in good shape financially, and
agents reported to him many were planning to
visit old stamping grounds during the coming
summer and fall, and everything in fact pointed
to q heavy travel the next few months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
A New Safety Truck.

Samuel Brown, of San Francisco, has invented
and patented a safety car truck, designed to pre-
vent any part of a train from jumping the track
when turning a curve. The means by which he
claims TO attain this end are to lay in the center
between the two rails raised plate, of either
iron or steel, five inches wide and one inch in
thickness, the top of which isthree inches higher
than the rails either side. From the bottom of
the cars a grip is suspended firmly braced side
wise and lengthwise, which fits over the raised
contemplate, and prevents any lateral motion of
the car The inventor claims the attachment to
each car will not exceed 500 If the plan works
well in practice, the invention will be of great
benefit to railroad lines and travellers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
The Freaks of General Freight Agents.

General freight agents are queer set of fell
lows. A short time ago they convened at Indi-
annapolis to revise and readjust rates, and estab-
fish joint rate tariff to all crossing points in Il.
linois, Indiana, Ohio and northern Michigan
The matter of including crossing points on the
Toledo, Cincinnati & st, Louis road was brought
up, when the general freight agent of one of the
roads running east out of st. Louis rashly said:
On it, cut them out; don't recognize the
contemplate narrOw-guage affair" Yet this
same general freight agent was once of the first to
complain to Commissioner Fink, and state that
their road would be obliged to cut rates to pro-
tect their shippers, as the T., G. & ST. L. was
s1auphterino rates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
Quite a Problem to Solve.

freight man, well up in railroad matters,
says that what can be done to bring about the
settlement of the rate trouble is a more serious
problem than many suppose Should the trunk
line executive committee to-day order restora-
tion to rates based on thirty cents per one hun
bred pounds from Chicago to the seaboard, it
would cause general blockade to shipments. The
business of the country will not now bear SO
high rate. Grain men especially viii say, well
we will lay on our oars until navigation opens.
sixty days from now, when rates will euualize,
and we will get a fifteen-eent water and rail rate
On the other hand, were rates reduced to the
basis of twenty cents, it would likely move
considerable per cent of the stocks now held at
Chicago and the Northwest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
Convention of Master mechanics.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNEs Feb. 6.-The master mechanics of
the c., B. & O. c. & E. L, Wabash, Vandalia,
and other prominent roads will hold a conven-
ton in this city on Feb. 10, when they will in
spect the two large engines being built for the
0. & NJ. in this city. These engines, when com
pleted, will weigh about forty-six tons, and are
expected to run on an average of fifty two miles
per hour. Master Mechanic Donaldson. their
builder, says they will pull a passenger train
from Cincinnati to St Louis in eight hours
They are creating great deal of interest in
railroad circles, the Union Pacific being among
the roads that will be represented at the CON
vention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
SHIPPERS IN TROUBLE.
All Their Surplus Moneys in the Hands of
the Railroads aus Rebates.

the Railroads as Rebates.
The incidents connected with the ratecutting
on east-bound business the last sixty days, if
ferreted out and published, would make interest
ing reading so much scheming has there been
done to get around the pool First undertaking
had its run, rates became demoralized, and then
general restoration of rates was ordered. Then
the plan of billing property as in transit was
sorted to, and for couple of weeks answered
the purpose for those wishing method to cut
rates. When this was exhausted, the old method
of paying rebates was resorted to, and has now
been carried so far that two Indianapo-
lis grain firms are laid out, and
number at Chicago, ST. Louis, and
Peoria. They have all their surplus money in
the hands of the railroad companies in the form
of rebates. One Indianapolis party has some
81, coo thus tied up. A Chicago party, who has
shipped 300 carloads has some $l2, 600 thus tied
up The rebates which have been paid the
last two weeks foot up handsomely, ranging
from So, 800 to $4,000 on a hundred-car lot for
warded. AS it will likely be sixty OF ninety days
before these rebates will be paid it is evident
some new scheme must be devised to evade the
pool and bill fiat. Heretofore the paying of re-
bates has been sc limited as not to be seriously
felt by shippers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07

claim on the property superior to that of cred
itors under debts contracted by the company sub
sequently to the issue of the preferred stock and
that their only valid claim was one to priority
over the holders Of common stock"
In another case party purchased at one sta
tion on the railway ticket to another station,
the ticket agent assuring her that the train
would stop at that station. The conductor of
the train, which was through express to APPOINT
beyond the station to which the plaintiff desired
to CO. refused to stop at that station but carried
her through to the terminus, where she was
obliged to procure carriage for her destination.
The Supreme Court of Missouri held that the
company was responsible for the mistake or mis-
direction of the station master, but not for the
refusal of the conductor, and that the measure
of damage was the sum paid by her to return
the value of her time, and the Inconvenience she
suffered
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
GENERAL NEWS.
The Danville, Olney 81 Ohio River Contro-
versy Nearing an End.

The Danville, OIney 81 Ohio River Contro-
versy Nearing an End.
1t seems to be only question of a short time
when the Danville & Ohio road will pass into
hands which will take the wrecked affair and
make railroad of it. The present controversy
appears to be this; The Corbin party is moving
for the removal of Howard receiver and the
appointment of a receiver more friendly to their
cause. The Ware party has been moving for a
foreclosure. Both parties are working to secure
the support of the bondholders There are $780,
800 bonds and certificates outstanding, of which
session, and $142, 900 pledged. OF the latter,
$735OO is in the control of the committee, or in
The hands of Mr. Rufus Coffin by power of at
torney. There are those who believe that the
road can be brought out of the mre if the Corbin
interest secures control of the property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
The Young Man RESIGNS.

Murray Keller general ticket and passenger
agent of the Louisville, New Albany 6 Chicago
road, has rendered his resignation and it has
been accepted. The freight and passenger de-
partments are to be consolidated under the traffic
manager The slate published in the Jour
nal some two weeks ago is being carried out to
the letter, it being the purpose of the general
management to cut down operating expenses to
the lowest figure possible without Interfering
with the operating of the road to the best advan-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
The People,s Worldwide yeSdiot,

BURNETTs COCAINE has been sold in every
civilized country, and the public have rendered
the verdict that it is the cheapest and best hair
dressing in the world.
BURNETT FLAvoRING EXTRACTS are inyari-
ably acknowledged the ppuest and BEST
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
TRAFFIC Association in shaky CONDITION.

A Chicago telegram says that the notice which
the Union Pacific gave of its intentions to with
draw from the Transcontnental association ex-
pires to-day, and officials of that road announce
they will abide by that notice, and will report no
more business. The pool commissioner contends
that the notice given was irregular and the ex-
pected meeting of the association would be held
shortly to consider the matter The Rock Island
road has given the usual thirty days notice of
its intention to withdraw from the Northwestern
Traffic Association, and the Northwestern road
has given a similar notice with reference to the
Central Iowa Traffic Association. These two
associations are not pools but traffic agreements
for the maintenance of uniform rates, with
heavy penalties for violation. The withdrawing
roads contend that the agreements are both be-
ing violated, and claim is made that unless the
difficulties are adjusted before the expiration of
the notices. war in Northwestern rates is likely
to be provoked.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07

Two decisions have recently been rendered by
the higher courts which are worthy of special
note. One by the United States Supreme
Court is as follows: where certificates of pre-
ferred stock of railway company provided
among other things, that the preferred stock
was to be and remain a first claim upon the
property of the company after its Indebtedness
-held that the preferred stockholders had no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
browns Bronchial TroohesD

Are widely known as an admirable remedy for
bronchitis, hoarseness, coughs, and throat
troubles. Sold only in boxes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-07
& St Louis Railway Company.
M. H. SPADES

INDIANAPOLIS, md Jan 81. 1884.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of this com
p8ny win be held at the office of the company in In
,lianapos Indiana, Wednesday, February 20,
1884, between the hQrrs of 10 and IL o'clock m.
The transfer books will be closed from February 8
until February > l.
GEO. Fl. RUSSELL Secretary
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-30
The StingieSt Man in the World.

Rye Beach Correspondent Of Chicogo htcr-
OcedH.
The old man who drives the stage over
here is the stingicst man in the world.
lie always collects his money at the
start, because several years ago a passen-
on the way over, and the old man never
got his fare. He doesn't propose to lose
another fifty cents in that way. Passen-
gers can do whatever they like, for all
he cares, but he proposes to get his
money before they do it. They say he
used to keep livery and feed stable,
their horses and fed them. A shoe fac
tory failed at llaverhill and the old man
went over there when they sold the as
sets at auction. He bought a wagon
load of shoeptgs, brought them home,
and put them in an oats bin. When a
farmer put up his horse the old man
would give the animal four quarts of
shoepegs and charge fifty cents for them.
1t was dark barn, and the owner
couldn't tell them from oats. OF course
the horses wouldn't eat any, and the
farmer would get scared because they
had lost their appetites. The old man
had a mixture which he recommended in
such cases, and which he sold at fifty
cents bottle. 1t was harmless stun,
and was made by stirring up thistle tops
or something of that sort, but it had 4
great reputation, for the horses would he
given a dose before they started, and an
other before they got home, and having
had nothing but shoepegs all day, they
were hungry enough to eat their heads
off by the time they got taste of oats.
The credit of the appetite was given to
the medicine, of course, and the old man
got a big reputation as horse doctor,
and made a mint of money out oc his
thistle-top soup until the shoepeg bust
ness was discovered, when he quit the
livery business and went to driving stage.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-30
BLAINE AS A PROFESSOR.
Ham and Turkey Enjoyed by the Noted
Statesman Late at Night.

\ correspondent of the st. Louis
GI0bc- Democrat writes thai paper: 1t
was in the fall of 1851, while | was en-
gagged in running line between Louis
vile and Newport, Ky, for a railroad
to connect these cities, that | had my
office at Drennon Springs, Henry coun-
ty, Ky, the seat of the Military Insti-
tute in which James G.. Blaine was at
that time Latin Professor.
Having been graduate the June
preceding, | was allowed quarters in
the barracks with my assistant (also an
ex cadet, and we were permitted some
privileges which discipline denied the
cadets.
One evening, having just returned
from my home, | invited four of the
cadets to a spread of good things, and
to prevent obtrusiOn set the time at
after "taps," or 10 O'Clock, when all
lights must be out and all in bed.
We were all ready for set-to, with
keen appetites and a relish for the
dainty fare, when tap at the door
caused stampede of our visitors, two
under the bed and two behind the
wardrobe curtain.
On opening the door who should our
new visitor be but Prof. Blaine, on duty
to see that all lights were out and all
cadets in bed, and being attracted by
the light from our transom, he stepped
in to see that we had no company, and
also to have a quiet chat about George
town.
OF course we were glad to see him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-30

although unexpected at such time,
and politely invited him to sit up and
take bite, which he readily did.
The supper was tempting-a boiled
ham (that had been packed year in
hickory ashes in the old stone smoke
house at home), roast turkey, pick
les, beat biscuit, lemon pies, blackberry
jam, sponge cake and Catawba wine.
And how he did enjoy it-several
slices of ham and turkey, many biscuits,
pie and jam, and several glasses of
native Catawba to wash it all down.
and good-natured chat to keep COM
pany until II O'Clock, and the Profess
sor arose reluctantly to 90, remarking,
with smile; Il am glad | happened
in, but was not that rather large
spread for you twoo'
| never knew if he suspected our
four visitors hid in the room while he
was enjoying the feast, but thought
his eye caught sight under the ward
robe curtain of two pair of feet, be
longing to two trembling and hungry
cadets who dared not move, but list
ened impatiently to the Professors chat.
If he saw these pedal extrcmiues he
must quietly have enjoyed not only the
supper, but huge joke on the two
boys, yet he never let on, for it would
have been his duty to have ordered
them under arrest for 4 gross violation
Of discipline in having been out after
''taps."
One of the boys is now State Treas
urer of Arkansas, and another, | be-
lievc, is one of the Supreme Judges of
Louisiana.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-30
How Canned Goods are Poisoned.

PETROLEUM Y. Massey,
(Like Bunyan in Prism.

Rochester Post Express.
\ good many persons have been pois-
oncd lately by eating canned provisions.
\ Brooklyn physician has been making
examination to discover the reason. He
has discovered that in many cases it was
customary to fasten on the cap at the
top of the can with an amalgam of muir
late of zinc; that this amalgam was put
on with brushes by boys and the solder
ing iron then passed around it; that
nothing was easier than for some of the
muriate of zinc to get inside of the can,
and that when there it must become alb
sorbed in the contents and render the
latter extremely poisonous, since a muri-
ate of tin was added to the murate of
zinc by the action of the acid wherever
it entered the can. Canning establish
ments should discard this method of
sealing the cans at once or people will
soon cease purchasing the canned pro-
visions.