The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-06
NEWS NOTES.

President Bliss and the old board Of
officers of the Boston & Albany railroad
were reelected.
The steamer Norseman, from Liverpool.
reports that she steamed along solid wall
of ice for distance of 10 miles.
\ party of masked Americans took the
Indian murderer, Loui Sam, from the Of
iicerS, in British Columbia, and hanged him.
Farmers in the vicinity of Vandalia. d.,
are nearly unanimous in the opinion that
late-sOwn wheat has been seriously dam
aged.
At London, England, the stock OF pota-
toes is said 20 exceed the demand. and own
us are anxious to sell at considerable re-
dUction i'll price.
Doc Neagle and Hugh Behean who were
driven out of Hot Springs, Ark, for COM
plicity in the john Flynn homicide, have
reached Chicago.
Eagle pass special to Galveston paper
says it is reliably reported that the Zina Ii
bra will be extended from Laredo to Del Rio,
including the intermediate country.
In Russia wheat is held with a show Of
firnneSS, but trade at this season of the year
is almost entirely speculative and for for
eign delivery on resumption of navigation.
A member of the British Parliament has
ascertained that two murders and sixteen
suicides have occurred in Monte Carlo since
the year opened, and that the local newspa-
perS were paid 10 suppress the details.
Naval cadets l. H. JastremSki uf
Louisiana, ANA J. W. Macy of Texas bo. II
of the first class. ana Fred Parker, of Mass
achuSett>, of the third class were dismissed
from the Naval Academy. OfauSc. hazjng
In the Circui; Court at Bloomington.
H.. Z. ". Valentine Il travelling man re-
covered 4 judgement for $500 against the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
neSlcct;ng to promptly deliver dispatc..
By reason OF the company's delay Valentine
last position as Saleman.
IN effort is being made by patriotic Viz
ginIanS to have Congress make an apprppT,-
alton tn build monument To the memory uc
Mary Washington, mother of the illuStriOuS
George. Ii is proposed to build the mOnu-
ment at the Old home of Mrs. Washington
Fredericksburg, Va, short distance from
Washington.
\ man named Piacad0 BarhOSa is in jail
at OcOno. Panama, accused of wishing to
have his brother murdered and of having
paid one PavOn so 70 commit the crime.
The wOuld-be-murdercr was, however. killed
by third BarbCSa brother while attempt
TO carry out his criminal contract. Pav0n
is described as a professional ASSASSIN.
\ Franciscan priest Benarliuo Gouza-
leZ, has just completed some daring eXplora-
tons of the headwaterS of some of the
higher tributaries of the Amazon. He re-
ports that he has discovered an easy route
for a railroad from the central province of
Peru to a navigabe tributary of the ANA
ION, and an abundance OF rubber, ivory,
nuts, flax, valuable woods, etc. He met
undergraduates on the Palcazu river, q.
stream which. a few years ago, was
seldom visited by civilized man.
Captain Morgan, of the steamship Egyp-
tan Monarch, which arrived Monday from
London. reports that at ten p. IN. on Febrli-
AIRY l. very large meteor burst close to his
vessel and disappeared, leaving a strong
Su!phuTOHS smell in the atmosphere. 1t an
peared to come from the EOrthward, but Is
was not observed until it was almost imme-
diately over the bridge. 1t seemed to pass
within ten feet OF the bridge. Ii burst with
a very loud report. The Egyptian Monarch
encountered two violent hurricanes, III one
ct which portion of her raft was carried
away. and other slight damages We're Sis
tciued