The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

1 SCuAitgs anu thC GssoiiCyo VI lAlO
road opposed motion to confirm the finding
'n the ground that it is unwarranted
ana extraordinary. Cohen owned three
hundred acres of land in this county through
which an old railroad bed lay. The land
was mortgaged to b. Files, WHO held posses
SION at the time the For. Scott & Wichita
railroad applied for the right of way,
having succeeded to the righ of the old
road-bed. The right of way thrCu Cohen
farm was procured from Files cOndi-
hona!ly, and the road was built thereon.
Cohen redeemed the land and got possess
ion, and sued the road for the value of the
rOadbed and the track the company had put
thereon, besides ordinary damages upon the
claim that the company was trespasser and
The road as completed was part of the
realty. j. ID. Snoddy was chosen referee last
fall. His report suStains the claim of the
plaintiff in full and awards him $4,000. The
entire tract of land is worth only about So
BOO. The railroads attorneys, MeSsrs.
BlaiI d Perry, J. Ii. Richards and j. IL.
Sale, object to the confirmation of the find
ing. j. ID. McCleverty is employed by the
plaintiff.
POsT-OFFICE changes in Kansas during
he week ending May 10, 1884: Estab-
ished-Boyle, Jefferson County, Newton A.
Huey, Postmaster; Inman, Mcpherson
County, Christian Aschman, Postmaster.
observation-disclosures, Graham County;
Seabury, Ness County. Name Changed
-DOmus, Ness County, to Highpoint. Post
masters AppOinted-Mount Liberty, Reno
County, George w. Archer; Rotterdam. Os-
borne County, Christian III. WOllers.
ISAAC LAMBERT, soap manufacturer of
Parsons, while working in his factory the
other day, became very warm, and went to
Stake his thirst from what he supposed to be
a pitcher of water, but what proved instead
to be mixture for fiavoring soap, composed
Df oil of bitter almonds and prussic acid.
He was Immediately Frustrated, but it was
thought he would recover.
THE Ellsworth, Mcpherson, Newton &
Southeastern Railway Company, with a
capital stock of 81, 900, 900, has been incor-
pOrated under the laws of the State of Kan
SaS. The company is formed and organized
for the purpose of constructing and operating
! a standard gauge railroad and telegraph line
from the City of Ellsworth, in Els
wOrth County, in sOutheaSterly direc
zion through the counties of Ellsworth and
Mcpherson to the City of Mcpherson; thence
southeast through the counties of McPher-
son, Harvey, Sedgwick and Butler to some
point in Butler County.
THE National Teachers Association meets
at Madison, Wis, July Is, 16, II and IS,
and State Superintendent Speer reports that
Kansas will probably send delegation of
one hundred and fifty teachers. A number
of teachers from AtchisOn, LeavenwOrth,
Junction City, Wichita, Wellington, BelOit,
Manhattan and other points in the State
have already made arrangements to go, and
have notified the State Superintendent of
their intention.
Mr. c. B. SCHMIDT, Commissioner of I'M
migration, has returned from St Louis,
where he met thlrty-three farmers from
Lancaster County, Pa, who propose to re-
move to Kansas and locate Oh the line of
the Santa Fe. These people are in good
circumstances and are the descendants of
colony of Mennonites who came to America
more than century and a half ago. The
land they now own was transferred by Will
liam Penn, and many of them live upon the
identical places purchased by their fore
fathers.
THE boiler of engine No. 43, on the NJ.
K. & T., at Parsons exploded in the round
house of the Missouri Pacific at that place,
killing two men and wounding several 9TH
ers, and completely demOlishing four sec
tons of the round house. The building was
o oOOliC Oh Win a sAdtC lOOl. "a
pable of holding fourteen engines. The end
walls were blown down and the roof ell
tirely blown off, and the entire section was
one mass of ruins. The engine was an old
one and had been recently repaired, and
was undergoing tests when the explosion
occurred. Loss about $4,000.
In the District Court at Leavenworth
Robert Davis, Nose Chambers and George
Brown were found guilty of murder in the
first degree for the killing of John Heigle:
March 1, 1888, and sentenced to death.
Brown and Chambers both confessed COM
plicity in the killing, which they said was
done by Davis. Davis and Chambers are
both inmates of the penitentiary already
Davis for seven years and Chambers fol
ten.
A FAMILY named Murry were recently
seriously poisoned at Topeka by eating
bread bought at a bakery. In some unac-
cOuntable manner rat poison had got into
the dough.
DIR. HoICoMB, State Veterinian, has just
returned from the West. He with members
of the Sanitary Commission, White and
Harris, ordered to be killed fifteen horses
in Ottawa County and twelve in Marion, all
afflicted with CHAMBERS. DR.. HOlcOmb re-
ports a farmer in Ottawa named Robinson
as dying with the same disease caught from
the horses condemned on his place three
in number. The disease was brought to his
place by horse which the owner knew had
the CHAMBERS when it was sold. There is
much indignation in the neighbOrhOOd. Dr. |
HOlcOmb and the two members of the SAM |
tary Commission were arrested at the |
instance of one man whose horses were
condemned and who had sold the same in !
the vicinity. The charge was stealing fossil |
remains The case was dismissed and costs
assessed against the complainant, who |
failed to appear
JOSEPH MOORE and John Foster appeared |
before the District Court which convened on
the 18th at Saliva, and both claimed to le-
gally exercise the duties of County At /
.Orney. After considerable argument by
was County Attorney, and that Foster, who
was recently ousted by the State Supreme
Court, had not semblaace of authority to
claixs the Office.
CKasIsT's HOSPITAL, Topeka, WAS form
ally opened OH the 18th in the presence of
! large assembly. Addresses were made
by Bishop Vail, of the Episcopal Church;
Rev. Cowses, of the Methodist Church; Rev. !
'lcCabe of the Presbyterian Church; Rev
3hkesley. Of. the Congregational Church;
Rev. Leonard, of Atchison; Rev ButI2r, OF
lawrence; T. B. Sweet of Topeka; anu
Ion. Dwight Thasher, of Lawrence.
CYCLONE caves nc useful
A FARMER living south of Topeka OBJ
ecteo to q number of tramps on his farm
ecently. when one of them shot at him,