The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-02

breast with pitchfork, and two others re
ceived serious wounds.
W. Q. WRIGHT, president of the pro.
jected Chicago, Freeport and st. Paul road
has issued circular announcing a change
of route from the east bank of the Missis
sippi to line twenty miles eastward.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT quietly crossed
the continent to visit John w. Mackey
and narrowly escaped in a railway COLI
sion at Port Costa, California on Septem
| Der 22nd.
The twenty-second anniversary of the
issue of the proclamation of emancipation
was celebrated by the colored citizens Of
Springfield, who marched in body to the
old home of Abraham Lincoln.
FREDERICK T. NICHOLS, chief editor Of
the Memphis Ardldnche, died suddenly al
Davenport, Ia, on the oath of September
from paralysis of the brain. He was in
his fifty-fourth year. He formerly resided
at Davenport.
ADvICES from Wisconsin are to the eff
feet that the cranberry crop is nearly g
failure, but $4,000 acres of fine tobacco
were raised.
GILLIE LEIGH, member of the British
Parliament, recently lost his life in the
Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, where
he became separated from hunting party.
His body was found at the base of preci-
pice.
A STROKE of lightning at Elmwood, ILL.,,
during the night of September 18th, killed
babe lying asleep between it's parents,
leaving the latter unframed.
A MEETING of representatives of railway
lines interested in business to far Western
points, was held in Chicago recently for
the purpose of forming pool. 1t was de-
cided to call it the Pacific Coast Associa-
ton, and that all business originating east
of the Mississippi River and destined to
points in California, Oregon, Nevada and
British Columbia, should be included III the
pool, rates and percentages to be decided
on at future dates.
A TRAMP recently entered the house of j.
A. McLain, a farmer, six miles south of
Coopersville, Mich, aud raised disturb
ance. The father and son put him out and
the son then went for assistance. When
he returned he found his father dead on
the floor from revolver shot. Every eff
fort was made to capture the murderer.
JUSTICE FIELD, in a hearing of the Chi
nese habeas corpus cases at San Francisco,
held that the wife could not enter upon the
husbands certificate. She must have one
of her own.
A STANDARD weekly newspaper has been
substituted in the public schools of Anita,
Ia, for the ordinary Fifth Reader. The
experiment, if it works well, will be tried
ii other places.
MISS C. Q. WELL, a wealthy young lady
of New York City, persisted in a snow
storm on September 22d while descending
Longs Peak, Colorado. She had been
visiting friends at Colorado Springs. She
was accompanied by young gentleman
who carried her some distance after she
was numbed with cold, but when his
strength gave out he fastened home for
aid. The rescuing party found her frozen
to death.
a RECENT memorial drafted by the Chi
cago Citizens Association in favor of the
application of civil-service reform rules to
appointments to Office in Chicago received
the Endorsement of 700 leading business
firms.
B. Q. HUTCHINSON, who was the cause of
the famous wheat riot in Wisconsin in
1850, ended his days i'll San Francisco on
September 18th.