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

| % send their children to the school building
| assigned them. They claim right to oc-
| cupy rooms in the building assigned to white
| children.
| A DISPATCH from Wyandotte of the esd
: says: During the heavy rain storm last
night Thomas Doody and Michael German
started to Auncle in wagon. When
near the fill near the Blind Institute they
F., lost the road owing to the darkness, and in
passing over the fill where the road is eX-
tremey narrow the wagon in which they
were riding rolled over the embankment
down into deep hollow. Mr.. Doody was
caught under the wagon and badly crushed
about the ribs He was also severely in
! jured internally Mr.. German was thrown
against sidewalk and badly bruised. One
of the horses was almost instantly killed by
| striking against rock, and the others leg
was broken.
! IT will be remembered that not many
years ago Kansas possessed quite sensa-
! tiOnal citizen in the person of one j. S.
| DanfOrd, who resided at and was for a long
| time Cashier of the Usage City Savings
! Bank, and was also the chief spirit in the
great excitement at Hunnewell three years
| ago. He was recently heard from in Che
ney Washington Territory, where he had
established a bank. He and his wife fled to
British Columbia after swindliIg depositOrs
out of about $4,000.
THERE was no little excitement in Vic
Roy Park, Armourdale, recently, over a
balloon owned by McNealy, who made the
article over to Mrs. Wheeler for board
amounting to 500. He made an attempt to
| take it off the grounds, but was prevented
by Manager James Dempsey who was de-
| termined that Mrs. Wheeler should be Sc
cured. The unfortunate aerOnaut was &C
cused of trying to beat his way without pay
ing for his board.
SOME boys while stealing turnips in a
patch near North Topeka, recently, I'M
earthed an old cotton handkerchief, which,
when lifted up, fell to pieces and released
several pieces of silver money. The search
was continued, much of the land containing
the patch being turned over, and about 500
altogether was found. Most of the coin was
of small denominations, and the latest dol
lar piece bore date of 1878. There was no
clew to the ownership.
ABOUT thirty journeymen tailors working
in the various shops of Topeka went out the
other day on strike. They demanded
raise in prices and also that their bosses
should hire none but union men. Nearly
all the bosses agreed to pay the prices de-
manded, but they would not recognize the
request to refuse nOn-union tailOrS work.
The strikers were very quiet, but seemed
determined.
THE Republican convention of the Ninth
Representative District at LeavenwOrth re-
Gently nominated Ex-Governor George I.
Anthony and instructed for Senator ingalls,.
WILLIAM P. H1GINBoTHAN, of Manhat-
tan, has received an addition to the Blue
Valley herd of thirty-nine head of choice re-
corded shOrt-hOrn cattle. They were pur
chased at the sale of Hon. j. p FenlOn at
LeavenwOrth last month.
POST-OFFICE changes in Kansas during
week ended September 20: Established
BaynevilIe. Sedgwick County, Clarence w.
Noble, Postmaster: Fairplay, Ness County,
Mrs. A. l.. ZickefoOse, PostmistreSs. Dis
continued-Eads, Lyon County. POstmas-
tiers appointed lamont, Labette County,
NJ. NJ. Paramore: Cato, Crawford County,
William L. StillOr; Maud, Kingman County,
Watson w. Wolf; Milford Depot, Davis
County, w. r. Bard; Reamsville, Smith
County, George c. Jameson; StemertOn,
Montgomery County, James C. Benson;
Waterloo. kingnan County, Nathan S.
Parker; Welcome, Cloud County, Richard
Ii. Lewis.
THE firm of Pinney, Need & Co., dealers
in agricultural implements at Fredonia. are
still fighting with the Frisco Railway Com
pany on freghtS. Secretary Turner, of the
Railroad Commission, received another let
ter from them few days ago, saying that
the Balm Wagon Company shipped them
car load of wagons from KenOsha, Wis. the
bill of lading calling for 10000 pounds. as
billed by the Chicago & Northw estern Rail
way Company. When the car arrived at
FredOnia they were charged for 27,90O
pounds. They wanted the case investigated
and settled.
NOTICE was received at the Executive of
fee of the escape of John Craiger, a convict
who was confined in the State penltentiary
at LeavenwOrth for grand larceny. He
was serving a sentence of ten years and had
been in six years, and had two more to
serve, being entitled to two for good be-
haviOr. He escaped By walking past
the guards on the pretense of carrying
a bucket of lime to some cOnvicts working
outside a reward of 500 was offered for
his capture, and he will get ten years more
should he be captured
A Mrs. SwAYzE, living in Topeka, re-
Gently sent for morphine to ease neuralgia |
pains. She was instructed to take one pill |
at time, but fussy old woman persuaded
her to swallow the whole business. The |
consequence was she began to die, and il |
took her husband and friends twenty-fouT |
hours hard work, under instructions from
physician, to prevent her from fatally sink
ing.
WILLIAM Rose was drowned recently at /
The mouth of the Kaw.
u. T. CAMPBELL, who robbed the Wells |
Fargo 81 Co.'S express at Carbondale on the |
29th of May, 1882, was recently arrested at !
st. Louis. He had been Swallowed for |
long time by detective named DuStan. aud |
when arrested was but shadow of his |
former self. He was clerk at the time of |
The robbery, and skipped out with package /
containing $500.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch of the Goth says:
The Board of Managers of the National |
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,
with several attaches and ladies accompa-
aging them, arrived here this morning after
a trip through Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas
in search of site for the new branch Home.
Examinations were made at Burlington,
Des MOines and Atlantic, Iowa; Platts-
mouth, Lincoln and Beatrice, Neb >aSila,
and Atchison and LeavenwOrth, Kansas.
The Board held meeting at the Southern
Hotei at noon, and after discussing the mat
ter finally decided upon LeavenwOrth as the
location. That city devotes $40 acres OF
land as the site, and gives $4,000 in aid of
the erection of buildings.
TIE Ellsworth Building and Loan Asso.
citation, capital stock $4,000, las filed q
charter with the Secretary of State.
RILEY COUNTY Fair was a success.
THREE cases of Texas fever were dis
covered among mich cows at Manhattan.
on the Esd. The cows had been allowed to
enter tie Enclosure in which the Adams cat
tie, affected with the fever, were kept sew.