The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-31
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THE Independents organized at New
York on the 22d Charles r. Goldman was
elected Permanent Chairman. A National
Committee was appointed. The resolu.
lions speak favorably of Cleveland for
President, but have no bearing on politics,
the object of the movement, as claimed,
being to secure good executive govern
ment.
JUDGE VAN BRUNT, of New York, has
given Receiver Davis permission to sue all
parties who borrowed money from Grant
& Ward.
Mrs. JANE GREY SwIssHELM, the noted
Abolitionist, died at her home on the 22d,
aged sixty eight years.
PAUL NAHAM, tramp, while being put
off a train at Erie, Pa, recently, fell and
had both feet crushed. Although covered
with rags and filth, he was found to have
about five hundred dollars and a number
of valuables and several real estate mort
cages.
The Erie Preserving Company of Buff
talo, n. Y, suspended recently for the pur-
pose of looking over the books pending a
settlement with creditors. 1t was claimed
their embarrassment was brought on by
the failure of j. K Armby & Co., Chicago,
whose draft they accepted for large sum.
AT Gloucester, Mass, recently a work
man carrying bucket of dynamite pack
ages discovered a spark among the cart
ridges, and Immediately hurled the bucket
sway. 1t struck a tree and a terrible ex-
plosion of cartridges followed, badly shak-
ing the houses along Washington and the
contiguous streets, and breaking many
window glasses. No lives were lost.
SALVATION LANDINA, an Italian, who
dered his wife July 4, on being arrested in
in New York day or two ago swallowed
a fatal dose of poison.
In the United States District Court at
Erie, Pa, the other day, j. R. Wilson and
Jacob Wilson, brothers, of Warren, Pa,
convicted of forging names of magistrates
in an attempt to secure Government pen
sions for the former, were sentenced to one
year each in the Western Penitentiary.
A GENTLEMAN from Philadelphia has
shown a secret service officer in Chicago a
twenty dollar treasury note made wholly
with pen, its execution being so complete
as to deceive keen expert.
A MEETING of creditors of Whittemore,
Cabot & Co., dry goods dealers, was held
at Boston recently. Their liabilities were
found to be $685., 900, of which So, 900 was
secured. The assets, according to the books,
nominally aggregated $165,OOO.
AT meeting of the Democratic National
Committee at New York, on the oath, W.
H. Barnum was reelected Chairman.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, President of the
Irish National League, has called a con-
vention at Boston for August Is.
A. OvERHoLT & Co.'s distillery at Con.
nellsville, Pa, caught fire recently, and in
less than three hours the main building,
together with the bonded warehouses and
. seven hundred barrels of whisky burned.
The gross value of the whisky was $3.50, 900,
and the loss on building and machinery,
$4,000.
BARNUM'S circus was struck by storm
at Cortlandt, n. Y, recently. The tents
were blown down and about forty persons
injured. There was a scene of the widest
confusion among the ten thousand persons
present. The damage to property amounted
20 $4,000.
An empty shifting engine on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, with five of her crew on
board, running from Whitehaven to Neco-
peck siding, exploded the other morning.
The entire crew were reported killed
Three were blown to pieces and could not
be found. Having no flagman to warn an
approaching train, the latter ran into the
wreck, demolishing seven cars and fatally
wounding the engineer. The explosion &C.
cured in a lonely place.