The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-08
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
THE store of S. E. Richards, merchant
at Wakefield, containing stock of goods
ralued at $4,000, was burglarized the other
night, the safe was blown open and the
store set or fire. The store, with the entire
stock of goods, was destroyed. About two
hundred dollars in money was taken from
the safe by the burglars. The store and
contents were insured for $500.
THE st. Louis, Kansas City & Western
Railroad Company filed its articles of incor-
pOration at Topeka. The new road is 10
run from st. Louis to Kansas City, and
from there to some point in Bates County,
Mo-, on the line between Kansas and Mis-
souri,, thence through PleasantOn and
Emporia in Kansas, to Pueblo, Den
yer, Leadville and to point on the
State line between Colorado and Utah.
The capital stock is placed at S20,000,-
900, and the directors for the first year
are c. n. Sterry, Clarence Holmes, Sen
atOr P. B. Plumb, II. c. Cross, Fl. P.
Clark, William Dale and B. NJ. Davis, of
Emporia; Hon. Charles FostOr, of FOstOria,
Ohio: L. NJ. Schlam and Calvin S. Brice, of
New York: Hon. j. w. Keifer, of Spring
field, Ohio; Hon. Warner Miller, of Herk
inner, New York, and Amos Townsend, of
Cleveland, Ohio. The charter provides that
the general offices of the company shall be
at EmpOria.
WORK on the extension of the st. Louis,
Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad from Wichita
to Anthony was being rapidly pushed. A
large force was at work upon the bridge
spanning the Arkansas River at Wichita.
The company expected to reach Anthony by
September 1St.
A RACE was run at Mcpherson between
a man and horse, stakes one hundred dol
lars side, the man to run ten miles before
the horse could make twenty. The man
made his distance in eighty-One and a half
minutes, and the horse made fourteen and a
| half miles in Seventy-five minutes
A SERIOUS accident happened to Jacob j.
| Wagner of Topeka. He had for some time
been experimenting with new fuse for
firing cannon, and expected soon to obtain
a patent for his invention. He went out to
make some final experiment, and by an un-
known accident the fuse failed to go off at
the expected moment. He undertook to
draw the charge to file down the
fuse, and by some mischance the
cartridge discharged just as the victims
| right hand was in front of the muZZle of
the cannon. The hand was torn COM
completely off above the wrist and pieces of
it were found fifty feet away. A curious
feature of the accident was that the in
ventiOn was advertised as being perfectly
| safe in the same papers that contained an
account of She casualty.
ABOUT two o'clock on the morning of the
29th Mrs Proudfit, wife of General j. K
Proudfit, of WyandOtte, arose from her bed,
while the family slept, and left the house.
! When her absence was discovered, an hour
or so after, the most dilgent search failed
to reveal her whereabouts. The search was
continued the next day with no better sue
cess. 1t WIS feared that in fit of tempo
rary insanity she had drowned herself in the
Missouri River.
CONGRESSMAN PETERS secured the allow
ance of pension for Louis Boyer of Nc
| PherSOn County.
HENRY KING, who has lately been doing
special editorial work on the st. Louis
Globe -Democrdt, will again take up his
residence in Topeka, not however, severing
his connection with that paper,
CHARLES r. GAY, was arrested at Leaven-
worth recently, charged with bigamy and
adultery. Gay was married to Miss Annie
Williams, of Ross Station, about one year
ago Developments show however, that he
was already married. Gay is about thirty
! years old. Miss Williams is the daughter
OF a wealthy farmer.
AT Garden City on the 1st the ground was
covered with snow three inches deep, which
| melted during the forenoon. Heavy rains
| fell preceding the snow storm. Grass on the
range was very late, yetcattle and sheep were
doing exceptionally well.
TIE Topeka, Mound City & Memphis
Railway Company filed its articles of in
corporation with State Secretary Smith.
The purposes of the corporation is the
locating, constructing maintaining and
| operating line of standard gauge railroad
from the City of Topeka through the coun-
ties of Shawnee, Usage, Douglas, Franklin,
Miami and Linn, to junction with the
Kansas City, Memphis & Southern Railroad
to the city of Memphis in the State of Ten
nessee. The capital stock of the company
is placed at 81 500, 900, and the directors for
the first year are John Francis, j. r. Ellin-
wood, j. G. SlOnecker; Guilford Dudley,
Charles F. Kendall, B. NJ. Davies and j. V.
Andrews, of Topeka; Robert Atkinson, of
Ottawa, and Joel Moody, of Mound City.
GENERAL AUGUR has left Fort Leaven.
worth for Washington, where he has been
ordered as member of the Swain Court OF
! Inquiry. of which General John Pope is
President.
SPRING is here at last.
BOND elections were held recently in
| Union and Greeley townships, Sedgwick
County, to vote aid to the Wichita, McPher.
son & Denver Railroad Company. Bonds
| in the sum of $4,000 were voted in each
, township The vote stood four to one for
| the bonds.
REPRESENTATIVE MORRILL, has secured
an allowance of pension for Mrs. Maria Rap
pelye. of Palermo, and Congressman Ander-
son obtained like boon for Philip Gep-
J hardt, of independence.
A LARGE crowd was in Topeka the day
/ of the convention. There was also circus
| there the same day. Sufficient cause for a
large gathering of people.
THE Western Union Telegraph Company
has commenced to put up another wire from
Topeka 10 Newton.
UPoN the urgent action of Senator Plumb
the Indian Affairs Committee have agreed
to report fayorably upon 81 900 of additional
claims for depredatiOns by Cheyenne In
dianS in Kansas.
THE rainstorm in Southeastern Kansas re-
Gently was exceptionally heavy. Creeks
and rivers were overflowed, the Frisco
Railroad track washed out in many places
and much other damage was done.
In the United States District Court at To
| pdza Judge Foster sentenced William
Givens to one year in the penitentiary for
defrauding the mails, and John Henry for
counterfeiting was sentenced to two years.
A PATENT has been issued to Judson A.
Chapei, Arkansas CITY, for car coupling.