The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-10

ment to two thousand men.
THERE were $500 new cases of cholers
and 1SS deaths from the same disease re
ported on the Sd throughout Spain, show,
ing material decrease.
THE sash and door factory of T. G. Nc
Meier & Co., of Oshkosh, Wis, was de
stroyed by fire recently. Loss, 100000
insurance, $4,000.
The water bottom of the steam barg,
Cleveland blew out the other morning OIL
the lake near Amherst, Ont. Ward,
deck hand, was scalded to death; Edward
| Dennis, fireman, was thought to b,
fatally scalded, and two others were in
jured.
THE schooner Dallas Hill, from st. Johns
arrived at Boston on the 4th with small
pox on board.
TIE officers of the steamer Lone Star
which arrived at Galveston on the 4th from
New York, report finding on the coast o.
Georgia, off Savannah, the hull of the
| German bark Carolina Susannah, o.
! Dantzic. There was nothing left of the
vessel but the naked hull.
| FREIGHT rates on grain from st. Louis, or
| the 4th, to the seaboard were brought into
line with those from Chicago, and the opeI
| rate now is II cents to New York, u t
! Philadelphia and IL to Baltimore. A breai
| in the higher classes of freight was ex.
pected, however.
| JUDGE BREWER, in the United States
| Circuit Court at Leavenworth, Kan, re-
Gently, decided the case of the Neosho Val
ley lands in favor of the settlers and
against the railroad companies. 1t wa:
expected the matter would be taken to the
| Supreme Court.
| ARGUMENTS were heard in the District
| Court at Dubuque, Iowa, on the applica-
ton of defendants for removal to the Fed
eral Court for temporary injunctions
against saloon keepers. The Judge de-
cided in favor of allowing the removal to
the Federal Courts.
WHITAKER and Anderson, who were ar
rested in England for the Hamburg rob-
berry, have been handed over. to the Ger
man authorities.
SIR RICHARD THORNTON, British Ambas-
sador has presented his letters of recall to
the Gar at st. Petersburg.
A BITTER spirit of hostility is manifested
between Germans and the Czechs in Bohe-
mia, and outbreaks are constantly occur
ring. At a military camp at Piisin re-
Gently a riot broke out and many persons
were injured.
THREE Township Trustees of Davies
County, Ind, recently disappeared. 1t is
said they issued fraudulent orders on their
respective townships, and on the credit OF
the same raised money and absconded with
it it. They were Charles W. Brown,
Trustee of Washington Township, Davis
County; John G. Ramsey, of Steele Town
ship, and John Stark, of Barr Township.
The amount of money carried away is va.
riously estimated at from $50, GEO to S200, 900.
Great excitement prevailed.
Two Kansas City men, named John
Brosnahan and John O'Brien, were ar.
rested at Lexington, Mo-, charged with
being concerned in the train robbery on
the Chicago & Alton on the night of the
I'd.
A TANK car on the West Pennsylvania
Railway containing oil, exploded at Pitts
burgh, Pa, the other morning, fatally
burning a brakeman, Thomas Ryan, OF
Cleveland, o., and setting fire to the train.
The business failures for week ended
September Sd numbered for the United
States, 1i6; for Canada, 10: total, 165; as
against 1S9 the week previous.
THREE boys were shot by a farmer near
Dayton, o., recently, while helping them
selves to melons. One of the boys was seri.
ously hurt.
RECENT letters from Khartoum say that
the Emirs have invited Sheikh Senussi from
Tripoli to take command, or to appoint a
successor to the Nahdi. In the meantime
they have appointed committee of Ule-
mas to take control of affairs.
AT Reading, Pa, the other day, while
the widow of Henry Traub was preparing
dinner her clothing caught fire at the stove
and she was frightfully burned, resulting
in her death.
THE boiler plate mills of William Twain
q Sons, of Reading, Pa, which have run
on single turn since November last, have
started on double turn, a number of good
orders having been received.
REPORTS to the Netc England Homestead.
of SPRING. field, Mass, Indicate that the
onion crop of the country will be below the
average in all but favored sections, and
prices promise to be more remunerative
than for two years past.