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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-24
PLAYING STATE.

The Legislature Organizes the State of ns-
kota and Elects Moody and Edgerton
United states Senators.
HURON, OAK, December l6.--The first
Legislature Of the State Of Dakota assem-
bled at Huron Monday morning. Under
the constitution it was made the duty of
Joseph J. Campbell Chairman of the State
Executive Committee. TO call The House to
order and swear in the members. Ninety
OF the ninety-nine members were prese.;;,
Then Oh motion, Mr.. Greene Turner, OF
Marshall County, was nominated Tempo
rary Speaker and unanimously elected on
the roll call. 4 joint resolution was adnpt L
fixing four O'Clock as the hour for receiving
the Senate and State officers and for admin,
isteriDg the oath Of office to the latter. At
that hour these officers and the Senate TOOK
seats in the House, when Judge Campbell
administered to them the oath. The 10 nj
session then terminated and the Senate
returned. A joint resolution was adopted
that they meet in joint session Tues
day noon TO select Senators. The House
adjourned at I2:40. The Senate met ia
their hall and took the oath of office from
Judge Campbell. Lieutenant. Governor
Frank took the chair and j. II. Drake Of
Brown County, was elected Secretary. The
so-called Legislature elected Judges Moody
and Edgerton United States Senators for
the would-be State of Dakota
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PERSONAL AND ll,rn.a..

Theodore Tilton's home in Europe
is presided over by his eldest daughter.
Mr.. Browning. the poet, in search
of health and inspiration, walks FIVE
hours day.-BoStOn Journal.
Mrs. Isabella Law, an old lady Of
Pittsburgh. says she cooked the dinner
for Lafayette when he visited that city
in 1925.
Rev. John George, of Barnstead
Center, n. H., officiates as pastor, post
master and teacher of a school of sixty
pupils. He is also storekeeper.-
Boston Globe.
In order of diplomatic precedence
at the Court of St James the new
American Minister will come after the
representatives of such Governments IS
Hayti and Servia.
The New York Herald says: ''Mr.
Chamberlain is a very bright young
man." abiding to the English Liberal.
Mr. Chamberlain has passed his fiftieth
birthday Chicago Journal.
1t is said that the historian Ban
croft is one of the only two Americans
now living who ever met Goethe. The
other is George II. Calvert, the scholar
and poet, who is eighty-three years cid.
Cadet Kuhn, who graduated az the
head of his class at West Point this
year, is the son of poor blacksmith at
Leavenworth. He got his appointment
to cadetship by winning competi-
tive Chicago Herald.
e ~
versity, was widower when he heard
Grace Osgood sing at private con-
cert He fell in love at sight, was in
troduced next day, engaged the next
week. and married the next month
Hartford Courant.
"A German school-teacher in Penn
sylvania indorses a book as follows:
1--WE are full brother-in-law to the
German language, having married a
Kentucky Dutchwoman two years be-
fore she laid aside her wooden shoes,
and feel warranted in giving this par
ticular book our unqualified approval. !"
Philadelphia Press.
-MaplesOn says he has received ca
Diagrams from both Patti and Nilsson.
offering to sing for him for not much
much than half the amount they de-
manded last summer. He declined, he
says, peremptorily, saying that he had
made up his mind to oppose the star Sys-
tenn henceforth with all his might and
means.-N Y. Tribune.
Jonathan Findlay, now a resident
of Montreal, Can, was more than sixty
years ago pupil of Carlyle's, who,
Mr.. Findlay says. was a cruel tyrant,
ruling class of trembling boys with
a rod of iron. He was rough and I'M
couth in his appearance, and no one
suspected that within him were the ele-
ments of a great and successful writer.
Colonel William A. Stilloway, a
soldier of two wars, considered the
most learned printer of the day, re-
sides in Springfield, Mass. He once
set up the Bible entire in Greek, and
the New Testament in German, French,
Spanish and Hebrew. fhe old man is
now Without mone:- ard without
friends. Recently he walked the streets
two days and nights without food and
without place to sleep.
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THE CLOAK TRADE.
What American Women Spend Annual
for Outer Garments.

What American Women Spend Annually
for Outer Garments.
''There is hardly trade that has
grown so rapidly during the past few
years as the cloak trade" said manu-
facturer to reporter. "a few years
ago it was trade almost unknown on
this side of the Atlantic. In this coun-
try now there are hundreds of houses
devoted to this interest alone"
''Can you give me any figures as to
its progress?"
According to the returns made at
the last census, we find that the
amount of business transacted in the
matter of women's clothing footed up
nearly S30,000,000, and it is likely the
greater part of this was for outer gar
ments. About two-thirds of this, or
100000, is credited to New York;
to Philadelphia, S2,5OO,OOO; Boston,
S1,S0O,000; Chicago, S1,5OO,0O0; Gin
cinnati and San Francisco about ST.
100000 each. According to the 1880
census the amount of capital employed
was about S7,500,O0O."
"What is the center for manufacture
ing cioaks in EurOpe?"
Berlin, probably because of the
cheap manner in which they can be
put together here. A number of
cloaks used to be imported here from
that place, but the imports have large
ly fallen off, and domestic goods are
chiefly used. The foreign manufac-
turers can not make goods to fit our
American ladies we'll"
where do the various styles come
from?"
paris stands at the head of the list
of cities furnishing designs, although
we are every year advancing in that
line ourselves. Nearly all the cloak
houses have representatives abroad,
who visit, London, Paris, Berlin and
Vienna. They buy samples of what
they think would be a popular style
and send them over to be copied. -
". Y. Mail and Express.
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TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Twelve Persons Killed and Others Fatally
Injured.

Twelve Persons Killed and Others Fatally
Injured.
ATLANTA, GA, December 15.-One of
tile most terrible railroad accidents ever
known in Georgia occurred last night at
midnight fifteen miles from here on the
Georgia Pacific Road. The East Tennessee
x Georgia Pacific Road uses the same track
70 Austell, and last night the Georgia
Pacific mixed train with one coach
and one sleeper stopped at the
tank to get water. The coach and sleeper
were on a treStle thirty feet high. the East
Tennessee fast passenger train going at a
speed of thirty miles struck the sleeper and
the engine went nearly half way through it.
The wreck was terrible. The fireman sprang
overheard and received slight injuries. The
engineer held To the throttle and was unhurt
The following persons on the Georgia
train were killed: Bernard Peyton. of
Charlottesville Va; Nathan HanIey. An
niStOn, Ala; Jacob and Mary Banks, Jones'
bOrO, Ga; j. j. Bright and wife and
two CHILDREN, of Jcu"s|oro, Ga:
wealthy Tan named Pierce Of Abcr-
deem, Tex; T. IIugty, East Point, Ga.; IL
children who are dead are unknown. The
following are the fatally injured: Mrs.
Eliza Brown, home unknown; William
Cook, OF Fairburn, Ga; Texan not known
who was in company with Pierce. About
ten others were more or less hurt. The
dead and wounded have been brought to
Atlanta
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a WONDERFUL GROWTH.

Come Carefully-Compi1ed Statistics OF
General Interest Relatives to the Rapid
Increase I'm Population and Wealth OF
the More Northern Portions OF the
Great Northwest
The late reports from the Executive
officials of the great States and Terri
tories of the Northwest show sur
prising growth in population and
wealth This important region COM
prises the rich agricultural and grazing
States and Territories of Minnesota,
Dakota. Montana, Idaho, Washington
and Oregon.
MINNESOTA.
The returns from the Minnesota cen.
sus taken in May, 1885. show popu-
lation in the State of 1.117.79 In
1880 it was $50. 773. The assessed valu-
alton of property in Minnesota is S4Ol,-
OPS, 5S7: in 1880 it was S25S, 055, 543; in
crease, S142, 973,044.
The cities of St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis. the largest and most important
business metropolis Oh the State. and IN
fact of the entire Northwest, show an
unprecedented growth. They are Sit
uatcd so near each other that their cor
porate limits now join, and form a
great commercial center. They are
about equal in size, and their combined
population by the census of May, 1885,
was 24O, 597: in 1886 it was $1,000, in
crease, 152, J37. The capacity of the
Touring mills is 10000 barrels of flour
day. Wheat received last year, 3d.
43S, 222 bushels; elevator capacity,
$500. 600 bushels; cut of lumber, $780,
IA, 379 feet; new buildings erected,
4.S4S; real estate sales, S29, 435, $50.
Duluth and Superior, at the head of
Lake Superior. separated only by the
Bay of St Louis. form an important
commercial metropolis. Their popula-
ton is upwards of 10000, and next to
Chicago they are the greatest shipping
points for wheat in the West, having an
elevator capacity of 100000 bushels.
DAKOTA.
Dakota shows a remarkable growth
in population. and by the development
of only a small portion of its great agri-
cultural resources shows a large in
crease in the number of farms, products
of tile soil and live stock. The returns OF
the Territorial census taken in June,
1885. and the report of Governor Pierce
to the Secretary of the Interior for 1885.
compared with the census of 1880, show
tba or,nNUth of thn Territory.
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Death of Judge Goodin.

WYANDoTTE, KAN, December 1S.-Hon.
John K. Goodin died at his residence in this
city at ten o'clock this morning. Judge
Goodin moved to this city several years
ago from Humboldt where he had been
resident since he came to Kansas,
over twenty years ago. He Was several
times elected Judge of the District in
which Allen County is situated, and
while on the bench was elected to Congress
from the Second District. lie subsequently
was nominated 10y the State Democratic
Convention for Governor and polled large
vote. Within the past year his health sud
denly failed, which he vainly tried to re-
store by visiting health resorts. He re-
turned from the mountains only few
weeks since. Judge GOOdn was about
fiftS years old.
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Brother Jones.

ST. LOUIS, December 19.-Sam Jones had
full house at the Compton Avenue Pres
byterian Church last night Every foot of
room inside was occupied, and nany ladies
sat on the steps of the gallery stairs for
want of better accommodations. Brother
Jones was somewhat late getting to church.
but the wait was filled up with cohgrega-
tiOnal singing and prayer. The i'll terest in
the meeting was very great as there will be
but three more meetings addressed by
Brother Jones. One of these will take place
at St. Johns tonight, one at DIR. BrOoke's
church, and one on Sunday night also at
the Compton Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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MINE DISASTER.
An Overflow Causes Terrible Disaster in
Pennsylvania Coal Mine.

"A disaster
Pennsylvania Coal Mine.
NANTIcoKE, Pa, December 19.-Nanti.
coke was thrown into terrible CONSERVATION
at eleven o'clock yesterday morning by q
report that the mines of the Susquehanna
Coal Company were being flooded by water
from the river and that several lives had
been lost. The break was in No. 1 slope
and the volume Of water pouring it was so
great that before the miners could get away
from the breasts in which they we're work
ing in was more than a foot deep in the
gangway and rising rapidly. Tools were
abandoned driver boys left their mules in
the gangway and all fed for parts
of safety. Before the workmen were all
out the water was breast high. Several
men are reported missing and it is feared
they have been drowned. An alarm was
spread 10 the other workings, Nos 1 and
= shafts, all of which are connected with the
slope and all are of lower and greater depth.
The alarm was promptly acted upon and
the workmen hOiSted ten at time to the
surface. The workings now affected by the
inflow employ upwards of 800 men and
boys all Of whom will he thrown out of
work. Yesterday afternoon the excitement
was greatly increased over the report that
about forty men employed on rock work
and half dozen shipmen are imprisoned
in an old working room, the mouth of which
is closed by mine timbers and broken cars
that were placed against it by
rushing waters. Twenty-nine men
and boys were rescued through
the air shaft by means of ropes, which
were lowered and fastened about thirty
bodies, and one at time they were drawn
TO the surface. AS each one was safely
landed terrific shouts arose from the hun
dreds of people present The greatest
danger feared is from foul gas which is
rapidly accommodating and which the fan
can not drive out owing to the air ways be-
ing closed up. The disaster is now be-
lieved to have been caused by the caying in
of large swamp covering, several acres
upon which refuse was being dumped, the
accommodating weight of which is supposed
to have forced the bottom out.
Later information says the water has
subsidized and large force Of men are at
work removing the quicksand that blocked
the gangway. The rescuing party are now
within forty feet of the men, and there are
strong hopes of rescuing them to day. The
damage to the mine will be extensive and it
will be some weeks before work will be re-
Sumed.
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SIMPLE SAVAGES.

They Learn Something by "Running
Around With the Boys"
W. sHINGTON. December ia party of
six Indians of the Sac and Fox tribe,
dressed in all the CANDY paraphernalia of
the aboriginal fashion, attracted no little
attention at the Capitol. They wore b!an-
kets and deliberately embroidered leggingS.
They had turkey feathers in their hair,
bracelets and ankletS of silver, paint on
their cheeks, and one of them carried a
tomahawk. Taken al in all they were the
finest collection OF aborigines of
the dime novel type seen here In
a long time. They sauntered about
and became very much interested in the
historical paintings which adOrn the walls
of the capitol rOtunda. These simple sons
of the forest proved to be quite atfable and
admitted that they owned farms and titled
them. Somebody asked one of them where
be became so well versed in the English
language.
"Oh. ruEning around with the boys"
WAS The reply, with broad grin.
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BOILER EXPLOSION.

Loss of Life and Terrible Wreck by an Ex-
plosion in Pork Packing Establishment.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 1S.-There
was terrible explosion to-day at the pork
packing establishment of Hart & Hensley
which shook houses for many squares
around to their foundations. Hundreds of
persons quickly assembled and found that
grease tank located in the boiler sheds had
let go. Cries for help we're heard from the
debris where the sheds had stood, and under
a pile of brick James McWhirter, the fireman,
and Henry Warnack, lard wheeler. was
found. The latter was dead and presented
a most sic&enng sight, his face, head and
hands having been terribly Scalded by
grease. His right leg was broken at the
knee and internal Injuries had been Sus-
tanned. McWhirter was alive but had been
severely bruised and was more or less
scalded. The tank was made of boiler iron
with capacity of sixty barrels.
1t contained about ten barrels of
grease at the time OF the accident. The
COCKS had become choked up and the excess
of gas caused the explosion. Lumber,
brick and pieces of the tank were scattered
far and wide. The surrounding trees were
covered with grease and pieces of the tank
were hanging from the limbs. A piece
of scantimg was driven through the roof of
house which adjoins the factory. Part OF
the tank, weighing 800 pounds, was hurled
through three partitions and fences into a
slaughter pen. The boiler shed, slaughter
pens and the gable end of the
lard sheds were blown over an
area of half an acre. One of the boilers
was covered with debris. The brick was
lar 4 ~
the men were caught. The main head of
the tank was blown one hundred yards into
a garden, burying itself ia the ground.
Twenty-Five chickens roOsting in the rear
of the shed were killed Warnack leaves q
wife and twelve children.
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BEATS THEM ALL.
Remarkable Instances of the Sudden Dis
appearance of Various Creatures

Remarkable Instances of the Sudden Dis
appearance of Various Creatures.
Talk about fast time" said gray
headed engineer, as the gang" were
sitting in the little room back of Sand
erson's grocery on McAllister street.
when 1 was runnin' an engine out in
Australia we scairt up drove of kan
garoOs. Zip, whiz, that's all; out of
sight quicker than you could say Jack
Robinson"
''Kangaroos, huh; you never saw a
jackass rabbit out on the plains, /
guess. Talk about getting out of sight.
A jackass rabbit takes the cake. None
of your zip-whiz business; it's Just a
streak and he's gone" spoke up it
tie fellow who claimed to have been
with Custer.
Speaking about getting out of
sight" chimed in bill-collector,
1--WE seen men coming down street
that had bill for, and when they see
me there's no zip or whiz or streak
about it; they just vanish. Kangaroos
and jackass rabbits can't hold can
die to a debtor in gettin' out of sight,
you hear me. california Maverick.
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Is Every Body Drunk

Among the many stories Lincoln used to
relate was the following: Trudging along
a lonely road one morning on my way to
the county seat, Judge - overlook me
with his wagon and invited me to a seat.
We had not gone far before the wagon
began to wobble. Said /: Judge, think
your coachman has taken drop too much. !"
Putting his head out of the window, the
judge shouted: why, you internal scoun-
del, you are drunk ~
Turning round with great gravity, the
coachman said "Be dad but that's the
frs rightful session your Honor's giv'n N
twep month
II people knew the facts they would be
surprised to learn how many people reel in
the streets who never "drink adrop.n They
are the victims of sleeplessness, of drowsy
days, of apoplectic tendencies, whose blood
is set on fire by uric acid. Some day they
will reel no more-they will drop dead, just
because they haven't the moral courage to
DEFY useless PROFESSIONAL attendance, and by
use of the wonderful Warmers safe cure
neutralize the uric acid in the system and
thus get rid of the DRUNKENNESS in the
blood. "-The american Rural Home.
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TASTES IN DRESS.
Color Mixtures That VIII Relieve the Som
berRess of Plain Black.

berRess of Plain Black.
Many ladies elect to wear black
from motives of economy, knowing
that it is a color which, because incon-
spicuous, is one which does not quickly
bear its date as do most figured or col
ored dresses. There are times and
seasons, however, when its somberness
should be relieved by some bright color
mixture. There are, however, very
few cclors that can be worn with black
without marring its lady-like effect.
A certain vivid scarlet is stylish,
another of a peculiar shade of gold,
and for quieter taste there is certain
shade of fawn that combines effectively
with black. 1t is not drab nor gray,
but hue almost impossible to describe
accurately by name. A hat or bonnet
of the hue particularized, with trim
mings of the same, and Swedish gloves
to correspond, will stylishly relieve
black dress for out-of-door wear.
Ladies who make use of this hint are
advised to take a scrap of the black
fabric with them in making a purchase
of any color relief. There are number
less tones of black, and they will at
once see the particular color that goes
best with the fabric. As to the scarlet
admiXture, the vivid coquelicot red,
which has no trace of purple or pink
in it, best assimilates with black. 1t is
worn by very fair people with light
hair as well as by those of brunette
type. A very effective dinner dress
lately worn was made of black satin
merveilleux, with simple collar and
scarf ends of jetted net worn upon the
corsage. 1t was simple arrangement,
but striking in its results. The fine
lace was covered with the very best
French cut jet sparkling like diamonds
in the gaslight. The collar was in
wide sailor shape with straight scarf
ends of the net falling from where the
collar met in front, to the waist, where
they were drawn snugly into a small
compass, and held by a handsome jet
clasp, the remaining ends falling below
the belt upon the skirt front. These
scarfs yelled a vest of bright poppy red
satin, which showed its bright color
through the beading. The skirts and
drapery were all of black satin except
directly in front, where ''V" killing
of the red satin was partially yelled by
fall of beaded net.-N. y Post.
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TOOnllS Dead.

WASHINGTON, GA, December 1G.-Grn-
eral Robert TOombs died here last evening
at six O'Clock. General Toombs had been
unconscious for several days, and sur
rounded by his family and friends he quietly
and painlessly passed away. General
ToombS' funeral will take place Thursday
morning. General TOombs had been i'll for
many months, and it was thought several
times that he could not live twenty-four
hours, but until yesterday he had rallied,
and though he had never recovered strength
had given hopes of partial recovery. His
last sinking, which closed in death, began
about q week ago
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An ErtradifinnC a..

NEW YORK, December 16.-At the re-
quest of Governor Hill, the United States
Supreme Court has expedited the hearing
OF the case Of William S. Roberts, President
of the defunct bank Of Augusta. Ga The
State of New York demanded his extra
dition on the charge of stealing a deposit of
fourteen thousand five hundred dollars and
depOsiting it to his own account in the Mer-
camille National Bank of this city. Yes
terday telegrars was received from WASH
lngton announcing that the Supreme Conrt
had removed the last obstacles to the rx
tradition OF Roberts, and Detective Reilly
SET out for Augusta last evening for Rob
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Wanted to Be Revenged.
Anxious mother-Johnnie, for 90

Anxious mother-Johnnie, for good
ness sake, what is the matter?
Johnnie (faintly) - My stomach
aches.
Anxious Mother (sternly)-I should
think it would! You have eaten q
drum stick, wing, four slices of
the breast, five potatoes and about two
pounds of everything else. You had
better leave the table and give your
stomach rest.
Johnny (heroically)-Let me have a
chance to play even, ma. Let me hit
him with about three-quarters of
mince pie and see if that won't down
him.-PhiladelphiG Call.
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The SeIirmans Answer.

ST. LOUIS. December 19.-Jesse and
James Seligman have entered answers in
the Circuit Court in the Wilson suit, involv-
ing the Frisco stock. They allege that
prior to the levy by the Sheriff on the
stock standing in the name of the
Seligmans on the books of the Frisco
Company to satisfy the execution in favor
of Wilson in respect of his Judgment
against the Memphis, Carthage IL North
western Railway Company the stock has
passed TO parties in Europe in the ordinary
course of business. The SeIigmans con-
tend that they were the actual owners of
the Frisco stock at the time of tt" levy and
sale.
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A Pbiladelpbia man who had been

"A Philadelphia man who had been
Tilted by widow practiced shooting
at her photograph until he got accus-
toned to facing her, and then fired at
her through a window, but without
success. Despite his practice his hand
shook when the live widow got her eye
on him. No man with weak nerves
should 90 cunning for widows.-Ma-
con (GdJ Telegraph.