The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| THE members of the State Board OF
Health Eet in Topeka the other day, al
the members being present, as follows: Z.
Il. Guibor. Beloit: D. Surber, Perry; e. d.
I. Johnson, Atchison; D. w. Stormons
Topeka; J. NJ. Welch, LaCygne; H. L.
Roberts, Manhattan; J. W. Jenney, Sa-
lima; L. 4. Wright, Americus: w. L.
Schenck, Usage City. DIR. johnson was
chosen President for the first year and DR..
j. W. Re'lden Permanent Secretary. The
Secretary was instructed to notify the
Commissioners of the several counties in
the State that the State Board of Health
was duly organized and ask them to ap-
point local boards as provided by the State
law governing boards of health.
THE County Attorney of Shawnee County
recently caused thearrest of several prom
inent druggists of Topeka on the charge of
selling liquor without requiring purchasers
to state on their certificates for what dis
ease the liquor was wanted. The drug
gists were held to appear before the Dis
trict Court.
The Live Stock Sanitary Commission
has officially requested the Governor TO is
sue proclamation quarantining against
CHe OF all dDlIndIS VI DONlHs
species into the State coming from the fol-
lowing named places: All of the State of
Connecticut. all of that portion of New
York lying south of the north line of the
State of Connecticut, all of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District
OF Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia,
Ohio. Illinois. Kentucky, Tennessee, and
the counties of Boone, Galloway, Audrian
and Montgomery, in the State OF Missouri.
GOvEROR MARTIN recently returned from
/ Washington City, where he had been at
tending a meeting of the Board of Directors
of National Soldiers Homes. He secured
the appointment of Major W. B. Shockley
as Secretary and Treasurer of the Western
Branch National Soldiers Home at Leav-
enworth, and in having the terms of the
subscription by the city of LeavenwOrth
! changed favorable to the city. Under the
present arrangement Leavenworth will not
| be compelled to vote bonds, but will pay a
subscription of $4,000 in ten annual in
stallments of s., 600 each, which is to be ex-
pended fer the adornment of the grounds.
RECENT post-office changes in Kansas:
Appointed-JameS L. Hutchinson, Bluff
Greek; Isom L. Spencer, Brennan; Pascal
p. Enos, kingsville; John Washichek, New
Taylor; George w. Barrett, Plumb, and
James A. Nellist, Portage. New Offices
Corbitt, Ford County, Charles S. Culver
Postmaster: Keroma, Hodgeman County,
Austin B. Gilbert Postmaster; Rayville,
Norton County, George W. Rhamy Post
master; Nidette, Shawnee County, Robert
F. McGill Postmaster; Wiiburn. Ford
County, Lewis P. Horton Postmaster;
Coss, Brown County, Charles W. Coss
Postmaster.
The soldier boys at Fort Leavenworth
have organized base ball club.
On recommendation of the Board of Par
dons. Governor Martin recently issued un-
conditional pardons to Samuel Johnson,
Linn County, convicted OF shooting Robert
Simmons two years ago: George Gideon
Ready, of Ottawa County, sentenced for
two years for obtaining goods under false
pretenses; r. n. Graves, of Mitchell
County, sentenced for three years for
grand larceny; Louis Hodge, of Jefferson
County, sentenced for seven years for
burglary and larceny; II. D.. Pierce. of
Linn County, sentenced for twenty-five
years FOR killing George Stowe, with whom
he fought a duel over a woman; and Samuel
Ball, of Jefferson County, sentenced for
six years for stealing six shirts.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Joseph ". Babbitt, Hiawatha,
evaI orator; Samuel Jacobs, Hutchinson,
combined blouse and pantaloon overaIs;
Solomon J. Weaver, Ports, cultivator.
THE Kansas, Nebraska & Pan Handle
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Enciewo0d, H., y. F. Heiderlander,
George L. Rouse, NJ. W. Oliver, George II.
Bla ,kWelder, and N. W. Levy, of Wichita,
in -orporatorS, filed a charter with the Sec
retary of State the other day. They pro-
pose to build a road from the north line of
Jewel County to the southwest corner of
the State. The capital stock is $6,OOo,0GO.
PARDONs were granted by Governor
Martin on the 18th to Henry Herbert, of
Marion County, John D. naisser, of Chero-
kee County, James Smith, of Shawnee
County, and J. W. Belden, of Cherokee
County.
1iRs. MARIA SIMPSON died in Nebraska
City, Neb., recently, of pneumonia. She
was Lorn in the year 1924, about forty
miles southwest of Kansas CITY on the OF
tawa reservation. She was the first white
child born in what is now known as the
State of Kansas. She was the daughter of
Rev. Jotham Meeker, a Baptist missionary
to the Ottawa Indians, q very jealous man
in his work, who translated the New Tes-
lament and many of the Baptist hymns
into their language.
NEAR Coolidge, the other day, a pas
senger on the Santa Fe train created q SEN
sation by suddenly drawing pistol and
shooting another passenger, exclaiming at
the same time: ''I've caught you at last;
you will never break up another family"
The man was only slightly injured and
declared that the man who shot him was
total stranger. The man who did the
shooting appeared to be an Englishman
and was thought to be insane. He was taken
from the train at West Las Animas, Col.
THE Board appointed by the Governor to
locate the State Reformatory Institution
met the other day at Topeka to prepare for /
the duties allotted them. The members are,
John Severance, of Marshall County: John |
+. Bonebrake, of Dickinson County, and !
Ell. r. Smith, OF Linn County. The board |
issued n notice that all points in Kansas |
west of the sixth principal meridian. |
applicants for the location of the State Re !
formatory, viii notify the Board of Com
missioners on or before May 4, by address |
ing the Secretary, Edward r. Smith, at /
Mound City, Kansas, to the effect that such /
place desires 70 apply for the location of |
said Reformatory.
PLENTY OF time vet TO plant trees.