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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
REPAIRING INJURIES

Incidents Showing How Nature Reprodoces
Parts Which Have Been Destroyed.
We see this in thS-production OF adj
mirably formed joints in parts which
were at first devoid of anything of the
kind. l may quote, as an example,
the case of railway guard. whose arm
had been so injured that he had been
compelled to have the elbow with it's
Joint cut out, but who afterward de-
velOped new joint almost as good ass
the old one. In the uniniured condi-
ton the outer bone of the lower arm
the radius-ends above in smooth
surfaced cup, which plays against part
of the lower. end of the bone of the up
per arm. or humerus, while its side also
PLAYS against the side of the other bone
of the lower arm, the ulna, with the
interposition OF a cartilaginous surface
The radius and ulna are united to the
humeruS bv dense and strong mem
branes or Ggaments, which pass be-
tween it and them anteriOrly, poster
iorly and on each side, and are attached
to projecting processes, one on each
side of the humerus. Such was the
condition of the parts which were re-
moved by the surgeon. Nine years
after the operation the patient died, and
Mr.. Syme had the opportunity of dis
Secting the arm, which in the meantime
had served the poor man perfectly
well. he having been in the habit
or swinging himself by it from one
carriage to another while the train was
in motion. quite as easily and securely
as with the other arm. On examina--
ton Mr. Svme found that the ampu-
tated end of the radius had formed
fresh polished surface, and played both,
on the humeruS and the ulna, mate
rial something like cartilage being in
terpoSed. The ends of the bones of
the forearm were locked in by two
processes projecting downward from
the humeruS. and also strong lateral
and still stronger anterior and pOsteriOr
ligaments again bound them fast to the
laSt-named bone. 1t would be easy to-
bring forward number of more or less
similar cases. The amount of repro
ductiOn of lost parts which may take
place in many of the lower animals is
astonishing. Thus the tails of lizards,
if broken off, will grow again, and the
limbs of nevis will be reproduced,
with their bones, muscles, blood YES
sells and nerves. Even the eye and the
lower jaw have been seen to be repro
duced in the laSt-named animals. If
certain worms be cut in two, each halt
will become perfect animal, the head
producing a new tail and the tail new
head; and worm called mas has
been cut into as many as twenty-five
parts with n like result. But the most
remarkable animal for its power of re
pairing injuries is the fresh-water hy-
dra, almost any fragment of which
will. under favorable circumstances,
grow into a new and entire fresh ami
mai. 1t is also a notorious and very
noteworthy fact that. in both man and
the lower animals, the processes of re
pair take place the more readily the
younger the age of the injured individ-
ual NAV be.-.St. George HiCGrt, az
EOrtniQhtl,f Rerielc
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

The glass workers STRIKE at Pittsburgh,
sumed work at the reduction. The struggle
lasted six months.
The Dorrance shaft Of the Lehigh Valley
| Coal Company's mines at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
! caught fire recently. Two hundred men
were thrown out of employment.
| A DISPATCH from Plymouth, Pa, of the
18th said that it was thought the typhoid
fever scourSe had ended.
The clearing house returns for week
ended June Is showed an average decrease
OF 16.9 compared with the corresponding
week of lastye In New York the de-
crease was 23.1. In Kansas City the in
crease was 40
! A PARTY Of Englishmen in a coach near
a French race track displayed a Union
JACK recently. French betting men sur
rounded the coach, captured the flag and
would have roughly treated the English
men If they had not been prevented from
doing so by the soldiers.
! TRANMEN on the Buffalo, New York 6,
Phlladelphis Railway struck recently for
back pay aud against a reduction in wages
OF twenty-five per cent.
! FRINGE FREDERICK CHARLES, nephew of
the Emperor of Germany, has had a stroke
OF apoplexy with symptoms of paralysis
/ in one side.
! HE Secretary of the Treasury has no
tilted the custodians of public buildings
throughout the country that the appro-
priation for payment of janitors for the
current year is exhausted.
The Presbyterian Church at Shippens-
berg, Pa, caught fire recently and was
burned to the ground. The building was
one of the finest in the Cumberland valley,
and cost $4,000. The insurance was S1O,-
900.
| HARRIGAN. the St Louis Chief of Police,
has been reinstated, having pledged him
self to the strictest observance of all the
rules in the future.
A SPLENDID British steamer, the Spoke
Hall, was recently wrecked by g cyclone
in the Indian Ocean. Only one sailor es-
capped.
/ THE brakemen on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad went on a general strike on the
18th. The trouble was the result of a re-
duction of forces on freight trains. a gen.
eTdl Icuuctlon was Hduc, REMOVING lHe
front brakemen of all trains drawn by Mo-
gul engines. Intimidation was practiced at
Newark, o., resulting in two arrests.
ANTHONY FUNK, alias Talbot, charged
with stealing more than :, 900 volumes from
the Chicago PubGc Library, has been de-
clared insane.
A DUBLIN dispatch states the mail pas
senger train, while going at high rate of
speed, broke down between Mallow and
Tralee. 1t was reported that several per-
sons were killed and many wounded.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
FR!CHTFUL DISASTER.

Terrible Accident at Court House in
France-Twenty PersOns kilIed-Many
Injured.
PARIS, June 1.-The news OF terrible
accident which occurred at Theirs, manu-
featuring town in the Department Puy de
Dome, reached here this morning. A large
crowd assembled yesterday in the Court
House at that place to listen 20 the evil
dence in q rather sensational murder trial.
The jam in the room was so great that many
could reach no farther than the stairs. The
stair case became packed. While men and
women were jOstiing one another in then
efforts to get nearer the trial. the stairs,
without warning gave way, carrying down
hundreds of people to the floor below. An
indescribable scene took place. The
men fought and scrambled their way
out over the bodies of those who lay be-
meath. while the agOniZing screams of the
wounded rent the air. Men and women
were piled one on top of another over ten
deep. Many underneath were sutfOcated.
The police were summoned and, assisted
By number of volunteers, soon restored
order and began the work of Rescue. Some
victims were pniOned by falling timbers.
Considerable difficulty was experienced in
extricating them. Fifty people were killed
outright. Eighty were wounded, many of
them it is feared fatally. The officers are
rOundIy denounced for the lack of precau-
ton in allowing the people to block the
stairs, which they knew could not bear the
strain.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
A Summary Of the Daily News.
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
GLADSTONE rendered the designations of
himself and colleagues to the Queen on II g
9th. The Stock Exchange was greatly de-
pressed in consequence.
The death is announced of Robert Schla-
gintweit, the German traveller and natural
ist
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL left Liverpool
on the 10th for the United States, aboard
the steamship Scythia-
AT the Republican convention held at
Springfield, o., Judge Foraker was nomi-
mated for Governor on the first ballot. The
other nominations were: General Robert
P. Kennedy, Lieutenant Governor; Judge
G. W. Mcllvane, Supreme Judge; John
c. Brown, Treasurer; J. H. Mohlen, Attor-
ney General; Wells S. Jones, member of
the Board of Public Works.
DEPUTY SENIOR DoRSITERS ERRAURIEZ
fell dead in the Chamber of Deputies at
Santiago, Chill, recently. He was one of
the most influential and respected men,
bers of the Liberal party.
COLONEL EDWARD E. WHITE, United
States Consul at Puerto Cabelia, Vene-
zuela, died at his residence in Philadelphia
on the 18th.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

PATENTS were issued recently for a
new system for production of spherical
and cOnical projectileS by new pro-
cess. The old and tedious method of
turning in lathe to reduce to the
proper shape is avoided, the product
coming perfectly formed direct from
the bar. The Secretaries of War aud
Navy thought so highly of its value
that they asked to have the patent put
through as quickly as possible. The
inventor is V. G. Simmons, of Fitch
burg, Mass.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
June CROP REPORTS.
rhs Cotton Crop Favorxble-The Wheat
Crop Deplorable-Other Crops Fair TO
Middling.

rss Cotton Crop Favorxble-rhe Wheat
Crop DepIorable-Other Crops Fair to
Middling.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE June crop
report of the Agricultural Department esti-
mates the total wheat crop of the country
at 36O. OoO. 900 bushels, of which 207, 00o, 900
is winter; 15S, OOO, 900 spring. The condl-
ton of winter wheat IS lower than ever be-
fore in June, being now O. against 20 IN
May. The condition of spring wheat IS en-
couraging. The June report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will make an increase
in the cotton area of ) TO 6 per cent Viz
ginia, I07 per cent; North Carolina, 102;
South Carolina, ie3; Georgia, 104; Florida,
l02: Alabama, i03; louisiana, l07; MlSSls-
sippi, LOG: Texas, no; Arkansas, 100; len
nessee, I01. The total area exceeds IS
900, 600 acres. The plant is in healthy
growth and nearly the average. The stand
is good. Where recent rains have been eX-
cesSive, the crop is in the grass. The gen
eral average IS 92. which IS higher than in
the preceding years in June. There is an
unusual uniformity in condition. only Ten
nesSee showing less than 80. The State
averages are as follows: Virginia, 9S;
North Carolina, 90; South Carolina, 90;
Georgia, 95; Florida, 90; Alabama, 90;
Mississippi, O.; Louisiana, %; Texas, 90;
Arkansas, 81; Tennessee, s.. The cOndi-
ton of winter wheat is reported lower than
ever before in June. The general percent
age has declined from 20 in May 10 g.
The averages of the principal States are:
New York, 81: Pennsylvania, 81; Ohio, so;
Michigan, "a; Indiana, So; Illinois, 40; Mis-
souri,, So; Kansas, Sc; California, IS. In
some States there has been a greater loss
of area tan was anticipated in previous re-
ports. The average yield will evidently be
less than ten bushels per acre. The prob
able product of the winter wheat States,
according to these returns, is reduced to
about 2O7, 900 900 bushels. But none of
the Territories are included in the winter
wheat area and the report of spring wheat
is more favorable. The disposition last su-
tumn to reduce its breadth OIL account of the
low price was checked by the loss of the
winter wheat area and later by the
Russian rumors Substantially the same
IL 900, 900 in Northern Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Nebraska and all the Territories.
The percentage of last years area is 95 in
Wisconsin, 80 in Minnesota, 10? i'll Iowa, %
In Nebraska, and 103fn Dakota. The con-
ditiOn of spring wheat is 81, and indicates
crop of about 153.OO0,OO0 bushels.
The average for Wisconsin is IS;
Minnesota, 81; Iowa, 100; Nebraska, 103;
Dakota, 101. The present report therefore,
indicates a wheat crop of 100000, 900
bushels, $4,000. 900 bushels smaller than
that of 1881. The general condition of rye
is So; the area of barley is nearly the same
as in 1884, and the average of condition is
50. The acreage of oats has increased 1
per cent, and the average of condition is "a.
Corn will be reported in July. but voluntary
refnrnS indicate en- inn~eaSe of area.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
A TUNNEL DISASTER.
A Tunnel on the Cincinnati Southern Rail-
Rad Caves in-Six Killed and Twenty


A Tunnel on the Cincinnati Southern Rail-
Rad Caves in-Six Killed and Twenty
Wounded.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 12.-News
reached the city last night Of catastrophe
on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, at
Kenesaw River tunnel, one hundred miles
from this city, to a construction train in
charge of Roadmaster SimmOnds, which
was loaded down with construction hands.
While passing through the tunnel the roof
and walls gave way and fell with crash
upon the train. All was confusion, and the
sirieks of the dying and grOanS of the in
jured issued from the mOathS Of the
tunnel. Only meager details have reached
this city, but ii is known that six men were
killed outright and twenty Others were
badly injured, fully half OF whom fatally.
The wires are down and no names can be
procured but it is thought ROadmaster SIM
mOnds is among the killed Eighteen men
had to be dug out of the debris and We're
dead before assistance reached them. The
falling masonry completely blocked the tun-
mel and it will take fully twenty hours to
clear the track.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
The Kentucky Gospel.

EAST BERNsTADT, KY, June IA ter
rife shooting affray occurred late yesterday
afternoon between three brOthers-George,
William and James Thompson-and
WilkersOn and Rufus Lawson, cous-
ms. The difficulty was over some
gossip among the families of the
parties. They ali met TO settle the affair.
but instead, James Thompson and Wilker-
son Lawson began shooting at each other
and the others joined in with pistols and
guns. and Wilkerson Lawson was instantly
killed by George Thompson, and Rufus
Lawson received several dangerous wounds
Il. L. Poynter, bystander, was also Sc
riously wounded.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

The commission appointed to open
bids for furnishing distinctive paper for
United States National Bank notes and
other securities have made a report to
the Secretary of the Treasury. The
commission recommended that samples
submitted by Messrs. Crane & Co, of
a twelve pound bank note paper, fin
ished on both sides with blue silk
thread. so placed there that one thread
VIII run through each note or certifi-
cate. be adopted for National Bank
notes, United States notes and certifi-
Gates; that similar paper, with one
more blue silk thread, as the Secretary
of the Treasury may determine, run
ming through each sheet shall be
adopted for the other obligations of the
Government except checks, drafts and
stamps, and that paper of similar char
acter and finish, not exceeding twelve
pounds in weight, with either blue
silk thread or water marks, as the
Treasurer. may determine, so placed
therein that it may show upon each
separate check or draft, be adopted for
schecks and drafts.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

THERE was much excitement re-
Gently in Minneapolis, Mimi, over the
discovery that a volume of forty
thousand gallons OF water per minute
was escaping from the water power of
St Anthony Falls from an unknown
outlet. Government and city engi-
neers had various theories regarding
it The opinion was. expressed by the
authorities that the new sewer being
CONSTRUCTED above the falls was respon.
sible for the water waste Some theor-
lists hold that the Hennepin County
lakes were being drained through a
subterranean channel. Water-power
owners, mill men and citizens gener-
ally were greatly agitated.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

The New York Board of Trade re-
Gently voted in favor of the proposition
contained in the memorial of the Mari
time Association, that thirty cents per
ton be granted to the Government for
every thousand miles sailed by sail or
steam vessels built or owned in the
UNITED States and engaged in foreign
commerce for ten years, after which
the payment be reduced ten per cent
annually. The board recommended
the early consideration and adoption
of this method by Congress.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
The Beyier Coal Miner. Strike.

BEvIER, Mo-, June 1.-THE Labor Com
missioner of the State, the Attornery-Gener.
al and General W. NJ Vancleve arrived this
morning and will attempt to settle the diff
culties existing between the operators and
miners. j. W. Atwell has been telegraphed
TO come. 1t is hoped they may come to
some equitable understanding whereby the
mines may be started up. There will be
no trouble in settling the difficulty, if Wiss,
LOOMS & Snively will consent to make any
reasonable terms. The strikers and citizens
feel very much aggrieved, and Justly so, to
ward Wiss. LOOMS d Snively, for hiring
negroes, and paying much higher wages
than they offered to the regular minera
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
A Passenger Pool Agreed Upon.

New YORK, June 12.-The passenger
agents met at Commissioner Fink's Office
to-day and agreed upon a plan of arbi-
tration, and upon general plan of pooling,
and were instructed 10 submit that agree
ment to the executive committee OF
the managers. The proposed plan is
much like the old one, and provides for
pooling business between New York and
Boston in the East and Chicago and St.
Louis in the West and Cincinnati and Louis
vile in the South. II any other pool is de-
manded it will come from the lines indi-
yidually later
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

The newspaper men of London have
appointed committee and are raising
funds to erect a suitable monument in
ST. Paul's Cathedral to the memory of
the special war correspondents of the
London press who were killed IN the
Soudan. The list includes Edmund
O'Donoyan, of the Daily Ne,os; Frank
Vizitelly. of the Graphic; Colonel Bur
naby and Mr.. Herbert, of the Morning
Post; John a. Cameron, of the Stand
ard, and Frank Roberts, of Reuter-
Telegram Company.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

AN account of the early life of the
Rev. John Harvard, founder of Harvard
College, is promised by Mr.. Rendle, OF
Southwark, London. He has found a
record of the date of Harvard's birth,
Yarentage and family residence in the
parish of St Savior, and has traced the
7'eaaing up of the family in the great
plague district. He has also brought
to light other incidents of Harvard S
Jifa
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
The Friends integHqeneer. pub

The Friends iateIligencer. pub
l;shed in Philadelphia, contained a re-
marhable list Of deaths. Fourteen
deaths were recorded in regular order,
and the ages were given as follows; So,
"a. a, 81, IS, 81, 80. IS. SO. SO, "A. IS,
80 and So. OF these fourteen deceased
Friends it will be observed that the
youngest was so years of age, and the
Oldest 50. The sum of the ages is / ,l42
years, and the average is little over
81 years
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
Tie oIitnr of q Buffalo N J

The e1itor OF a Buffalo (N. W
newspaper recently asked the sub
scribers to name the ten most impOr-
tant inventions of al time. More than
eight hundred answers were received.
and the ten inventions receiving the
most votes were the telegraph. printing
pres, st am engine, cOttOn-g-n. tele-
phone. mariners compass. gunpOwder,
sewing-machine. tele- cope and phOtog-
raphy. Twenty votes were in favor
o. the steamboat, six for paper. two
for t;mepieces, and only one for the
ocean cable.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

j. II. RUTTER, President of the New
York Central Railway, died recently at
his home in Irvington, n. Y. Mr.. Rutter
had been ailing more or less since 1881.
Three weeks ago his disease (diabetes)
caused blood poisoning, from which
he died at his home in Irvington.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

THE Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service has notified the health
officer at Baltimore and the officer in
charge of the quarantine station at
Cape Charles that the ship Jupiter had
left Valencia. Spain, where the cholera
is epidemic, bound for Baltimore.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

ADJUTANT GENERAL DRUM has COM
pleted a list of the casualties during the
rebellion. The number of deaths was
935, 1896 OF these 29,498 occurred in
the rebel prisons. The total number
of troops engaged during the war was
2772 4fl8
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

A TERRIBLE occurrence was recently
reported on the railway from Kostofl
TO Rostofi, on the river Don, Russia. A
bar of iron was placed across the track
by robbers, and the train which came
along was thrown from the rails and
demolished, the number killed or
wounded being seventy. The robbers
who were waiting for the smashup,
plundered the train.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

SECRETARY BAYARD and his private
secretary, Mr.. Bryan. who returned to
Washington on the 18th, expressed
themselves as highly gratifed with
their trip to Missouri and Kansas and de-
lighted with their cordial reception and
hOspitable entertainments by the citi-
zens of Kansas City, Columbia and
Lawrence.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE South American Commission
was cordially received by the Govern
ment at MOntevideo. The Commission
was asked to use its influence in favor
of extending the American cable sys-
tenn to Uruguay.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

The bridal Parlor of the new Kim
ball House in Atlanta is decorated with
the astonishing quotation: The mel
ancholy days have come, the saddest Of
the year.
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MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, June VI.
FLOCR-UnchanCed; family, 50. 15fG3S5-
choice, 81 3D6144U; fancy, "a. 10G5. 10; patents,
$5.3J615.75.
WHEAr-Lower; No. 2 red. cash, Sl.G3;
September, $LO51i GD107.
CoRN-Higher; No. . mixed cash, 44d,
41sc; August, 4514 G4512c.
OATs-SlOw; No. mixed cash, 33hc; Sep
TENDER. 25Hc.
RYh-Quiet at &c.
PRODUCE Butter quiet; dairy, 1O913c;
creamery, Ia &c. Eggs. lower at &c per
dozen.
PRovIsIoSS-Higher; pork. BOB. Lard
$3.50. Bulk meats-fon9 clear, $40; short
ribs, $3.50; short clear. $57U. BacOn-long
clear, <5S5G5.g0; short ribs, $5.9066 0D5
short clear ST. sGB6.25. Hams, SS.50t1lI 80
WHISKY-Steady al Sl.l3.
CATTLE-Native shipping steers, 81 .SOfn5 So;
good butchers steers. A-JIl4@; mixed
butchers stock, $3OG61425; stOckers and
feeders, $35OtL4 90; grass Texans, S3.Ge93-eO;
wintered Texans, S3750c4.40.
SHEEP-Steady; good to choice muttous
$325d4.O0; common, $2.4OGg300; Texans
$1.75d300.
HORSEPOWER; Workers, 375d3SO pack
ers, S5.40G1375; butchers, $3.S513.90.
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Lower at 81. 9O04.GO.
KANSAS CITY. JuneB


FLOUR-No change; XIX, CSC; xxx. $l0I9
SL15: family. SI.3UGl- 20; choice, {lSOGl IS:
fancy 81 O092 10; patent, Sz3JG2.45-
WHEAT-Lower;N No. red, he bid for cash;
June s01.c; July, SlAQSI5sc; August, sc:
September, S59s5Zc; No. red, 69Ec bid
for cash; July. re; No. soft, $40 bid for
cash; June, &c bid; July, 961lc.
CoRS-Lower; No 2. CSC bid for cash; June,
3Sc; July, 355sc; No. white, 45c Ind cash =
June n IQA51.c; July, AZ bid
OATS-No. 2, SOC cash; June, 3Oc; July, 2Sc.
RYE-No bids nor offerings.
PRODUCE-HutJer, dull; creamery. fancy
&c; good, l2I46Il3c; fine dairy. l0c; medium,
&C. Eggs, weak at &c per dozen
CATTLE-Receipts, 81 Market for ship
ping steers steady at Fridays prices. Cows
and mixed butchers stock, light supply and
prices slow and dull. Very few Stoke rs and
feeders in. Market unchanged.
HOGS-Receipts, 55S2. Market opened
strong. but later became about so weaker
Bulk of sales at $3.sgL365.
SHEEP-Receipts, 56.
Receipts OF horses and mules, 173.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18

KANSAS CITY, June 13.-The following are
the latest quotations telegraphed from Chi
cago, New York and St Louis: