The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05


JUDGE WILDE, at New York, gave his
decision in the case of Justus Schwab, the
notorious Socialist. There were two
charges against the prisoner, the first for
melting ariot at Socialists meeting about
a month ago, and the second for resisting
a police officer who tried to arrest him.
Schwab was held for trial on both charges
in $1,000 bail.
AN explosion in the laboratory at Wool
wich Arsenal, recently, injured several OF
the work people.
ENGLAND has refused to reco gnize the
French edict making rice contraband OF
war if found in vessels bound to or from
Chinese ports.
THREE violent earthquake shocks oc'
Cured at Temesvar, Hungary, on the 20tt
and another of less severity next day. Nc
report of damage was received.
ONE of the Spanish bull fighters per
forming at Tolucca, Mexico, was recently
mortally wounded by bull
MANY of the employees Of the Wabash
Railroad went out on a strike on the 26tt
in consequence of an order reducing wages
NEAR Chattanooga, Tenn, Charlie!
Hickey and Frank Steele, two wealthy
fruit growers, were drowned in Chica
mauga, Greek.
1T was understood that President-elecr
Cleveland was opposed to the further
coinage OF the silver dollar, and that ht
thought continued coinage would precipi'
tate a financial crisis
The Springer Committee prepared two
reports on the conduct OF Marshal Wright
in the election at Cincinnati last fail. Th'
sum of the majority report was tha
Wright was a very wicked man; the sun
of the minority report was that he wasn't
AN agitation was reported in Ohio
Brooks and Hancock Counties to separate
! from West Virginia and incorporate Will
Pennsylvania.
NEWS received from Dimmit County
Tex, where the border troubles have beeI
existing, is to the effect that the place wa'
blle with United States troops that had
without any fuss being made about 1t
been called in to preserve the peace.
THE artesian we'll at the County Hospita
in Milwaukee suddenly ceased flowing re
Gently. 1t had been sunk 2,200 feet deep a
! a cost of s. 600, and gave $50 gallons of wa
: Ter q minute.
! The break in the wheat market was thu
cause Of the failure of two st. Louis firm
/ E. II. Samuels & Sons and B. W. Lewis
! on the 9th. The market was reported very
| panicky.
COWBOYS recently stepped Pacific ex
press at Ningusville, d. T., and made Con
ductor Clark dance can can on the plat
form, varying the monotony by shOotir,
revolvers at his feet. 4 posse was calle'
oat from Mandan and arrested the who'll
party.
| THE House of Commons rejected 81
! Stafford Northcote's motion of censure ol
! the Gladstone ministry by 392 to 2SS.
| THREE soldiers were killed at Shoebury
ness, Eng, by an explosion recently, dur
ing gunnery experiment. Several othe
| persons were I'M ured.
FAILURES for week ended February %
United States, 2i3; Canada, 40; total, 2S3
compared with a total of 2GO the previou
week. The great bulk of the casualtie
were in the Western, Southern and Paciti
| States.
THE news on the 9th that an additiOua
! appropriation for the New Orleans Expo
sition passed the House and the belief tia
the Senate would indOrse the action ha
the effect of increasing the spirit of the di
rectors to high degree.
AT Dublin Lord Mayor O'COnnor, stron
Nationalist, made acknowledgment in col
and formal terms of the receipts of ofticia
notice from Earl Spencer OF the visit of tn
Prince of Wales.
WILLIAM J. FAULKNER has been eXpelle
from the Chicago Board of Trade on ac
count of irregularities connected with tn
Board of Trade Clearing House. Nj
Faulkner was the first member expelle
from the board for fifteen years.
THE Solicitor of the Treasury recon
mended the acceptance of the offer to pa,
! S10.4GS in compromise of the Governmen
claim against the sureties of John Hal
formerly United States Marshal of the dis
trict of Pittsburgh.
SENATOR SHERMAN reported to the Sen
ate an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill
which provides for the erection i'll the Dis
trict OF Columbia, OF a statue to the mem
ory OF General Lafayette, to cost $4,000
JAMES MEACH, Charles Webb and vii
liam Roath, the Norwich, Conn, bank de
faulters, pleaded guilty. Meach and Web
were given five years each and Roath fouI