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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
Miscellaneous.

: LATE fire at Dodge City destroyed the
PoSt-office block, starting in Wilden's
grocery. Total loss estimated at SO, 200.
Among the losers were NJ. Collier, $4,000
the COICbDJ printing office, $4,000; Widen
d Co.. grOcerS, $4,000; Shields hardware
stock, 81, 600. The warehouses of Morris,
Collier S Wright and Beverly & Co., Were
destroyed with contents; insurance lot
ascertained.
TIE State Medical Society met at Topeka
on the 20th with large number of meln-
berS present, for the purpose of drafting q
bill 10 establish a Board of Health and
IIygeine, and also To have an OculiSt ap-
pointed to attend to the Blind Asylum IN
the STATE. \ bill was reported and thor
oughly discussed. The principal provision
of the bill is that State Board of Health
consisting of nine members shall be created.
The members of the board shall be a.-
pointed by the Governor.
FARMERS in the northern part of Tie
State rive encouraging wheat reports. The
seed was very generally SOwn early in the
season. and had ample time to get well up
and deeply rooted before winter set in The
abundance of snow and the covering Of
sleet have been valuable projections against
the severity of the frOstS, and if the weather
is ordinarily favorable in March no fear Ot
"winfe kil' need be anticipated.
MUcH suffering reported among cattle.
\ MEETING of silver advoc ties was rb
Gently held at Topeka. and fourteen dele
gates appointed To the National Silver Con
veniiun at Denver. Resolutions We're
l,asSed favOring the coinage of silver aid
gold on all equality, and that no change
shall be made in tie weight or quality Un-
til the national d, bit should be paid
THOMAS L. BERRY. of Wellington, Cne
OF the leSsres of vacant lands of the sac
and Fox Indians. testified recently before
the Senate Committee OH Indian Affairs
that Special Agent Townsend, of the In
dian Bureau, and licensed trader Picket. pb
tanned tile leases while they were OfiiceTs. of
the Government from Iowa.
a MAN named George Thomas was re
Gently badly injured while hoisting ice at
WyandOtte.
EDwARD Z. SAPP. City Attorney. and
G. ID. Cove, prominent coal dealer. of la
lena, engaged in a rough and tumble fight in
GOve's office recently. Sapp struck Cove
a vigorous blow on the head with 4 poker.
inficting painful scalp wound. Both bel
ligeTents were rival suitUrs for the hand of a
wealthy widow of that city, and the fracaS
was the result of jealousy.
THE hat and cap house of Mel G. Wine
gar, at AtclIisnn recently failed. The lia-
bilities are aggregated at $4,000. while the
stock and hook accounts are estimated at
$1,000. Mr.. Vinegar is also postmaster at
Atchison.
The troops at Fort Riley have been Or
Gereu TO the Oklahoma lands.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

In the early part of last summer it
was known that a Moslem teacher
with fifteen followers, all of whom had
been converted to Christianity, entered
the City of Constantinople and began
preaching and teaching. Within a
week they as suddenly disappeared as
though the ground had absorbed them.
The Sultan's officers deny any knowl-
edge of them, but the belief is so
strong that they are concealed in some
out of the way dungeon that the Brit
ish and American legations have under
taken search for them.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS

THE Ohio Legislature adopted a joint
resolution to place the statue of William
Allen in the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives at Washington.
THE Adjutant General of the army re-
ceived telegram on the Goth, from Briga-
dier General Augur, commanding the De-
partment of the Missouri, announcing that
the number OF settlers on the Oklahoma
land was steadily increasing, having
reached nearly four hundred, and resist
ance to the Federal authorities was threat
ened. General Augur was instructed 70
concentrate more troops at the settlement
and remove invaders from the Territory in
as peaceable (. manner as possible.
THE harbor was very rough at New York
on the 22d, and few sailing vessels passed
the narrows. All incoming crafts were
coated with ice over their decks and seV-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

OMAHA, NEB., January 2O.--J0hn La.
hriskie, assignee for Dana Thayer. commits
sion merchant, in looking over the stock,
found box labeled Potash" He broke
it open with a chisel, weighed out twenty
pounds of the contents, and sent it TO
Clarke's wholesale drug store in an express
wagon. In a few moments it was seat
back with a note. saying they did not handle
dynamite. The stuff was thrown into the
river just below the Union Pacific bridge.
1t was. sure enough, dynamite, and had
been kicked and handled about the ware
house for months. Why it did not exp,oGs
Is mystery.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

SOME time since the rumor was cir
rulatcd that a man in Munich made a
wager that he could collect together
three thousand ten-pfenning pieces
dated 1873 within a certain time, and
That he was offering high premium
for this particular coin. Excitement
ever the matter permeated every re-
Eion. and collectors, in their eagerness,
paid from fifteen to twenty-five pfen-
ning for single specimen. Some of
tiic seekers, who had collected several
hundred of the coveted coins. finally
learned to their sorrow that they were
Ein victims of practical joke.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

The Superintendent of the New
York Women's Protective Union gives
an interesting account of the wages OF
women belonging to the Union.
Actresses of the ballet and utility get
from - to = AID from SIS 20 $50 a
week. MilI.ners each from Sc to SlS,
drcs-makers from So to SS. House
keepers get from $50 to slCO per
month. Z his includes board. Trained
nurses earn $50 to so month. Proof
reader, make from S15 to $50, aad
copyists get from 81 to Sl2 a Week
Saleswomen earn S3 TO Si2 a week.
Teachers of languages earn from %
cents TO 81 an hour. Telegraph opera
tors get $40 year.-N. T. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

DIR. JOHN BUCHANAN. notorious
three years ago by issuing bogus medi-
cal diplomas, was again arrested re-
Gently at Philadelphia together with a
woman calling herself DR.. Rebecca
Russell, who claims to be Buchanan S
business partner. Buchanan is again
charged with having issued bogus dip
Tomas since his release from prison,
and further, with forgery, in having
subscribed the names of some of Phila-
delphia's most prominent physicians to
his bogus sheepskins.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

THERE are in existence rather more
than fortyEgyptian obelisks. OF these
England possesses seven; America;
one; Germany, one; France, two; Italy
Gncluding Rome, which has twelve).
seventeen, and ConstantinOple, two.
The remainder, many of which
are fallen or broken. are still
in Egypt. The smallest is the LepSius
obelish in the Royal Museum at Berlin,
which is two feet one a half inches
high and weighs two hundred pounds;
The largest, unfinished, of Assouan.
still in quarries at Syene. the estimated
weight of which is rather more than
I,500, 600 pounds.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
\ Bad Woman and An Undutifui Son.
VUEETTSG W "a ,JHu;iarV 20

" iEElINbs W n, OtiAudAg -V-
Nora Prall member of the dcni
monde, went from Cincinnati 10 Wells
burg recently, and succeeded in bewitch-
in" Charlie VOIhart. The woman de-
mandcd money for her exclusive affection
to be lavishcd on Charlie, and nc hired =
man named Headington TO assist him in
robbin@ his father, who had 81, l20 stored
away under his garrrt steps. They took
the money last Saturday night, and
Charlie hastencd TO lay part OF his share
at the feet of Nora. The police, through
the woman, got after the thieves and ar
rested them. Seven young Een about
town, who took part of the money, know
ina it was stolen, We're arrested for COM
plicily All but $40 of the money was
recovered, and the cy2rian, who was
also arrested, turned over what she had
and was permitted to 90.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

In Barbados, one Sunday, the cap
tain of a vessel from New York saw a
very important colored lady, gloved,
shoed and parasoled, walking to church
with a bare-footed colored servant car
rying her bag and prayer-book. He
was atonished at the lady of color being
able TO keep up so much state, but was
told that the couple were sisters, and
that if he would only wait until next
Sunday he would see the situation re-
varSpd
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

; NEAR the mouth of the Sutro Tun-
mel, in Nevada, there is a small lake
the water in which is kept'continuous!y
warm by the hot water that flows
into it from the mines, Recently
the mine superintendent sent to
Florida for two alligators. When they
arrived the temperature of the place
was twelve degrees below zero, and the
alligatOrs were barely alive. Upon
being put into the warm lake, however;
they revived and are now growing
RAPIDLY.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
Lnnxe Einnnciering.

BuFFALO, y. l., JanuATy c.
Mayor ScoyiIIe has sent TO the Board OF
of Aldermen 4 report of the examination
the Comptroller's and the Treasurer's OF
Departments. He said the books of the
departments had never been balanced
since 1854. The differences varied from
five cents up to thousands of dollars. The
report declares that this is probably the
first attempt TO make j trial balance OF
the books in the Treasury Department
Tire Comptroller and Treasurer have
adopted system of keeping the books 50
that hereafter they will be kept in perfect
order, and not be open TO similar critl-
cism IN future.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

FROM the record of inundations
which have for ages been the scourge
OF Holland. it would appear that dur
ing the thirteen centuries one of the
larger floods has occurred on an aver
age once in seven years. About six
hundred years ago the sea broke
through its restraining dykes and
eighty thousand persons are said to
have perished. IL a single night in
142l, seventy-two villages and one hun
dred thousand human beings were
swept away.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
The Brooklvn bridge is A sIcccs

The Brooklyn bridge is a success.
Twelve million crossings are mad IL =
year bv the people. and the bridge col
lects fifteen hundred dollars day. Tne
toll for foot passenger is but one cent.
1t is thought that horses and carriages
have been charged too much money.
and the rate has been reduced fifty per
cent, two horses and a vehicle paying.
Under the reduced schedule, hut ten
cents. Undoubtedly the care OF this
brid re VIII soon be intrusted TO three
State officers, instead of fifteen trus-
tees who have b1ilt and managed the
structure so far-CurTent
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
Bold Burglars Make Il Big Haul.

SAN ANTONIO, TN. January Il
About three O'Clock Monday morning six
MASKED men entered Woods gambling
establishment on the main plaza and
robbed the safe of over 1000 in grcen-
backs and gold coin. The burglars Sc
curely bound and gagged three employees
sleeping in the room, and then moved a
two-ton safe to the back of the room,
where they opened it with chisels. The
thieves succeeded in escaping. The
gagged employees have been arrested Tor
alleged completely in the robbery, tts:i
accounts being considered rather fimsy-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

SOME ten years ago a French emf
grant named Fare landed in TruXillO,
Honduras, without a cent in his pocket
or a second coat to his back. The only
thing of any value which he owned was
an old silver watch. He sold the watch
for four dollars and began life on this
capital To-day he is worth fortune
and lives in fine style in Paris. He
made all his money in the import and
export trade of Honduras
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

THERE is but one place in the United
States where gun cotton is made. Until
six months ago the navy was obliged to
depend upon England for all the gun
cotton used, but a mandatory has
been erected at the torpedo station,
Newport and now produces all that is
required for sea-going men-of-war and
fnrnndnpS
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

A YOUNG married woman of New
York, who has been addicted to paint
ing her lips as well as her cheeks and
eyelashes, is now under medical treat
ment to reduce the size of her lips,
which have become ''horribly enlarged
bY chemical poison.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
Grand total lls,lSS,OOO S75,2Ia,OOO S6i,C9OOO

Grand totaLSll2, 5000 SN,2I3,G00 S6I,G50,OG0
1t appears from the communication that
foreign vessels bring to the United States
from these countries double the imports
brought in American vessels. Upon this
peculiar feature of our carrying trade the
following details are given:
Imports into the United States from
South America i'll freight vessels S49,-
724, 900. In American vessels, S25,959,-
300.
Exports from the United States to
South America: In American vessels,
Sl9, 9,93S, ,0O0. In foreign veSSelS, SIl, l,2S2,-
200.
OF our total imports from South
America, foreign steam vessels brought
products TO the value of S32, ,O65, 900,
against 81, so, 900 brought il American
steam vessels, while of our total exports
TO South America foreign steam vessels
carried goods TO the value of only S+,O4O,-
)O0, against 81, 9,3jl 200 in American steam
vessels
The principal reason assigned for the
great difference is that round trips of the
Ireat European lines of steam vessels are
expedited on the following programme:
From Europe, laden with European man
Gfactures for South America; from South
America, laden with South American
products for the United States; from the
United States, laden with our products
Tor Europe, thus completing the circle to-
the advantage of European trade. There
are but few foreign steam vessels carry
H% American products to South Amer
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

The famous shell road of New Or
leans is boulevard of almost snowy
whiteness, nearly two hundred feet
in width and nine miles long.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

THE deep salt well at Bay City,
Mich, completed to a depth of 1850
feet, is expected to produce twenty
three pals of brine per minute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

SOUTH CAROLINA has no divorce
laws.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

An Aberdeen physician describes a
case of scarlet fever in a canary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

THE newest craze is to collect all
kinds and shapes of parlor lamps.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY By
STROTH E r BROS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
OUR CARRYING TRADE.

Excerpts From a Report of the Secretary
of State Concerning Our Trade With Mex
leo, Central and South America and the
West Indies.
WASHINGTON, d. c., January q.
In response to q resolution of the
Senate, the Secretary of State sent to that.
body report concerning our trade
with Mexico, Central and South America,
and the West Indian Islands. In his let
ter accompanying the report the Secre-
tary calls attention to 4 comparative
statement which is summarized below,
showing the exports from England,
France and the United States to those
countries of cotton goods, iron and steel,
machines and implements, and hardware
and cutlery, during the year 1888, for
England aud France, and for the fiscal
year 1854, for the United States:
United
ARTICLES. England. France. states.
Cotton manu-
factures....S 4j.7SS, 900 6,2l5,OOO 5 ,56S, 600
Iron steel. ll,09O,OOO 5,5S9,OJ0 2,Sl0OOO
Machine inn
plem'tS, etc S022, ,0CO ,lJ1 coo 6,S2O,OO0
Hardware Il
cutlery ..... S,5O5,OCO 1ii,OOO I,25l,OOO
Total princi-
pal articles. 6S,S55,OOO. TO- 900 I5,a7,OCO
All other ar
t1ClJS....-... 4S.S3S,OOO 6b,SS,uOo 4S,t4S,etO
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29

4 Pair of Wills of Mrs. Hyra Clark Gaines
offered for Probate-MOre Litigation in
Prospect.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21
Clifton

CLIFTON, Sept. 90 Especial, Rain,
rain, too much rain, ia now the farm
er5 cry. The rains of this week have
all boon preceded by wind, which blow
ont cotton, and beat II into the
earth so "a to render it almost worth.
less for market, at present prices. We
have had rain every day this week,
except Tuesday, rendering tho roads
so muddy rs TO almost stop work and
hauling of any kind. Ye granger il
OF course down.cast, and has the
chronic grumbles,
Cotton bids fair for one half bale per
acre. but may not now reach that
point.
Corn has msdo an enormous yield,
aud IL not "hankered after" at 20
cents per bashel, delivered.
Health Is good, and Gretna-green
marriages all tho 20.
The frying.slzs chicken crop is OK.
hausted, aud "big meetings" non est.
The Cumberland, the Methodist, the
Christian or CampO9lli.os are each to
erect church for tholr respective con-
grsgstlons, soon,
School opened Monday last with a
good attendance. and bids fair to be n
success under the present manage
mont.
Merchants are looking for q heavy
winter trado. 81 let We Dallas "xrip
boys" take n0ts aud call In passing.
The uERALp aud ils PRINCIPLES
still spread horG, northumberland thu
LIST OF October IL 40 uaar.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21

our county paper very wisely suggests
that our county Judge be- made to wear
1t until he disgorges the school money
unlawfully taken from the school
children OF this county and appropri-
ated to mis- own use. The mills O! tho
gods grind slowly, and tho people OF
this county are just beginning to find
out that the most affablo man Is not
always the most honest.
only about one year ago our county
treasurer land the most pleasing fel.
low yea ever met) absconded between
two suns, leaving his bondsmen with a
deficit of near $4,000 to pay for him I;
and now man who claims TO be work
ing In the vineyard of the Lord
and who holds the highest office
in the county, to DO guilty of
stealing the chlldron's money, is
certainly worse than all.
Wehavo had occasional showers Of
RAIN every day for the last ten days,
and vegetation of all kinds Ia looking
been 30 good for ten years, and stock
OF all kind are looking sleek and fat.
The cotton fields will not Weld more
than half crop, aud farmers are com.
planning bitterly ut the prices, and
many say they will devote more of
their attention to raising the cereals
In future years.
Corn Is selling on the square at from
80 to 80 cents per bushel, with but few
| buyers.
Major Lawrence Kneflly, OF the os
trich.egS fame and tho boss jaweler OF
tho State is among us, drinking min
eral water and hunting Dir Do. He had
Mexican pea-fowl for breakfast this
morning, and has been confined to his
bed ever since.
Colonel E. J. Waldron, OF Terrell, is
among us, and is as jovisl as ever. He
talks railroad, aud II we only hGG a
tow ncre liEo him 1t would not be
long ere She iron horse would be
snorting into eur little city AMONG the
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21
Mineral Wells.

MINERAL WELLS, Sept. 2o.-[S re
cisL District court, which has been
in session in palo Pinto since tho l2th,
adjourned Thursday, after having dis
posed OF some OF tho most important
cases on the docket.
Dave White, man 20 yesrs old, was
found guilty of tho murder OF Mccor-.
mas, aud givon flye wears Ia tho peui-
tentisry, which will more than likely
end the old mans days,
Brooks, The printer, frsm Austin,
was found guilty o. burglary, and
gwen two years at Huntsville.
Owing to the absence OF witnesses,
the case OF tho State vs.. Thomas Cot
noy, accused OF tho murder OF George
Ingram, was continued.
Those were Rbout all tho important
cases which came up for trial. The
court goes from this county to Hood,
whcro court will convene on Monday
next.
Tue grand Jury continued its
and, after delving into all the nischlei
inno In the county, only found 10 true
bills, three being against parties from
this pl zoe. accused OF infautiolde, and
rno against our present county Judge,
accused OF stealing . part Of the school
money apporiiontd to this county las,
year. This 10 the sam.
case which caused the newspaper cen
troveisv betw cen our ex.county attor-
uey and tho very plous preacher aud
county .judRe, wherein the preacher
and Judge threatened 70 brlng actiu,,
TOR uAmaRpn, Th0 0ommiS 1onern,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21

WEArHERFoRD, Sept. 2O.-lSpocial. !
Mr.. John Fanchler, ono Of the States
principal witnesses in the Milliken.
Lee tragedy, returned last night. Con.
stable John II, Rice having received a
capias for him from Hood county.
arrested him and placed him undor a
u 900 bond TO be In appearance before
the district court Of Hood county on
Monday, September q, 1885.
w. X. Bailor, our worthy sheriff, Ia
confined TO his room with
sickness, but is reported better.
Yesterday the corner stone OF the
now public school building was laid.
The Masons and Knights OF Labor
orders participated, headed by the
Weatherford c0rnet band.
The witnesses ard parties
Interested IN the Milliken-Lse
case, started this evening for Gran
bury to attend the trial of James ii.
Miiliken,
We learn to-day that tho district
judge OF Palo Pinto county ordered n
fine OF 500 against John w. Bquires,
Justice OF the peace of Precinct No. l OF
this county, for not returning papers
In the case Of tho State VS.. II Morrow,
Indicted for murder. and Hon. y. w.
T. Lsnham aud w. X. Baylor DO nut
under q bond of $500, to DO in attend
anco az witnesses.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21

CohsIaANA,Sept. S.--lspecisl Tho
Young Mems Christian association,
assisted BY the Ladies' Auxiliary,
gave an entertainment last night, in
the opera house, the proceeds to be
used toward establishing a public IL
brary. As an entertainment 1t was A
grand success, in the presence of a
liberal and delighted audience OF GU 7
best people. The singing was probably
never surpassed In this town, Ad-
dresses wero made by Judge Kerr an d
Mayor Neoiett,iu their usual felicitous
style.
DR.. Crisman preached today on "For.
eiSn Missions" 1t being the regular
quarterly occasion for that subject. Al
night he preached on "Tempsra ncs," II
being tho day set for thai subject by
the general assembly OF tho Cumbef-
land Presbyterian church.
Our people ara grestly pleased to
hear, through tho columns of THE
HERALD, OF tho great success Evan
gelist Williams is having in Dallas.
MIR. Williams held a meeting here
some months ago, and has many
Irieuds In this community,