The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


than at any time within the history OF the
, State, and the losses will undoubtedly
reach Sl,O00,000 or more. The counties
which have suffered most heavily are
Brown, Marshall, Jackson, Usage. Bour-
bon, Butler, Lyon, Chase, Dickinson,
Saline, Reno, Barton, Sedgwick, Sumner
and Shawnee. Large numbers of hogs are
being shipped to market that are infected
with this disease, and a consequence it
is appearing in counties not before infected.
He further says that the treatment OF hog
cholera, with the object of securing a re-
covery, does not pay. He urges that the
animals be killed and burned the moment
they show signs of sickness, and active
measures taken for the suppression of the
disease.
AT Leavenworth the other day John
Williams went to his work, leaving his
wife apparently well and hearty. About
eleven O'Clock a neighbor informed him
that his wife was very sick and told him
to bring doctor. He hurried home and
found his wife in spasms. She died few
hours later. About six weeks previous
Mrs. Williams bought some quinine. She
took some of it and placed the rest in a
tumbler and covered it with a saucer,
where it had since remained. On the day
of her death she began to feel as if she
were going to have chill, and took some
OF the quinine. In ten minutes she was
taken with spasms, and in four hours later
was corpse. The symptoms were those
of strychnine poisoning.
A GASOLINE explosion occurred in the
rear of T. II. Randall's hardware store at
Mount Hope the other afternoon, causing a
serious fire and loss to number of the in
habitants of the town. The following are
/ losers: T. H. Randall, store room and
stock of hardware amounting to 5000, i'll
/ surance $4,000 W. c. Richards, store room
and stock of general merchandise, $1,000,
! insurance $1,000; S. c. Thomas, barn, with
machinery, harness, etc, $1,000, no insur-
ance; the Farmers and Drovers' Bank,
! 5000; Mentor printing Office, 500. The
post-oflice, which was kept in the Randall
store, and all mail matter and fixtures,
etc, burned.
| PosTMASTERs lately appointed in Kan
/ sas: Reserve, J. NJ. Cecil; Rush Center,
| E. I. Mallory; Polk Greek, j. E. Caffey;
Reubens, Aurin Hunt: Good Laid, S. L.
Kelan; Protection, H. o. Holderly; Pado-
MIA. James 4. Laing,
KANSAS farmers who are chopping down
walnut trees at five dollars per cord will
be interested 20 hear that 800 has recently
been paid or a large walnut tree in Ohio,
the buyer to chop it down himself.
THE grape crop in Northern Kansas is
immense.
A LARGE colony of Swedes will soon
settle in Cove County.
VIXEN the case of j. c. Pusey, defaulting
clerk of the Penitentary, was recently
called in the District Court at Leaven-
worth, Pusey entered a plea of guilty of
enlightenment and was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for eight years.
THE Secretary OF State has lately been
doing a lively business in the way of
granting charters to new town companies.
AT the late term of the District Court at
Junction City the whisky cases were dis
posed of by the saloon-keepers pleading
guilty. They were fined 800 and costs,
and placed under bonds not to engage in
the business for two years.
LANDER BAKER, of Butler County, was
recently waylaid, knocked down with an
ak and robbed of $40. 1t was feared his
injuries were fatal.
THE colored people of Topeka celebrated
the anniversary OF the issuing of Presi- /
dent Lincoln's emancipation proclamation |
on the 22d.
THE mystery of the recent poisoning of |
Mrs. Williams at Leavenworth is yet IN
explained. II is stated that the lady, who |
was noted for her economy, had saved her .
earnings. and had about 800 sewed in the .
Il.
slept. The money can not be found. The
cost OF Analysing the stomach, liver and
kidneys at the State University will be
about $500, and, as the Coroner does not
think the county can afford that expense,
Mr.. Williams, the husband of the dead
woman, has offered to pay it and the an
aIyzing will 90 on. The husband and wife
were each insured for s. 900 for the others
benefit in the Home Life Association, of
Burlington, Iowa.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas invent
ors: Elwood Chapman, EmpOria, store
service apparatus; Isaac Lantz, Lane,
churn; Reuben F. Wilcox, Augusta, add
ing machine: Frank Weatherspoon, Par
sons, striking mechanism.
ONE hundred and ten houses have al
'
ton to the city OF Atchison.
A CARLOAD of watermelons, consisting
of 1915 and weighing an average OF forty
pounds each, was recently shipped to Kan
sas City from Lawrence.
IT is stated that Hon. W. c. Perry,
United States District Attorney for Kan
sas, has received instructions from Wash
ington to make a personal investigation of
the cases now pending against the Okla
homa boomers, and if, in his Judgment, he
should find that all of the boomers had
left the Territory, to dismiss all of the in
dictments against them at the next term of
the United States District Court at Wichita.
The arrest of Abe Waller in Nashville,
Tenn, for assisting in the attempted rob-
berry of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
express train at Coolidge, near the west
ern line of this State, in September, 1888,
caused some excitement in the western
part of the State. Waller arrived in the
State recently in charge of special officer.
He admitted that he was one OF the three
men, but claimed he was not the man who
shot the engineer. 1t is stated that the
in the murder and attempted
robbery has been under arrest some time,
which fact has been kept quiet. As the
two arrested have confessed, there is no
doubt about their guilt.
ANTELoPzS abound in Comanche County.
ALL doubt as to the trial OF Minnie Wal
lace WaIkup, for the alleged poisoning OF
her husband, taking place at Emporia has
been dispelled by its being placed on the
docket of the Lyon County District Court