The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

RECENTLY Tom Robinson, who lives
west OF Auburn, Shawnee County, mad
both his hands shot while trying to get a
ramrod out of a gun. Every finger on
both hands was more or less injured, and
| 1t Is thought he might lose the use of his
! hands. Mr.. Robinson has a wife and one
! child.
| w. A. FURsH, OF Garden City, has been
d1sbarred from practice before the In
terror Department, on account of irregular
/ practices before the Land Office. So a
/ Washington dispatch states.
! ATTORNEY GENERAL BRADFORD lately
| went to Emporia to commence a suit
/ against H. c. Cross, to set aside the sale of
/ the State Normal Scnool lands. These
/ lands lie in sfitchell County, and the sale
was made the subject of lengthy investi-
/ CATION by the last Legislature, which in.
/ structed the Attorney General to COM
mence this suit, il, in his Judgment, it was
( advisable. About 1900 acres of land are
involved. Fraud in JSe sale is alleged az
the reason why the suit should be in
stituted.
THE Leavenworth, Northern & South
ern Railroad filed its charter recently. 1t
is proposed TO construct a railroad from
Leaveuworth north through the Counties
of Leavenworth, Atchison, Brown and Ne
maha, and sOuthwesterly through the
Counties of Leavenworth, Wyandotte,
johnson, Douglas, Usage, Morris, Chase,
Marion, Mcpherson, Reno, Pratt, Barbour
and Comanche. The estimated length of
the road will be 600 miles. The capital
stock of the corporation is 100000 600.
TIE report of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad Company, made to the
Board of Railroad Commissioners, for the
year ended June 80, 1885, shows the total
number of passengers carried during the
year to be 1,12S,470; number of tons of
local freight carried over the entire line,
2,47G, G,141; tons OF coal consumed, 312, 1862;
number of section men and laborers en-
ployed, 3,4SS.
THE State Temperance Union which met
at Topeka elected the following officers:
President, H. Kelley, of Cowley County !;
Vice-PreS;dent, Albert Griffin, of Riley {;
Secretary, James B. Troutman, of Shaw
nee; Treasurer, P. l. Bonebrake, of Shaw
nee; Executive Committee, H. NJ. Clancy,
Douglas; A. B. Cambell, of Shawnee; r.
N. Allen, of Neosho; R. Wake, of Dickin-
son; Rev. L. Sternberg, of Ellsworth; NJ.
w. Sutton, of Ford; at large-W. B. Slos-
son, of Leavenworth; Amanda Way, of
Linn; and H. W. Lewis, of Sedgwick.
LATEST Kansas postmasters appointed: {:
Long Island, NJ. w. Watson; Marion,
Nicholas Taylor; Wakefield, NJ. E. Ellen
wood; Lenora, T. J. Gilbert; Milford, John
D. Mcdonald; Netawaka, NJ. A. Funchess; /;
Buelah, Columbus w. Dry; Stafford, John
Clyne; Alma, Matthew Thomson; Wet
more, Don. C. Rising; Gaylord, George T.
Ketcham; Waterloo, P. Davis; Wall
Street, George Stevens: Baker, c. D.
Baker; Ashland, Frank Cummins; Prince
ton, John 4. Huff; Elgerton, p. NJ. Shut;
Merriam, John j. White; Shawnee, Peter
Werts; Gardner John Sharpe; Iowa Point,
Chester L. Evans: Cedar Junction, Will
liam G. Bradshaw; Danville, William H.
Freeman; Trail, Wallace McInnes; Ode,
Ben F. Stivers; Segi, Ezekiel NJ. Lloyd;
Browns Grove, Robert w. Butler.
JOHN BUCHOLY, from Atchison, has dis
appeared from Wichita and fears are en-
he carried some money with him.
THERE are thirty seven convicts in the
Penitentiary under the death sentence for
murder, and whose lives depend solely
upon the Governor, who has the authority
by law to order their execution any day
upon thirty days. notice. Among these are
three women.
A CHARTER was recently filed with the
Secretary of State for the st. Louis, Fort
Scott & Wichita Railroad Company, and
the Ellsworth, Mcpherson, Newton &;
Southeastern Railroad Company. 1t is Il
consolidation OF the two companies under
the name of the st. Louis, Fort Scott 6;
Wichita Railroad Company. The CONSOLE
dated company expect to build an extern
sion of the Eldorado & Newton Road to
Ellsworth, on tho Union Pacific, at en
early date.
DR.. HoLCoMBE, State Veterinarian, has
returned from n trip of two weeks to the
Indian Territory and the Pan Handle in
Texas. The two subjects which occupied
his attention during the trip were glanders
and hog cholera, both of which diseases he
represents as prevailing in Southwestern
Kansas, the Territory and in Texas. In
Sedgwick County alone, DIR. Holcombe
states, it is estimated that hog cholera has
caused loss of $500, 900. The glanders al
so prevail to a considerable extent through.
out the central and western part of the
State.
TIE members of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners are reported to be engaged
upon their annual report, to be submitted
to the Governor before the meeting of the
Legislature. The report. if is said, will set
forth in detail the result of the operations
of the railroad law, and will be the most
interesting and valuable document yet is
sued by the Commissioners.
IT is stated that the President has Of
fered the Pension Agency to Ex-Governor
Click.
A FIRE at the residence of A. A. Robin
son, of Topeka, lately did damage to the
amount of 81, POO.
KANSAS postmasters lately appointed:
At Long Island, NJ. W. Watson: at Marion,
Nicholas Tavlor; at W Wakefield, NJ. z. Ellen
wood; at Lenora, T. J. Gilbert; at Milford,
John D. Mcdonald; at Newtawaka, NJ. A.
Funchess; at Buela, Columbus W. Dry: at
Stafford, John Clyne; at Alma, Matthew
Thompson; at Wetmore, Don c. Rising;
at Gaylord, George Betcham; at W aterlOo,
P. Davis; at Wall Street, George Stevens;
at Baker, C. D. Baker.
THE other evening youth in the EN-
ploy of John Nicholson, of Wichita, during
the latter's absence of an hour, broke open
a bureau drawer, and abstracting 5000,
fed. and had not been heard from.
TOPEKA landlords should be happy.
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