The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE diaries of General Gordon have beel
published. They are strange mix-up o
complaints, denunciations and expecta
tions, characteristic of his peculiar life ant
position at Khartoum.
THE order for the removal of the tele
graph wires from the roof of the Treasury
Department building at Washington no
having been complied with, the telegraph
company has been notified that they will
be cut down. The wires on the roof of tn,
White House will also be summarily re.
moved.
| REPORTS from all the wheat growing
counties in Colorado place the crop al
100000 bushels, which, estimating the
home consumption and seeding for mex
at 100000 bushels, leaves a surplus OF
1,43O, 900 bushels, gain of 20 per cent over
last year.
PRIVATE advices from Berlin of the oath
state that the Emperor William is worse
He can not talk or listen to the reading OF
reports nor do the least work without fiji
of somnolency, which are most frequent
during the day, while at night he is rest
less.
THE National Bank of Mexico is slightly
embarrassed by the recent executive order,
and doubts are expressed as to whether it
can survive the shock.
Mr.. BURCHARD, Director of the Mint, was
reported to have decided to test the power
of the President to remove him from his
office.
a COLLISION occurred between a freight
and accommodation train on the Wabash
Railroad at Woodstock, eight or ten miles
from ST. Louis, recently. Engineer Stew
art, of the freight, aud Conductor Mann, of
the accommodation, were killed. Three
passengers were wounded, but not seri-
ously.
THE jury in the Hillman insurance case
at Leavenworth, Kan, failed to agree and
were discharged. Six were for the plain
tiff holding that the body was that of Hill
man, and six for the defense that it was
not Hillman. This was The third trial of
the case.
A DISPATCH recently received in London
says that an American who recently
passed through Batoum, town of Asiatic
Russia, on the Black Sea coast, states that
there are many gun factories in full opera
ton there, and that they are being worked
secretly and under such Disgusting names
as hospitals and aSylums.
THE Prohibition State Convention held
at Grafton, w. Va, split on the third par
ty question, and about q third of the dele
gates favoring non-partisan action with
drew. The remainder resolved that third
party was expedient in West Virginia.
THE sealed verdict in the Riddle Reiber
conspiracy case was opened at Pittsburgh
on the oath. 1t found Riddle and Reiber
not guilty, and ordered the prosecution to
pay the costs.
A SPECIAL from Rome to the FreeuGn's
Journal, of Dublin, states that the Rev.
DR.. Walsh, President of MAMMOTH COL
lege, has been appointed by the Pope as
of Dublin, to succeed the late
Cardinal Archbishop McCabe.
DURING the performance of circus at
Lapeer, Mich, the other day, Sampson, a
large elephant, became Infatuated and
turned upon the eight thousand persons
assembled under the canvas. The enraeed
elephant, after clearing out the canvas,
made break for the woods near by and
mired himself in an adjacent swamp.
Amid the panic a number of limbs were
broken and property lost and damaged.
No fatalities occurred.
A RECENT dispatch from Lucca, Italy,
says that powder mill at that place ex-
ploded, badly shaking up the buildings for
miles around. Twelve powder hands were
killed.
A TUBULAR boiler of Mountain & Sons |
grist miR at Mobile, Ala, exploded re-
Gently, demofshing the boiler house and !
parts of adjacent buildings. Henry Scott, |
Joe Richardson and L. Matthews, colored !
employees, were killed, and Sally Matthews |
fatally injured.
ACCOUNTS received from Tonuuin show |
hat the ravages of disease among the |
French troops there are simply appalling |
Three thousand invalid soldiers have been |
sent home, and three hundred more are
Town with disease and await transporta-
ion The deaths among troops are from /
fifteen TO twenty daily.
In the race at New London, Conn, be-
ween the Columhis and Harvard Fresh
men crews. the latter won.
The citizens posse from Texas and In
iian Territory, on the Texas side of the
led River, IN the neighborhood of Della
ware Bend, caught eight horse thieves
lear Washita recently ass hanged them to
ne tree They then went q few miles fur
her and captured four Others, whom they
Ilso lynched.
IN fight between Drs. Roberts and Nav
Ield, at Middlebournt, W. va. recently,
)r. Mayfield's skull was cracked and DR..
ioberts had three ribs detached from his
ackbone- Both men were prominent citi-
ems, Mayfeld being President of the /
'Ounty Court. II
SEVERAL slight shocks of earthquake
-ere felt on the 18th at Inverness /
cotland. ,
1T was reported in Washington that fur I
ler interference would be necessary in q
anama TO prevent impending anarchy. iG