The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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ing to the owner of the farm escaped with
out any fault on the part of the owner
AID strayed upon the railway within the
limits of such farm, and was there killed
by the railway company in the operation
of its road, the company is liable, and this
Notwithstanding the fact that the hog law
of 1868, prohibiting hogs from running at
large, was in force in that township. Un-
der the railroad law of 1874, railroad
company is required TO incioSe its railroad
with good and lawful fence as against all
animals against which such fence would
be protection.
GOVERNOR MARTIN recently received a
letter from Colonel Fred Grant in which he
said: general Grant wishes to thank
the Governor and the people of Kansas for
the honor they conferred upon him by cele-
brating his birthday, April %. The Gen
eral is unable to express his gratitude in
words, but could the people know his APP
probation of their kindness they would not
feel that they had wasted the day"
AMONG the questions laid before the Rail-
road Commissioners for decision was one
recently from q County surveyor, who
asked: 'lf a surveyor can not carry as
! baggage, without charge, an engineers
tripod, tape and flag poles when the owner
! goes with them and pays his fare" As
the law expressly defines baggage to be
wearing apparel the conundrum was not a
! hard one to answer.
KEEP matches away from the little ones.
! Matches are fatal in more ways than one.
! Two little Southern Kansas girls were re-
Gently fatally poisoned by chewing the
| ends of matches.
THE Grand Commandery of Knights
| Templar met recently at Atchison and
elected the following officers: Grand Com
mander, Burton E. Langdon, of Fort
Scott; Deputy Grand Commander, Henry
| c. Cook, of Oswego; Grand Generalissimo,
]. Jay Buck, of Emporia; Grand Captain
General, Theophilos p Rodgers, of To-
peka; Grand Prelate, Rev. Charles B.
Mitchell, of Leavenworth; Grand Senior
Warden, Charles W. Hunt, of Lawrence; !;
Grand Junior Warden, John Mccullough, Of
independence; Grand Treasurer, Christian
Beck, of Leavenworth; Grand Recorder,
John H. Brown, of Wyandotte; Grand
Standard Bearer, Henry Lifts, of Abilene;
Grand Warden, David NJ. Ferguson, of
Paola; Grand Sentinel, S. S. Sharp, of
Wyandotte. Wyandotte was selected as
the next place of meeting.
SOME months since a young fellow trav-
eled through Kansas, representing himself
to be representative of the Standard Oil
Company, of Cleveland, o., and victimized
a number of parties by drawing drafts on
that institution, as George Z. Thomas.
7 H. L.. NJ,
York and is now doing that State service
in the Penitentiary ON a five-years sem
tence.
THE Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciatiOn has addressed letter to the Board
of Railroad Commissioners complaining of
the regulations requiring druggists to file
q certified copy of their permit to sell
liquors with agents of such roads before
delivering liquors shipped to such drug
gists. The complaint is that such a rule
works great Inconvenience to druggists at
a distance from the county seat and piles
up the fees of the Probate Judge without
any corresponding benefit.
AT Miltonvaie. Cloud County, the other
night George Harrison, colored barber,
shot and killed George Lewis, another COL
ored barber, in the pOst-office building.
Lewis was sitting playing guitar to some
bystanders, when Harrison walked in and
shot him without saying word. Harrison
claimed that Lewis was too devoted to his
wife while the former was absent attend
ing a circus.
THE State Editorial Association rec entity
in session at Wyandotte elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, J. H. Downing; Vice-Presidents, V.
j. Lane, Noble L. Prentiss, Albert Griffin,
A. d. Brown; Secretary and Treasurer,
Frank w. Frye; Statistical Secretary, F.
G. Adams.
A CoLORED woman was at the Santa Fe
depot in Topeka the other day with eig ht
children, ranging in age from two months
to twelve years. To the inquiries OF a
newspaper reporter she stated that she was
from Tennessee: she was going to Kansas;
did not know what part, and "dey tole US
down in Tennessee dat de colored folks was
in high demand in Kansas, and if we would
come out here where dey give farms away,
we could get rich in no time The family |
had no money, and when asked where her
huSDnnu was, IeIIleu. Oue iuSSIlu uP Il
farm"
On the recommendation of the State
Board of Pardons the Governor recently |
granted pardons to the following persons: |
Gene Roberts, sent from Washington |
County, for robbery, for ten years; l.. g.
Mortimer, Leavenworth County, larceny |
and burglary, eleven years; John Hardy, /
Wyandotte County, same offense, seven |
wears: Oliver D. Ellis, johnson County, |
same offense, ten years; Starkey P. Will
liams, Doniphan County, six years.
FRANK T. LYNCH, of the Leavenworth
Standard, and Miss Birdie Blair, daughter
of General c. W. Blair, were recently mar
ried at the Cathedral in Leavenwortn
Senator Ingalls, and wife were among the
notable guests present
IN Shawnee County the other night
man named Trafton stole fourteen head Of
cattle from his former employer, cutting
the wire fence to get them out of the
pasture The cattle were driven to Topeka
and sold early the next morning for $500.
A few hours later it was suspected that the
cattle were stolen, and a search for the
thief resulted in arresting him in q restar-
rant On the following morning he had a
preliminary examination, and this was
followed the next day by a sentence to
seven years in the Penitentiary.
IT is proposed to license druggists.
T TIE husband of Mrs. Bellamy, Of
Wichita, has been missing since January l.
Mrs. Bellamy has traced him to Nevada,
No., where he was last seen about January
1. She fears foul play.
4 oxE-LEGGED man recently boarded the
Santa Fe train at Argentine for the pur-