The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-16
Miscellaneous.

! Miscellaneous.
! WILLIAM BOOKOUT, who resides near
Lenexa, has gone into the poultry business
on large scale.
H. L. PHILLIPS, the late Prohibition can
didate for Governor, died at his home in
Louisburg few days ago of pneumonia.
THE charter of the Suburban RailwavCo
pany was recently filed with the Secretary
of State. The object is to construct and
| operate railroad in the county of Leaven-
worth, commencing at or near the Kansas
| State Penitentiary and running thence
northerly via the city of Leavenworth to q
point on the United States Military Reser-
walton near the western approach of the
| Kansas and Missouri bridge. The estima-
| ted length of the road is ten miles. The
| directors are L. T. Smith, George T. An
| thony, III. H. Insley, Paul E. Havens and
| J. w. GRANGER, all of Leavenworth. The
capital stock shall be 900, divided into
| 1000 shares.
THE clerks in the Pension Office at To-
! peka recently encountered the name of
Samuel w. Robertson, of Seneca, who is
totally blind. From July, 1865, he was en-
titled to.a pension at eight dollars per
month according to law. In 1867 it was
raised to SO per month, followed by an.
other raise in 1872 to $31.25, in 1874 to SO.
and in 1878 to So per month. His back
pension will amount to about $4,000.
AT a late meeting of the Oklahoma
Cr,onists it was decided that Captain
Couch should go to Washington and lay
their cause before the authorities. His fol-
lowers meanwhile will remain in camp
| General Hatch has sent his private scout
into Oklahoma to ascertain what cattle
companies and men are now occupying
lands there.
FROM January 1, to April :, there had
been eighty-six marriages in Shawnee
County. The Methodist ministers per-
formed the largest number OF ceremonies.
twenty -four. The Probate Judge the next
highest, sixteen, followed by Justices Of
the Peace with a close third.
The Olferman brewery in North Topeka
is being converted into vinegar factory.
THE Adjutant General of the State has
issued circular that under the new law
the militia of the State will hereafter be
known as the kansas National Guard y
of infantry, two companies of cavalry.
and one company of artillery, which is the
entire active force of the State of Kansas.
The whole force now in the service will
have to be reorganized into the "Kansas
National Guard" and each company whose
time has not already expired has sixty
days from the taking effect Of the law tc
recruit up to the minimum, and declare its
intention, by vote, to hold its place in the
service The law takes effect upon publi
cation in the statutes which will probably
be about June /.
In difficulty growing ont of the election
in Kansas City, Kan, Richard Edwards.
publisher of the Light, fatally shot
a young man named Costello, an en-
ploye of Plankington & Armour's pack
ing house. Both men were drinking.
THE Grand Lodge. Knights of Honor,
recently in session at Topeka, elected Of
ficers for the ensuing year as follows:
a. B. Pinkston, of Leavenworth, Grand
Dictator: ". T. johnson. of Paola, Grand
Vice Dictator; W. H. Tullis, of Girard.
Grand Assistant Dictator; S. B. Riggs, of
Emporia, Grand Reporter; c. T. Ewing,
Campbell, Cf Manhattan. Grand Chaplain;
J. W. VINEYARD, of Wichita, Grand Guide;
II. C. Springlea, of Washington, Grand
Guardian; J. H. Bartel, of Topeka, Grand
Sentinel; S. NJ. Pratt, of Leavenworth,
Grand Medical Examiner; A. B. Pinkston,
Representative to the Grand Lodge.
THE Champion thinks Atchison could te
economically and well governed without
the paraphernala OF an expensive city gov
ernment.
TOPEKA elected Cofran Mayor.
THE number of convicts in the Peniteb-
tiary under twenty lone years of age at
the time of sentence is 197, and between
twenty-one and twenty-five, 224. Total
number Of prisoners, 7OS.
SMALLPOX recently broke ont in a COL
bred family at Atchison. Eight chill
lren all had the disease. one of whom died.
The most rigid measures were being adopted
co prevent spread.
THE Nebraska State teachers at their
late meeting passed a resolution reconi-
mending Topeka as the place for the ne,t
annual meeting of the National Educa-
ti0nai Association.
In some localities pneumonia has been
quite fatal.
THE Leavenworth Depot and Railroad
Company, with H. NJ. Hoxie, of st. Louis,
A. Kimban, of Chicago, S. T. Smith, Of
Omaha. w. W. Pagan, of Atchison. a. A.
Robinson, of Topeka, B. P. Waggoner, of
Atchison, and S. F. Neely, of Leavenworth.
as Directors for the first year, was recently
incorporated under the State laws. The
purpose is to erect a Union Depot in the
i:ity of Leavenworth. and to construct Que
or more railroad tracks to connect with
said Union Depot.
THERE are now eighty-four organized
counties in the State.
THE three-year-old child Of Mrs. Harris,
Of Galena, was recently fatally burned
while the mother was visiting a neighIor-
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