The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

A COPTIC merchant who recently arrived
at Cairo from Khartoum said it was not
| definitely known that General Gordon had
been killed. His body was not found, and
he might possibly have escaped to the
south.
DR.. HOLT, President of the Board OF
Health at New Orleans, said recently that
there was no yellow fever within the city
limits or anywhere near the city.
| A DISPATCH from London says that after
collision between the American ship
Clarissa B. Carver, from New York, and
| the British steamer Glamorganshire the
! Clarissa B. Carver sank.
JOSEPH RENsoN, while suffering from
delirium tremens recently, blew up his sa-
loon at Newport, R. l. He was terribly
burned. Three other persons were in
jured.
THE steerage passengers of the steamer
Weser, numbering SS7, among whom small
pox made its appearance, were all taken
to Wards Island and quarantined on
the 9Th.
AT the examination of the charges
against Assayer Harrison at Helena, Mont,
a number of witnesses testified that Gov
eminent money was used for speculation
in private enterprises.
HARLEM, SPENCER & Co., grain dealers,
st. Louis, made an assignment recently.
The assets assigned, were valued at $780,
600. The liabilities were unknown.
| COMMISSIONER SPARKS recently adj
| dressed letter to Secretary Lamar, re-
| questing him to call upon the Attorney
General to institute legal proceedings to
set aside the Maxwell grant in New Mexico,
upon allegations of fraud. The grant COM
prises two million acres and originally be-
| longed to ex-senator Chaffee.
A FIRE the other night N Chinatown,
! San Francisco, burned the interior of the
Chinese theater and destroyed several adj
| joining buildings. Loss, So, 900; insur-
| ance, unknown.
SIX persons escaped from the county Jail
at Charleston, W. Va, the other morning.
Among them were James Parker, convicted
of murder in the first degree, and Joseph
Reese, charged with the same crime.
SUFFOLK, VA, was recently damaged
100000 by fire which destroyed a num-
Der of buildings on Washington square.
GENENAL WOLSELEY, in recent dis
patches, warned the English Government
against the evacuation of the Soudan, say
ing that the whole province would be given
up to anarchy and would revert to barbar-
| ism.
IT is estimated that the result of the re-
cent elections throughout Austria will give
| So deputies to the Liberals, center 20 and
the other factions Is.
S. H. AND DEAN DENMAN, father and
son, were killed recently by the bursting
of boiler on their small steamboat on the
Cedar River, a few miles below Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. The father was thrown 100
feet and killed instantly.
A LARGE dredger accidentally sank in the
middle of the Suez Canal near Port Said.
Traffic would in consequence be suspended
| for at least two weeks.
A FIRE at st. Cesaire, Quebec, the other
night destroyed a number of stores, ho-
tells and dwellings. Loss, $50, 900; partly
! insured.
IT was reported at Washington recently
that Commissioner Sparks was formulating
an order cancelling all Withdrawals of
land by the United States for the protec-
ton of the indemnifying limits of railroad
grants. The effect of such an order would
be to restore to the public domain at least
5O,OOO,OOO acres and would undoubtedly
lead to litigation.
FROST was reported as occurring in the
western part of the Michigan on the night
of the Sth. No damage was done, how
| ever.
The iron manufacturers of Youngstown,
o., have decided to so into the steel bust.
ness extensively and will change their
plant accordingly.
THE Oriental Exhibition store, New Or
leans, burned recently. Loss, $4,000; in
sured.
ALL the Pittsburgh, Pa, gambling houses
have been closed.
AN accident happened during a recent
performance of the Thalia Opera Company
in the Exposition building at Chicago.
Some trestle work, insecurity fastened,
gave way, and three chorus girls were in
jured.
THE British residents of Cashmere re-
ported that earthquake shocks continued
with great severity. The towns of Bora
mulla and Sopur have been utterly ruined
and 400 persons killed.
A TOMBSTONE, A. T, special of the 18th
says: John Slaughter and J. J.. Patton,
who arrived to-day from Swisshelms, re-
port the Apaches killed four soldiers be-
! longing to Captain Lowden's command
Tuesday last, in Guadaloupe canyon. A
Mexican named Oshow was killed last
night by another band of Apaches, six
! miles. south of Bisbee, in the MILESTONE
Mountains.
! a STRANGE epizootic broke out in the
/ Lindel Hotel stables, St. Louis, recently.
The horses were affected in the spine. The
animals before dying acted in a most I'M
controllable manner.
THE defaulting postmaster, Hibbs, late
! of Idaho, was reported with his family at
| Farewell, a town up in British Columbia,
40 miles from Victoria.
THE New Hampshire Senate and House
met in convention on the 18th and pro-
ceeded to an election of State officers, with
! the following result: Secretary of State.
| A. B. Thompson; State Printer, John B.
! Clark; State Treasurer, S. A. Carter and
| Commissary General, Frank P Brown.
THE President has appointed William
! Stapleton, of Colorado, to be melter of the
| United States mint at Denver.
A PROCLAMATION was recently issued
declaring the State of Panama under mar
J tial law. The city was quiet.