The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

Nashville, Tenn, at S43, ,10I.
The other evening the Montreal authori-
ties discovered very pest hole of small
pox in Notre Dome street. In one room
eight children of one family were found
suffering from smallpox. In an sdjoin-
ing room, separated only by a thin parti-
tion, three other cases were found and one
dead body.
A SEWER excavation, twenty feet deep,
caved in recently at South Bend, Ind.
Four masons, Thomas O'Brien, Charles
Deroke, and John and Nat Williams, were
in the sewer at the time. O'Brien and Mat
Williams were killed, the other two es-
capped.
In consequence of the ending of the
strike of the cotton operatives at Old
ham, Eng, the mills at Ashton Under
Lyme have resumed on full time.
THE other evening, near Bedford, Pa, a
boy aged thirteen years, son of Joseph S.
Smith, started to the woods for COWS. In
the morning his dead body was found in
the skirts of the mountain nearly devoured
by some wild animal, supposed to be a
panther, which haS been seen at various
times.
MORTON c. WARREN, importer of laces
at 40 Green street, New York, has assigned.
The liabilities are upwards of 500, 900,
mainly due in Europe. Assets unknown.
GIANT powder vas exploded under a
street car on the Washington avenue road,
st. Louis, recently No one was injured,
but the passengers were terribly fright
ened. The car was considerably shattered
No clue to the perpetrators.
THE Second Comptroller of the Treas
ury is making a thorough investigation of
the accounts of the Indian agents, which
are reported to be in a very bad condition,
and has already referred about a dozen
cases to the Solicitor of the Treasury for
suit to recover balances due the Govern
ment.
A NATIVE of Albania recently made an
attempt to shoot the Montenegrin Minister
of War. The attempt was unsuccessful.
When arrested the man coolly avowed
that he was member of a conspiracy
formed against the frontier dominion COM
mission.
AT meeting of the directors of the
Western Union Telegraph Company at
New York, DR.. Green was reelected Presi-
dent, and General Ecker General Man
ager.
SIXTY Chinese cigar makers in the fac
tory of Koenigsberger, Falk & Meyer, San
Francisco, struck work the other day be-
cause the firm refused to discharge their
white workmen. 1t was learned that the
Chinese union had ordered the strike.
Two men were killed and one fatally in
jured by gas in Chicago sewer recently.
TIE village of Leander, Tex, was totally
destroyed by fire the other night. Lean
der was station on the Austin & North
western Railway in Williamson County
and had 100 inhabitants.
WHILE taking down the large front
stairway of the State House at Spring
field, H., recently, an arch gave way pre-
cipitating gang of workmen among the
crumbIing walls. Patrick Flynn's skull
was crushed. killing him. Seven others
Were injured, but not fatally.
THE Burmese Envoy at Paris handed the
British Ambassador a note stating that he
had sent dispatch to King Theebaw ad-
vising arbitration.
THERE were five deaths from Icholera
among the crew of the United States vessel
Ossipee at Japan.
A MEETING of citizens at Stockton, Cal,
the other night adopted resolutions for the
of Chinatown from the city limits
and containing pledge to vote against
all nominees at the city election who were
not pledged for the removal of China
town.
A FARMER of Wayne County, Pa, named
John Howell, the other afternoon, killed
four of his children and then committed
suicide.
BUSINESS failures during the seven days
ended October - numbered: United States,
los; Canada, "a; total, 171 compared with
l66 the week before.
TIE Chinese Government has decided to !
standing army of 100000 men !
10 be increased in war time to 100000. /
Four new iron clads have been ordered.
a LARGE herd of cows owned by r. Sat /
eustein, dairyman in Westchester COun- |
~. n. Y, were recently discovered to be /
from pleuro- pneumonia, and six
y five of them were killed.
THE annual report of the Gulf, Colorado |
I Santa Fe Railroad shows falling off in /
'eceipts of $225, 900 as compared with those |
Of the previous year.