The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

threatening attitude of the Indians, In
which he calls the attention of the War
Department to the condition of affairs, and
says that ''if the National Government
locates in the Indian Territory large num-
bers of savage, discontented and danger
Gus Indians it is its plain duty to provide
an ample force to restrain them within the
| boundaries of that Territory, and on their
reservation. The State of Kansas can not
afford to maintain a standing army ON its
southern border, and ought not to be COM
J PEELED to maintain such an army IN order
to protect its borders from invasion by the
Indians and to give assurances of safety
and protection to its citizens. This is a
duty which the General Government, not
the State, should discharge" The Cover
nor says that to him it seems to be the
| plain duty of the National Government "to
station permanent and adequate military
force on the southwestern borders of Kan
sas. Posts should be located and main
tanned at convenient points from the west
line of Barber to Seward County, and
these points should be so connected with
each other, by pickets or vidette outposts,
as to guard all that section of Kansas"
He further says that if the troops recently
ordered to the southwest border are dis
! posed as suggested and permanently main
tanned they will be ample to give the citi-
zens of the exposed country assurances of
| protection.
AN Atchison dispatch of the Sth gave an
account of a my sterious murder committed
in that city the night before, Miss Mary
Baldwin, an estimable young lady, being
the victim. Miss Baldwin resided in a two
story frame dwelling in a retired portion
of the city. Her father died recently, leav-
ing a large estate, and it was reported that
considerable money had been secreted
about the premises. Her mother was alb
sent visiting in the East, and young man
named Fitzgerald, who roomed in an iso-
lated portion of the dwelling, had gone to
a dance, but returned and quietly retired.
He left his room in the morning and re-
turned at seven O'Clock in the evening with
| a young man named Spalding. On enter
ing the house the two men found evidence
of a fOrcible entrance, and noticing that
Miss Baldwin's room door was open, looked
in and saw her lying across the bed AMI the
room in great disorder. The Coroner was
notified and the room thoroughly searched,
resulting in the finding of the murdered
girls missing jewelry, which, it was at
first supposed, the murderer had stolen.
Her diamonds were snugly tucked away in
the toe of one of her shoes. The girl had
evidently been murdered by the use of
chloroform by some one who had secreted
himself in her room for the purpose. She
was reported as betrothed to young man,
who had visited her on the evening pre-
ceding the murder.
THE receipts at the Penitentiary for June
were $G,32S.93, and the expenditures SILL
40, so that the institution for the last
month cost the State $5,140.01.
TOPEKA now claims that the four wards
of the city proper and the additions which
belong to the city, foot up total popula-
ton of 30,11S.
JUDGE JACOB Stafford, the first Judge
of the Shawnee County District and subse-
quently Judge of the Supreme Court for
six years, died at Topeka the other day.
GEORGE NELSON suicided at Big Strang
er, Leavenworth County, on the 4th. He
was a section hand, and attended a dance
the night before, had been sick with ague
some time and was thought to be deranged.
He ended his existence with a Smith q
WesSon revolver. His mother committed
suicide by poison some years ago.
Two Shawnee County farmers recently
got into quarrel because one alleged that
the other had poisoned his hogs. fight
resulted, and the accused was getting the
better of the accuser until the wife of the
latter reinforced her husband and with
hoe broke the other mans arm, and banged
his hair in manner not laid down in the
fashion plates.
REPORTS of the corn crop made to Sec
rotary Sims show an area of about 1922
900 acres, an increase of 10000 over last
months report and $1,000 over the crop
planted in 1884. The reports also show a
condition of 81 per cent. as compared with
condition June 80, 1884. Probable product
1911, 600 bushels, or 21,7O0,00O short of
last years crop.
ARTICLES of incorporation'of the Kansas
Investment and Guaranty Company, of
Newton, were filed with the Secretary of
State recently.
THE charter of the Meade Center Town
Association, of Meade County, was re-
Gently filed with the Secretary of State.
The capital stock is $1,000. The following
directors were chosen for the first year:
W. P. Hackney, W. S. Mendenhall, Will
liam Field, F. f. Gillette, Kingman; K. L.
Walker, Wichita; Ledru Guthrie, Well
ington.
ANOTHER woman has put in her appear
ance at Topeka who claims to be the fourth
L:
Hughes. She gave her name as Miss
Lavender, and declares Hughes drugged
and then compelled her to marry him.
CHASTINE HUGHES, who for some time
past has been amusing himself by marry
ing numerous women, was recently ar
rested in Iowa and taken to Topeka for
trial Mrs. Wheat, his Wyandotte wife,
was with him when arrested.
SOME two months since John Nystrom,
prominent citizen of North Topeka, left
with his family to visit his old home in
Sweden. On arriving there, their young
est child, aged four years, took the scarlet
fever and died within week after his ar
rival; two days later the next oldest child, |
aged six years, died with Group.
TOPEKA and Leavenworth dailies are
complaining of discrimination against |
them in favor of Kansas City papers by |
newsdealers on the railroads, and Gov
ernor Martin has written a letter to the |
Railroad Commissioners on the subject.
KANSAS is not drouthy this year.
GENERAL AUGUR who, as commander of
the Department of the Missouri, has for
long time been stationed at Fort Leaven-
worth, has been placed on the retired list. |
The veteran Indian fighter, General Nell
son A Miles now commanding the De-