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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-07
a Mans Thanxs.

A well-known business man of Whining
ton, n. c., writes to express his thanks for
the benefit which his wife has derived from
the use of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. at is with pleasure" he says,
"that write to express to you my graft
tude for the relief and benefit your Vegeta-
bic Compound has been to my wife, who
has been troubled with liberation and u
tumor weighing pa lbs, so the doctor said.
She has been under the treatment of the
doctor for six years. Finally he said he
could do nothing more for her, that she
would die in "A hours. Then l commenced
using your Compound, as soon as she COM
menced to take it she commenced getting
better and now she can attend to her do
mestic affairs as well as she ever could.D
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-07
PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAL.

-Chaunoey NJ. Depew pays the bills
Of one student at Yale every year, Sc
Getting the young man in his own way.
N. Y Tribune.
The two oldest brothers in Connec-
lieut. are Uncle Orrin'' and Uncle
Samuel HARDWOOD, aged respectively
ainety-six and ninety-four. Their
nome is at Stafford Springs.-Harttord
Post
Father Peter HavermanS, of Troy,
\. Y, who has just celebrated his eigh-
:ieth birthday, is believed to be the
oldest priest in the United States. He
1as been in Troy forty-three years.
Troy Times.
Joseph Lilly, a well-to-do farmer
living near Jamesport, Mo-, has been in
oed for eighteen years, and is still in
perfect health. He labors under the
impression that if he gets out of bed he
will die.--Chicdgo Inter Ocean.
Mr.. George Riddle, of Carroll
County, Mo. has twenty-five daughters,
including five set of twins. and as he
mas four hundred acres of land to give
as a dowry to each daughter. getting
rid of the girls is no riddle to Riddle
81. Louis Post
Mrs. Lila PavY, widow of Dr. PAW.
one of the heroes lost on the Greedy ex-
oedition, contemplateS making trip
TO Godhaven, Greenland, where her
husband lived six months, and from
there to Cape Sabine to search the
ISLAND in hope of finding papers and
souvenirs buried there.-N. Y. Sun.
Mr.. I. NJ. Smith, a leading lawyer
IN Lincoln County. w. Va, has believed
himself an orphan until last Saturday
ne found his father, four sisters and
three brothers living in Salem, n. j.
They supposed he was dead. An uncle
took him to Ohio when a child. educa-
ted him and started him in life, but
never told him he had other relatives
living.-N. Y Times.
Justice Gray is now settled in the
house that he bought last summer from
Bradley Barlow, of Vermont. 1t is the
old brick establishment in which John
Quincy Adams lived during his last
Gears of Congressional life, and still in
A state of excellent preservation. All
the Judges of the Supreme Court now
have houses of their own. the two
finest being those of Judges BlatchfOrd
and Matthew'S Washington Letter 10
Boston Record.
The Baltimore AmeTicdn saws ::
''Alfred Smith, of Newport, R. l., who
has become a millionaire by real estate
speculation in that fashionable resort,
was, thirty-fve years ago, cutter in a
large tailoring establishment in New
York He had saved few hundred
dollars when he settled in Newport,
and by judiciOus purchases of ground,
at nominal rates, laid the foundation
for large fortune. AT the age of
seventy-fTe he is now living a life of
leisure.
John C. Pillisbury. ex-Warder of
the New Hampshire State Prison, who
died on Wednesday at the age of eighty
three, belonged to most remarkable
family of prison officials. his father, two
brothers, two sons and brother-in-
law having served as Wardens of State
Prisons. His father was the first War;
den of the New Hampshire Prison, and
his brother-in-law. Walker, was killed
by prisoner while Warden of the
s4 Tbo rloSfnuyn Macs
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-07
A SENSITIVE ENGINEER.
How His Nervous Sensibility Averted
Railroad Disaster.

Railroad Disaster.
1T beats all, remarked an old rail-
road man, chow sensitive the nerves
of engineers are when they are on
their runs. Their perceptions are won
derfully keen and delicate. The ex-
perienced engineer can tell by the very
pull of his engine if everything is
right with the train behind him. And
as for signals, why, no matter how
peculiarly or under wha: disadvantages
they are given. engineers learn to read
the meaning of the signaler almost as
if they were standing by his side.
When they are out on the road. eS-
pecially at night, engine men are alert.
All their senses are on edge, as it were,
ready to see, hear, feel or smell signs
of danger. Did you ever hear of Jim
Fielding, the fireman? No? Well. Jim
is dead now; he never got an engine
he was a sharp one. Drink was his
weakness. He was slave to whisky.
But when he was on night run his
perceptions were as keen as those of
any man l ever heard of. If you never
heard of Jim of course you never heard
how he prevented a wreck one night in
rs. That was the biggest thing Jim
ever did. and so nicely illustrates my
idea that III have to tell it A bridge
had been washed out, and as the track
walker who discovered it started to
signal the approaching passenger train
he fell down. broke his lantern and the
wind blew the blaze out. The night
was as dark as pitch, and he had no
dry matches, nor no time to expert
ment, either, for the train.
No. s, was coming round the
curve. Suddenly he remembered that
Jim Fielding was firing No. Sthat night
and happy idea struck him. Pulling
a bottle of whisky from his pocket he
held it in his hand. just as the engine
of twenty reached him he jerked the
cork out and threw some of the liquor
in the air. Exactly as he thought, jim
smelled the liquor and told the engineer
to stop. Jim always wanted to stop
where there was liquor. He made the
engineer believe he had seen dan
ger signal. and saved the train. That
was one of the finest examples of keen
perception that l have ever heard of.
Wonderful, wasn't it?"-Philadelph ia
Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-07
A SON OF MARS.

General Sheridan Does Not Like to Take
Orders from tke Secretary of War.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-FOr a number
of days rumors have been rife in the War
Department that al army order was forth
coming, which, when issued, would create
considerable surprise. While no authentic
information has been Obtainable from the
officials, it is understood the order will de-
fire the limit of the authority of the Lieu
tenant General of the army 1t was an open
secret for months prior to Secretary Lin
coins retirement that a controversy existed
between him and Lieutenant General Sher-
idan relative TO the authorize OF the latter.
The Secretary of War iinall wrote letter
Ia the Lieutenant General, N which he de-
fined the latter'S authority. 1t Is asserted
that General Sheridan has come in conflict
with the new Secretary of War i'll regard to
questions as to their respective rights of
command. April 8, n general order was
issued for certain regiments TO exchange
stations by June l. This order was ''By
command of Lieutenant General Sheridan
Ii did not contain the name of the Secre-
tary of War, or the words, 'With the ap-
prevail of the Secretary of War" Similar
orders, as shown by the records
when issued by General Sherman,
contained the name of Secretary Lin
coin. In the general order above referred
to, the Second regiment of artillery, sta
toned at Washington, was ordered to eX-
change with the Third regiment of artillery,
stationed in the Gulf States Certain sur
geOns of the army expressed themselves as
bitterly opposed to this change at this
season of the year. They said that if
would endanger the health of an unaccli-
mated regiment and that the transfer
would be especially dangerous because of
the threatened sickly season of the South.
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ANOTHER KANSAS LYNchINc.
Mack, the Murderer of Parker. Lynched at
Great BEND.


GRsAT BEND, KAN, May AT 80 last
night the west bound passenger train, bear
ing George Mack, the negro murderer,
reached EllinwOOd and fifty determined
men quietly entered the cars. Half an hour
ater the train stopped at road crossing half
mile east OF Great Bend. Sheriff Dalzsil,
with two deputies, having in charge George
Mack, the murderer of Frank IL. Parker,
Immediately got off the train as did the
fifty citizens of Fleetwood. The Sheriff
and his posse attempted to mach spring
wagon which was in waiting for them, but
the party from EllinwoOd defeated this
movement by driving away the team. A
party of hOrSemen from Great Bend then
appeared upon the Scen8; rope
about seventy-five feet in length was
produced and a moose put around
the neck of Mack, the otser end was
around the horn of the saddle of horse
man. The hOrseman started on a gallOp
and just as Mack left his feet pistol was
fired at him. Mack was dragged about a
hundred yards, when the Moose slipped over
his head. 1t was at oacetTeplaced, and he
was dragged by the same horseman to the
Court House, a distance of three-quarterS
of a mile. The mob tiE3 took the prisoner
from the Sheriff numbered about seventy
five men, fifty FROM EH,nwOOd and twenty
five from Great Bend Few persons Sus-
pected that the prisoneE would be taken off
at the crossing, and large crowd number
ing hundreds was 81 the depot Several in
the crowd We're Ga the lookout for a stop,
and all eyed the headlight of the locomotive,
but as it approached upon straight track
it was impossible 10 tell whether it was
moving or standing still. At length the
noise of the engiRe, indicating that it was
starting up, was 1ieard. The crowd took
in the Situat Ola in a moment. and with
terrible Outcries started for the court house.
By this time The cries of the mob and the
shooting at the crossing were heard. just
as the mob from the depot reached the
court house tie horSeman rode up dragging
the body. TheT0pe was snatched from his
hand and men ned boys afoot dragged the
body to the billiard hall which Parker had
kept. Here al immense number of people
assembled within a few minutes. The body
was hung up "a. the awning in front of tho
billiard hall. as il was swung into the air
pistol was fred at it. When it had hung
half an hOuT the Coroner cut it down and
Immediately held an inquest. The jury re-
turned verdict of death by strangulation
from a rope in the hands of parties un-
known. TiHe crowd then dispersed, and at
midnight the citizens of Great Bend were
sleeping SoIa1dly. Almost all persons here
approve of the hanging. 1t was felt that
the law provided no adequate punishment.
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QUARANTINE IN KANSAS.
Governor Martin Issues His Proclamation
Enforcing Quarantine Against Missouri
Cattle

Governor Martin Issues His Proclamation
Enforcing Quarantine Against Missouri
Cattle.
TOPEKA, KAN, April 29.-ln conse-
quence of the continued pleuro- pneumonia
scare among the cattlenen and in response
to the demand of tie stock interests Of
Kansas, Governor Martin has issued a
proclamation establishing quarantine against
all cattle coming from Missouri, as follows;
WHEREAS, On April Is. A. D.. 1885, procla-
nation was issued by the Executive of the
State of Kansas establishing q quarantine
against the introduction into Kansas of all
animals of the bovine species coming from
the following named places, to-wit: Ali Of the
State of Connecticut, all that portion of
New York lying south of the north lire of
the state OF Connecticat, all of PENNSYLVANIA,
New Jersey, Delewspe, Maryland, District of
Columbia. Virginia. West Virginia, Ohio,
Illinois, Kentucky. Tennessee ana the cOun-
ties of Galloway. Boone. Audrain and Mont
gomery in the StIte of Missouri unless all
such cattle are qu8rantined at the point or
locality of introduction into the state, for q
period of twenty days, and retained there
until :hey receive a certificate of health
Sign by the State Veterinarian of Kansas;
and
WHEREAS, The authorities of the State OF
Missouri have since the date of the proclaim
at on aforesaid adopted no adequate meas
uces for stamping out said disease, and there
is serious danger that it may spread to other
counties; and
WHEREAS, Tire Live Stock Sanitary Com
mission of the State of Kansas has recon-
mended the establishment of quarantine
against the Introduction of animals coming
from any psTc of the State of Missouri;
Now. therefore, L. John A. Martin, Governor
of Kansas, DO hereby. in accordance with the
authority vested in me by the laws of Kan
sas, declare and establish q quarantine
against the Introduction of all animals of the
fr.nf fhSr ut ia IF ri
unless allSUch cattle are quarantined at the
point of locality of introduction for u period
of ninety days, and retained there until they
shall receive certificate OF health. signed
by the State Veter marian of Kansas; and
further, that all cattle coming into Kansas
from the above named localities be required
to enJcT-the State at AtchiSon. Leavenworth,
kanSaStCIty or Fort Scot. The Live Stock
San tary Commission and the State Netern ma
Ran are directed TO sec that the quarantine
thus s3ndered and established is enforced.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-07
SELF-PRESERvATlON The FIRST LAW
OF NATURE.

In these degenerate days when ennui
or a morbid craving for excitement
alternately depreSSeS or enIiyenS the
animal pulse of unfortunate humanity,
a word, blow, a pistol shot too often
ends the chapter OF life and darkens
with gloom and sOrrowing regret muir
derer's future. Truly self-preserva-
ton is the first law CT nature" but tAis
in its fullest and grandeSt sense should
Include preservation of enc 5 equanim-
ity of temper, a preservation OF happy
consciousness of living and doing right
ly, a preservation of that disposition
which shows regard for the lives and
feelings of others, all of which makes
life endurable to our associates and en-
jOyable to ourselves. Again, a knowl-
edge OF that which promotes and that
which impairS the harmonious action Of
natural bodily functions is essential to.
the best preservation of all there is in
life worth living. To this end judi
ciOus selection of remedial agents
should unerringly be made when the
wheels of perfect health begin to run
slow, when the stomach grows weak,
when the liver feels sore, when the kid
neyS give pain, when natural functions
cause distress, and gloomy forebOdings
become constant companions. The
wisest selection of medicine for coun-
teracting such evidences of i'll health and
restoring robust strength to all parts of
the body is DR.. GUYS0TTS YELLOW
DOCK AND SARSAPARlLLA. Remem-
Der this and do not let your druggists
sell you in its place anything of a differ
ent name, for the writer, who was him
self an invalid for years, knows this
remedy to excel as a health restorative
all other preparations.
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THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

DIR. Paquin Thinks the Pleuro-Pneumonia
III Galloway County Under Control.
JEFFEESoN CITY, May 1.-The following
is copy of 4 communication addressed TO
Governor Marmaduke by the State Neter-
mary Surgeon, Paul Paquin, concerning
pleUro-pneumOnia: 'In accordance to
your desire, | respectfully and conscien-
tiOusly submit an explanation of the pres
ent situation in Fulton, to the best
of my knowledge. l went to Fulton
as a private investigator nearly three
weeks ago and stayed there
four or FIVE DAYS Before that and during
that time. many suspected and diseased ami
mails outside of the Asylum herd, were
slaughtered nnder the direction of DR..
TrumbOwer. Before l left DR.. Mitchner,
United States Veterinary Inspector, and
Professor of the American Veterinary Col
Iege, arrived and has been there ever since
He says that the work of DIR. Trumbower
land the Apprais+ng Committee has been So
closely and faithfully carried on with the
little money at their disposal that the cattle
disease in Galloway County is COM
,paratively under control now. Yester-
day we examined Seventy-fOur head
among which seven had been su$
ipeci6d at previous examinations. and We
found only two suspicious cases. and moth
ing positive even about them. These cattle
are at a, distance from one to three miles
from the asylum and they belong to seven
different farmers. l do not believe that
one typical case of contagious pleurO-pneu-
mOnia has yet been further than eight miles
from FnitoB, although some may have been
slaughtered at a greater distance on ac-
count of having been exposed. To my
knowledge there is not one single typical
Ease of the disease in Galloway County
lo-day. We want now few thousand dol
lars to continue the work that has been
pursued in killing all the cattle that had
a chance of becoming infected. The
most important part of the work has been
done i'll the matter of accurate researches
and determination. The people of Gala
way have given and are still giving, Is /
am informed. a practical and vigilant quar-
antining among themselves, and they must
not discontinue this important part t0f their
duties and other parts of the Sta:e ought
TO aid them with their means 10 completely /
eXtirpate this disease, which can be dune .
with a comparatively small sum of muney /
and in short tame
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KOMAROFF.
The Russian u neraI Gives His Side of the
Story.

The Russian General Gives His Side of the
Story.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 1.-The O6iciGl
Messenger ts-day published telegram from
General Komaroff, which is reply to the
dispatch of Sir Peter LumSden, the Brit
ish Commissioner. denying the accuracy of
General KomarOff's report of the battle on
March 80, az the Kushk River, between thu
Russians and the AfghanS. General
KOmarof, 81 the dispatch published to-day,
admits that'ne had received an order from
the Russian War Office previous TO the
battle not 70 occupy Penideh, but says the
other officers on the frontier had not get
been advised of the receipt of such an 49,
der Referring TO the alleged advance OF
the Russian troops previous 10 the fight he
says: "ORly Solnia of the TurcOmanS had
advanced toward Penideh, but they had nc
intention Elf attacking the Afghans and
Withdrew when the latter approached
them in Il hostile attitude. General
KOmarOff TeiterateS his former asstT-
ton regarding the aUdacity and annoyance
of the AfghanS. then daily drawing nearer
to the Russian camp, their occupation of a
commanding position on the left flank ct
the camp and other events when led ~ to
the battle. The OFFICIAL Messenger publishes
the following telegram from Genera Kom-
arOff, dispatched from Askahad Friday las:
"A TELEGRAPH forbidding the occupation Of
Penjdeh reached me on March %. | only
communicated TO the commanders of out-
posts and din not make il generally known.
General IazarzoSki with my permission in
terviewed by correspondence some British
officers in private capacity. | did not
admit their right to treat officially. | adj
dressed my demands direct to the COM
mander of the Afghan forces. General
AlkhanOfi wuh 4 company of Turcomans
rode in the direction of MarkalS along the
river bank on tie Russian side. 1t was by no
means my iRtasltion 10 advance on Penjdeh.
To march the Solhia i'm the rear of 4.000
AfghanS was iacOhcclvahle The company
of Russians marched on the heights on the
right bank of the river. but did not reach
our videtteS. On the left bank of the
same river. when the AsgllanS approached.
however, this one company, by my orders
returned to camp" General Komaroff thus
concludes his dispatch: "In view of the
constant movement. over hundreds of verSts
OF territory. and owing also to heavy floods
it is impossible Is furnish regular reports
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The Snanish Ministry.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April SO.-1t Is
understood that Ex-Governor Thomas c..
Reynolds, of St. Louis, No, who has re-
turned from his mission to Central Amer.
lea as Commissioner of the United States
to Investigate the condition of American
trade. will be made Minister TO Spain TO
succeed Minister Foster. The latter has
be,n sent mostly to complete certain busi-
ness which he had inaugurated ans with
which he is familiar, but was Informed that
his position was not permanent Governor
Reynolds is now engaged in the preparation
of report embOdying the result of his Ia
YestigatiOns in Central America
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Test for Color Rlindness

ALBANY, \. Y, April 29.-The Iocomo-
tive engineers on the several divisions Of
the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's
road are determined to resist the enforce
ment of the rule providing for a general
examination for defective vision. color
blindness and imperfect hearing. and a
strike seems to be impending. The men
object that the tests offered are too strict.
that only an expert in color could distin-
guish the shades submitted TO them. Seven
of the Oldest engineers in the service were
dismissed last evening for refusing to sub
NIT to the tests. There is great excitement
and threats of strike among the re-
mainder.
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Important Decision.

F"ET SMITH, ARK, April 2s.-AR opin-
ion of mere than ordinary Importance was
rendered yesterday afternoon by Judge J.
c. Parker. of the Federal Court for the
Western District of Arkansas. in which
Is invoked not only the jurisdiction
of the cellrt, but the title to the disputed
Oklahoma lands, known as the Cherokee
strip Ii ~as in the case of Cornell Rogers.
Indicted in the Federal Court at Wichita.
Kan, for burning some of the Shanties of
the Oklahoma boomers ut Rock
falls at the time of Payne'S last
removal and arrest by the Marshal
of the district An order for the removal
of the defendant to the Wichita court for
trial was asked, but Rogers filed petition
for writ of habeaS corpus OH the ground
that the Kansas court has 10 juris-
ton. In its opinion yesterday the
court held that the territory in which the
Otlense was committed, is in the Cherokee
Nation, and the Federal Court at Wichita
has no jurisdiction In the case, the
land having been patented to the
'!herOleeS in 1885 by tie Government.
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New YoER, Apnil SO.-Great excite-neri
prevailed in the grain markets, caused by
the war intelligence from abroad, aud la-ge
purchases of the short interest were made.
Transactions were enormous, being prob-
ably the largest on record. Of wheat there
were 100000 bushels sold and o!
corn 100000 bushels. Wheat advanced
and closed four cents higher than Tuesday.
Wheat advanced entirely on war news,
Corn, it is believed will be eoverSold, and the
shorts rushed in TO buy yesterday. The
grain ring was a scene of tumult all day.
there was hardly moment of cessation 10
the excitement
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PENSION MATTERS.
Increased Bu,ine-<--1yrs. De Long to be
PeuStoned.

Increased Bu-Ine~S--h Hrs. De Long to be
PeuS'oned.
WASHINGTON, Say IA statement pre-
pared at the PenSioD Office shows that the
business of the Office during the month Just
ended has exceeded that Of any previous
month. From the statement it appears that
$50 original pension certificates have been
issued during the Rloa,th of April, 1885.
against 3.734 during the same month last
year, and that the total number of pension
certificates was S,199. being 1,S6e in excess
of the number for April 1854 The Com
missioner of Pensions has rendered deri-
sion, subject to the approval of the Secre-
tary of the Interior on the pension applica-
tiOn,0f Mrs. Emma De Lang, of tie Jean
nette. The Commissioner holds that the
officers and men who were on the Jeanette
expedition, were in the service of the Unite
States, and that the order of the Secretar,
Of the Navy, detailing De Long TO special
duty at New York and then to the eor.l-
mand of she Jeanette, changed his status
from absent on leave to that OF active
duty and, therefore, entities his widow to
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