The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

John Walruff and others are en-
gagged in maintaining and operating the
brewery, where beer is manufactured and
sold contrary to law. 1t also cites the no.
tice published in the papers in May last
by John Walruff, in which he denies the
I right of the authorities to close up the
business, when he has made every en-
deavor to secure a permit to manufacture
according to law, which permit was re-
fused him. This is the first case brought
in the State under the injunction clause OF
the new Prohibitory Law and will be
made a test case.
a COMPANY has been organized with
capital of $4,000 to build a bridge across
the Arkansas River in Hamilton County.
THE latest developments in the case of
Brown, the mysteriously disappearing
young cattleman of Shawnee County,
were that the young man had not been
murdered, as at first supposed. but al
though still mysteriOusly absent is yet
alive.
PARSONS is said to be harasscd by an
unusual amount of spurious coins of the
denominations OF dollars and half dollars
constantly circulated in that vicinity. The
Chief of Police recently stated that III
few instances they had traced the intro
duction of these coins into circulation TO
individuals, but the proof was not sufficient
to warrant arrest. He thought it would
only be matter of a short time when
they would be brought to justice.
Tom REAP, fifteen years old, recently
stole a horse from his father in Pawnee
County and started out to become regu-
lar dime novel desperate. He and another
boy had planned an expedition to the Pam
handle of Texas, where they would terror
ize the natives with daring exploits. A
telegram from his father headed him off
at Garfield, where he was arrested and re-
turned home.
/ In accordance with the recommendation
of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Governor Martin has issued Il proclama-
ton declaring that the quarantine estab-
lished against the introduction of cattle
from the States of Ohio and Illinois, by
executive proclamation of April %, 1883, is
raised, except as to the counties OF CasS,
Kane, Du Page, Peoria, Whiteside, Nor
gan and Schuyler, in the State of Illinois.
AT q recent special election held at
Wichita upon the propositions to subscribe
$4,000 to the capital stock of the Wichita
& Colorado Railway Company and 10000
to the capital stock of the Omaha, Abilene
6 Wichita Railway Company, both
propositions carried by nearly 900 ma
jority.
A FIRE supposed to have been caused by
spontaneous combustion entirely destroyed
Rush & Sprague's -four mill at Leaven-
worth on the afternoon of the 18th. Loss,
100000; insurance, 100000.
THE State School Fund Commissioners
recently purchased $4,000 in school dis
trict bonds for the permanent school fund.
In the case of Chastine Hughes, tried at
Topeka for bigamy, the jury rendered a
verdict of guilty.
Two printers named Organ and Reupen
got on a spree with a man named Mallory
at Topeka the other night, and all three
went to bed in Organs room. When Mall
lery awoke next morning his companions
were gone and his valise, containing Il
gold watch and chain and other articles,
was missing. Reupen was arrested but
allowed to 90 because he reported that he
had also been robbed by Organ, who
skipped out.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas inven-
tors: Hiram Childers, Ell Dorado, COM
bined anvil, drill and wise.
THE State Inspector of Mines has re-
ported to the Governor that he has visited,
I since his appointment, nearly all the mine S
in Osage, Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
So far he has found plenty of room for i'm
provement, but has found willingness on
the part of a majority of operators to
remedy all the defects so as to comply
with the requirements of the law. In some
cases the law was being disregarded
through the ignorance of the parties, but
in few cases through the miserliness of
the mine owners. This last class OF mine
owners, he states, are those most difficult
to deal with. They think anything that
costs money is unnecessary, and he notices
that such operators do not run very sue
cessful business.
THE Directors of the proposed Kansas,
Nebraska & Dakota Railway have chosen
the following officers: John Francis, of
Topeka, President; John Keller, of Lam
caster, Pa, Vice. President; Alex McGraw,
of Philadelphia, Treasurer; II. w. Bush,
of Lancaster, Secretary; H. r. N. Whit
man, of Philadelphia, Chief Engineer, and
A, A. Harris, of Fort Scott, General AttOr-
nov. The prospect for the construction of
this road is considered excellent, as a num-
Der of Eastern capitalists and railroad
builders have interested themselves in the
enterprise, which is also receiving substaD-
tial encouragement from counties along
the line.
Gus SCHMECHLE, groceryman of Leaven-
worth, died recently under suspicious cir
cumstances, and an investigation showed
he had taken an overdose of acOnite,
whether purposely or not is unknown. He
had taken enough to kill dozen men.
Schmeckle's physician, who prescribed the
aconite the day before, told him the nature
of the medicine, and warned him against
taking too much.
WILLIE DEYER, aged eight years, was
badly hurt by one of Forepaugh's elephants
at Topeka the other morning by being
caught by the elephants trunk and thrown
to the ground. One shoulder was dislo-
Gated and one leg broken. The boys
father has commenced suit for $4,000 dam
ages.
TRAIL. CITY is a new town on the line Of
Kansas and Colorado.
POPULATION of Newton, $500.
THE application of John Walruff for the
removal of his case to the Federal Court
on the ground that the case involved
question of conflict between the State law
and the Federal Constitution was refused
by Judge Benson at Lawrence and n tenn
porary Injunction was granted restraining