The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-03
Miscellaneous.

! worm. 1t works IL the tender roots Of the
/ stalks, causing them to fan down, thereby
/ depriving the corn of ability to mature its
ears. 1t works in all kinds of land. but
F the most damage is on clay soils. \ prac-
teal farmer, who has studied the habits OF
/ this worm, says its ravages can be greatly
mitigated by a rotation of crops: that is,
SOW cats or wheat on this years corn
/ ground and corn or wheat On oats ground.
! By so doing the worms are almost entirely
/ DESTROYED, or so much so that their dam
! oge to the corn crop is hardly Perceptibe.
! This worm is always found to be most
numerous in fields of corn that have raised
| the same crop year after year for a num-
/ Der of years.
! THE Governor has appointed Captain
George w. Ashhy, of Leavenworth, As
sstant Commissioner to the North, Gem
trail and South American Exposition, to
be held at New Orleans November TO- 1885
to April l, 1850.
WILLIAM H. ToDn, boy about nine
years old, was run over and killed by the
cars at Wichita the other day.
THE county seat war in Pratt County
has been unusually warm.
POST-OFFICE changes in Kansas for the
week ended August %: Established
Dell, Lyon County, Beniah f. Brewer.
Postmaster: Fonday, Ford County, Lin
don HibbIrd, Postmaster; HarwardviIle,
Seward County, William A. Gillum, POST
master; Ivanhoe, Finney County, c. A.
Nafziger, Postmaster; st. Joseph, Cloud
County, Louis p. Ponton, Postmaster; SUI
gar, Miami County, John W. White, Post
master; Tokomo, Pratt County, William
A. Quillen, Postmaster; Upton, Phillips
County, William D. Bovey, Postmaster;
Wittrup, Hodgeman County, Julius Wit
trup. Postmaster. Name changed-But-
Ter, Washington County, to Ardale. Post
masters Appointed-C. imax, Greenwood
County, Samuel Holmes: Dunlap, Morris
County, Charles z. Kidd: Havana, Mont
gOmery County, Thomas R. Pittman; Key
/ West, Coffey County, T. H. Hinshaw: Nor
tonville, Jefferson County, j. B. Brown;
South Cedar, jackson County, William L.
Mum; Wiliamsburgh, Franklin County,
Hewitt Crak.
REUBEN GILMORE was recently arrested
at Topeka for attempting to trade wives
with a man by the name of Stevenson, in
B
gon and struck out for Topeka, taking
Stevenson's wife with him. This arrange
meEt did not meet the views of the de-
serted wife nor of Stevenson: hence the
latter followed him to Topeka, whore he
bad opened an Office for dealing out pea
nuts, and had him jagged.
julius HERZoG, a miner, was instantly
killed at Weir City the other afternoon.
He was in the act of putting a loaded car
on the cage at the bottom of the shaft,
when the bumper at the top rang for the
engineer to hoist before the bell had been
rang from below, and in attempting tC
jump off his head was caught and crushed
He was German, and leaves q wife and
children.
E. N. o. CLoUGH, Vice President for
Kansas of the National Association of
Mexican War Veterans at Leavenworth,
has issued an invitation to all comrades
reciting the fact that the National reunion
comes off at indianapolis. Iud., on the 18th
and 18th of September, 1855, and in making
arrangements for transportation of such
as desire to attend, it is necessary that he
should know who and how many intend to
attend, as rates will depend very much on
how many go. All will, therefore, inform
him whether they desire to attend or not,
and if they desire taking ladies. He is
getting reduced rates from Leavenworth
CITY for all who desire to attend. Parties
wishing to go should make their arrange
ments to leave Leavenworth on the even
ing of the 14th. This will bring them to
indianapolis on the evening of the 18th, SC
as to be present at the opening exercises
on the 10th.
LESS than than three months ago the
town of Meade Center was started with
but one house within the town limits. 1t
now consist of a booming town of nearly
one hundred and fifty houses, with a pop
alatiou of about five hundred souls.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the An
thony, Attica & Northwestern Railroad
Company were filed recently. The pur-
pose for which the company is formed is to
construct and operate a railroad of stand
ard guage, commencing at Anthony, Har-
per county. and thence northeast through
che counties of Barber. Kingman. Pratt,
Edwards, Stafford, Pawnee, Hodgeman,
Rush, Ness, Lane, Cove. Trego, and st.
John, to the town of Wallace.
ACCORDING to the records of the State
Historical Society there are twenty
daily papers published in Kansas.
CHEROKEE wants a mill.
CHARTERS recently filed with the Secre- !
tary of State: The Vesta Town Company,
of Clark County. The object for which /
this company is formed is to purchase and |
lay out a town site and to sell the same in
subdivisions The capital stock is $4,000; .
the Union Horse Protective Association,
of Harvey County. The object for which /
this company is formed is to protect its I
members from thieves by Immediately /
turning out in a body and hunting for the (
stolen property: Wichita Encampment No. 4
%, independent Order of Odd Fellows, /
of Wichita, Sedgwick County: Hovt Meth (
odist Church, of Hoyt. jackson County.
DIPHTHER1A is said to be quite prevalent
at Topeka.
Mr.. CALDWELL, of Leavenworth, is
quarryman and uses dynamite cartridges
for blasting rock. He has been in the habit
of laying them carelessly about the house,
which gave the children an opportunity to
get hold of them. Mr.. Caldwell's seven
year-old son obtained one of these cart
ridges and in company with another boy
who had some matches, went to the stable
in the rear of the residence for the purpose
of having good time by setting off the
dynamite cartridge. The result was an
explosion which came near killing the boy
and will render him cripple for life.
Much sickness is said to exist in the Re-
form School at Topeka. 1t is of typho-
Ealarial character.