The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-08

I'd, was boarded at Rising Sun, Cecil
! County, by two men, who, by threats Of
violence, compelled the passengers to sur
render their money, watches AID othe1
valuables. The men then jumped from tht
train.
PROSPECTS at the Baltimore cotton mills
were reported much brighter.
! AN Arab tramp was arrested and LODGED
in jail at White Plains, New York, tn,
other evening. On his per son was found
money belt containing $1,000 in English
gold.
| Mrs. SCHMITZ, of Philadelphia, who, will
| her husband and children. were at a win.
dow waiting to hear the State House bel
ring out the midnight hour, were fatal.
| shot by party of masqueraders recently
! AT Chaneysville, Pa, recently, Simor
I Garlick broke into the store of L. H. Lash.
ley, and while robbing the money drawe'
was shot dead by John Gordon, watch.
man.
THE memorial tablet over the grave o,
Kit Carson, the famous scout, was dedi.
Gated in Taos County, Tex, on the I'd, il
the presence of 800 people.
A DISPATCH from st. Paul, Mimi, dated
the I'd, says: Last night and to-day hav,
been the coldest of the present winter, and
one of the coldest on record in the city,
The thermometer at the signal office thii
| morning registered Sc below, while othert
showed a temperature of 80 below. Tbs
| common class of thermometers wer,
wholly retired from business. Reports
were received from the following points,
the figures all indicating below zero: Stili.
water 30, the coolest ever known: LACROSSE
%; Bismarck, 45; Mennedosa 80, wine
blowing forty miles an hour; Winnipeg,
10, and a regular blizzard prevailing, St
Vincent, 10; Moorhead, As; Helena, Isl
Huron, II; Duluth, 40.
The subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations, having in charge
the Fortifcations Appropriation bill, ia
tends to report to full committee thu
same measure reported to the House by
the majority of the Appropriation Com
mittee last session, which appropriated
about 5000, 600.
MRS. LAMAR LovELAND, of Madison, o.,
hanged herself recently.
H. KERN's dry goods store at New Or
leans, was burned the other day.
THE Liberty bell will leave for the NeH
Orleans Exposition on the 9th.
NOTICE of reduction of from 10 to % per
cent. in wages of the steel workers al
Coshocton, o., has been given.
THE Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
has ordered sweeping reductions in the
wages of employees of the Jersey CentrA
division. The reduction applies to all ex.
cept conductors, engineers and firemen.
THE Catsburg miners of Staab & Co., oi
Pittsburgh, Pa, who agreed to 60 to wors
at "a cents per bushel mining, haye with.
drawn their consent because their nlE.
ployers would not allow them to ck1ct
the weighman.
THE edge makers in the two shoe factories
of Francis W. Reed, OF Lynn, Mass, were
on a strike owing to the refusal to discharge
a "scab" and cut in the prices for trim
ming.
BRIDGE, BARBER & Co., dealers in hops,
lime and lumber at huntsville, Madison
County, N. V, have assigned. Liabilities,
$4,000; preferences, 81, 900.
THE dry goods house of o. H. Pollard, of
Paris, Tex. was closed recently under at
tachments aggregating $4,000. The liabil.
tiles largely exceed the assets.
THE hands of the Glendale Elastic Fab.
ric Company, of Boston, struck recently
against a reduction of wages.
THE Board of Pardons refused the appli-
cation for commutation OF the death ser
tence in the case of DR.. Albert G.. F. Goler-
son, of Philadelphia.
THE Illinois Railroad Commissioners
have sent a communication to the Illinois
roads ordering a reduction in the rates Or
building material.
THE school tax case was heard at Salt
Lake on the I'd. The Gentiles opposed the
collection of the tax because they claim the
schools are sectarian. 4 witness swore the
Mormons only could get employment as
teachers. These were required to close the
school Mormon fast days every month,
they must pay tithing and open with
mormon prayers" A deposition was
read from the assistant teacher at Spanish
Fork, stating that the two theological
classes in the public school are reported as
history classes, and that public funds are
used to pay the tuition of Mormon teachers
of the Brigham Young Theological
Academy. Prof. Lincoln testified that he
visited the public school at Ogden. The
teacher made the pupils recite "ae Mormon
catechism. There was large rSiu:ae vi
similar testimony.