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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
4 School Land Decisfop.


The Supreme Court has made an import
ant decision which is of interest to settlers
on school lands. The case decided was
that of the State VS.. Budget. Budget
settled on school land few days prior to
the passage of the act OF the last session Of
the Legislature amending the school laws,
and made application to enter his land
under the old law, which was in force
when he made his settlement. The lower
court decided in his favor and the case was
taken to the Supreme Court The latter
tribunal holds that settlement and i'm
provsment upon school lands under the
provisions of section 4, article IA, C. 123,
session laws 1876, with a view to purchase
the same for the appraised value thereof,
exclusive of the value of the improvements
do not confer a vested right in the land SO
settled upon. After a review of the case
the court summed up as follows: "Tne
only way of making the lands granted by
the Congress of the United States to che
State for school purposes available, is by
their sale. To accomplish this certain rules
and regulations are necessary. The peo-
pie who are the beneficiaries, acting
through their LIE gislature adopted
certain terms for the purchase of
these school lands in the act of 1876, but
these terms have been changed by the act
of 1885, Budget paid no money, nor ten
dered any money for the lands he now
claims, prior to the passage of the act of
1885, and he fled no petition to purchase
the land until the act was in full force. He
has never received any receipt or certifi-
cate ofpurchase, and his claim rests solely
upon his settlement and Improvements
on the land, consisting of a sod house and
five acres of breaking. There is nothing in
these acts of his to confer vested right or
any kind of claim to the land against the
State. If he wishes to purchase the land
settled upon by him, for the appraised
value thereof, exclusive of the value of the
improvements he must comply with all
the prerequisites of the law in force at the
time he presents his petition to the probate
court. The judgment of the district court
will be reversed and the cause remanded
for further proceedings"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERsoNAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
IT was reported in New York labor cir
cles recently that Henry George is going
to Ireland in q short time to speak in BE-
half of Home Rule.
THE President on the 18th reinstated as
United States attorney for the Western
district of Missouri Colonel II E. Benton,
who was recently suspended for active par
ticipation in politics.
TIE Grand Gordon of the Imperial Or.
der of Medjidie was recently conferred on
Mr.. Cox, United States Minister to Turkey.
IT was recently reported on semi-official
authority that General Kaulbars was about
to be recalled from Bulgaria and that the
step would be accepted as an Indication
that the powers have arranged to replace
the attempt to solve the Bulgarian diff
Guilty by action on the spot by an interna-
tional adjustment.
Ex-PREsIDBNT ARTHUR died on the morn
ing of the 18th in New York City, of cere-
bral apoplexy. He had been afflicted by
an affection of the kidneys for some time
and ever since he left the Executive Man
sion has done little else than try to regain
his health His death, however, was
rather unexpected.
Hon. THOMAS Il. DUDLEY, ex-Consul to
Liverpool, has brought suit against
United States Senator William j. Sewell
for $4,000 damages for remarks made by
the latter in speech at Republican aeet-
ing at Camden October7.
IT was recently stated that there is a
movement among Illinois Democrats to
put General Black, Commissioner of Pen
sions, ron the National ticket Of 1888 for
Vice President
THE Roumanian municipal elections re-
suited in a triumph for the National Lib
erals, who carried seventy-two urban dis
tricts including Bucharest, Crajova, Braila
and Jassy, polling 20,445 votes, against
400 for the opposition.
A DISPATCH from Montreal said that
Cardinal Tescherean will leave early in
December with Cardinal Gibbons to re-
ceive the red hat at the hands of the Pom
tiff himself in the consistory to be held
next month. When in Rome the question
of the church and the Knights of Labor
will be definitely arranged. At present a
difference of opinion exists among the
Bishops on the subject.
ITALY has lately proposed to Germany
that the powers hold a conference to con
slider the Bulgarian question in all its as
nacts
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

| AT Rochester, n. Y, the telephone sub
scribers have begun strike against the
Bell company and refuse to use their in
struments on account of certain restric
tions placed on them by the company,
| Seven hundred instruments are idle.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN recently had 8
pastoral letter read in all the Catholic
Churches of his diocese of New York in
favor of individual ownership of land and
against Henry Georges theory.
THE socialists of New York have de-
nounced Henry George because he has re-
pudiated the doctrine of socialism.
| A DISPATCH from Louisville, KY, says
that the followers of Eversole and French,
the mountain merchant princes, as they
are called, had battle recently, when a
man named Simmonds was killed. They
then held a truce and agreed to leave their
| differences to an arbitration committee,
whose decision was to be final.
AT Albuquerque, N. NJ, Marshal Mcclure
and Officer Henry recently attempted to
arrest two horse thieves, Charles Ross and
Kid Johnson, when the former pulled re-
volver and shot Henry through the heart
and McGurie through the lung
IT was feared short time ago that ex-
Governor c. z. Davis, of Minnesota, prom.
inently mentioned for United States Sena.
tor from that State, would go totally blind
from overwork.
THIEVES entered the residence Of Mrs.
Miller, widow, at Ligonier, Pa, recently
and robbed her of $1,000 in gold and cur.
rency.
| A DISPATCH from Havana says that q
short time ago the police surprised the no
torious bandit Jiminez and killed him.
Five policemen were wounded.
JOHN S PHELPS, Ex-Governor of Missouri,
died at the Sisters Hospital, St Louis, on
November 20, after an illness of three
weeks
The intercollegiate championship foot
ball game, at Cambridge, Mass, on No
vember 20, between Yale and Harvard,
was won by Yale by a score of 20 to 4.
IT was rumored that at New York re-
Gently meeting was held at which Michael
Davitt was denounced because of his op-
position to the extreme measures proposed
by the O'Donovan Rosa Irish faction, and
a scheme was set on foot to murder him.
HoS. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, ST., died
on November p st Boston. He had suf-
fered for five years from brain trouble.
On account of the prevalence of diph-
iberia at Ishpeming, Mich, all public
meetings have been prohibited in that city.
The schools are. closed and no services held
in the churches by order Of the board of
health.
A CHICAGO German paper lately asserted
that the anarchists of that city had re-
newed their ROTATION and that the call for
meetings of the groups are circulated
iopenly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
An Aged Heir.

WABASH, Ind, Nov. 17.-Samuel CRUDE,
aged eighty three, residing in Chester town.
ship, this county, has gone to Berne, Swift
erland to secure a fortune Of about $780,
600. Mr.. Grube's grandfather came to this
country in 1882 and settled in Lancaster,
Pa. Two bachelor brothers, the last
of the family in Switzerland, died
In 1880, leaving the fortune which has
since then been awaiting claimant, all
trace OF the American brothers having
been lost Mr.. CRUDE read last Wednesday
In a Swiss newspaper an advertisement
asking for information concerning the heirs
of his grandfather. When he secures his
fortune he will return to America.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
A mr.terious Case.

CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 17.-Benjamin
WHEELER, the old man who was arrested on
suspicion of having had something to DO
with the murder Of his wife, last Friday
night, was released to-day on e25, 900 bail.
Patrick Graves, who is charged with the
crime by WHEELER, is still held in default Of
$4,000 bail. The preliminary hearing or
the prisoners was begun in the police court
to-day, but was not concluded. The coro-
ner has not Jet rendered his verdict The
police are still at work on the case, but
have made no further arrests. One theory
advanced by them is that WHEELER and his
wife quarreled; that she struck him and
he ehOked ler 20 death.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

SOFIA, Nov. 20.-General Kaulbars and
the Russian eonsuls left Bulgaria to-day.
In his note to the Bulgarian Government
announcing his departure the General says
that the Government has rejected Russia's
counsels, which were intended to extricate
Bulgaria from her difficulties and has con-
tinued its insolent attacks upon Russian
subjects. His further presence, he adds, is
useless, Bulgaria having completely lost
confidence in Russia. General Kaulbars
has also demanded the Liberation OF the
Montenegrins imprisoned at Bourgas, threat
ening that il they are not released he will
resort to extreme measures.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
A DASTAROlY DEED.
An Alleged Attempt to Poison the Fami
of II, Id, Armour,

An Alleged Attempt to Poison the Family
of p. ID. Armour.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA story about the st
tempt to poison P. d. Armour is to the eff
feet that on Monday package of buckwheat
-four marked sample and having
the name of neighboring grocery
firm on it, was left at Mr. Ar
mOur's residence. 1t being against
Mr.. ArmOur's orders to accept such cOntri-
button, and suspeeting something wrong
the butler questioned the boy who
brought the package and learned it
had been given him Oh the street
by two strange lien, and that it
did not come from the firm whose name it
bears. Subsequent investigation showed
that the sample contained enough strych-
nine to poison a dozen families. The matter
is being worked up by PinkertOn. Mr..
Armour is uncOmmunicative on the subject.
CONFIRMED.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-Mr. Phil ID. Armour
confirms the statement that an attempt had
been made on Monday last to poison him
and his family by two men, who are sup
posed to be in sympathy with the stock
yards strikers. He was reluctant to discuss
the matter when seen, and expressed the
belief that it was the work of some crank
or anarchist The matter is in the hands
of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and the
authors of the diabOical plot may yet be
discovered.
WHAT ARMOUR SAYS.
The statement that an attempt was made
a few days ago to poison Phil Armour by
two men who are alleged sympathiZers with
the stock yard strikers, Is confirmed by that
gentleman. When reported called on him
and asked whether the statements concern
ing the alleged attempted crime were true
he replied: II don't care to talk about it, at
least, not just at present. / don't know for
the life of me, how the thing got out Sou
may say, however, that the story is quite
true"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

EVEN in the United States the scheme
for the naturalization of the land" is
not original with Henry George. Fred
erick w. Evans and George Henry
Evans. his brother. edited paper
called the Working1nai' AdroeQte in
New York in 1920, which favored 3
plan for ''abolishing poverty" similar,
in some respects, to that now de-
manded by Henry George and his fol-
lowers.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
Two ladies got in a horse-car and

Two ladies got in a horse-car and
two young men sat near. One man
gave his seat at once to the elderly
lady; the other kept his place. His
friend asked him, Disgusting it, how
ever. in German, why he did not give
his place to the young lady. He an
swered in the same language: ''Be-
cause she is not pretty enough" But
after little reflection, ne rose and SUR
rendered his seat. The lady took it,
and thanked HMM Germani-M Y
Ilsdependent.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

THERE are now thirteen women liv-
ing who are Chevaliers of the Legion
of Honor, all of whom except Rosa
Bonheur, the painter, and Nine. Dieu-
latoy, the antiquarian, received the
decoration for actual service on the
field of battle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

BUsHYHEAD, principal Chief of the
Cherokee Nation, in his annual mes
sage handles the white man question
with vigor and earnestness, and recon-
mends a closer union and more hearty
cooperation of the Indian tribes as an
efectual defense against the encroach-
ments of the pale faces.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

AMONG the good effects which the
appointment of the British Commission
to inquire into the trade depression has
brought about is the increased demand
for silver in India. That country evil
IDENTIFY believes, with most other coun-
tries. that the findings of the commits
sion will weaken England's hostile at
titude to silver coinage.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

"A Chicago newspaper tells OF q
young Hoosier who, to show his expert
ness on typewriter, wrote love-
letter with if. 1t was fatal mistake.
The girls brother was a printer and
she could set type. She went to her
brothers Office and set up in cold type:
''Dear Sir: l am not to be wooed by
machinery. l inclose your ring. Please
return my letters. Respectfully, -
-" She worked that off on a proof
press and mailed it to the youth.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

THE car-coupler reform does not pro-
gress very rapidly. In spite of all the
talk and tests which have been INDUCED
in for years, and the generally admit
Led need of improvement, the practical
adoption of any uniform automatic
freight car-coupler is still remote.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

If a Western widow takes up
homestead and is then foolish enough
to marry, she can, it has been decided,
still retain the patent in her own
name. The administration seems to
be making quite an effort to encourage
the fair sex.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

Miss ALICE WHITE. of Boston, re-
Gently recovered five thousand dollars
from railroad company for the loss
of her nose. This moves a sagacious
contemporary to observe that Boston
girl without nose would be as pitia-
BILE an object as Chicago girl with no
feet
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

a LETTER from Alden to the Balti-
timore San says that on the outskirts
of Djeddah lies the tomb of Eve. Ma
homet pronounced it to be her grave
and thus settled all doubts on the
question. The formation of the tomb
shows that Eve was gigantic woman,
over thirty feet in height. What a
tongue that woman must have hadi
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

NJ. PAsTEUR finds the two thousand
square metres of ground granted him
by the city of Paris for free use for
ninety-nine years, insufficiently large
for his hydrophobia hospital. He has
asked the municipal authorities to
lease him the adjoining lot, offering to
pay the rent out of his own pocket
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

VERDI, the illustrious composer, is
practical farmer, and is looked upon
by the peasants around SAINT Agata as
supreme authority on all matters re-
lating to crops, fruit and cattle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

SECRETARY L. Q. c. LAMAR is now
IN Ii. d. The proper way to address
him in the future will be Your Alpha
betical Excellency," says a facetious
newspaper.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

NINE PATTI received the hand
some sum of seventeen thousand
five hundred francs to sing at a con-
cert on the 26th of October. This is
the highest sum, according to the Paris
Figaro, that has ever been received for
singing at a single concert in London.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

JOHN r. MCLEAN has invested more
than three hundred thousand dollars in
Washington real estste in a period of
less than two years.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

HENRY GEORGE declares that his ex-
penses in the recent New York election
amounted to only three dollars and
forty-five cents.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

SAM ALLERToN, one of the biggest
cattle dealers in Chicago, says there is
more profit in selling beef in home
markets than in shipping it to Europe
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

IT is said that the gate receipts of the
Sullivan-Ryan smuggling match in San
Francisco reached $4,000.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

VIRGINIA is preparing to abandon the
barbarous duel for the refined and racy
libel suit
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

IT is said that fully one-third of the
returns of the English telegraph SER
vice are due to the sporting messages
and news sent over the wires.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

EDWIN BooTH's illness cost him over
twenty-five hundred dollars per night
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

JAY GOULD is assessed for one hun
dred thousand dollars and no more, in
New York.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

The latest device in umbrellas is
unique. 1t is a patent window, to be
placed in the cloth so that the traveller
can see ahead and avoid disastrous col
lisicnS
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

The manuscript of Benedict Arnold's
yindication of himself has been found
In an old loft in New York.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

THE Ameer of Afghanistan reforms
rebel by cutting off his head. This
is to prevent disloyal relapse.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

PRED ARCHER's career showed that
an honest jockey can make more money
than an honest politician.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25

DR. NORM, French physician, in a
new work on the hygienics of beauty,
makes dead set against earrings.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-08-12
Matrimonial Agency.

JANSEN & co, 9, Station Road, Plaistsd, Lon
don, England. Established to supply Settlers in
the States with the addresses of respectable young
women who are willing to communicate with bona
fde Tradesmen, Farmers, and others desirou Of
meeting with useful wives. They will be sup
piled from the Agricultural Districts OF England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as we'll as the Con-
tinent of Europe. Applicants should state their
particular requirements and preferences, enclos-
ing Postal Order for so cents, to meet preliminary
expenses. au3d&w
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-08-12
For Sale at a Bargain.

The improvements on a ranch situated on Rock
creek, about eight miles below Bellevue. Ranch
cons SITS of 800 acres, and the Improvements of u
miles of a one wire-and-pole fence, 40 acres under
cultivation, good log cabin and barn, etc About
100 acres more is good hay land. Tho whole ranch
is irrigated from Rock creek. Also, two two
horse teams, wagons and harness, good mower
and rake, harrow and plow.
The whole will be sold at great bargain for
cash Apply to ]. KELLEHER,
je30w2 r. on the ranch.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-08-12
Stolen.

One gray mare. years old, black name and tail
branded " on left shoulder and on right shoul-
der. Taken the LIST of June. $26 reward will be
paid fer the mare at Caldwell, 1. t., or liberal
reward for her whereabouts. A liberal reward
will be paid for the thief.
4 II. B. MOORE,
jy28d&wlw* Caldwell. /. T
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this column for one dollar per week, or fifty cents
the first insertion and twenty five cents each ad.
ditional insertion-payable in advanced
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