The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

meyer, 1S2 Kinzie street, Chicago, was
destroyed by fire the other morning. Loss,
$3.50, 600; insurance, sI00,o 900.
A BILL incorporating the Grant Mon
ument Association and empowering it to
hold $1,000, 900 worth of property passed the
New York House of Delegates on the 14th.
A LETTER from Greenbaum, the Ameri-
can Consul at Samoa, says he has con-
stantly warned the United States Govern
ment of his fears that Germany intends
taking possession of the islands. The
American Consul, in his letter, gave his
opinion that the annexation of the Samoan
Islands by Germany would be death blow
to all other foreign interests there.
H r. HUBBARD, the advertising agent Of
New Haven, Conn, has asked an extension
of time from his creditors.
GREAT suffering is reported among min
ers in Pennsylvania. Natural gas ha wing
supplanted coal in so many districts, many
mines are compelled to entirely close or
work but one or two days week.
THE values of the exports of mineral oils
for the twelve months ended December 81,
1885, were s49, ,2S1 against s49, los ,511 the
year before.
NJ. BARREMP, a Prefect Of the Department
of the Eure, France, was found foully muir
dered between the rails on bridge near
Paris the other morning. Robbery was the
motive of the murderers.
THE schooner Mabel Dillavay, of Glouces-
ter, Mass, has been given up for lost. She
had a crew of sixteen men.
THE total value of the exports Of domestic
cattle and hogs, and of beef, pork and dairy
products for the twelve months ended De-
cember 81, 1885, were s93, ,02O, against
SOC, ,494, 142 the previous year.
IN the ore mines at Rittenhouse Gap,
near Alburtus, Pa, on the 18th, twelve
miners were entombed by caving earth.
Three were recovered dead, and it was
thought the others had perished.
THE London Daily Telegraph says the Gov
ernment will introduce bill in Parliament
abolishing the office Of Viceroy of ireland.
the Earl Of Csrnervon to resign the Lord
Lieutenancy.
THE White Star Line steamer Germanic,
which stranded in the harbor at Liverpool
during the gale, has been fioated.
IT is said that Mr.. Barnum, after negotia-
ting for some time with the directors of the
London Royal Geological Gardens for the
purchase of Alice, the late Jumbo's associ-
ate, or "wife, as the English people seemed
to consider her, has finally succeeded. Alice
was the constant companion OF Jumbo for
many years, and showed much distress
when separated from her big spouse. She
is exceptionally large, and is docile, affec-
tionate and playful, and particularly at
fra %al II obi
expected early in March, in time for the
opening of the Barnum and London shows.
BUSINESS failures for seven days ended
the 18th were: In the United States, 307;
in Canada, 25; total, 332, as against 336 the
previous week. The casualties were ex-
ceptionally numerous in the Western, Pa
cific and Southern States.
BRowN & ANDERToN, bankers and brok-
ers, No. Broad street, New York, assigned
on the 18th to Timothy Brown, giving pref
erences of s1S,45O to Alexander Nichol.
The other liabilities of the firm will foot up
about s50,O
THE Opera House at Lexington, KY, has
been destroyed by fire.
THE Direct Cable Company's report
shows that the receipts have decreased
S150,0O0 during the past six months, and at
tributes the decrease to the reduction in
the tariff and to competition.
COKE workers at Connellsville, Pa, re.
Gently quit work. A general strike wa.
feared.
CONSIDERABLE feeling was manifested in
the meeting Of the House Naval Affairs
Committee, on the 18th, when considering
the Boutelle resolution of inquiry into the
alleged DETACHMENT of Union inscriptions
and discharge of Union men in the Norfolk
Wa.) Navy Yard.
THOMAS W. HUNTER, a wealthy cattle
man and mine owner OF Colorado, who had
been visiting DR.. G. W. Bassett, of Van
dalia, H., was found dead in his room the
other morning. 1t was supposed that heart
disease was the cause of his death
Ok Friday, the 18th, Henry Stair wa:
hanged at Nevada, Mo-; Noah Merriman,
at Belleville, H.; Charles Wilson, at st.
Louis, Mo-, and William George, at Lake
Providence, La. With the exception OF
Stair all the parties were colored.
THE Commissioners appointed by the
Canadian Government to investigate the
cause of the wrecking of the steamer Algo
ma in Lake Superior, last fall, have re-
ported, censuring Captain Moore and Chief
Officer Hastings. Captain Moore's certifi-
cate is to be Cancelled for nine months and
Hastings certificate for six months.