The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Miscellaneous.

buildings on tie north side of the square,
except the Commercial Hotel. The build
lngS burned were three livery stables, Dr.
Cormack' s residence and Office, Drs. Wiley
q Wlllet's office, Judge Stiver's Office and
building, w. K. Dunn's building, two story
stone and occupied by W. /. Pierce & Bros
drug store, R. j. Mackey's skating rink,
occupied as laundry. The fire was sup
posed to be the work of incendiary. The
insurance amounted to about $4,000.
IN an opinion recently rendered to the
Governor as to the eligibility of women to
tne office of justice of the peace, Attorney
General Bradford holds that under the
constitution of the United States, which
declares that "all persons born or natural
lied in the United States and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of tho
United States and of the States wherein
! they reside, women are citizens and that
the State constitution does not by express
terms confne eligibility to Office to male
citizens. 1t does so restrict the right of
! suffrage. In one case words importing &
sexual qualification are inserted in the
constitution; in the others they are omit
| ted. From the expression in the one and
the silence in the other case there arises a
! very strong implication that the trainers
OF the constitution placed eligibility to Of
! tlce on broader basis than suffrage, else
they would have expressly restricted with
| III the same limits, when their attention
was called to that subject. He is therefore
of the opinion that there being no other
| objections woman is eligible to be APP
| pointed to the Office of justice of the
! peace under our constitution and laws
and the decision of our Supreme Court
! The Chicago, Kansas a Western Rail-
way Company recently held special cleo
ton of directors at Topeka, placing seven
of the Santa Fe people on the list in place
of local names. The following now COM
prise the board L. w. Kinsley, H. s. Bur-
dett G. A. Burdett, f. j. Thomas, J. F.
McKim, A. F. Luke, d. L. Gallup, Boston;
joel Mulvane, J. S. Griswold. T. l. Bone
brake, j. r. Mulvane, G.. F. Parmlee. To-
peka; d. y. Finney, Neosho Falls. The
chief engineer reports the following mile
age on extensions now built and in opera
ton: Hutchinson extension, to station
/ 5000, GIG miles; Chanute extension, to sta
ton SOP, 9.5 miles; Mulvane extension. 10
station 192, - miles; Usage City extension,
to station, 1000 being to point of connec-
tion with the Southern Kansas at Ouenemo.
Before sixty days there will be another and
important extension to note
THE meeting of the National Teachers
Association closed at Topeka on the night
of the 10Th There were over c. 900 teachers
enrolled as i'll attendance, and the teachers
made excursions to various points, some
going to the Rocky mountains and others
TO points west and north
ALL transcontinental railroad lines have
established uniform rates to persons wish
ing to attend the great soldiers reunion at
San Francisco. In order that Kansas may
! appear to advantage as the home of the
soldier, as the several delegations from
other States pass through Kansas on their
way to the encampment, Department Com
mander McDivitt calls upon every post
commander of all posts on the line of any
OF the roads over which any of these dele
cations may travel to see that proper dis
play is made of flags and bunting and ban
ners and music as such trains 20 through, !
and every citizen on any of these lines,
whether he lives in palace or a dugOut, |
is requested to display the national cOlors !
OF bunting or something to indicate that it |
Is the home of a patriot and lover of the !
ola flag, so that the delegations will never
be out of sight of the national colors from !
the time they enter our State on the east !
until they pass ont of it on the vest
THE Governor has proclaimed Wichita q |
city of the first class, it having over 5000 !
inhabitants. There are now five cities in |
Kansas possessed of that honor, as follows: |
Topeka, Leavenworth, Atchison, Kansas |
City and Wichita.
THE voter next fall can ''pay his money |
and take his choice" /
ONE of the murderers of Davis, the man !
found floating in the Arkansas river with !
bullet hole in The top of his head, was rid !
died with bullets by a pursuing party at !
Frisco, about sixty miles southwest of Gar /
den City. the other morning. The man had !
concealed himself in a livery stable in that |
town and was armed with gun. The dep /
uty sheriff of Finney County, with Il posse !
of six men, surrounded the stable and conf
manded the murderer to surrender The
man commenced firing and was instantly
killed by volley of bullets. He died game.
No FLOOD yet in sight.
/ A TOPEKA girl recently had her worthless
father arrested for larceny. The man had
been upon a protracted drunk and taken
some silverware from the family cupboard
and sold it for money with which to pur-
chase liquor. As there is no law punish
ing a man for stealing from himself the
vagabOnd was discharged.
TOPEKA was crowded the past week with
school teachers and educators from all parts
of the Union, it being the occasion of the
meeting of the National Teachers Associa-
ton. Hon. W. H. Rossington delivered the
address OF welcome. Fully 5000 educators
were present.
IT is stated that another raid on Okla
homa is threatened.
THE boiler of the National mills. at Par
sons, burst the other day, and Dave Rum
rine, white man, and Anderson Story,
colored, were killed. The engine room
was blown to atoms, and the entire mill
came near being burned. There were only
sixty pounds of steam on at the time the
exploSionOccurred.
WILLIAM MULvEY, a lad about fifteen
years of age. was drowned the other night
while bathing in the Missouri river at
Leavenvorth. He was an orphan and the
only known relative living is brother in
Chicago.
THE Democrats of the Seventh District
have nominated Thomas George for Cen
greSs.