The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-16

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| Si93, ,2S3 Their liabilities are about $780,
| CO.,
AHEAvY gale ravaged the New England
coast on the 9Th. Several vessels were
driven ashore and lives were lost.
JUDGE GRESHAM, at Chicago, on the 7th
removed Solon Humphreys and Thomas
! E. Tutt from the receivership of the Wa
| bash railroad for misconduct. The Judge
severely censured the receivers, who were
accused of having acted in concert with
jaw Gould, Dillon and Sage, but who care
| fully concealed the latter's names.
| THE jury in the case of Paul Grottkau,
J charged with leading a riot in Milwaukee
last spring, were unable to agree and were
discharged.
| HENRY GEORGE has written sharp reply
to Archbishop Corrigan's pastoral warning
the Catholics of New York against Georges
| land theories.
The steamboat st. John dropped her
guards near Monroe, La, recently and
precipitated 1,OOO bales of cotton into the
river. The cargo was recovered.
a DISPATCH from Tripoli says: A mum.
ber of Tuareks have captured the fortress
at Chat, in the Sahara, and massacred 1Oc
members of the garrison.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN, of Philadelphia, hai
prohibited balls for charitable purposes in
his jurisdiction.
HEAVY gale ravaged the British isles on
the Sth. Several wrecks were reported with
loss of life. Disasters also occurred off the
Danish coast.
FIRE in Dunlap & Co.'s hat factory,
Brooklyn, n. Y, the other night caused
| $50 900 damages.
THE Western Union Telegraph Company
directors have decided to pass the next
quarterly dividend.
THE Western Nail Association at its re-
cent meeting in Cincinnati advanced the
price of nails to 81 30 per keg.
a DISPATCH from Brisbane, Australia,
states that the steamers Keilawarra and
Helen Nicholl collided off the coast of
Queensland, resulting in the drowning of
forty-two persons.
FIELD, THAYER & Co., an old shoe firm
of Boston, failed on the 9th for 100000.
THE Supreme Court of Kansas has con-
firmed the sentence of Willie Baldwin, con-
victed of the murder of his sister.
Coal in immense quantities just below
the surface has been discovered in Hender-
son and Smith Counties, Texas. One vein
is twenty feet in diameter.
THE conference committee on the Reagan
Interstate Commerce bill have agreed
upon their differences.
IT was reported in London that the Brit
ish Government would decline to neutral
ize the Suez canal unless the British fleet
was allowed free passage in time of war.
SERIOUS riot broke out in Traverse
County, Mimi, recently, consequent upon
the removal of the county seat from
Browns Valley to Wheaton.
The business failures during seven days
ended December numbered for the United
States 252, for Canada o. a total of pa
against 242 the week previous.
THE knitting mill owners of COhoes
and Waterford, n. Y, have advertised for
10000 skilled operatives, guaranteeing per-
manent employment and good wages.
TIE business portion of the village of
Attica, o., was destroyed by fire on the
10th. The loss reached $3.50, 900, while the
insurance was about one-half.
MEETING of holders of Central Pacific
railroad bonds was held recently in Lon
don, Joseph Price presiding. The chair
man said that the company was in tke
hands of directors who held no stock. A
committee was appointed to protect the
interest of the English bondholders.
The n. Mat thews & Willard Manufac-
turing Company OF Waterbury, Conn,
was fined S65 aad costs recently for en-
ploying two boys under thirteen years of
age. The case was appealed. Senator
Matthews conducted the defense, and
opposed to the law.
GOVERNMENT contractors at Odessa, Rus
sia, are converting extensive city granaries
into barracks, in readiness for the accom-
modation of 5000 troops
A MAN tried to stab Deputy Case in the
lobby of the French Chamber of Deputies
the other day but did no harm.
TIE British steamer Avondale, for Phil
adelphia, has been wrecked at Holyhead,
England.
IRISH post-office officials are accused of
opening letters addressed to Sullivan, ex-
president of the Irish National League of
America.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Com
pany has announced a further reduction
in night rates between all principal cities
east the Mississippi.