The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-20
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THE State Homeopathic Society met al
Topeka the other day and elected the fol
lowing officers: President. G. H. T. John
son, of Atchison; vice-president, L. Allard
OF Seneca; recording secretary, p. Deit-
rich, of WyandOtte; corresponding secre.
tary. H. W. Roby, of Topeka; treasurer
U. NJ. Griffin, of Girard. The next annual
session will be held at Wyandotte the frs:
Wednesday in May, 1887.
LAST fall Congressman Morrill, secured
the allowance of pension with arrearages
for Samuel W. Robinson, of Kansas, a
blind and totally helpless ex-soldier. Sub
sequently the allowance was withdrawn by
the Commissioner upon some technicality.
Mr.. Morrill, appealed to Secretary Lamar,
who sustained the appeal and reversed the
action of the Commissioner. This case has
been pending nineteen years, during which
/ period the blind veteran has suffered great
privations, and the decision made awards
/ him pension of So per month and Sl1 500
| arrearages, the largest ever paid private
soldier.
! IT is stated that there has been for some
time systematic robbing of the Santa Fe
| cars at Topeka, extending over period of
]
/ Wilson, who has been an employe for about
five years, and John Bradshaw and wife
were arrested and held in $1,000 each.
About $500 in property, $3.50 in dry goods
and $3.50 in silveTware, was taken from
A. A. Robinson's private car.
THE Governor recently received a dis
patch from Emporia stating that 400 head
of Texas cattle had been shipped from
some point in Texas to Council Grove, and
that they had been driven from there to
hatfield Green, in Chase County. This be-
ing in direct violation of the law, Gov
ernor Martin at once directed DR.. Hol-
combe, the State Veterinary Sugeon, and
the Livestock Sanitary Commissioners to
proceed to Matfield Green and take the nee
essary steps in the premises.
RECENTLY the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad submitted to the Topeka
board of trade their proposition asking
81, 900 per mile in bonds to be issued for a
like amount of stock, not to exceed S125, 600
The road is to enter Shawnee County either
on the north or east boundary and cross
the Kansas river within the limits of To-
peka, and is to be,completed by December
81, 1887. After thorough discussion the
board accepted the proposition and the
railroad committee was instructed to pre-
pare and circulate petitions at once to call
a special election to vote the desired
bonds.
AT Leavenworth the other evening as
Mary Steinbaugh, who lived in little
frame house at the corner of Main and
Pawnee streets, was attempting to throw
coal oil on some kindling to ignite a fire,
the can took fire and exploded, throwing
burning oil all over her clothes and wrap
ping her in a mass of flames. She rushed
into the street screaming frantically, and
a passer-by secured blanket and smoth-
cred the flames. She was fatally burned.
A BOOM has struck Randolph.
THE county attorney of Atchison County
has fled a brief with the Supreme Court
against the granting of a new trial to young
Baldwin, for the murder of his sister at
Atchison, and now in the penitentiary.
The case will come up at the June term.
The county attorney gives it as his opinion
that there is no ground for new trial.
THE report of the warden shows that dur
ing the month of April there were fifty
nine convicts committed to the peniten-
tiary, four were discharged by the warden.
twenty-seven were discharged by expira-
tion of sentence and on the first OF May the
total number in prison was S3S.
W. c. L. BEARD has been confirmed as
register of the land-office at Wa Keeny.
THE editor OF the Police Gazette recently
wrote to Attorney General Bradford asking
IL the late law passed by the Legislature
forbids the sale of his paper in Kansas. !
The law says that ''every person who shall !
print or distribute paper devoted princi- /
pally or wholly to the publication of GRIM |
inal news or pictures, or stories of deeds of |
bloodshed or crime, shall be guilty of |
misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less /
than five nor more three hundred dollars" |
The eAttorney-General is of the opinion that /
the publication comes within the meaning !
of the law.
GENERAL MCCooK arrived at-Fort Leav-
enworth the other night in special car to
assume command of the post