The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| Henry Blocet, son of the engineer at the
vinegar works in Topeka, was playing on
top of a large vinegar vat, when he slipped
on a loose board and fell in. His parents
not knowing what had become of him
caused the city to be searched, but he could
not be found His father looked into the
vat the next morning and saw the child's
hat floating on top of the vinegar. Fur
Their search revealed the dead body of the
little fellow.
LATE post-office changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Ute, Sheridan County, Armp-
stead s. Carter, postmaster. Postmasters
appointed, Cambridge, Cowley County,
David L. Croft; Derry, Greenwood County,
John A. Blair; kilmer, Shawnee County,
Charles Corsen; Orchard, Linn, County,
James T. Miller; Twin Falls, Greenwood
County, H L. Hale; Whitson, Finney
County, George P. Gregory; Yale, Ottawa
County, F. W. ThOrp.
The Woman's Suffrage convention, re-
Gently held in Fort Scott, resulted in the
organization of the Bourbon County Suf-
frage Association. The following tenn
porary officers were elected: Chairman,
Miss Lucy E. Anthony; secretary, Mrs. E.
G. Galloway; treasurer, Miss Bessie Ran
dolph.
The fifth annual convention of the Anti
Horse Thief Association of Kansas COM
pleted its labors at Parsons on the 18th.
The convention was composed of nearly
200 delegates. representing forty-Seven
lodges. An effort will be made to induce
the Legislature to pass law giving each
member of the association the authority of
a deputy sheriff to protect him in case
horse thief should resist and be killed.
| CHARTERS recently filed with the Secre-
tary of State: Hays City Improvement
Company, of Ellis County; Cooper Memo
rial College Association. The purpose of
this corporation is to build and maintain
a college at Sterling, Rice County, Kan,
under the auspices of the United Presby
terrain Church of the United States. The
Armour Butterine Company. The object
| for which the company is organized is to
| manufacture OleOmargarine, butterine,
oleo-oil oleo-sterine and neutral lard.
THE following is a statement showing
| the various extensions of the AtchisOn,
| Topeka & Santa Fe railroad completed to
| November l: Great Bend extension, 35,1
miles; Hutchinson extension, SAB; Little
River extension, 30.2; Independence extern
| sion, 55.S; Chanute extension, 26.5; Null
vane extension, 34.5; Colony extension,
So; Usage City extension, 2l.2; Ellinor ex-
tension, 20; Douglas extension, 49,; Ben
edict extension, 40; Arkansas City extern
sion, 81; Larned extension, 22.9; total,
| 346.2 miles. On the Arkansas City extern
sion, which is being pushed through to
connect with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
| Fe, work has been completed five miles
and it is progressing rapidly at the rate of
one and one-half miles per day.
THE pay of section hands on the Santa
| Fe has been reduced from S1.25 to S1.10 per
| day.
| IT is said that the rush is so great at the
Garden City land-office that the various
land firms in the city send men at night to
stand in front OF the United States land
Office, and by that means have the first
chance" in the morning.
Ii is recorded that the newspaper frater-
nifty will be we'll represented in the next
State Legislature.
F. G. ADAMS, secretary of the State His
tOrical Society, has recently received dona-
tiOns of files of newspapers printed in Kan
sas in the early days. Among other
things contained in one of the files is the
probation of Governor Medary, announc-
ing the result of the election on the 4th of
October on the adoption of the State con-
stitutiOn, the result in the Territory being
1921 votes for the constitution, $3.50
against. Charles Robinson and Samuel
Medary were candidates for Governor of
the State. Martin F. Conway and john A.
Halderman were candidates for Congress
under the constitution.
TIE little daughter OF Reed Carter was
seriously injured at Topeka the other day
by runaway horse as she was crossing a
street The same day another little girl
was injured by being tipped out of a car
riage which ran over her.
The Fort Smith, Kansas & Western
Railway Company recently filed its char
ter with the Secretary of State. 1t is pro-
posed to build 1000 miles of main line and
branches. To do this, capital stock to the
amount OF So 000 900 will be issued in 80, 600
shares of 500 each. The Wichita, Dodge
City & Trinidad Railway Company has
also been chartered to construct a line
from Wichita to Dodge City and thence
westerly, an estimated length of 25S miles.
Capital stock, So 100000,
YOUNG man named Henry Blakeslee
was struck by train and instantly killed
at Larned recently. He resided near Dun
dee, in Barton County, and was attending
circus at Larned.
The Chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee on the 5th estimated
Governor Martins plurality in the State at
&C. O0O
THE farmers in Kansas are mostly very
busy gathering corn, which is making
about twenty bushels to the acre.
ACCORDING to the game law of Kansas,
persons are not allowed to shoot quals
without special permission anywhere ex-
cept on their own premises
The State capitol building and the
grounds are to be lighted by electricity.
THE contract for the Leavenworth,
Northern & Southern railway will be let
soon from the northwestern line of Leav-
enworth County to the southern line OF
the State. Two corps of engineers will
begin at once to make a survey of the
northern end of the line.
THE forthcoming report of Labor Com
missioner Betton will recommend to the
Legislature the passage of a law requiring
every manufacturing, mining, quarrying,
mercantile, railroad, street railway, tele-
graph, telephone and municipal corpora
ton and every incorporated express aud
water company to pay weekly each and
every employe to within six days of the
date of said payment.
TIE railroad bond boom is raging.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the syndicate that
recently purchased the Kansas City, Wy
andotte & Northwestern, and who also
control the proposed line between
Leavenworth and Olathe, recently met
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