The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


lard got a franchise from the City Council
of Winfield to put in an electric light plant
and then induced citizens of that town to
buy his franchise. He stood off his board
bill, borrowed a watch and pawned it, and
finally skipped by the light OF the room"
leaving his wife and children in destitute
circumstances.
ALL the buildings commenced at the
Soldiers Home in Leavenworth are COM
plete, and are admirable and successful
structures. Healthful homes are what the
Government aimed to give its saviors and
it has succeeded The barracks are heated
entirely by the use of the latest improved
appliances. On each floor are bath tubs,
closets and sufficient supply of hot and
cold water. The ventilation Is perfect
A DISPUTE over an admission ticket at
the Topeka fair between DR.. Huntoon,
county treasurer of Shawnee County, aud
Thomas Durham, gate keeper, led to blows
which resulted quite seriously to DR.. Hun
toon, his physician stating that one of his
arms was paralyzed, a leg partially para
lyzed, and it was feared his brain had been
affected.
The reunion of Kansas veterans COM
menced at Emporia on the 9th and fully
10000 strangers were in the city. On
Thursday night, the eth, grand reception
was given at Masonic Hall, which was at
| tended by all the prominent citizens of the
city as well as many from various parts of
the State. Governor Martin, Senator In
gals and others addressed the veterans
Wednesday afternoon. The Woman's Re
lief Corps was largely represented.
AT the late meeting of the Womau's Suf-
frage convention in Leavenworth Miss
| Susan B. Anthony, Mrs Colby and DR.. Ruth
NJ. Wood delivered stirring addresses.
| A PENSION has been granted to r. S. Tur
ner, of Belpre, and an increase to d. L.
Chandler, of Junction City.
TOPEKA livery stables are of late in hard
luck. A few days after the burning of
Hank Lindsay's stables, the barns of James
Wier, adjoining the Grand Opera House,
were burned. There were twenty horses
and numerous buggies and several sets of
harness in the barn. Every thing but some
harness was saved. Loss, 5000; insur-
ance, 800.
WINFIELD has let the contract for S40,-
| 900 opera house.
PENSIONS lately granted to Kansans:
Herman Graham, of Mulvane; John Cater,
of Pleasant Plains; Daniel Allen, of Wash
ingtOn; the minors of Stephen V. Birch, of
Fort Scott; the minors of John George, of
Jewell City; Henry +. Saxman, of War
den; W. II. II. Price, of Elk City; Thomas
Nolan, OF Terra Gotta; William A. Gee, of
Jetmore; George Hawley, of Bavaria, and
Charles A. Elliott, of Larned.
Daar Cardap Cit,y raoantIx,
killed wild cat which measured four feet
and nine inches in length.
Dug HILL, young man about twenty
five years of age, was arrested at Milton
Vane's ranches, near San Antonio, Tex,
recently, charged with the murder of the
city marshal, of Parsons, Kan, about two
years ago. The arrest was effected on a
requisition from the Governor of Kansas
and approved by Governor Ireland.
RECENTLY as Mr.. and Mrs. Stump were re-
turning from a visit to a neighbor, near Nor
ton, their youngest child was bitten by rat
tlesnake and died in four hours. The little
one, only eighteen months old, was tod
ding" on ahead of its parents when it
stumbled, fell and screame ed. Its mother
ran and picked the child up. She saw the
snake but did not dream of the child being
bitten until she got to the house.
IN its September report of the condition
OF crops, the Kansas Farmer says: The
general condition is good. September was
dry in most parts of the State, and wheat
seeding was delayed on that account; still
there is large acreage of wheat sown, and
most of it is now up and growing well.
Corn is short not more than sixty per
cent. of full crop, perhaps, yet there is a
good deal of as good corn as was ever
raised anywhere, and there is some old
corn on b and. An unusually large guam.
tity of feed has been saved, so that there
is plenty to carry the farmers with all their
stock through the winter. Stock is healthy
and in good condition. Apples are about
half a crop. All in all, the State is in very
good condition.
II his annual report State Librarian
Dennis says that for the two years ended
June 80, 1882, the accession of books to the
library from all sources was 1,162 volumes;
for the two years ended June 80, 1884, 1855
volumes, and for the two years ended June
30, 1886, 2,157 volumes. The number of vol
umes received by donation for the two
years ended June 80, 1854, was 273, and for
the past two years 405.
LATE post-office changes in Kansas: Es.
tablished, Faulkner, Cherokee County,
Jefferson d. Mcfarland, postmaster. Post.
masters appointed. Bond Douglas County,
Daniel P. Weybright; Garrison, Pottawat-
omie County, Elisha F. Marks; Gorham,
Russell County, V'eneman Martini lola,
Allen County, John E. Ireland; Maize,
Sedgwick County, j. c. Major; Ninnescah,
Kingman County, Isaac A. Albretten:
Waterloo, Kingman County, John H. |
Bromley; Wheatland, Mcpherson County,
R. II. Mcbride.
THE Arkansas City Knights of Labor Co. |
operation Association has filed a charter
with the Secretary of State. The associa- |
ton is organized entirely for mercantile /
purposes.
A PosT-oFFICE has been established at
Sherwin City, Cherokee County, with |
Charles S. Huffman as postm aster.
THE Grand Lodge of Good Templars at |
its late session in Topeka elected the fol- |
lowing offic ers: James Grimes, G. W. C. |
T.; E. E. Crew, G. c.; Miss Annette Doud,
G. V. t; Miss Ada Peck. G. S.; A. t. !
Georgia, G. T.; Rev. R E. Mcbride, G. |
Chap; George E. Dougherty, G. N. Mrs |
N E. WillifOrd, of Galena, was elected SUI |
perintendent of juvenile temples. Ada H. |
Peck and James Grimes were chosen dele
gates to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge at
Saratoga. The alternates were James A. |
Troutman and E. B. Crew.
COUNTY seat quarrels still boom.
THE gross earnings of the Atchison, To.
peka & Santa Fe railroad for the month of
August were 81, 341, $50, an increase over
those of the corresponding month last year
of SOS, 042. The net earnings were 0.92,
an increase of s7,001.05 From January to