The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


determined to go after it. They put in a
three-inch drill, and at depth Of 235 feet
struck coal. Continuing the work they
went into and passed through a vein six
feet thick. The coal was brought out in
Jumps and tested. 1t is nearly as hard as
the Erie coal OF Pennsylvania, the hardest
bltuminous coal known, and burns freely.
In consequence of this discovery the Bur
ington q Missouri railway will immediate
y build Il branch from Benkleman station,
on the main line, in Nebraska, to Wano, in
Cheyenne County, where the coal has been
found.
CAPTAIN KINNEY, recently tried at To
peka for defrauding the United States by
unlawfully drawing pension, was acquit-
ted by tie jury. Captain Kinney met the
demand for blackmail by administering a
sound thrashing to the man who made UP
the afiidavits, and the jury evidently be-
Ieved he did right. The complaining
witness and the man who made the false
affidavit, it is stated, will be turned over
to the tender mercies of the grand jury.
Mr.. ALBERT GRIFFIN writes from New
York that lit having been found impossible
to perfect the necessary preliminary ar
rangements for the Anti-Saloon Republi-
can National Convention in time for May
10, notice is given that the dates fixed in
the call have been postponed for few
weeks; the exact time to be announced
hereafter. The place of meeting has also
been changed from Toledo, O., to Chicago,
Ill"
THE Republican convention to nominate
a candidate for Congress for the Fourth
Congressional district has been called TO
meet at Emporia July Il.
II reply to a letter OF inquiry Senator
Ingalls, recently wrote: II shall very cor
daily support the Mexican Pension bill as
/ it passed the House, unless it appears upon
/ examination that have been misinformed
as to its provisions. My impression is that
! favorable action by the Senate may be rea-
! sonably expected at an early day"
| THE land sales for the Santa Fe for the
year 1855 were 81, ,O4S,5 and the cash re-
! ceiptS were 5i,S13,6G5 All the Santa Fe
! lands have been sold.
MOTION County has petitioned to be or
gsnized.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas invent
ors: Thurman d. Cook, Topeka, boring
and routing bit; jeremiah Courseon, Prai-
review, attachment for grain drills; Sam
uel SkipwOrth, Blue Mound, combined
chimney and ventilator.
BIsHO? VAIL. OF the diocese of Kansas. is
not to retire, as stated by some of the pa
pers, but is to have an assistant next De-
cember. SO long as he lives he will be in
charge of the diocese, but as the bishop is
far advanced in years the active work Will
devolve largely upon his assistant.
II has been officially announced that the
Atchison, Topeka q; Santa Fe railroad has
purchased tho Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
line running from Galveston to Fort
Worth, Tex. 1t is the intention of the
Santa Fe to at once commence the con-
slructiOn of i line from Arkansas City
south, through the Indian Territory to
Fort Worth, where connection will be
made.
SENATOR PLUME has introduced bill in
the Senate which aims to secure the recog-
milton of the service and payment therefor
of the members of the Frontier Guard,
composed chiefly of Kansas men, who
guarded Mr.. Lincoln at Washington about
two weeks in the early days Of the rebel
lion. Senator Lane was Captain of this
company.
Mr.. PLUMB'S bill has passed the Senate
granting pensions to the following Kan
sans: John S. Williams, of Lane; Jephtha
Hornbecll, of LOtta; Mrs. B. Alters, of
Severance; Captain j. Hopper, of Leaven-
worth; John W. Thornton, of Lawrence;
DR.. j. V. Drummer. OF Netewalla; August
SCHNEIDER, of Emerald; Reuben Farnham,
of Eldorado; John Prutt, of Humboldt;
James \. Underwood, of Allegan; James
c. Ledbette, of Eldorado; John L. Bruce,
of Lawrence; Philip Wagnor, of NeOsho
Falls; William Dobbs. of Wellington;
Stephen r. Smith, of Augusta; William
II. Moore, of Medicine Lodge; George ".
Demorte of Emporia; Mrs. Morgan Smith,
Of Leavenworth; William Bethuren, OF
Emporia; Henry Shirly, of RantOul; Rob-
ert Halsey, of Topeka; William Reynolds,
of Empora; Thomas J. Owens, of Blue
Mound: John T. Kirkpatrick, of Clay Cen
ter; William n. Clark, of Princeton;
George Ham, of Severy: j. H Thornbury,
OF Omio; William G. Schovozer, of Fort
Scott, and John Ross, of Tahlequah.
THE President has appointed John H.
Dayton, of Kansas, to be cadet at large at
the Naval Academy, vice John W. Worden,
nephew of Rear Admiral Worden, who de-
ciined the appointment.
THE meeting of the Grand Lodge Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, held at Par
sons recently, was satisfactory and pleas
ant in every respect. committee was
appointed to investigate the cause OF tho
discharge of a number of the brotherhood
and after Investigation the restoration of
all found 10 have been discharged without
sufficient cause will be asked
LEE CURTIS and John Lawler two mere
boys, were recently arrested in Iowa and
taken back to Topeka for trial upon the
charge of robbing jewelry store in that
city one night lately. George Lamb was
also taken in custody for the same ofPense.
LATE post-office changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Eugene, Ford County, Lewis C.
Wright, postmaster: Hughes, Thomas Coun-
ty, John D. Hughes, postmaster; Quinter,
Cove County, John II. Baker, postmaster;
Saunders, Rush County. John G. Saunders,
Jr., postmaster; Tribune, Greeley County,
Mary L. Campbell, postmaster; Violenta,
Sheridan County, William W. Warner,
postmaster. Discontinued, Burgh, Graham
County.
IT is stated that W. n. Carlisle, son of
the Speaker, has been appointed member
OF The Democratic Congressional Commit
tee for Kansas.
BURGLARS still infest Topeaka.
II is said that movement is on foot to
secure the annual encampment of the Kan
sas National Guards at Fort Riley. Cap
tain Pond. A Q. NJ, offers free Transports
ton for all militia between the railroad
and the camp ground. The officers all
promise to give their aid in every accept
able way, and assist the National Guard
officers in making the camp regular