The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS

A FRESCHMAN, lately arrested in Tonnes
see for a trivial offense, confessed that he
was the murderer of ex-Mayor Bowman. of
! st. Louis. The crime was committed q
year ago and was never unraveled.
A FRENCH paper stated lately that the
| Sultan demands the evacuation of Egypt
| by the English and Russia supports the
| Turkish demands.
ANOTHER earthquake shock was felt at
Summerville, S. c., on the morning of the
18th and one occurred at one o'clock the
same day which overthrow a small brick
building. 1t is said not more than twenty
white families are left in the town.
THE trial of the great three-cornered
Nickel Plate foreclosure suit was begun in
| the Common Pleas Court at Cleveland on
September u. Millions OF dollars are in
volved in the case.
IT was reported on September Is that
Manager Brown. of the Western Unions
st. Louis Office, was short and had skip
ped.
ALL the Powers replied favorably to the
Porte's circular lately issued. They agree
that there shall be no military occupation
of Bulgaria.
SIX persons died from cholera in Trieste
on September Is, aud two died in Pesth. In
the former city sixteen new cases were re-
ported, six in Pesth.
FRANCE has just given Germany satisfac-
tory assurances and the tension between
the two countries caused by the action of
General Boulanger and the French Chau-
vinsts has largely vanished. The relations
between the Paris and Berlin Governments
are now better than they have been for
long time.
A BAD fire occurred in Kansas City on
September l6, which destroyed the Kaw
Valley Soap Works and a portion of the
az road trestle work.
THE Governments final estimates of the
corn crop of Missouri and Kansas is as fol-
lows: Missouri, 100. SCI, 900 bushels; Kan
sas, l5S, 500. 900 bushels.
Mr.. RIcALToN, who was sent to the Arctic
ocean in May by Outing" TO make Jour-
ney on a three-wheeled machine from
Archangle Strait through Russia, has not
been heard from and it is feared that the
Russians have arrested him.
RECEIVER THOMPSON, of the closed-up
Provident Savings Bank, of st. Louis, saws
that the depositors will get respectable
dividend during October.
W. II. ToBEY, editor of the Times, at
Greenup, Ill, was recently arrested and
taken to Charleston, charged with publish
ing libel on F. y. Allison, a well-known
prohibition lecturer.
A GREAT conflagration ragged at Brook
Ign, la, on September Is. The entire bus
mess portion was burned The fire con-
sumed the Downing Hotel the post-ofIice
the elevator and other big buildings
TIE colored men of New England held at
conference in Boston on September Is to
protest against the discrimination of the
race in society, business and every thing
else.
KANSAS CITY had a grand time on Sep
tember 16. it being the big day of the fair
Twenty-Five thousand people were at the
fair and in the evening over 100, 900 blocked
the sidewalks to see the parade through the
city and the fireworks.
RECENTLY at Waupun, Wis, a widow and
two children were crossing bridge, when
q train dashed around a curve, killing
them instantly.
tion of America, and the National Cattle
and Horse Growers Association of tue
United States, have been consolidated
The Haddock coroner,s jury, at Sioux
City, Ia, rendered verdict recently charg-
ing b. L. LeaFitt and others with compli-
city in the murder OF the Rev. George C.
R-lddocl1.
IHE Chippewa Fails wis., Lumber Com
peny saw mill was struck by lightning !
and De Stroyed recently, causing loss of
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