The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

AT the regular meeting of the governing
committee of the New York Stock EX-
change On the 22d the following securities
were ordered placed on the regular list:
Missouri Pacific railway, S4,000,000 addi-
tional capital stock: Missouri, Kansas <
Texas, 81, 900 additional general mort
gage bonds; Chicago, Rock Island d Pa
cific, 100000 additional first mortgage and
collateral bonds; Mexican Central railway,
IS, ,126000 income bonds and S533, 170900 capi-
tai stock.
A DISPATCH dated the 2lst from Virginia
City, New, said that the Yellow Jacket
mine was on fire. There were no partlc-
ulars.
GREAT mortality is reported among cattle
in the northwest and southwest portions of
Iowa from a disease which the farmers fear
is pleuro- pneumonia.
JUSTICE JAMES rendered decision in the
Equity Court at Washington on the 22d in
the case of j. Harris Rodgers against the
Attorney General, and to dissolve the part
nership known as the Pan-Electric Tele-
phone Company. The Attorney General, in
his answer to the bill of complaint, denied
all the allegations contained therein, and
was desirous TO have the case tried on its
merits, but the other defendants, Senator
Harris, Commissioner Atkins, Commission
er Johnston and Casey Young, filed a de-
murrer, and on that the case was argued.
Justice James sustained the demurrer and
dismissed the bill without going into the
merits of the case.
SIX women were fined in Berlin, Ger
many, recently for holding a society of
socialistic character and the verein was Or
dered dissolved. The Government claimed
that it was part of scheme to honeycomb
the empire with female labor societies.
THE Wamsutta woolen mills at Fall
River, Mass, have shut down because Of a
strike of the weavers.
SIXTY-SINE freight brakemen on the
Louisville & Nashville road struck recently
because the company discharged two of
the committee who asked for advanced
wages.
COMMISSIONER ATKINS Of the Indian Office
has decided to allow the Indian supply
house to remain in New York. but will here
after, at each annual spring letting, receive
and open bids in st. Louis for furnishing
beef, -four, bacon and other items of sub
sistence supplies to the Indians.
THE President has approved the act ap-
propriating money to supply the deficiency
in the funds needed by the Public Printer.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STEARNs has begun five suits against the
Bay State Brick Company, of Boston, for
violation of the law in importing foreign
labor under contract, the company having
brought French Canadians from Canada
under contract.
LIEBKNECHT, the Socialist, who recently
visited the United States, published an ar
ticle on his return TO Germany entitled
Farewell to America" which resulted in
the paper being confscated.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL resigned his
seat in the British Cabinet on the I'D, on
the ground that the estimates proposed
were excessive and the legislative measures
inadequate.
THE city hall and opera house at Cheboy-
gan, Mich, burned the other night. The
Jail in the rear Of the city hall contained
two prisoners, both of whom were burned
to death. The loss was $4,000; no insur-
ance
GEORGE GOULD denies that line is to be
constructed from Hannibal to Chicago by
! the Missouri Pacific Company.
THE Governments Of Holland and Belgium
have signed declaration agreeing to sup
press the traffic in gIris.