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

MISCELLANEOUS.
News has been received from Throckmor-
| ton of the lynching of Tom Farrar, cOlored,
the acknowledged perpetrator of the most
brutal murder eyer committed in Throck-
morton County, Tex
TIE annual Grand Army parade at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 9Th was participated in
| by fully 5000 veterans. The day was beau
tiful and the decorations tasteful and lib
eraI.
A DISPATCH from Melbourne saws: The
recent earthquake destroyed every village
on the island of Niapu. The inhabitants
escaped. The island is covered twenty
feet deep with volcanic dust, and at one
place q new hill 200 feet high has been
formed.
Two shocks of earthquake were felt in
one of the Shetland islands on the night of
the 4th.
WALLACE, the alleged murderer of the
Logan family at Cuba, Mo-, was taken
from Jail at SteelvilIe and hanged by a
masked mob.
A ST. Louis special of the 5th says that
the steamer La Mascotte, bound from
Grand Tower, Ill, to Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
exploded her boilers opposite Neley's land
ing, burned to the waters edge and hoated
a mile below Wizards landing, where she
lodged on the shore. The total loss of life
was placed at eighteen or over.
NICHOLAS S. HAvERLAND. confidential
clerk for the W. W. Kimball Organ Com
pany, of Chicago, was arrested recently on
the charge of embezzling $1,000 by means
of forged orders for organs
A MOB at Vienna, led by the socialist
Baudin, attempted to prevent the reopen
ing of workshops after a strike. Gen
d'armes interviewed and arrested Baudin
and several others.
THE budget was laid before the Lower
House of Parliament at Copenhagen, and
shows a deficit of $3.50, 800. A bill was
introduced proposing to cover the deficit
by drafts on the Treasurer for the balance.
THE main boiler in Jordan Buckwells
saw mill, seven miles northwest of War
saw, Ind, exploded the other day, fatally
injuring George Powell and Thomas Aug
lin.
THE Pittsburgh steamer Dick Furlong,
one of the largest tow-boats on the Ohio
river, was snagged at Grave Greek, twelve
miles below Wheeling, W. Va, the other
day and sank in ten feet of water.
EDGERToN, the nurse on trial in Brooklyn
for causing the death of a patient in the
Flat Bush Insane Asylum by scalding him
in bath, was acquitted.
NEW YORK stock johbers pledge them
selves to support ]. Edward Simmons for
mayor in opposition to Henry George.
FOUR men were killed the other day by
the explosion of giant powder in the Cali
DOMAIN mine near Deadwood. Oak.
THE National Undertakers' Association
met in Cleveland, O., on the 18th.
AUGUST BELMONT, JR., has been elected a
Louisville & Nashville director, but no
other change has been made in the board.
The steamship Ancon, plying between
Alaskan ports aud San Francisco, is two
weeks over due and fears are felt for her.
TWENTY SEVEN lives were lost by the ex-
plosion of the boilers of La Mascotte on
the 5th near Cape Girardeau, Mo.
TIE Georgia election passed off quietly.
The Democrats made a clean sweep. There
was practically no opposition to the cleo
ton of General Gordon.
The brakesnen of the Youngstown di-
vision Of the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio railway have struck for increased
wages and extra pay for over time. One
hundred and ten men are out.
REAR ADMIRAL LUCE, commanding the
North Atlantic station, and Commodore
Chandler, commanding the New York
navy yard. have been directed to consult
with General Schofield relative to the par
ticipation of the navy in the ceremonies at
tending the completion of the Bartholdi
statue on the 18th of October. The United
States ship Tennessee. flagship of the North
Atlantic squadron, will take part if avail
able.
HUNDREDS of people are reported to be
dying in Corea daily from cholera
tx duel in Thuringia recently between
q military officer and a student, the latter
was killed
Two children were burned to death in q
recent fire at 152 Warren street, Chicago.
JCDGE GARY refused a new trial to the
Chicago anarchists on the 9TH and sem
fenced the prisoners 90 death, with the ex-
ception of Neebe, who was sentenced to
fourteen years imprisonment
ADyICEs from Winnipeg, Manitoba, say
that destructive prairie fires are raging in
Northwest and Southwest Manitoba
Many farmers have suffered heavy losses
Of stock and grain
The trienniel convention of the Episco-
pal Church opened in St James, Chicago,
on the 9th. DIR. Dix was elected to preside.
The San Francisco sheriff took possession
of Baum & Co.'s effects recently; liabili-
ties 81, 200 900.
PRAIRIE fires are raging fiercely in the
vicinity of Moorehead, Mimi. Large
amounts of grain and many buildings
have already been destroyed. causing
heavy loss. The Red River is dry and the
continued drought is causing much suffer
ing.