The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

lied at Topeka recently from the effects OF
g wound received at festival few nights
previous. At the festival a quarrel arose
between young Wallace, who was half
witted, and a notorious rough named
Pheiy Crump. The latter picked up a stone
and threw it at Wallace, inhicting very
ugly wound in the head, from which he
died as stated. AS soon as Crump heard
of the death of his victim he skipped.
The Kansas Farmer recently presented a
report of the condition of crops, stock and
the weather in Kansas on the oath day oil
May. The report was made up of brief let
ters from nearly a hundred correspondents,
farmers in different counties of the state,
all practical men, writing what they knew.
From this it appears that wheat is in about
the same condition reported month ago
only further along in growth. Harvest
will commence in some of the southern
counties about the 10th inst, and the ag-
gregate crop will amount to about twenty
five per cent. of that harvested in 1884. Fly
and chinch bugs are doing damage in a few
localities. The spring was two months
earlier than usual. Corn is in first-class
condition, the ground cleaL and the stand
generally good The height is reported six
to fifteen inches and much of 4 is already
worked twice. Oats is not good and in
some places it is an entire failure on &C
| count OF the dry weather. 1t is doubtful
if more than ntty per cent. OF the acreage
| sown will be harvested, and that will not
equal fifty per cent. of good yield. Grasses
are in good condition, red clover orchard
grass and alfalfa in the lead. Small fruits
| rail- aIyn MT nd Of ira a l.
ity. Stock is doing well, no disease except
some lingering evidences of cholera among
hogs and little black leg in one county.
Excepting wheat and oats the outlook is
good. Late rains have done much good to
the growing crops.
THE President has vetoed the bill grant
\ ing a pension to John S. Williams, Of
Lane, and has approved special bills grant
| ing pensions to William Belhurven, of En-
| poria: Henry Shirley. of RantOul; j. II.
| Thornberry, of Omio, and John L. Bruce,
| of Lawrence.
A POsT-oFFICE has been established at
Taloga, Norton County, with Franklin
Beam as postmaster
THE Prohibition State Convention has
been called to meet at Enporia on July l3
and II, for the purpose of nominating full
State ticket.
THE Republican county convention of
Pawnee County elected Henry Booth and
Hon. w. C.. Edwards as delegates, and
Judge J. c. Strang and Hon. J. W. Rush as
aIternates. to the State Convention at
Topeka, July Z, 1856, and adopted resolu-
ton instructiDg delegates to use all honor
able means to secure the nomination of T.
NJ. Mccarthy to the position of State
Auditor
A KANSAS State Sportsman Association
was formed recently at Leavenworth, and
committees were appointed to report a con-
stitution and bylaws at the next tourna-
ment, which will take glace in Atchison in
October.
A YOUNG man named Walker walked out
of the window of his bedroom in Leaven-
worth the other night while asleep falling
from the second story to the ground, where
he was picked up in an insensible condition.
having sustained serious injuries.
A ROW took place at the Seventh street
bridge in Leavenworth the other evening,
in which three policemen and two negroes
were badly hurt. Three negroes were en-
gagged in fight, and Officers Patterson,
rest them. On reaching the scene the ne
groes attacked the officers with clubs and
stones inflicting severe wounds on the
arm of Officer Patterson. Officer Martin
got n terrible blow on the head and Officer
Morrillon was frightfully beaten over the
head aud face, and was in precarious con-
'dition. The officers succeeded in knocking
one of the negroes down and badly wound
ing another. Aid was secured and two of
the negroes arrested. The third made his
escape.
THE newly appointed officers of Lane
County are: County clerk, J. T. Smith;
county commissioners. Joshua WheatcrOft,
j. j. Shealer, George H. Steeley. The pop
ulation as determined by the census taken
is 1926 and the total property valuation is
Si3S, S43 DightOr was designated as the
temporary county seat
The baseball contest betw cen the Fats
and Leans, of Topeka, Melted SSl.4O for
charity.
A TOPEKA man by the name of Travis
Wilson is likely to get into trouble by mar
rying in that city while he had another liv-
ing wife in Kentucky; that is if the Ken
lucky woman's story is trne
A MAN named Robinson was recently |
killed by lightning in the southern part OF |
Finney County.
Miss JESSIE, daughter of j. II. Lyon, |
Western passenger agent of the Missouri |
Pacific railway, died suddenly at her |
fathers residence in Leavenworth the |
other morning. She was in her twentieth |
year, and graduated with honors from the |
high school last June.
A KANSAS man, who has tried it, gives
the following as cure for rattlesnake
bite: As soon as possible after being BIT
ten get number of the leaves of the ordi.
nary fat cactus, or prickly pear, split the
leaf and apply the raw side to the wound,
substitute new leaf for the old one every
fifteen minutes, and in the course of from
three to six hours you will be entirely re-
lieved of all effects of the bite.
BURGLARS recently entered Staiger's
butcher shop at Leavenworth, worked
long time at the safe, which they finally
blew open, but found only thirty dollars,
which they carried off.
SOUTH TOPEKA recently petitioned to be
declared a city of the second class. The pc
tition declared that E. b. Lull had been ap-
pointed census taker aud that he had found
the city had a population of 2,193. AS this
was 1873 over the requisite number the Gov
eanor Immediately issued his proclamation
declaring South Topeka city of the second
class.
LANE County has been organized.
SOME time ago William Bryson, in the
vicinity of Dexter, stole a horse from man
by the name of Constable, in the same COM
munity. Bryson went to the Territory as
soon as Re committed the theft and traded
the animal of. Some time ago he stole
several other horses from a ranch in the