The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-28

presidency, Geld by Harrison Durkee at hi
death.
THE owners of the Gloucester mass.
schooner George l. Smith, which sale,
for Grand Banks, N. j., August IA, carry
ing fourteen men, have given the vesse
up for lost.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, celebrated the 1OOtI
anniversary of its incorporation on tn,
2lst
ONE death from and two new cases o
fever were reported at Biloxi, Miss, on tn
2lst.
BILLY MALoSEY, now safe in Canada, con
fesses his connection with the Broadway
New York Doodle gang.
THE penitentiary workshops at,Colum
bus, o., were recently in flames. Loss
$4,000.
DELEGATES have been called to Pitts
burgb, Pa, November II to form a nation
al encampment of three years army ser
vice men.
LIEUTENANT METcALFE and a privat,
named King were recently torn to piece;
by Fan exploding shell at Sandy Hoo
Nj
The conductors and engineers on tn
Panama railway have struck because bal
was refused for Conductor Noye, who sho
man on train recently.
INTELLIGENCE has been received IN Bonn
bay that the Johur ordeal has again beel
put into practice in a Brahmin village il
| Bengal. Two human lives were sacrificed
| the object being to avoid the Touk Burba
assessment. The two victims calmly as
| cd ha finn hTaxv 10
death.
a SHARP earthquake shock was felt a
Charleston, S. c., on the morning of tn
22d. Its duration was about twelve sec
onds. Houses were shaken and window
ratified, but no damage was done. TIL
shake was sharp also at Summerville, ant
was followed by several ''babY quakes,'' a
they are called.
The Northwest (Canada) Council has re
| fuied to accede to the petition of the Home
land Pacific Company, of Wood Mountain
for the admission of cattle from the United
States free of duty. The reason assigned
is that the matter properly belongs to tn,
Dominion Government
AT Vermontville, Mich, recently three
masked men broke into the American Elk.
press office, bound and gagged William
Bailey the agent, and robbed the safe o.
nearly $1,000.
A STEAM mill operated by ]. Handy anC
Moses Hoffman near Kenton, KY, blew VI
recently, killing Handy instantly anG
scalding Hoffman SO that there was little
hope of his recovery. Both were married
and had large families.
AT Stevens Point, Wis, Lawyer Hazel
tine was acquitted of the murder of hi.
wife's seducer, Banker A. E. Morse.
IN response to official inquiries the Ger
man embassy at st. Petersburg telegraph.
that there is no basis of truth for the story
that an attempt had been made on the
Cars life or for the report that an aide
de-camp had been shot by the Gar.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has received dis
patches from Major General Howard an
nouncing that the last of the renegade
Apaches have been captured and az
rived at Fort Bowie, A. T. These Indians
took to the hills when Geronimo and
Natchez surrendered.
THE business failures of the seven days
ended October 81 numbered for the U nited
States, 49, and for Canada IS, as compared
with 100 the week previous.
a NATIONAL school at Cahermurphy, West
Clare, ireland, was wrecked recently by
unknown parties. The teachers had adj
mtted to the school children of boycotted
citizens in spite of warning notices posted
in public.
THE mixing mill of the Miami powder
works, at Xenia, o., exploded the Other
day, instantly killing Armel Miller.
Two shocks of earthquake, creating ex
tenSive alarm, occurred on the 22d, extend
ing from Washing ton to Georgia.
THE Austrian budget was presented in
the lower house of the Reichsrath on the
22d. The expenditures were estimated at
52l Coo 600 forms and the receipts at sos,
600, coo forms.
THE switchmen in the Louisville 4 Nash.
vile yards at Louisville, Ky, quit work on
the 22d for more pay.
PENNINGTON, Me-, was reported on fire
on the night of the ed. The burned dis.
trict comprised large area, the jail and
two or three churches being destroyed.
KLADNo, town of Bohemia, built on coal
and iron pits, is slowly sinking into the
ground.
THE necessary capital for the proposed
French exhibition-22,5O 800, 900 francs-has
been obtained.