The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-21
Miscellaneous.


! THE other morning two young men CIV
ing their names as S. B. Tibbs alias '.Drty
Dick" and John O'Hara were arrested ard
taken to Topeka, charged with attempting
to murder George Astertag. The young
men were employed on the Rock Island
grading force about eight miles north of
the city. The party, or a number of them,
got on drunk and general fight ensued
in which the two arrested, with revolvers
and other weapons made an attack on
George Astertag. The latter was badly
used up, being not only shot in the side,
but badly pounded. Doubts were enter
tanned of the wounded mans recovery.
IT is stated that Captain A. R. Banks has
resigned his 81 deposition as special exam
iner in the penson-oflice and will be a can
didate for the chief clerkship of the Kan
sas Legislature at its next session.
THE new opera house at Garden City has
been opened.
| PARSONS has military company of one
hundred members, under the age of
eighteen.
A THREE YEAR-oLD daughter of Mr.. NJ. T.
Long, living near Columbus, recently fell
! from a carriage, the wheels passing over.
| its head, crushing the skull and causing
death.
IL the Supreme Court the other morning
the motion for rehearing of the case of
the st. Louis & San Francisco railroad
against John W. Weaver was overrued.
| This case came from Harvey County.
| Weaver. in the court below, obtained
| judgment for $4,000 against the railroad
company. The company, through its at
torney, asked to have the judgment re-
versed. Failing in this, the company
sought reheGring.
THE grand lodge of I. o. o. F. of Kansas
met at Topeka on the evening of the 18th
in special session at which we're conferred
the past official and grand lodge degrees
upon all brethren presenting legal qualified
certificates and an examination was made
of all delegates presenting credentials. J.
l.. Mackenzie, Grand Exemplar, of Chica-
go, was present aud conferred the degrees.
The regular session commenced ON the 18th.
OF the twenty EIGHT Grand Masters l. o.
o. F. since 1855, twenty-five are still
living.
GENERAL POTTER, commander of the De-
partment of Missouri, with headquarters
at Fort Leavenworth, has been placed on
the retired list.
RIGHT of way for the Leavenworth
Northern & Southern railway has been
granted, without charge, through the land
occupied by the Soldiers Home, near Leav
enworth.
THE Konsas Livestock Sanitary Com
mission, in its late regular session at To-
peka, decided to take action in the matter
of quarantining and issued an order that
the 'rules and regulations governing quar-
antine and the admission of cattle in Kan.
sas, as issued by the commission dated az
Topeka, Kan, May 3 1886 are hereby re-
voked. From and after this date and I'M
til further notice, all cattle comiug to
Kansas from that portion of New York
lying south of the north line Of the State
of Connecticut, all of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, Delaware end Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Illinois and the Do.
minion of Canada, will be required to
enter the State at Kansas City, where they
will be held in quarantine at the risk and
expense of the owner for the period of
ninety days, or until they shall receive
bill of health signed by the State Veterin-
airy of Kansas, and all railroads, express
and other transportation companies are
forbidden to bring any cattle into this
State from the above named quarantined
districts, except in compliance with the
foregoing rules and regulations
THE Livestock Sanitary Commission, in
Difference to the expressed wish of the
Governor of Ohio, recommends that the
quarantine against Ohio cattle be raised.
A CoLoRBD man named Lawson Thomp-
Al.
Sexton, about two miles west of Topeka
the other morning. He visited Mr.. Sexton
the previous night and wanted to be re-
employed as a teamster. He was informed
that there was not work for him. where
upon he asked the privilege of sleeping in
the barn as he did not feel like returning
to town that night. The privilege was
granted him. The next morning he was
dead
TOPEKA is to have public park.
THE Livestock Sanitary Commission re-
Gently returned from Chicago, in which
city they had been investigating the cattle
disease that caused so much alarm in the
East. At present it is confined to the
East, and can be kept there if Eastern cat
tie are not allowed to come to Kansas. For
this purpose it has been determined by the
Livestock Sanitary Commission of this
State to take measurers to prevent the i'm
portation of Eastern cattle to Kansas, and
the railroads will be asked to cooperate.
In June of last year there were but two
frame buildings in Garfield township, Nor
ton County. There are now 1a8.
The Larned street railway has proved
b be a most profitable investment.
PENSIONS have been granted the follow |
ing Kansans: David Kilgore. OF Larned;
Joseph B. Bingham, Of Wamego; William |
Forney, of Cottonwood Falls; Catherine |
Doom, of Leavenworth; William G. Stout, |
o. Yates Center; Lewis Ginger, of At
wood; Henry W. Peters, of Rubens; Sam |
uel A. Wicklne, of Logan; Joseph c. Baird, |
of Dodge City: John Walker, of Leaven-
worth; James II. Roper, of Chetopa; iona
than Puzey, of Saratoga; James A Chris
ter, of Perth; Clark S. Hazeltine, of Cora;
Thomas II. Washburn. of Milford; Matthias I
Fernes, of Cherryvale-
PoST-oEFIcEs have been established at |
Leland, KIngmau County, End Wabash, /
Finney County.