The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

A GENERAL war over the Bulgarian busi-
ness is deemed inevitable by well posted
diplomats.
The Philadelphia Brewers Association
have lately decided to recognize the
Knights of Labor to the exclusion of all
other labor organizations.
A RECENT dispatch from Berlin says that
Prince Dolgorouki will not go to Bulgaria,
and that Russian officers who were in the
Bulgarian army prior to the coup d. etat
will not enter Prince Alexanders service.
The dispatch also says that Prince Alexan-
der is not at all sanguine of restoring order,
and would abdicate only that he is encour-
aged by England to persevere.
A SUPPLEMENTAL volume of the records of
the rebellion, containing full account of
the Fitz John Porter court martial proceed
ings, will soon be issued to cover the de-
ficiency of the records, in which no men,
ton was made of this case.
THE Board of Railroad Commissioners at
Topeka recently elected Colonel II. c.
Rizer, of Eureka, secretary to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of E. j.
Turner. He has long been citizen OF
Kansas and is well known among all news
paper men. In 1870 he came to Kansas, To-
eating at Eureka, where he began practic-
ing law. He served one term as county
attorney and was for long time editor of
the Eureka Herald. For the past few years
he has been serving in the United State
Geological Survey.
THE bridge across the Missouri river op-
posite Fort Leavenworth was badly dam
aged by fire the other night. The woodwork
of the center and eastern spans was entire
ly consumed. The fire department of Leav-
enworth city and Fort Leavenworth were
on hand and through their efforts the west
ern span was saved.
PARSONS, the condemned anarchist, talks
of his trial and blames the newspapers for
securing the conviction. He says the an
archists are not dynamiters and hopes for
| judicial intervention.
THE coinage of the mints during the
month of August amounted to 81, T776, 900 in
silver pieces and g., ,220, 600 in gold. OF the
silver coinage 100000 were standard
dollar pieces and $40, 600 dimes.
A DISPATCH from Halifax, n. s., recently
says that the cruiser Houlette seized the
American schooner Highland Light for
fishing within the three mile limit Off the
east point of Prince Edwards Island. This
is the first actual seizure made for fishing.
Mrs. BYRON, wife of the notorious forger
arrested at Boston for the Topeka authori-
ties, tells of the manner of her acquaint
ance with him and blames herself bitterly
for marrying him.
ABOUT 600 men employed in the breweries
of St Louis went out on a strike recently.
| VICTORIA MoRosINI, whose misalliance by
marrying her fathers coachman caused so
much talk some time ago, has left her hus-
band and returned to her father. An effort
will be made to get divorce.
The public debt statement for August
showed; Debt less cash in the Treasury,
1873, ,116, ,5S0.53; decrease during August,
Sl,9l0, ,699.O2; cash in the Treasury available
for reduction of debt, Sl93 6S7, ,964. 20; total
cash in the Treasury, s454, ,270, ,65l.14
| THJRTT-Two cattle which are said to have
gone for thirty-seven hours without nour-
| ishment have been found lately in Lacka-
wanna railway cars, and the company is to
be prosecuted under the United States laws
| STILL later from the calamity at Charles
ton. s. c., places the number of killed at
fully forty, with fifty to one hundred in
jured Two-thirds of the houses in the
city were so badly damaged as to need re-
pairs The loss of property is estimated
all the wsy from five to ten million dol.
lars. Relief was being sent from all parts
of the country
THE horses of nearly every street car line
in the city of Cleveland, O., are affected
with ''piRkeye.n One line has sixsy-five
sick horses in their stables ani the epidemic
! it is feared will be general.
. Four new cases of yellow fever -devel-
eped recently at Biloxi, Miss. The entire
] ISOLATION of the infected district has been
effected and sentinels posted
The damage caused by the earthquakes
at FiIitara, Greece, amounts to about
S2,OG0,OO0-
AT meeting of the common council of
/ PhiIadeldhia lately q resolution was adopt
ed without s. dissenting vote for the ap-
pointn.ent of a committee to investigate
the conduct of Mayor Smith looking to his
impeachment in case certain money trans
actions can not be satisfactorily explained
! by him.
1t Tas reported from Tombstone, A T,
/ that che Mexicans demanded Geronimo of
| the American troops and that a fight en-
sued in which FIVE Mexicans were killed
and two Americans wounded. Geronimo
then escaped.
Tue Bulgarian difficulty still grows and
it is exected that Russia viii show her
hand shortly. There is general uneasiness
IL al parts of Europe.