The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-22

celebrated stallion Phallas to c. c. Lyford,
of Minneapolis, Mimi, for s5O,000.
THE employees of the Kittaning Iron Com
pany and the Rebecca Furnace Company,
of Kittaning, Pa, struck recently for an
advance of 10 per cent. in wages.
REPORTS from the recent tornado in West
ern Iowa show that the storms ranged from
Taylor County north to Pocahontas Coun-
ty. Four persons were reported
killed and about twenty-five seriously in
jured. From fifty to seventy-fve dwellings
were demolished and large damage was
done to barns and trees.
Two boycotters were held recently in
New York City to the criminal court on
the charge of conspiracy. 1t will be test
case. q
THE number of unemployed in New York
City is estimated at $1,000, or less than one
half the usual number. The estimated num-
ber of idle wageworkers in the United
States is 100000.
THE Arkansas grangers, it is stated, will
put ticket in the field in the fall.
THE deficit in the English budget amounts
to e2,642, ,943, little less than at first re-
ported. The taxes on spirits showed q
large falling off. There were increased re-
ceipts from the taxes on tea, tobacco and
fruits.
E. F. OUsLAND, agent for the Mississippi
Valley railroad at Hollandale, Miss, alb
seconded recently with the company's
money, but was captured.
JOHN RYAN, a Dubuque Qowa) tailor,
was choked to death recently by a piece of
meat.
Mrs. MERCER, of Philadelphia, has be-
queathed the bulk of her property to es-
tablish a home for superannuated Presby
terian ministers who do not use tobacco.
THE jury holding an inquest on the body
of J. D. Thompson, killed on the bridge at
st. Louis, during the recent riots, returned
a verdict of homicide against the deputy
sheriffs.
AN outbreak of smallpox at Carmi, Ill,
recently resulted in three deaths, and it is
feared there are many cases in the sur
rounding country. A supply of vaccine
was furnished by the State Board of
Health.
IT was thought that over fifty lives were
lost and more than two hundred persons
seriously injured by the tornado which de-
stroyed Sauk Rapids and st. Cloud, Mimi,
on the evening of the 18th.
SIX persons were killed and several were
seriously injured by n tornado on the
evening of the 18th, which went through
the country near Skidmore, Nodaway
County, No. At Lenox, forty-five miles
north of Maryville, many persons were in
jured by the storm.
ALL of the strikers who resumed work
in the shops at Palestine, Tex, have been
expelled from the Knights of Labor order
THE business failures for the seven days
ended the 14th numbered: For the United
States, 165; for Canada, %; total 1S2. The
failures were 2I5 the previous week.
The pig-iron manufacturers of Great
Britain have agreed to restrict the output
in order to maintain prices.
THE French garrison at Bakel, Senegal,
made a successful sortie lately, killing 400
rebels and losing only seven privates.
TIE First National Bank of Angelica, N.
V, closed its doors on the 10th. J. E.
Robinson, the cashier, was defaulter to
the amount of 900. He fed to Canada.
H. NJ. HOME, vice-president of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Company, refused to accede
to the request of st. Louis citizens to arbi-
trate the differences with the Knights of
Labor.
TIE mills of the Waycross Lumber Com
pany at Waltertown Ga, burned the other
day The loss was estimated at Sl50,000;
insurance, S25,OOO. Four hundred persons
were thrown out of employment.
THE pupils in ali the public school build
ings at Columbus, o., struck recently for
less time in the school room, and the police
were called upon to enforce the orders of
the teachers. Thirteen boys were suspend
ed and the str'le was reported over.
THE yardmen employed in the Baltimore
& Ohio yards at the stock yards. Chicago,
went out on the 10th. Four hundred men
were ON strike.
ALL the drivers and conductors on the
Third avenue street car lines at New York
''tied up their cars on the 10th. The men
demanded higher wages and shorter hours.
The company refused their demands.
THE cholera was reported raging at
Italy. Sixty-eight cases and ten
deaths occurred in one day.
OwING to a split in the ranks of the col
ored leaders of Washington, two process
sons were out on the 10th celebrating
day. The President refused
to review either, as he did not wish to take
part in the personal quarrel.