The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-14

ing Peerless Colliery, struck recently OF
account of scarcity of cars. The breaker
could not supply coal steadily, and severa
lowed them which was thus lost Tn,
request was refused.
The water works at Sheepshead Bay col
lapsed the other day with terrific crash
The tower went down.
| II. L. LEAvITT, Fred Munchrath, Jr.
henry Sherman and John Arensdorf were
arrested recently for connection with the
Haddock assassination at Sioux City
Iowa.
| PLEURo-PNEUMoSIA was reported worse
in Chicago on the 9Th. 1t was expected
the sale of distillery milk would be pro
hibited.
| FIRE in New York recently destroyed
the Harlem beach bath and other property
worth SIS, 900 in all.
A CHARTER for an underground railway
through Philadelphia has been granted BY
the Pennsylvania Secretary of State.
| LAwRENCE's cotton mill and four houses
at Chorley, Lancashire, Eng, have been
destroyed by fire. Loss, S1,0OO,O00.
II consequence of notice posted in the
| Chicago packing houses on the Sth of a re-
turn to the ten-hour system, the employees
went on a strike.
An unknown thief threw a handful oil
red pepper into the eyes of Tom Donnelley,
diamond broker, at lis Dearborn street,
Chicsg go, the other night, and then robbed
the place of tray of diamonds valued al
between 500 and 5000. 1t was while the
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the place.
D. CowAN & Co., wooden manufacturers
of Lewiston, Me-, have failed for $4,000.
Their assets are said to be ample.
THE United States court sitting in Phila-
delphia has granted a decree of foreclosure
of the Reading railway under the general
mortgage bond.
By the breaking of rail on the road be-
low Hillsboro, Tex, the other day, con-
struction train was ditched and several
persons injured, none fatally.
THE failures for the seven days ended
October {, number: For the United States
1877, and for Canada %, about the average
for the previous six weeks.
EX-MANAGER LEAvITT, of the Standard
theater, Sioux City, arrested in Chicago
for being concerned in the assassination of
Rev. Haddock, has made a confession. He
claims the assassination was not premedi-
tated, but that is was intended to give the
rev. gentleman a whipping.
THE ex-Town Treasurer of Pittsfield,
Mass, Josiah Carter, is reported $4,000
behind in his accounts.
DAN DRIsCoLL, ex-leader of the Whyo
gang of New York city. has been sentenced
to he hanged December g. for the murder
of his mistress.
Miss KATE TAYLOR, aged twenty-five,
was blown to pieces by an explosion of full
inmate of mercury, at the Winchester arms
factory, New Haven, Conn.,, recently. The
young lady was an inspector of the ex-
plosive.
suspension of the sale of milk from the dis
tillery cows at Chicago.
THREE HUNDRED union stevedores pre-
vented non-union men from loading barges
at Bay City. Mich, the other day.
THE reports from the principal stock
States show a general improvement ex-
cept in Missouri.
WHILE the eviction of farmer, named
Tromoroe, living near Midtown, Ireland,
was in progress the other day, his neigh
bors gathered i'll force and made desper-
ate attack on the evicting party. An
emergency man had his ear severed by
the blow of a stone thrown by one of the
attacking party.
La France says that orders have been
sent by the Government to the French
embassy in London to have inquiry made
concerning the attack on 300 French fisher
men at Ramsgate recently.
THE striking stone workers of New York
have resolved to resume work.
CYRUS W. FIELD has begun two suits in
the Supreme Court of Westchester County,
n. Y, against Charles P Clark and Fran
els c. Higginson, of Massachusetts,. The
first is to recover $500, 600 for SANDER in al
leging Fields bad character in connection
with the management of railroads. The
second is to get possession of s1,S36, 900
bonds and 100000 preferred stock of the
New York & New England railway, which
on account of the allegations were allotted
to other bidders than Field at the recent
sale by the State of Massachusetts,.