The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

SIG. OPERTI, the composer and lmpre-
sario, died at Leadville, Col, the other
night of congestion of the lungs. He COM
posed the music of BLACK Crook" was
leader of the orchestra of the Centennial
Exposition and was the author of several
French operas.
COLONEL WILLIAM G. MOORE, commander
of the Washington light infantry, has been
appointed chief of police, vice Major
Walker, resigned.
FATHER TRUBBE in Notre Dame Church
at Montreal, preaching on the feast of the
Immaculate Conception, denounced tobog-
gaming and snowshoeing, and blamed
parents who allowed their daughters to at
tend such sports.
BAYARD's correspondence with the Brit
ish Government in regard to the seizure
of American fishing vessels in Canadian
water was made public on the Sth.
GOVERNOR LEE, of Virginia, has respited
Cluverius, the convicted murderer of Lii
liam Madison, until { he 14th of January.
ROBERT GARRETT has been reelected pres
ident of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Company.
REV. DIR. MCGLENN, who supported Hen
ry George in his recent efforts to obtain
tue mayoralty of New York, has been sum-
moned to Rome to answer for his political
utterances.
A VIENNA correspondent says that the
Governments of Roumania, Servia and
Bulgaria are about to sign an offensive and
defensive convention, each Government to
have identical rights as to disposal of a
combined army of 400, 900 men.
JAY GOULD speaking of Judge Gresham's
decision in the Wabash receivership case,
says he thinks the Judge has the PreSi-
Dental fever. Gould denied that he was
in collusion with the receivers.
DIR. BARTH, the Liberal leader Of the Ger
man Reichstag, was on the floor of the
House recently and was cordially greeted
by Representativ es Hewitt, Cox, Morrison,
Phelps, Long and others.
In the recent general election for the
province of Manitoba the Norquay Govern
ment was sustained, securing twenty two
seats out of & total of thirtyfive. The op-
position got eleven seats, and the other
two were independent. All the Cabinet
Ministers held their seats. Winnipeg
elected one ministerialist and one opposi
zionist
HERR VoN SZOGYENYI, chief secretary of
the Austrian foreign Office, has given a
banquet to the Bulgarian deputation. The
delegates were also received by Count Kal-
uoky, and the audience lasted an hour and
half. The journalists of Vienna were re-
ported arranging to hold reception in
honor of the deputatlon.
THE Quartermaster General has certified
to the Secretary of the Treasury that the
Christian Brothers College of st. Louis is
entitled to $4,000 for the use of its bull d
ing by troops during the war.
ARCHBISHOP ELDER, of Cincinnati, has
forbidden Catholics from singing in the
choirs of Protestant churches
CHEF JUSTICE WAITE has written dis.
renting opinion in the extradition case oil
William Rausch, in which he holds that
the treaty does not prevent a trial for q
new offense after reasonable time.
FRANCIS Palms, the Detroit multi-mil-
lionaire, left s2,OOO,0O0 for charitable pur-
poses.
THE Glasgow Nal said recently that il
was authorized to state that Mr.. Gladstone
strongly disapprOved the anti-rent cam
paign of the Irish Nat;ona League.
a BILL has been introduced in the Parlia
ment of Holland to temporarily suspend
the sugar export duty in the Dutch East
Indies.