The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

| THE Santa Fe reduced its rates from Mis-
souri, river points to the Pacific on the 23d
to S25 first and S17 second. The Santa Fe
declared its intention to rebate under any
rate the other Pacific roads might make.
THE strike inaugurated by the hand loom
ingram carpet weavers of Kensington, Pa,
on January "A, has ended in victory for
the workingmen, who secured an advance
of Il cents per yard for weaving.
THE House Committee on Public Lands
has agreed to report favorably the bill for
feiting the land grant of the Ontonagon &
State Line Railroad Company in Michigan.
COMMERCIAL depression at Stockholm,
Sweden, has reached crisis. The number
of failures is steadily increasing. The grav-
ity of the situation has not been paralleled
since the panic of 1851.
THE Indian girls and boys asylum at
Steamburg, near Buffalo, n. Y, was
burned the other morning. The forty two
pupils of the institute and their preceptors
barely escaped with their lives. The asy-
lum was established thirty years ago by
certain Philadelphia Quakers.
THE Commercial Bank of South Australia.
the head office of which is at Adelaide, has
suspended payment.
FIRE at Mount Vernon, Ind, damaged
dozen stores, entailing an aggregate loss of
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
AT Aulnay fair, Saint Onge, France, the
other day, herd of bullocks, worried by
a gang of thieves, broke loose and charged
into a crowd of spectators. killing three
persons and injuring 40 others. During
the panic thieves busily devoted themselves
to picking pockets.
ELEVEN clerks employed in the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad freight depot at
Philadelphia, were arrested recently
charged with stealing merchandise.
THE German Government has decided to
expel every foreigner out of the War De-
partment, in consequence of the disclos-
ures made at the secret trial of Captain
Sarauw, who was convicted of reasonable
practices.
II was understood that the Secretary of
the Treasury would recommend that Con-
gress provide specific duties on silk
The London trades unions unanimously
refused aid from the Mansion House relief
fund. They declared they were able to
provide for their own members out of en-
of work was only 8 per cent
FREIGHT cutting commenced in the trans
continental railroad war on the 26th. the
cut being about GO per cent. The passen-
ger rate from San Francisco to New York
was put down to $50; to Chicago it was
S35.
THE conference of directors of State
weather stations, members of meteorologi-
cal societies and others interested in me-
teorOlogical work, assembled at Washing
ton on the 24th. General Hazen called the
conference to order. Prof Mendenhan was
elected chairman; Prof NJ NJ. Davis. sec--
retary.
THE Queens Proctor has decided to inter
vene in the Dixie case.
EXCITEMENT was intense in the French
Chamber Of Deputies recently when
strange man excitedly drew a revolver
and threw paper toward VI. Clemenceau.
The stranger was Immediately arrested,
when he said he was an old soldier and
wanted redress for his grievances.
The British Government has approved
Lord Dufferin'S request that strong expe-
dition be sent against the Shans. The
British commissioners in Burmah are au-
thorized to secure the submission of the
chiefs either by bribing or by fighting
them.
The Chinese on three ranches near Wheat
land, Cal, were recently driven of by a
mob. After their expulsion from one of
the ranches their quarters were fired.