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

miscellaneous.
THE seven-year-old daughter of Mr.. Par
sons, residing about ten miles northeast of
Garden City, while recently playing near
the WELL which is 90 feet in depth, lost her
balance and fell headlong to the bottom.
Her absence was noticed and search was
Immediately made. Her mother and a man
who happened to be at the house went to
the well and called her. She was hanging
to the rope and answered, telling them to
pull her up. She did not seem to be at all
frightened and gave a correct account OF
how she happened to fall in, and also gave
the depth of the water.
THE Anti-Monopoly convention, lately in
session at Topeka, selected the following
State Central Committee: First district,
Jefferson. Second, P. p. Elder, Franklin /;
Elias Lee, johnson. Third, A. n. Fellows,
Parsons; NJ. Z. Barr, Neosho. Fourth, j..
S. Sharp, Council Grove; P. B. Maxsen,
Emporia. Fifth, j. NJ. Limbocker, Manhat-
tan; W. II. T. Wakefield, Enterprise.
Sixth, S. A. Hart, Stockton; c. J. Lamb,
Kirwin. Seventh, Richard Styler, Wich-
ita; E. n. Clark, Finney County. Dele
gates to the National Convention to he held
at Indianapolis: John Heaton, of Council
Grove; E. II. Snow, of Ottawa; L. y. Linn
booker, of Manhattan; Dugaid Johns, Of
Newton.
Miss IDA HARR, the daughter of one of the
most respected citizens of Auburn. Shaw.
nee County, took fatal dose of strychnine
the other night after going to bed The
Of +bo tot Iafin fal ~
known, but it was thought to be a case of
disappointment in a love affair. She had
heen engaged to be married to young
man and the engagement was broken off,
since which time she had been very de-
spondent. 1t was said that about two
years ago a brother was killed while prac-
ticing on q trapeze. He fell Off. striking on
his head, and never spoke afterwards.
The executive committee of the State
Teachers Association recently held n meet
ing in the office of the superintendent, at
Topeka. The annual meeting will be held
December IS, % and 80 Sectional meet
ings will be held similar to last year. There
will be five sections, the high school and
normal college, common and graded school,
county superintendents' sections. These
In the afternoon union meetings will be
held.
THE Wood-Price kidnapping affair contin-
ued at last reports to be a fruitful topic.
Colonel Woods fate seemed to be still
mystery, and a letter received by friend
at Topeka indicated that he had been run
off to No Mans Land" The trouble is all
over the county seat contest in Stephens
County, the organization of which Colonel
Wood declared to be fraudulent.
EARLY in July Frank Byron, cashier for
Taft q McCurdy, of Topeka, was married
TO the daughter of prominent contractor
and Immediately started East on a we'd
ding tour, taking in all the principal cities.
Reaching Boston he ran out of funds, and
then lie commenced to victimiZe business
men by raising money upon forged deeds
to Western real estate. He was finally ar
rested and held for forgery. 1t was then
learned that he is wanted at Topeka for
forgery and bigamy. He is said to have a
wife and child in New Haven. Conn. By
ron is an oily-tongued Canadian, and has
been leading a crooked life for some time.
MISS DENMAN, who has been the mission
ary of the Woman's Baptist Society of
Home and Foreign Missions among the
colored people of Topeka for more than
two years has been elected a teacher in
Roger Williams Institute, Nashville, Tenn.
CROP reports to the Kansas Fernaer show
the corn crop dwarfed 80 per cent, but
owing to increased acreage the harvest
will be 60 per cent. of that of last year.
Chinch-bugs have operated extensively on
millet and corn. A great deal of hay is
being made and more corn-fodder saved
than ever before.
Hon. J. A ANDERSON has accepted the
nomination for Congress in the Fifth dis
trict
S. y. WOoD has been rescued.
THE original manuscript OF the report Of
the Kansas Congressional Committee of
1855, has come into the collection of the
State Historical Society. 1t was sent by
Senator John Sherman. The committee
was appointed by Speaker Banks of the
House of Representatives under resolu-
tion adopted March 10, 1856 which directed
the committee to inquire into the troubles
then agitating the people of the Territory
of Kansas. The manuscript is partly in
the handwriting of Senator Sherman, who
valuable acquisition to the collection OF
the State Historical Society.
WAND's drug store at Topeka was re-
Gently burglarized-
PATENTS lately granted Kansas invent
ors: B. W. Gaddis, Kingston, respirator;
". A. Laidlaw, Cherokee, device for press
ing hay: S. E. Foreman & F. 7. Walls, |
churn; a. J. Hindrarsh & ". E.
Gwinn, Centralia, thill coupling; Carl
Schubert, Alma, pump; ". ". Farrar, Ell
Dorado, nut lock.
TIE School Fund Commissioners held a |
meeting recently and purchased $4,000 |
worth of school district bonds in different |
counties Of the State. The commissioners |
are Superintendent Lawhead, Secretary |
Allen and Attorney General Bradford.
The price OF bottle of beer came near |
i;aing the cause Of a pugilistic encounter |
nssUe@n far.ner End Topeka Druggist