The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-08-05

Consul had demanded his release.
TEE jury in the case of John Miner and
Patrick Kelly, judges of election in pre-
cinct F, of the Nineteenth ward, Cincin-
natl, who were indicted for adjourning the
count from one dsy to another, found the
defendants guilty. They were remanded
to Jail for sentence.
THE flag ship Tennessee came near sink
ing in Portland (Me.) harbor recently by
the premature explosion of a torpedo.
TIE preliminary examination of the six
men charged with wrecking freight train
at Wyandotte. Kan, during the late strike,
commenced on the 10Th. The first witness
was William Vassen, one of the accused,
who confessed his guilt and that of the
others.
IT was officially announced in Paris on
the 29th that an international exhibition
would be held in that city in 1889.
4 B. HENDERSON, of Lake Providence,
La. has been disbarred from practicing as
an attorney before any bureau of the Inte-
rior Department.
A BOX containing a loaded pistol, so fixed
that upon opening it would go off, was sent
to DIR. Woodworth, of Marlboro, Mass, re-
Dy cApIcSS. IL Va leS iAaSSiOAA'
CHINESE pirates have seized the Dutch
steamship HOk, plying between Penang
and Acheen. The pirates killed the captain,
first mate and chief engineer. The rest of
the crew were held for ransom.
IN duel recently at Liege, Belgium, be-
tween Artillery Lieutenant Sauvoge and
DR.. Prelle, an army surgeon, four shots
were exchanged, and with his fourth the
lieutenant killed the doctor instantly by
shooting him through the heart.
The Denver & Rio Grande Western rail-
ways receiver has been discharged, and
tae road turned over to the company.
CAPTAIN FREEMAN, of the commission to
settle the boundary between Texas and the
Indian Territory, says that evidence shows
that Texas is entitled to much more terri
tory than she has heretofore been conceded
and that the disputed boundary of Greer
County should be moved eastward two de-
grees.
IT has transpired that Germany has been
secretly training carrier pigeons in France
for war purposes. General Boulanger has
ordered an inquiry.
The train of ten coaches bearing the
Iowa, Michigan and New Jersey delega-
tionS to the q. a. p encampment at San
Francisco, and also Senator Logan and
Governor Alger, of Michigan, cOliided
with an engine at Echo, Utah, Oh the night
OF the 30th, wrecking both engines. No one
was hurt except one of the firemen, who
was slightly bruised.
A TERRIBLE wind storm passed through
Ohio and went east to Delaware on the
3Oth. Allenstown and Vaughansville, o.,
were wiped out of existence, many persons
being wounded. Columbus, o., also suf-
fered with loss of life.
IT was thought at Ell PasO, Tex, that Cut
ting. the American editor in trouble in
Mexico would be sentenced to two years
imprisonment. 1t was difficult for the
Mexican Government to obtain his release
because of the extreme States rights doc
trine which prevailed in Mexico.
S. +. Converts wholesale paper house.
Minneapolis, Mimi, has been closed by the
sheriff The liabilities are about $4,000.
BUCK & HoFF's Touring mills and the Old
Dominion cotton factory, Manchester Va,
were destroyed by fire recently. Loss,
S95, 900.
AFTER stubborn holding out for higher
wages for nearly twenty weeks, 500 men at
Dubois, Pa, have acknowledged defeat and
returned to work at the operators terms.
THE steam balloon which left Cherbourg,
France, recently, arrived safely in London
with the ;PronautS.
NATURAL gas has been discovered at Dun
das, Calumet County, Wis. This is the
second instance of the kind in the history
of Wisconsin, the first gas well having been
discovered at Appleton several weeks ago.
THE Allen line of steamships, plying be-
tween Philadelphia and Glasgow, has been
discontinued. The steamers We're in the
cattle trade.
TIE United States maH-of-war Yantic
sailed on the 10Th from Portland, Me-, with
scaled orders not to be opened for twenty
four hours.
S. TRYEE & Son, card board manufac-
turers 192 William street, New York, have
suspended; liabilities. 100000.
IT has been made public that pouch
containing 100000 worth of property was
stolen from a postal car about a month
ago. The pouch was from New York, in
tended for st. Louis, and was supposed to
have been stolen near Indianapolis.