The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-08-12

THE other evening Joe McAnally, g
gambler, assaulted Deputy Marshal Skeeles
at EldOrado, striking him over the head
with revolver and knocking him sense.
less. He then crossed the street and quar-.
relied with a blacksmith by the name OF
McClintock, whom he struck over the
head, making a frightful wound. Nc
Clintock, who was whiting with his knife,
stabbed Neatly three times in the region
| of the heart.
TIE new Republican State Central Com
mittee met at Topeka on the 4th and Or
! ganiZed by the election of P. l. Bonebrake,
! OF Shawnee County, as chairman, and
| Henry Brandley, of Chase County, as sec
rotary. Writ W. Walton rendered his
resignation as a member ofnthe committee
and E. E. Bonham was chosen to fill the
vacancy.
THE Secretary of the State Board OF Ag-
riculture furnishes the following synopsis
of the forthcoming crop report for the
month ended July 81: Winter wheat
Area harvested, 9S7, 14O acres; estimated
product. 13, 32S, 75S bushels. Grade very
good. Spring wheat-Area, $500 acres;
probable product, 925, S3S bushels. Oats
Area sown, l. l45, 1874 acres; estimated pro-
duct, 81, 1850 bushels. Corn-Area for
1885, 5,363034 acres; for 1856, ), 7O5. SO
acres; condition July 81. as compared with
average for five years, 60 per cert, which
would indicate product of about 10000,
600 bushels, against 177,0O0, 900 bushels last
year.
THR Democratic State convention passed
resolutions of sympathy for Parnell and
Gladstone in their efforts for home rule in
Ireland.
THERE are upon the pension rolls of the
Topeka agency 24,SeS pensioners, and the
amount OF the pensions received by the
same aggregates 81, 739, 4S9. so annually. OF
this number 10, $50 are in Kansas, and they
draw GIG from the Government an
nually; while Missouri's IL, 103 veterans re-
ceive sl,256, 029.50. The other 1906 are
scattered over forty-four States and Ter
ritories and in foreign lands. One pension
er on the rolls resides in Ireland. another
resides in Nova Scotia, while one receives
his regular quarterly remittance at Munich,
Bavaria. There are on the roll So pension
ers of the war of 1872, and 469 widows OF
deceased soldiers of that war.
INCREASE of pensions have been recently |
obtained for Egbert j. Odds, of Soldier, |
Jackson County; Henry 8. Dotz, of Glasco;
David Wien, of Cawker City; Jacob Bin |
key, of Winfield; NJ C. Keith, of lola, and |
the pension of William R. Windell, of Ar
kansas City, has been rerated at $50 per
month.
New post-office-Embry, Harper County.
TIE charter of the Winfield, Geuda
Springs & Southern railroad was filed in
the Office of the Secretary of State the
other day. The company proposes to build
a standard guage road from Winfield,
Cowley County, through Sumner County
to Geuda Springs and to the north line Of
the State, thence through the Territory
to Swsetwater, in The State of Texas. The
length of the road is FIVE hum
dred miles Capital stock. slO.O00,0OO.
JUDGE L. D. BAILEY, of Garden City, has
been appointed by the Governor delegate
to the Forestry Congress, to be held at
Denver, September IA to IL inclusive.
THE First National Bank of Junction
City has commenced business.
THE total number of entries made at the
and-office at Oberlin for the fiscal year
ended June Soth was IL, 113, embracing an
urea of l.369, 3O2. - acres, exclusive of Isis
1re-emption entries The total amount Of
collections was s2S2.55S.12. {
The Kansas State Fair Association re- ,
,ently completed arrangements for hold |
ng fair in Topeka on September 81 %
md 81, and October /. A liberal premium s
ist was adopted, aggregating 5000, and {
itaraI rroriSionS vera m ada for tIa craad ! r
coo being offered in this depart s
nent alone.
TIE other evening the Union Pacific
gent at Buffaio Park wss robbed by two I
nasSed men, Of $50 ana gold watch. !