The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

1 'AthOuI lOSs. OoIo was sOIAC AoL
improved by recent rains, so that in guam
tity and quality the crop exceeds what
was expected. As to corn. there never was
as large en- acreage planted in Kansas, and
the condition at this time in the season
was never better. At no time in the his
tory OF the State was the prospect for a
large crop of good corn better. Hay is re-
ported good and plentiful. A great deal
OF tame grass is made into hay this year.
Inc yield is fair and the quality good.
apples are dropping some, still a fair crop
may be expected. Chinch bugs have done
great deal of injury in some places,
though the aggregate loss from that source
is not great.
INreply to request from the Secretary
or the Interior for recommendation in
the matter of the application of the State
OF Kansas for a reconsideration OF a previ-
GUS decision of the Interior Department
upon the claim of the State to select addi-
tional lands under the Agricultural Col
lege act of 1862 Commissioner Sparks has
recommended that the application be
granted. Under this act the State claims
tue right to select 1859 acres N addition to
that selected in 1864, alleging that the
lands were not legally increased to the
double minimum price as held in the preyi-
Gus decision.
A CHARTER was recently filed with the
Secretary of State for the Chicago & EN-
poria Railroad Company. The charter pro-
vides for the building and maintaining of
first-class railroad with telegraph lines
from Emporia to point on the Missouri
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from Emporia to the caste line of the
State in the direction of Butler, Mo-. also
with branch to the south line of the
State to a point near Coffeyville, and a
branch from Emporia to the western line
of the State in the direction of Colorado
Springs. Capital, s9,OOO,OOO
WHILE Mrs. I. L. King and Mrs. Thomp-
son were out driving at Topeka the other
evening their horse got frightened at a
flock of goats, became unmanageable,
plunged and kicked and overturned the
carriage, which fell upon the occupants
and seriously injured Mrs. Thompson.
The Railway Commissioners recently
rendered decision in the complaint Of
Caywood & Co, of Vining, against the
Union Pacific railroad wherein the latter is
charged with discriminating against the
complainants in favor of other shippers
upon shipments of wheat and corn. The
board after visiting various points and ex-
aiming the books of the company,
decided against compliments. After
lengthy review of the case the board
adds: unjust discrimination among
shippers by railroads is gross and wicked
perversion of the privileges conferred upon
them by the State. 1t robs the cit zen of
that protection which it is the prime duty
of the STATE TO extend to every man. Its
consequences are most mischievous Even
a well grounded suspicion that it exists
should provoke an investigation, and no
punishment can be too severe when it is
found to exist In this case there were some
facts which, unexplained, tended to create
such suspicion and it was highly proper
that an investigation should have been
made. Having made it we are satisfied
that such facts as aroused suspicion are
eXplainable and consistent with different
hypothesis, and so the board finds"
AS TIE west bound cannon ball on the
Santa Fe was approaching Newton at a
forty-five mile rate of speed the other
evening a man was seen to roll along the
ground beside the train. The conductor
Immediately brought the train to stand
still ard thea ran back to where the man
lay. The man proved to be one of the
passengers who had either fallen or
jumped off the train. He was picked M
and taken to Newton on the train where he
was identified as Mr. Moore. from Penn
sylvania. He did not regain conscious
ness and only lived a few hours.
AT Topeka several days since George
Maddox was unexpectedly assaulted and
severely stabbed by his brother-;n-law,
Clate Blanton, while sitting on his porch
Blanton was out of employment and stop
ping with Maddox. He came home and
without giving any reason made the as
sau!t The youths mother believed him
temporarily insane, but others thought it
was liquor.
TOPEKA voted the Rock Island bonds by
large majority.
The Eastern Kansas District Medical So
ciets will hold its next meeting at Leaven-
worth Tuesday evening, July 13.
p. j. MARTIN, of Larned, was run over by
a passenger train at Burton the other morn
lIS
Ed. SToCKERY recently arrived at Fort |
Scott having in charge several prisoners,
when he was arrested for the killing OF
Fred Coleman at Hunnewell five wears ago |
He did not deny the charge, but says he |
killed Coleman, who was a dance house |
keeper, in self defense. He has never !
tried to avoid arrest and has never con- !
cealed his identity. He was a resident of /
the Indian Territory at the time the killing !
occurred and was at Hunnewell with cat
tle Since then he has been in Texas and !
the Indian Territory and has made trips to
with cattle.
ABOUT half past eight o'clock the other
two boys, aged about sixteen
years, entered house at Silver Lake oc-
cupied by teacher named Earhart, and
stole $3.50. The money was not missed inn
but its loss became known a few
hours afterwards and dispatches were sent
in various directions. About three O'Clock
in the afternoon the marshal rec eiyed a
telegram from Linwood, a station on the
Kansas Pacific road between Lawrence
and Kansas City, announcing the capture
Of the bows. The young thieves claimed to
have just arrived from California and said
they were going to Georgia.
MAD dogs occasionally report for duty.
A FINE young mare and mule belong
ng to DR.. Hogeboom, of the Santa Fe
-oad, were killed by lightning at the doc
.or's farm, near Topeka, recently. The
animals were being driven to a wagon by
/ colored farm hand, and a shower coming
Up were left under tree while the man
'etired to the house, short distance away.
struck the tree, killing the ami
mails, and the shock was so severe that the
nan, who was standing in the door watch
ng the team. was stunned.