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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

CLEARING house returns for week ended
February 20 showed an average increase
of 1913 compared with the corresponding
crease was 4G6.
THREE hundred girls employed in the
ironing department of Miller, Hall & Hart
wells collar shop, Troy, n. Y, struck the
other day because the proprietors refused
to discontinue the use of Objectionable
machinery. The girls recently Joined the
Knights of Labor.
BIZ fire damp explosion in a coal mine
at Amy, Wyoming, recently, fifteen men
were injured but no one was killed.
Judge Zane, of Utah, has decided that
wives may testify against husbands under
the Utah statute, which compels wives to
testify as to injuries inflicted by their hus-
bands.
a DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Whining
ton, N. c., on the 21st. The fire originated
on the river steamer Bladen, cotton laden,
which set fire to the wharf and sheds of the
Clyde line of steamers. A high wind was
blowing at the time, and the fire spread
rapidly, sweeping away the business houses
on Water street for three blocks, and many
valuable residences on First and Second
streets. The loss was estimated at 81 ,5OO,
600; insurance not ascertained.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has issued
a call for sl0,eOO,OOO of 8 per cent. bonds,
the principal and accrued interest of which
will be paid April l.
ST. JOHN, n. B., was recently visited by
tidal wave, which submerged all the
wharves TO a depth of from one to four
feet. The rising waters covered the floors
of many stores and dwelling houses on the
lower level of the city and did an immense
amount of damage.
IT was officially announced in Paris re-
Gently that an international exhibition
would be held in that city in 1889.
THE Irish authorities recently captured a
party of nineteen armed and disguised
moonlighters.
IA SPECIAL from San Francisco says the
Chinese residents there were agitated over
the receipt of decree of the Empress order
ing the $1,000 Chinese in the United States
to return to the Flowery Kingdom at the
expense of the Imperial Government
Many of the Celestials treated the alleged
decree as hoax.
THE other morning while four men and
boy were attempting to cross the Susque-
hanna, near Harrisburg, Pa, the boat cap
sized and the four men were drowned. The
boy succeeded in clinging to the boat and
was rescued two miles below
THE British freight steamship Saxon,
which left New York January 2S, has been
lost with the captain, two mates and three
seamen.
SMALLPOX has been--declared epidemic at
Fort Worth, Tex.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

A RECENT dispatch from London
says: As the result of statement that
a well known baronet had assisted
Hangman Berry in hanging the three
Netherby burglars, Sir Claude De
Crespigny in an interview admitted
that he was the one alluded to. He
said that as he would probably be sheriff
he desired to gain experience, in order
that he might be prepared in case he
should be obliged to act himself in the
absence of the hangman. He slept in
the prison during the night. pinioned
one of the culprits himself and gener-
ally assisted Berry. the latter consid-
ers Sir Claude plucky individual who
does his task well. Sir Claude appears
to take a lively interest in his chosen
calling.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

JEAN LEBERsoNG, a French cook,
committed suicide in New York re-
Gently in a very peculiar manner. At
night he went to his room-a little
hall bed room-and locked the
door. In the morning he was found
lying in bed dead. He had attached
the seven-foot long hose of a drop
light in the room to gas arm over the
bed, passed it under himself and into
his mouth from the other side. Then
to make sure that no gas should es-
cape TO prolong his struggles or delay
his purpose, he had swathed his head
in bandages, wrapping sheet around
his head, face and neck. Then he had
turned on the gas. As the corpse rested
on the bed it looked like a man smok-
ing long Turkish pipe. He left a
letter stating that he was tired of life.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

LORD DE VEsCI, in reply to Mr.
Gladstone's communication in regard
TO the wants and wishes of the Irish
people, says he considers that the late
parliamentary elections were fought On
the land plank rather than on the ques-
ton of self-goYernment. He expresses
the opinion that the idea of self-gov-
eminent will vanish when the land
question is settled. The Loyalists, he
SAYS, share in the Liberal desire to
assimilate the land system of Ireland
and England.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

THE Attorney General has rendered
n decision that members of Congress,
IN forwarding to their constituents, in
penalty envelopes, information in re-
gard to pensions, etc, can indOrse the
Information enclosed but the law will
Tot permit anything further than an in
dorsement to be forwarded in official
envelopes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

IT was stated in London that Mr..
Gladstone was preparing bill provid-
ing for the appropriation of land in Ire
land by means of State funds. This
bill will precede the other Irish meas
ures which the Government intends to
present to Parliament. The discussion
of the home-rule question has been
POSTPONED until next session.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
A teacher in the Girls Hiob sc.oo

A teacher in the Girls High School
having exerted in vain every effort to
induce her class to read Shakespeare.
at last asked all who had done so to-
raise their hand. Only one responded.
and that one said: 81 have read ali
Shakspeare's works but one (naming
it,, and that papa won't allow me to
read. as it ism tproper." Before week
was over not member OF her class bat
was familiar with at least one of Shakes.
peare plays.-San FraaciScan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Loss of FLOODED Stock.

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 19.-Several import
ers of fine blOOded cattle in this section
have recently come to grief Among the
number of victims are d. II. FAINT, J. II.
Matthias, ID. NJ. Wilson, Judge McCampbelI
and +. A. SkidmOre, Of Beeville. The
former purchased thirty-One head of fine
registered Dev0ns, landing them at Vic
tOria, and before they had reached the
Santa Rosa branch sll had died except
nine. Skidmore lost about the same pro-
portion of Herefords imported from
Beecher, Iii. The native cattle in Bee
County have passed through the winter re-
markably well, there being plenty Of year
lingS for shipment.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

THE insane wife of Prof. Waldo, of
Yale College, escaped from her keeper
the other morning. REGULATIONS in the
college were suspended and students
Joined in the search, but without avail
until after several hours, when she was
seen to fall from a high projection.
She was found dead.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
The Freak Market.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19.-S. P. Williams, a
ranchman of Galloway, Tex, bitten by a
mad dog. came to St Louis for treatment
and DR.. Mclean has inOculated him ac-
eording to the methods pursued by Pasteur
in his treatment of the New York children
row at the dime museum. Williams, il is
thought, will recover. He can then start out
as freak in the dime museum business.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

THE Utes are reported DESTROYS of
selling their reservation in the Southern
Colorado District to the Government
and moving from the State. They have
sent delegation to Washington to see
if satisfactory treaty can be made.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

THREE children in the family of
Leo Monster, living near Winchester,
o., were fatally poisoned recently by
eating cake made with poisonous
baking powder.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

THE comparative statements of the
gross earnings of Western railroads for
the month of January were reported
not encouraging, and there was
marked falling off in the majority of
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

HnLsBoRo, Ill, Feb. 19.-George May,
noted character, was shot by Officer MINI
bro ten miles southeast Of here last night
while trying to escape. May was under
indictmen. for grand larceny. He is not
dead yet.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25

ELIZABETH MONAT, aged sixty years,
was blown across the North Sea from
the Shetland Islands in fishing smack
recently. She was seven days without
food or water.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
JOHN B. COUGH DEAD.

The Well Known Temperance Orator Sue
cumbs to the Attack of Paralysis
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 19.-JOhn B.
Cough, the eloquent temperance lecturer,
died at 4:4O O'Clock Yesterday afternoon at
the residence of DR.. II. Bruce Burns III
Frankfort, where he was taken on Mon
day night when stricken with paralysis
while lecturing at the Frankfort Pres
byterian Church. Mrs. Cough was at
the bedside when he died. There
were also present Mrs. Ridge,
his sister, Mrs. Burns and. two nieces,
Misses Mary and Fanny Whilcomb, Mr.. j.
Wanamaker, the Rev. Charles Murphy and
Mrs. Jacob Wagner. 1t was recalled yes
terday that the last words spoken by Mr..
Cough were: young man, make your
record clean.' The body will be embalmed
and after services at the house will be taken
to Worcester, Mass.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
John B. Cough was born at Sandgate,
England, August %, 1917. He came to
America in 1929 and soon after became
bookbinder's apprentice in New York. He
became Incorporate and was accustomed
to sing and recite in grOg shops, where his
powers of mimicry and action made
him favorite. He fell into great
poverty, but about 1910 took the tenn
perance pledge and soon began to lecture
on intemperance, both in America and
England. In time he added other subjects
and became very popular orator. In No
vember, 1872 he recited one of his oratiOns
in New York, announcing that this would
probably be his last public appearance in
That city. He has published his autobiog-
raphy (1S46) and volume of orations
(1S54). He resided near Worcester, Mass.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

The police of Moscow have discov-
cred a Nihilist circular announcing
that several Russian mobiles will be put
10 death.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
The champion family for elaborate

The champion family for elaborate
names is to be found near Hardee, Ark
The fathers name is Elisha Shirley. his
wife 5 name is Harriet Susannah Maria
Jane Shirley, and their oldest daughter,
fifteen years old. is called Ann Elizabeth
Dixie Shirley. Then comes BENJAMIN
Kirby Smith General Hardee Shirley,
aged thirteen; Robert EnOs Napoleon
Bonaparte Lee Wilkes Booth Shirley,
who Is nine years old; john Thomas
Emanuel Forest Champion Gatewood
Shirley IS seven years old. while Jo-
seph Wheeler ZoI!icoffer Stonewall
Jackson Sam HildebraEd Sterling Price
Shirley is five years old. The family
ends with Mary Virginia South Carolina
Florida Georgia Alabama Louis; ana
Shirley, who IS three years old. Surely
it would be hard to beat this.-M 7.
Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-25
TELEPHONE TALK.
AttOrney-GeneraI Garland on the TeIe-
phone Charges.

AttOrney-GeneraI Garland the Teie-
phone Charges.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-AttOrney Cen
eral Garland said to-day that he had moth
ing to say concerning the manner in which
he had been interested in the Pan Electric
Telephone Company, or the circumstances
under which the suit at Memphis against
the Bell Company had been instituted by
direction of the Solicitor General last au-
tumn. For he added, my published
statement to the President last autumn said
every thing l knew about those matters,
and my attitude in regard to them has not
changed in the least since then. Besides
this 1t now appears that an investigation
concerning the whole question is to be had
by the House of Representatives. / am
glad of it and hope it will be thorough and
complete, and that all there is of it will
be revealed and made public in advance
of this investigation, which l heartily well
come. / feel dsincined to go into the sub
ject in detail, but | will say this, however,
that since 1t has been asserted by some per-
sons that as | am a member of a rival COM
pany to the Bell Company and the Govern
ment is now prosecuting suit against the
Bell patent, this suit may result to my bene-
fit or advantage, and that, too, while l am
at the head of the department of Justice
through the Solicitor General o; which the
suit is to be carried on, and that therefore
something should be done by me to relieve
myself and the administration from the ap-
parentIy delicate situation indicated.
have considered this suggestion in all its
bearings as far as l am able and l recog-
nize the fact that there is much in it worthy
Of thought. / have discussed in my mind
most thoroughly what l could and ought to
do in view alone OF this state of the case,
and / have determined to take steps to
meet this in a way that WILL think, re-
ceive the appreciation of all people who
really desire TO be satisfied. This would
be at once cOnsummated, but, as the inves-
tigatiOn by the House Is now to proceed, L
do not think it right for me to do anything
or explain what intend to do until the
investigation is concluded, as my motives,
in view of this investigation, might be mis-
construed. But, whatever the result of the
may be, Twill carry out and
execute the determination / have reached,
and of which have already spoken. More
than this hope you do not expect me to
say or Indicate"
But, Mr. Attorney General, does this
fOreshadow your resignation from the cab
net?' was asked.
NO; it does not" replied Mr. Garland.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
CRISFIELD ITEMS.
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
CRIsFIELp, Kan. Sept 25.-We now re,
ceive the DAILY EAGLE three hours earlier
than we used to, on account of the mail ar.
irving that much sooner But still there is
a little deficiency in the mail route between
here and Wichita Sometimes we get our
EAGLE every day for week or so. and
then for the next week or ten days we will
get it only every other day, This is the
cause of considerable annoyance to your
readers in this part of the country, as they
depend entirely upon your valuable paper
for their news.
As we write this correspondence we are
being blessed with one of the finest rains we
have ever seen. 1t has rained for the past
six hours. giving the earth thorough
soaking
The farmers have, most of them. 30;
their fall crops planted, and the wheat
fields are looking as green as thought, was
Just spring time There is quite an acre
of wheat sown.
The railroad excitement is bringing quite
a large number of strangers to our country
on the lookout for investments. The latest
news in regard to the Ft. Scott road is to
the effect that they have concluded to fol
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26

To the Editor of the Eagle.
All cities that make great commercial
centers, are built upon direct lines of travel
either by railway or water communication.
The Mississippi river, the lakes, the gulf,
as well as the scaboards, attest the fact that
direct communication with the world is the
only way to build up great trade centers.
Wichita must be made a great trade center,
and she can put herself to the forefront by
securing an Atlantic and Pacific railway
outlet. A railroad from Norfolk on the
Atlantic to Santa Diego on the Pacific,
making Wichita its central or terminal
points, would, in many respects, be the
greatest road on the American continent
When we look at the magnitude of such
an enterprise, we are almost ready to say
it is too great to be undertaken
at present. But when we
consider the transcendent importance of
such railroad to Wichita We are per-
suaded it is wisdom to take hold of such an
enterprise and never let it go until it is
built. A young friend of ours who is con-
versant with the proposed line of railway,
who has made it a study for years, has pre-
pared charter and communicated with
many leading railroad men, who are con-
vinced of the immense shipping and travel
such road would readily command, and
who are ready and willing to take hold of
the enterprise and push it to completion.
Such road would be the most direct
route for all time to the capital of our coun-
try as it would traverse the central portion
of the United States Let anyone examine
the map of the United States and see New
York, Cairo. Wichita and Sandiego, and
notice the rivers rs well as all the material
interest of the central half of the United
States, and the intelligent will trace the
lines of the proposed road, which can and
will be fed bv the rivers and the states de-
string TO get the most speedy communica-
ton with the markets of the world.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
A NEW YORK MAN ON KANSAS.

l will say in the fewest words at my
command, that each trip settles more fully
in my mind that the state of Kansas is but
partially known to the people of the older
states. Again to become fully known
would cause such a rush to the state as was
never known in any country in the last
quarter OF century. The health giving
qualities of its climate, its long summers
and its delightful fall and spring. Few
men are aware that one man can do more
work on the farm during the year towards
bringing forth products of the soil
in Kansas, than two can in any of
the northern or eastern states Ii needs no
argument to demonstrate this problem for
the entire work is crowded into five
months under the most favorable circum-
stances III which TO SOW, NOW, plant and
harvest. admitting OF no lounging or
waste of time either Ii is work eariv
and late and then winter and snow find
much work undone. Winter comes to
STAY until the warm sun of Nav drives il
away While in Kansas the time for pro-
ducing is from March to October, and for
gathering from June to the following
March. To secure an abundant crop the
winter offers slight resistance to this inn
poriant part of our husbandry. Then
again, the roads in Kansas are nearly alike
the season through At any time after the
gathering during the fall and winter the
marketing can be done with no more III
convenience than in midsummer Thus
one man in Kansas has ten months of IA
vorable weather in which 10 mature and
secure his crops, and two months, January
and February. to be idle and visit his
friends, and recupera,e and be ready for
the spring work This is no fancy picture
they are facts well known to many in
Kansas who have felt the force Of what
say.-N. T. Express.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
THE GARFIELDS
From the Atchison Champion.

From the Atchison Champion.
In five years there have been many
changes in the Garfield family There
have been no deaths, but the children of
whom the father was SO fond have grown
up. The two older boys have just begun
a course in the Columbia law school, and
Harry, the elder, has been teaching in
some eastern school. Both are graduates
of Williams college. James r. Garfield
has been studying law with Judge Boyn-
ton in Cleveland, and is looked upon by
friends of his father as the son most like
him in every way. He has his fathers
size, complexion and manner. Both sons
are now men, and have, it is said, great am
bitiOn. Miss Mollie, the only daughter,
is now young woman taller than her
mother, and has about finished her studies.
The two younger sons, Abram and Irwin
the latter named for General Irwin Nc
Dowell-have entered a school on the Hud-
son, Mrs. Garfield's family circle is there
fore not large, with her four boys all away
The old house at Mentor, now the home
of the family, has had added to it a palatial
Queen Anne" structure which cost $780,
600, 1t is the most imposing home in the
country, although the new part is behind
and wholly subservient to the old house in
which the president lived. A $50, 900 addition
to So, 900 house is curiosity in modern
architecture, but sentiment for the past and
its illustrious dead inspired it. There are
probably sixty rooms in both the old and
the new houses. They are all furnished in
modern style. and with considerable ele-
gance, and there is an air of aristOcracy
about the interior which Garfield in life
did not know in his own home Although
the house is far in the country, il has all
the conveniences of a city home, in lumb-
ing, gas-fitting and steam cheating, A nat
ural gas well has been bored on the farm,
and the yard is kept lighted day and night.
With Mrs. Garfield live her father, Mr..
Rudolph, a brother and his family, and
also the two Misses Mason, of Cleveland,
whose mother and sister are now in Eu-
rope. There are sixteen in the family, and
five servants. A half dozen men
are employed ON the farm, which
consists of 200 acres. 1t is paying, al
though nothing is sold off from it but beef
cattle
Mrs. Garfield is only thirty miles from
Cleveland, and often visits the city. Her
husbands tomb in Lake View cemetery
is nearing completion. The Gar
field Monumental association, of which
ex-President r. B. Hayes is president and
j. II. Rhodes secretary, has raised $3.50, 900
for the monument, now half completed,
with Charles Kellar, of New Haven, sup
rervising architect. The contribution did |
not reach the amount desired for the orig. |
nal plans, and the design has been changed |
accordingly. The body is row in the reg
ular receiving vault of the cemetery,
guarded only at night by special watch
man. The casket will never again be
opened
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-26
Written for the Eagle.
MY DREAM.

dreamed of mound in Gods acre,
Where the dying sunbeam lay;
OVhere they buried my heart with my darl
ing,
When they layed him, to rest, away.)
By his grave was kneeling, sobbing
When low voice spoke my name,
And it called again, as listened,
Wondering whence it came.
Then hand clasped mine,
And saw q face, wonderOus, divinely fail
And knew God had sent his angel
Kneeling beside me there.
The words of comfort, and healing
At last reached my aching heart
And thought ''Of the Kings great diadem,
Ny boy is forming part.
That in all the world
There was not gem save mine could til
the place,
But he, thank God, was ready
Though Christ's dear love and grace,
Close to the emery wheel; his life
Had been held by master-hand
Till God said soul SO true, SO fair,
Must at my right hand stand.
How the heart-ache changed to gladness.
How proud was, that my boy,
Striving to noble manhood
Had given his Savior joy.
How glad to think that his faith
In the Master to save from sin,
Would, though his life was ended,
Be a power. souls to win.