The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

ton. recently in session at Emporia, passed
resolutions that said associate is op-
posed to the bill which has recently passed
the House of Representatives at Washing
ton placing a tax upon the manufacture OF
oleomargarine. and that said association
earnestly requests that the Senators from
Kansas use their influence to defeat the
| measure in the Senate:" also that we are
not opposed to the manufacture and sale o.
oleomargarine.'
IHE W estern Kansas and Eastern Colo
RADIO Improvement Company. with head
quarters at Scott City. fled its charter re-
Gently. Its object is the improvement c.
Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado by
constructing a series of bitches. commenc-
ing at a point on the Arkansas river near
tie west line of the State and running
northeast on the most feasible route to the
head of the south branch of tine White WO-
man. The corporation proposes to furnish
water to the public along the routes for
irrigation and water power.
IT is said that Topeka man has invented
an ash pan for railroad locomotives that
| promises 20 supercede the style of pans in
present use. The especial feature of the
! pan is that it is 50 constructed that ii can
be emptied of ashes and ''clinkers'' auto
matically.
! GOVERNOR MARTIN recently made the fol-
. lowing honorary appointments OF dele
! gates and alternates to theoFarmers' Con-
/ gress of the United States to be held at st.
Paul, MINI, August % to % inclusive:
| First Congressional district, Matthew Ed
mondS, OF McLouth, and Joshua Wheeler,
| of Nortonville; Second, L. ". Breyforgle,
! of Lenexa, and James G. Cusey, of Louis
burg; Third, A. P Sanders, of Mound Val
ley, and L. NJ. Pickering, of Columbus;
! Fourth, ]. W. Johnson. of Hamilton, and
| I. NJ Porter, of Peabody; Fifth. A. P. Col
Inns, OF Solomon City, and j. j. Veatch, of
Palmer; Sixth, Martin Mohler, of Osborne,
and John BisSell, of Phillipsburg; Seventh
A. W. Smith, of Mcpherson, and II. C. St
Clair, of Belle PLANE.
| II. S. SLEEPER, well known to early Kan
sans, died suddenly.at Kansas City the other
| day. He was at one time Surveyor Gen
eral of Kansas, and had also been a State
Senator. For some years he had been q
resident of Brooklyn, n. Y.
| THE Garfield Rifles of Leavenworth, have
! been organized as the first colored State
militia III Kansas.
THE Leavenworth jailer recently discov-
cred and thwarted a well-laid plot among
the prisoners confined i'll the county Jail to
make their escape. Among the number in
confinement was George Greenwood, I'M
der sentence to the penitentiary for four
years for larceny, and it was with him the
scheme originated. The means provided
for escape was rope made by cutting tho
blankets belonging to his bed into strips
and then twisting them tightly together,
making a strong rope. The iron bail was
taken from one of the buckets belonging to
the jail and TIE rope fastened securely to
one sid CT it, leaving a hook to be thrown
over the tap of the enclosure and each
prisoner could climb up on this and scale
the fence and be at liberty. The plan was
to knock the jailer down. scale the walls
and escape, but the scheme was nipped in
the bud.
THE Senate has confirmed Ex-Governor
Click as Pension Agent.
HARRY De HART was struck by Lightning
near Oberlin recently and instantly killed.
MATHTAL REIsER, a German tailor, sui
cided at AtchiSon the other morning by
hanging. He left a rambling, crazy letter.
declaring that his domestic life was un
bearable, and that he chose death as the
quickest way out of trouble.
II is stated that niece of Andrew jack
son lives at Galena.
A WOMAN in Leavenworth by the name o;
Pomby, having been in the habit of cruelty
beating her children. was recently arrested
and fined so, and her children taken from
her.
A ,IIRACrLOJs escape from death occurred
recently on the farm Of !. W. Haynes, eight
miles northwest of Topeka. W. @. WILEY
was engaged at work at the bottom OF a
well thirty-siX feet in depth. Haynes was
at the top and Wiley at the bottom. As
the latter glanced up he saw that tie siGo
of the well was beginning to cave in. He
shouted to Haynes, and at the same time
started to Climb up the rope. lie had
climbed up about seven feet, when the sides
Of the well, to tue top, a distance OF twenty
five feet, fell in upon and around him. lit
orally burying him alive. The neigubors
were summoned, and it required two hours
work to dig him out, and strange TO say
the man was but slightly injured
OK the 18th Leavenworth had two fires
The first destroyed the book store OF j. W.
Dawson & Co. Loss on stock, $500; in
surance, $4,000. The second fire was more
destructive, The livery stable of Clark
Byrnes was burned, together with the resi-
dence and furniture of Dr. Brock, the store
of George Garretty and the residence of Mr..
kurtz The Christian Church was also
badly damaged. The loss was estimated
at Sl50,000. All insured. but the amount
was not learned.
TwENTYTHREE arrests were lately made
at Parsons, and warrants issued for several
other persons who participated i'll the late
strike. 1t is said that ten or twelve of
these are known to have assisted in the
wrecking of the passenger train four miles
south of Parsons during the strike.
THE Leavenworth High School graduated
thirteen students at the recent commence
ment. Judge ]. D. Brewer delivered the
address to the graduates.
THE Fourth District convention recently
met at Emporia and unanimously renom- !
mated Hon. Thomas Ryan for Congress-
WILLIE LAYTON, aged fifteen years, son OF !
William Layton, of Larned, died recently |
of hydrophobia. He was bitten by mad
DOG last October. but showed no signs Of
hydrophobia until within few hours OF
his death. He died in terrible agony.
THERE are still good many wild horses !
in the western part of the state. A couple I
of men succeeded in capturing eleven the |
other day.
FINE rains of late.
AT depth of $50 feet, salt water was |
struck i'll the coal hole being bored at To
peka. The water rises to the surface, and /
flows continually at the rate of about one
hundred barrels day. The extreme brack
ishness of the water led to an analysis of |