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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

NJ. FLoQUET has been reelected President
of the French Chamber of Deputies.
THE Ohio Senate and House met in joint
convention on the 18th and elected John
Sherman to the United State Senate. 1t re-
quired seventy-four votes to elect. Sher-
man received eighty-four votes and Allen
G.. Thurman siXty-two.
BRLDLAUGH took the oath in the British
in the usual manner.
LORD BEREsFoRD, manager Of the San
Domingo ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico, re-
ports six scouts killed in an engagement
with Indians.
PRESIDENT GREvY, of France, has signed
a decree granting amnesty to all persons
convicted of political offenses since 1870,
and reducing the sentences of many Of
tenders against the common law.
SECRETARY LAMAR, in a letter to Acting
Attorney General Goode, urges action by
the Government against the Bell Telephone
monopoly.
THE King of Bavaria has forbidden the
cabinet to interfere with his exchequer,
and the members of the cabinet will there
fore all resign. The debts of the King
amount to 15,000,000 marks.
IL his speech opening the Prussian Diet,
Emperor William said: "Iam grateful for
the love and fidelity of my people, and for
the benevolent sympathy which has been
extended from foreign countries. Our for
eign relations are friendly and support
fully our belief that the peace of Europe is
sure to continue"
ADMIRAL PORTER was reported seriously
sick at Washington on the 18th.
SECRETARY WHITNEY expresses himself as
willing to abide by decision of a commit
tee of arbitration with respect to the Gov
ernment receiving the dispatch boat Dol
phin.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Shocking Accident.

JACKSON, TENN, January 1G.-A depior-
able accident occurred near HuntersyiIle,
this (MadisOn) county, yesterday by which
James r. Merriweather, prominent young
planter. lost his life. lie and Harvey Crit
tenden, friend, had just started hunting.
Merriweather SAW bird and fired. 1t is
thought that lie mus. have cooked both
hammers, for as he lowered it to the
ground the second barrel was discharged.
the entire load OF shot striking him in the
heck, making a CHASTITY hole in his wind
pipe and severing the jugular vein. Merri.
weather died almost instantly withon'
speaking word.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
AN EXCITING TIME.
A Dcrailed Passenger Train fears Its Wa,
Across a Bridge-A Bold Engineer.

Dcraiied Passenger Train Fears Its Way
Across a Bridge-A Bold Engineer.
NEW YOEK, January 15.-Yesterday
morning the north-bound express on the
New York & Long Island Railroad, filed
with prominent business men coming
to their offices, was near Matawan and
was about to go upon trestle bridge
500 feet long, when the cars were de-
rallied by broken frog. The cars, after
dropping down on the ties, ran across
the bridge, swapping the steel rails into bits
and tearing the wooden structure into splint-
ers. The rear car lost its trucks and ran q
long distance OH its floor beams. George
Clicknor, the engineer, finding it impossible
to stop the engine, which was tearing along
at the rate of thirty miles an hour, saw that
the only hope lay in increasing his speed
He threw open the throttle and thus pre-
venting the cars from topping over the
bridge. The cars swayed from side to side,
but they were safely carried out of danger.
The passengers were more or less shaken
up, but nobody was seriously hurt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
A Horus Banker Caught.

FIT. SMITH, ARK. January 13.-H. II.
Quick, alias johnson, was arrested here to-
day and lodged in Jail, charged with embez-
cling large sum of money from parties in
Hickory County, Mo-, about six months
ago. He says he is nephew Of Dan
Quick. one Of the wealthiest men in john
sen County, No., and who resides near
Holden. Quick has been in this section
several weeks, going by t name of James
johnson. 1t seems that about seven or
eight months ago he went 10 Hickory
County and established bank, getting sey-
eral parties in the neighbOrhOod to de-
posit money with him. When he had
about eight thousand dollars in his
possession he appropriated the same and
absconded. About the first of the month
L. Harner, Sheriff of Hickory County, and
John Bebee, one of the depOstOrs, who
says be had $500 in the Quick Bank, ar
rived here in search of him, having learned
by intercepting letter written TO him by
his brOther-in-law that he was in this sec
tion going by the name of James Johnson.
The letter got here about the time they did,
but remained in tbs post-Of1ice uncalled for.
On Sunday they left for home, leaving tho
matter in the hands of City Marshal Henry
Surratt and Detective Wiley Cox. To-day
Quick called for the letter. having just ar
rived in tIIs city from Roseville Ark, and
in half an Eour afterward he was in jail.
After being arrested he acknowledged that
he was the man wanted. On his person
were found several letters, one from a
friend at Preston, Me-, telling him to keep
clear OF that section, and one from his wife
telling him she wanted to come to him. One
from his brotier-in-law told him to be very
careful il he come back to that section, and
that he had just bought him the finest horse
in the county and would get him another.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
SHERMAN SAYS
That He Has Always Borne willing Testi-
monY to General Grant,s Abilities

That He Has Always Borne Willing Testi-
mony to General Grants Abilities.
BALTIMORE. January 16.-The Sun pub
fishes the following letter from General w.
L. Sherman in relation TO General Grant and
recent statement in the North Amertcan
ReuieaU::
ST. LOUIS, January Z, 1884.
Rev. George Norris Baltimore:
DEAR SIR:-I have received your letter of
the 1th. with newspaper slip incloSed- OF
course have read carefully the first volume
of General Grants Memoirs and regard it as
admirable in every sense, and now await the
second volume. which L doubt not will be
equally reliable and interesting. From the
day reported 10 him at Paducah till his
death, our relations were as brothers rather
than as commander and commanded, and it
is utterly impossible that / could have writ
ten or spoken the words as quoted in the
December number of the North american
RericlC. t
l have a large correspondence, and con-
verse freely with thousands of people. aud as
is natural we often speculate what might
have been had General Grant gone to the
rear and c. F. Smith fought the battle of Shi-
loh, what might have been had Washington
accepted his warrant in the English navy
etc.: but that could have written the posi-
tive expression That had c. +. Smith lived
General Grant would have disappeared from
history" is an impOssibility. Personally 1
want 10 1--we IN peace, ard avoid all contro-
Versy, but AM confident in good time we
Shall learn on what authority or hearsay
that this publication is based.
i incloSe with this a slip containing my
last public utterance about General Grant,
when announced his death to his old COM
rades of the Army of the Tennessee. l don't
believe any man, living or dead, he's borne
more willing testimony to General Grants
great qualities, especially as demonstrated
at Henry. DOnelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg.
than myself. Yours truly,
W. T. SHERMAN.
General Sherman incloses a printed copy
of portion OF his speech to the Army of
the Tennessee, announcing the death of
General Grant and eulogizing him in the
most flattering terms.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
ADvIcEs received in London

ADyICES received in London recently
say that a thaw, accompanied by
heavy rains, has set in in the Balk-
Fans, and has caused much destruction.
The Martha, the principal river in
Roumelia, has overfowed its banks,
flooding the surrounding country.
bridges have been swept away, and a
number of villages have been totally
destroyed. The dispatches say that
many persons must have perished,
but that no definite statements con-
cerning the loss of life had been re-
ceived.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
In reply to 4 letter from ex-Delers

In reply to letter from ex-Dele@ate
V 0Downey, of Wyoming, in behalf of a
prominent cattleman of that Territory,
against whom proceedings have been
recommended to compel the removal
of fences maintained by him enclosing
public lands. requesting that proceed
ings be postponed until spring, the
Assistant Commissioner of the General
Land Office at Washington has written,
denying the request, and stating that
1t is the intention of the Land Office to
prosecute such proceedings as rapidly
as possible, and to continue them until
every unlawful enclosure has been re-
moved from public lands.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Opelilza Fira.

MONTGOMERY. ALA, January 16.-Two
fires occurred at OpeIika yesterday. The
one in the morning destroyed a two-story
building occupied on the ground floor by
Roberts saloon and barber shop, and the
upper rooms by the Times newspaper.
Nothing was saved except the Times
books. The lost OIL the building was
$1,000; insurance, 50, loo: willis Roberts
loss in goods and fixtures was $4,000, in
surance 81 500, and the Times editors loss
was $4,000. Some $1,000 damage was
done to neighboriug stores and stocks. The
other fire in the afternoon burned three
frame buildings. Loss. $4,000; partially
insured.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

THE Beaver Falls Pa.) car works,
foundry and machine shops burned to
the ground this recently, together with
the Chinese quarters and every build
ling in the square facing Sixth avenue
except the old Mansion House. The
fire originated in the foundry. The
loss was about one hundred and seventy
five thousand dollars and there was
very little insurance. The fire de-
Estroyed over fifty thousand dollars
worth of patterns and rendered four
families homeless.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

. The Secretary of the Interior has re-
quested the Attorney General to institute
suit against the Dacota Cattle Company
i'm the western part of Nebraska to re-
cover twelve thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars, the value of timber
alleged to have been cut by them from
public lands; also similar suit against
j. P. Wetherbee to recover ten thou
sand two hundred and dforty dollars, the
value of timber cut from the public
lands in Mississippi.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

{, In special message recently to the
State Legislature, Governor Hill set
forth the fact that New York City has
exceeded the limit of her Indebtedness,
las. provided by law, and that she can
not incur any additional debt for five
years. He suggests the passage of a
Jaw authorizing the Commissioners OF
the Sinking Fund to lend the city GER
tain sums for the purpose of making
ipublic improvements.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
A Cavern at the Happendin Ore Mine En-
tonIs Number OF Miners

ALBURTUs, Pa, January IA terrible
cave-in occurred yesterday afternoon at
Rittenhouse Gap, at tie Eappendin ore
mine and buried quite a number OF men.
Intense excitement prevails and it is
thought that perhaps dozen were en-
tombed. The following bodies hare been
dug out: James Shiffert, leaves a wife and
three children; Frank Eek. leaves a wife
and one child; 6. l.. Miller, single. The
appearance of the dead bodies showed
that the men had been suffocated. When
found they were in an upright position,
with tools in their hands. Large gangs OF
men have been put to work to rescue the
others entOmbed in the slope.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

SIX of the thirteen victims of the
coal mine explosion at Ogden, Utah,
have been recovered from the seventh
level They met death from suffoca-
Ition and the appearance of their bodies
indicated terrible struggle for life.
The searching party expects to reach
Hhe-other seven bodies remaining in the
mine in day or two.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

PROMINENT merchants of Charleston,
, w. Va, have been accused of conspir-
ing together to defraud insurance COM
panies by arson. Arrests have been
made of persons implicated.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

THE Wisconsin HorSebreeders' Asso-
citation recently passed resolutions de-
nouncing the expulsion of T. J. Dun
bar, of Milwaukee, by the National
Trotting Association, and petitioning
for his reinstatement.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

COUNT Won HOTzFELDT, the German
ambassador at London. had an inter
view recently with the Marquis of Sails
BURY concerning the reported seizure
of Samoa by Germany. The Embas-
sador said he had been instructed by
bury that Germany would neither an
mex Samoa nor permanently interfere
with the Governments of the islands.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

A TRAIN conveying military COM
pany was completely wrecked the other
night at Valdiva, Chill. Thirty SOL
diers, including eleven officers, were
Rillad
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

THE Grand Trunk Railroad officials
have been notified that the quarantine
restrictions at Port Huron and Detroit
against passengers coming from Mont
real have been removed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Pork Packing.

CINCINNATI, January 1G.--The Cincin-
natl Price Current says that the total num-
Der of hogs packed in the West last week
was 255, coo against $50, 900 last year. The
total to date since November is 4,615, coo
against 4.695, GOO last year. The movement
at the principal points since November l, is
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

FHE prices of imported goods are
being advanced by the merchants OF
Mexico in consequence of the con-
tinued depreciation of silver.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

THE Kentucky Legislature has passed
a bill for an election by the people to
decide on calling convention for
changing the State Constitution.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
THE GIANT OF MEDICINES.
The Most Effective and Popular
Remedy Ever Discovered.
WHY rs IT so FFECTITE IN so MANY
DIFFERENT DISEASES?


w permanently he diseases
Unlike
with disease
give pain, sensation and ese
moncousy diseased IL
going 10 In good
at
Il is condition Now
KIDNEY following Common ana Un-
susp
cvMpTMN rrnsuai desire night Futng
omo and pain the heart Tired Feelings Unusual amount IrSasy
Acid bitter Taste with rod the Morning. Heaaaehs and Neuralgia AOs
Dyspepsia sudden excitement In the small OF the BACK;
and Pneumonia Dca swengy Red White Dick dus
afcto Yelowish
Of kidneys
specific WasueSD
SAFE Cure Of dprers 1hsse NO
precey
indicated bumen the life
the
kidney poison In the blood that
above
oST Tsi ~ insaigy bGsn t for Il. sa
removes
greatest number of effects from the system ~
Off
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

IA delicate, clear jelly is made from
tbe mice of frozen apples and two-thirds
me quantity Of white sugar. Boil until
II ieiles, then pour into glasses. The
Cdterer.
If farmer pays $3.50 for twino
binder in spring, and cuts Sl60 worth
of wheat with 1t in summer, how long
-ill the binder have to stand out in the
weather to get mortgage on the farmP
The Vindicator.
Vanilla Jumbles; Two cups sugar,
one cup butter, two eggs, one-half cup
milk, one quart -four, four teaspoonfuls
Yeast powder, sprinkle with sugar after
rolling out and press lightly with roll
inc pin. then cut ont and lay in pan.-
Good Housekeeping.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman tells of butter pressed in a
mold so as to look exactly like large.
fine strawberry. One of these berries
was put BY the side of each plate, and
an extra supply stood in the center of
the table on fruit dish.
The young of wild species of birds
arc fed by their parents chiefly on ami
NAL food even when they are seed-eat-
ers when mature. They are thus forced
that the period of their helplessness
NAV be shortened. Poultry men can
take leaf out OF natures book.-.N
y. Times.
Not one farmer in hundred has
enough large and small fruit on his
place-not even enough to supply the
wants Of his one family. But it is safe
~ say that they who have an abund-
ance appreciate its worth, and are both
healthier and happier by its use. K5E-
ireal W.Iness.
The Massachusetts Ploaghman points
attention to the fact that many old
mares are poor mixers, and, for the
colts sake, every farmer ought TO know
how to treat his mare so as to increase
her flow OF milk. The same agencies
which will produce a good flow in
COW will also in a mare.
--Carelessncss must 90 out and bus;-
ness sense must come in to make poultry
management successful. This is espe-
cially true where poultry is made a spe-
cialty. Nevertheless fifty to one hun.
dred fowls may be kept on every farm
with little special care besides providing
good, clean, comfortable quarters. =
Prairie Farmer.
The best OF roots for the horse in
winter is the carrot Enough should be
provided to give two or three messes a
week, though where they are plenty a
still better plan is to feed some every
day with oats or other grain. the ration
of which may be proportionately dmin-
ished. To buy them they are generally
as dear as oais, but may be grown for
much less cost, a good crop OF carrots
yielding two hundred TO six hundred or
eight hundred bushels per acre, accord
ing as the small or large varieties are
grown.-N T. Herald
The raising of turnip and cabbage
seed has proved very profitable, and I
added materially to the income of tho
farmers on the east end of Long Island. I.
One farmer near Mattituck is said TO
have cleared 81, 200 from cabbage seed .
alone. Another made Sl20 from tur- /
nip seed raised on small plat. The 1
main crops in that section are cauli- 1
flowers, cabbages and potatoes. and the
raising of seed has heretofore been sub
sidiary to these crops, but ii has proved
30 profitable that many farmers have
gone into it largely. Troy Times.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
WALL STREET GIANTS.
nseh-rslked-Of Men and Som. a, TIA.
fecullaritIes as to Beard,


rs 10 BEARD.
IN. Y. Journal
Jay Gould's beard REVEALS a, r,.,.,
MS own words for it could. that he Il !.
nonoy maker 1t extends from one ga,
=. y.ear DOWN around his chin to the other
neips MN to think out various new
financial schemes. Without II he would
oe nKe samson without his locks-uttorlv
shorn OF his strength. When in media.
tion no strikes IL with his thumb an ono
spl ssuo OF MS face and his fingers on the other
I. anste never "as man whose money.
ss uait overtopped all others but
wore beard like Mr.. Gould's.
russell Sage, Mr., Gould's Wall street
any, haf chin whisker, denoting frugal
saving nature. Mr.. Sage has never as,
plred 10 magnificent financial moves hp,
ne mas satisfied himself with making bjs
ooiiars double themselves-the thrifty and
uhceaslng use Of them in the recognized
methods OF fmoney-changing.
cyrus w. Field, another OF Mr.. Gon,d,.
ailies, has chin and side-whiskers, but
'hey look moth ing like the latter's. They
are not trimmed with the precision thai
lndlcates an exclusive business natura
f"NANA Aull gray and show
not sign OF dropping tendency. The way
they stick from the face indicates ambi-
uoh Tor distinction. They reflect clearly
TWO enterprises which Mr.. Field is yery
proud of-the laying of the Atlantic cable
and the construction Of the elevated rail.
ways in New York Mr.. Fields name is
inseparably associated with both.
Roscoe Conkliag wears his beard cut in
the pronounced Van Dyck style. 1t is
trimmed down on either side of his face to
sharp point at the chin.
General Horace Porter, the after-dinner
speaker. wears moustache and imperial.
Ihe latter indicates his military nature as
plainly as epaulets on his shoulders or a
saber clanlking at his heels would. II also
tells OF an ambitious, intrepid nature,
and is in keeping with his brilliant speech
and manners.
George NJ, Pullman wears chin-whiskers
that reveal pushing element in his COM
position, and at the same time betrays in
ventive qualities and resourceful ways.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
SOLD THREE TIMES.
1r. Dunger's Dlscouracing Experience
with Designing Book Agents.

1r. DunJers Discourasing Experience
with Designing Book Agents.
"What's up to-day?" asked Sergeant
Bendall yesterday as Mr.. Dunder care
fully entered the station on tip-ioe.
"vhell, Sergeant, maybe vhas all
right, but | like to shpeak NIT you
abondt it,"
"Go ahead"
"Somepody come in to my place five
days ago und ask me vhas | Carl Dun
derp Ivhas. He vhas agent for new
book called: "Der Life und Times of
Great Men He WANTS to put me in
dot book for two dollars. lie hears
eafcrypody talk aboudt me. He knows
| pays taxes in two wards. He knows
lvhas headquarters for campaign clubs
lie knows somepody likes me to go to
Congress"
''WellP"
"Yhell, gf him two dollar. Ivhas
proud ii | yhas great man. you see,
und like to haf it in book for Shake
und his shldrens to read. Next day an
Vhas | Carl Dunder? Ivhas. He vhas
agent for a new book called: Der
Great Men of America He knows all
aboudt me, und he puts me in for two
dollar. Vhcll, dot plesscs me, too"
"And YOU went IMP"
''Of course. Dis morning der third
agent comes. Vhas / Carl Dunderl I
vhas. He vhas agent for: Der Biggest
Men of Der Whole World. He hears
all aboudt me, und he gifts me a page
for a dollar. l pays him, but Shake
says it vhas too rich for my blood, und
dot shall see you.
"You' We been swindled."
"Vhssn't a great man?"
mo, sir!'
Don't somepody hear aboudt meP"
They hear that you are sucker. "
"Und vhas beatp"
"Yes, sir.
"Vcll, dot vhas more experience for
me. | vhas going home. Dis after.
noon some stranger Will come in und
tell me he vhas agent for Der Very
Smartest and Best Men Dot Eafer Vhas
on Earth. He has heard of me. lie
vhants to gif me two pages for dol
lar. Sergeant"
Yes"
..Sec dot der ambulance vhas all
ricbt. und Copner Lansing vhas all
riSht: und IL | vhss leetle bit excited
when der verdict comes in l like to hal
vou pat me on der back und say you see
mo out of III Good day! falls down
nit do, book agent rsoket!'-INssrp"
Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

DR.. J. S. Combs, Owensville, o., says: ~
have given Scotps Emulsion of Cod Liver
OIL with Hypophosphites TO four patients
with better results than seemed possible
with any remedy. All were hereditary
cases of Lung disease, and advanced TO that
stage when Coughs, pain in the chest, fire.
quent breathing, frequent pulse, fever and
Emaciation. All these cases have increased
in weight from 10 20 % lbs., and arc not
now needing any medicine"
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

"Iu,vr pEry AFFLICTED with an Affec-
tion OF tho Throat from childhood, caused
bv diphtheria. and have used various rem,
edies, but have never found any thing equal
to BRowSs BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. "-ReD. n.
NJ f. HAMPTON, PikcioH, hy. Price 20 cts.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
A summer Tourists Dire Threat.

The people in Westchester town have
refused to give food to tramp, and now
he threatens TO have them arrested for
boycotting him and interfering with his
legitimate business.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

FoR twenty years Mrs. John Gemmell,
Milroy, Miffln County, Pa, was paralyzed
and unable TO walk. She used ST. Jacobs
Oil and was cured
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

Was that Of one Of our acquaintance who
suffered from scrofula, yellow complex
ION and distress Of the stomach, for years
before using DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic, which
finally cured her.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

THERE is one recommendation for buck
whc griddle.caIes as an article Of dict
They are always round if you want them. -
LoUeN ClHzdi
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

"Pl, why is glrl called belle" asked
Clara. 80, guess it is because of hei
tongue" unfeelingly replied the old man.
~ j. San.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

A VERMONT man having invented a cow
tail holder, It'd Bis vents TO know what Is
the matter with the original COW.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

IT costs money 10 advertise, but it costs
more money not to advertise.-iH L1delpha
Cal.