The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-15
miscellaneous.

THE Governor has issued proclamation
! organizing Scott County. and appointing
Charles S. Reed county clerk; Eugene Nc
Daniels, Marion Cunningham, \. H. Xii
patrick, commissioners. Scott City was
designated as the temporary county seat.
The county has. according to the census re-
turns, 1913 inhabitants, 701 househOlders
and S364,063 is the amount of taxable prop
erty enrolled, while the taxable real estate
in itself amounts to 100000 in value.
JAMES SHARKS, an employee in Cramer's
brick yard at Neodsha, recently imbibed
too freely and laid down on the Frisco
track to take a snooze. He was rather
rudely awakened by passing train, which
laid his skull bare, took off an ear and am
putated hand.
MAX SCHNEIDER, junior member of the
firm of Schneider q Son, of Leavenworth,
shot and killed himself at his residence in
that city on the night of July G. The de.
ceased was the son-in-law of NJ Hoffman
wholesale liquor dealer of Kansas City.
His wife had just returned from a visit to
her parents, and young Schneider appeared
to be in the best of spirits. Soon after re-
firing he got up and went to the bureau
Soon the report of pistol was heard and
he fell dead by the side of his wife The
affair was a mystery, and his wife believes
the tragedy the result of accident.
THE Santa Fe depot at Topeka was re-
Gently damaged by fire to the amount of
about $1,000 The greater damage was
done by the water. The dining room and
kitchen up stairs and the ladies' waiting
fhOyOnoh1x, dronobaJ
ter.
MISS MoLLIE MOORE, sixteen-year-old
daughter of James T. Moore, of Pratt
County. died very suddenly recently. The
first symptom of disease was a small erup-
ton upon the face, which rapidly devel.
oped into something like erysipelas, result.
ing in death in a few days.
PENSIONS were recently secured for the
following Kansans: By Senator Plumb,
for John A. Fullerton, of Greeley; by Con-
gresham Perkins, for Mrs. susanna Starker,
of Mulberry Grove, and by Congressman
Funston, for John J. Fullerton, of Greeley,
Samuel Dragoo, of Wise, and Hepen A.
HERMAN, of Garnett.
THE name of the post-office at Bangor,
Coffey County, has been changed to Grid !
lev, and NJ. a. Fessinger appointed post |
master.
THERE was recently a temporary suSpsn- !
sion in the payment of pensions at tho To |
peka agency, on account of the non-arrival !
of the funds appropriated for the fiscal !
wear beginning July l. The appropriation |
for the agency for the year ended June &C
exceeded the demands, and there was $35- |
900 on hand at the close of the year, but the |
law requires that the amount be returned |
to the United States Treasury.
ACCORDING to the statistics furnished by |
the secretary of the State Board of ACri- |
culture for the year 1885, there was raised /
in that year in Kansas loo, 500 tons of |
tame grasses, consisting of timothy,
clover, orchard grass. blue grass and other |
varieties The value of this hay was So
111.3S9.
TOPEKA has botany club.
FOURTEEN car loads of colored people
from Nashville and Memphis, Tenn, ar
rived in Topeka on the 9th to attend the
conclave of the Independent Order of I'm
maculates. The order was founded at
Nashville. Tenn, in 1879, since which date
the roll of membership has reached nearly
C. 900. The purpose of the order is tC relieve
its members in case of sickness, disability
or death.
THE total assessed valuation of taxable
property in Shawnee County is S12.O43,-
792 10 an increase in ten years of S5.925,-
s72O4 OF this Topeka shows an increase
of 50, $50, 5000.
Topeka is agitating the question OF cable
ears.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BRADFORD recently
received letters from Doniphan County
wherein complaint was made that a num-
Der of the officials of that county neglect or
refuse TO do their duty when directed by
the proper authorities
IT is stated that the efficacy of the cac-
Jus plant as cure for rattlesnake bite has
been proven by a son of Mr.. Woods, of
Grant County. His dog was bitten and
he boy applied the plant to the wound ac-
,ording to directions, and in a few hours
he dog was entirely relieved from all eff
ects of the bit
GARDEN CITY opened its new bridge to
he public with grand celebration and
'arbecue.