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Sharp County record., 1888-05-03
lous things in the way of paying for

lous things in the way of paying for
feits
At the end of the evening Miss
Briggs was at the door ready to de-
part, when he called:
miss Briggs, l am going right up
your way. Will you ride?'
Would she ride behind that old
horse and beside that detestable man?
She was wondering whether she would
or not, when Mrs. Perkins came and
triumphantly led her out and packed
her into the carriage.
1t was as dark as pitch, and they
had to let the horse 90 his own way,
and find it the best he could. He did
so very we'll until they reached the
cottage and then he was bewildered.
Mr. Perry spoke, jerked the reins,
but to no purpose. H. then took out
the whip. Whether his natural dis
like to that article, or the memory OF
the indignities he had suffered from
the hands of the owner of the cottage
overcame him, it is hard to decide,
but at all events he kicked up his heels
ran few yards and fell, Overturning
the buggy and its precious contents.
Miss Briggs was up in moment
unharmed, but Mr.. Perry was silent as
the grave. She ran shouting through
the darkness, until NJ, Perry help
came with lantern to her assistance.
They found the poor man half dead
beneath the carriage, and while Dan
was at work, Miss Briggs ran home
for her own servant After much hard
labor they succeeded in extricaling
him from the wreck. but he was sense
less, and they bore him home and sent
for the DOCTOR Upon examination
they found his leg to be broken, and
thus Miss Briggs enemy was at her
mercy.
The days and weeks that followed
were dreadful ones to the sufferer
but Miss Briggs never left him. Day
and night she stood beside him, and
her plump hands administered TO
every want.
He forgot the COW and his turnips.
He forgot the cats and the canary.
He only saw little patient woman,
with pretty face, trim figure and
tender hands, and-would you believe
itP-he fell in love with her.
How could he help itP She had sat
by him through the dreary days of
pain, she had brought him her pre-
serves, and nice inv;gorating cordials.
She had, in all probability saved his
life.
What could he do? Nothing but fall
in love.
"Miss Briggs!" he said, one day
when lie was able to sit up.
"Wcll, Mr. PerryP"
You have been very good to me,
and l feel as though l owe you a great
DEAL"
There! now stop right where you
are. You owe me nothing"
'But would you mind if l tres
passed little further on your good
natureP'
Not at all. "
"Well, Miss Briggs, will you take
me in charge the rest of my natural
life?"
WHAT"
"Will you marry me? There!"
Miss Briggs blushed and her an
swer came thus:
Il will marry you.
There was wedding in the church
few weeks later. and Mrs, Perkins
prepared the wedding supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry live in the
brick house. and the cottage is rented
to a young man and his wife, to
whom Mrs. Perry bequeathed her cats
and the canary.
The mastiff and the knock-kneed
old horse are with their forcfathers. -
Lottie Brown. in BdILous MOnthM
Sharp County record., 1888-05-03

Texas has camels. both wild and
tame. They were imported in 1852,
to be used in transportation across the
continent to the Pacific coast They
did not prove adapted to this work,
and a great many were turned loose to
run wild. and have bred in the wilder
part of the State in considerable num-
bers.
Sharp County record., 1888-05-03

"A man weighing 25O pounds re-
Gently rode from Topeka to Atchison
without paying his fare, because the
combined strength of the collector, the
conductor and the brakeman was not
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
A Race War.

NEW IBERIA, La, Aug. 1S.-Thursday
demand was made by the respectable white
element of the county that the disreputa-
bic class of negroes who had gathered and
armed themselves at Freetown should lay
down their arms and dispense. The lead
ing negroes were in a certain house and
the whites gave them twenty minutes to
surrender. Before the time was up the ne
groes burst out of the house and began fir
ing, the first volley wounding a horse.
The firing then became general when the
negroes again shut themselves up in the
house and fired from the windows. The
whites returned the fire and the shooting
lasted an hour and half. At the end of
this time E. R. Smith made dash for the
house and was shot dead while forcing in
the door. Only one man had the courage
or foolhardiness to accompany Smith in
his attack. This man escaped and retreat
ed. The negroes then became frightened
and fed from the house and thirteen were
killed, eight in the house and five outside.
Some accounts say three or four mora
were killed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT.
A Kansas City Architect Murderously As
saulted in His Office.

Kansas City Architect Murderously As
saulted in His Office.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 1S.-A murder
Gus assault was made about $3.50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon upon A. II. Ramsden,
the architect, in his Office in Gibraltar
building, near Ninth and Wyandotte
streets, by some unknown party. young
man, named Wicks, who is employed in
the Office as draughtsman, heard sound
like falling body in Mr.. Ramsden's pri-
vate office, and Fastening in found Rams
den lying PROSTATE on the floor, his head
and shoulders inside of the contractors
room adjoining. Blood was gushing forth
from an ugly wound on the right side of the
head, forming a red pool around the
threshold. Near him was lying sample
pressed brick, telling the tale of how the
bloody deed was committed. The wound
proved to be q serious fracture of the skull
just above the right ear, a large piece of
the bone being broken and pressed down
on the lobe of the brain at the base.
Several of the arteries were severed by the
broken bone, causing a profuse bleeding.
Ramsden was unconscious this morning,
but some hopes existed of his recovery.
The only remark he made on being pressed
as to who struck him was: "Mr. Braley
will tell you" How he came by his in
juries is at present inexplicable and no
arrests have been made.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
Secretary Bayard OH the Effect of It's Re-
lection.

lection.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-In an interview
on the Fisheries treaty last night Secretary
Bayard said it was still in the power of the
President to withdraw the treaty from
the Senate, but that he had no knowledge
that the President intended to withdraw
it. Assuming that the treaty will be
rejected" he continued, 'the record
now stands in such a way that the
Republicans will be responsible en-
tirely for its rejection and the conse-
quences. 1t is not trifiing matter, but a
very grave affair. have no doubt at all
about the merits of the treaty and 10
doubt as to what the sense of the country
will be on the subject. The people of this
country will have to determine the mat
ter"
''Will the rejection of the treaty termi-
nate the mOdus UiUendi which was to last
for two years."
'tNo, not necessarily" said the Secre-
rotary. "Under that mOduS rirendi some
of our fishermen have already secured Ii
censes from the Canadian Government
under which they can carry on their bust
ness without molestation until the licenses
expire possibly for a year. The mOdus
uiUendi was a proposition that was made
to US from the other side. The United
States Government has nothing to do with
it, and l suppose it would be within the
right of Canada to withdraw it in case the
Fisheries treaty is rejected. But its con-
tinued existence does not necessarily de-
pend upon the treaty"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
SUNSET COX'S LATEST.

He Could Adjourn the House of Represen-
tatives by One Word, But Magnan:mous-
ly Forbears.
New York, Aug. 15.-The Herald has
he following special from Washington:
Congressman Sunset Cox says one little
sentence from his lips would adjourn the
House instantly. What Mr.. Cox means
is best explained by the state
ment following made by him: Last
Thursday ran down to Moorhead City,
N. c., to obtain few days rest. Return
ing TO Washington yesterday my train
was detained at Greensborough to await
the arrival of the Jacksonville express.
Ky presence on the train had been tele-
graphed ahead, and when l alighted
at Greensborough l found large
crowd ir attendance who insisted
upon my addressing them. l spoke
for about thirty minutes to as
.inte lligent and res ponsible an audience
as l ever faced. When the Jacksonville
train came in and we started northward,
l noticed that I had fallen among the
most scared and forlorn looking people on
earth. Suddenly l heard one man
propose TO another that they should go
forward, but his friend replied that they
would not be permitted to do so. This
rather surprised me until l found, upon
inquiry, that the majority of my fellow
passengers were flying from the plague
stricken city of Jacksonville. They were
all bound for New York, and l
imagine that half OF them are
carrying the germs of the yellow fever in
their SYSTEM. This is what mean in say
ing that word from me would adjourn
the House instantly, but out Of regard for
the feelings of my colleagues, will for
bear to speak it. /"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
FEVER SAVAGES.
Official Reports of the Yellow Fever Epi-
demic-Its Ravages in Cuba.

Official Reports of the Yellow Fever Epi-
demic-Its Ravages in Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.-Surgeon- Gen
eral Hamilton has received a telegram
from the Secretary of the State Board of
Health at Wilmington, n. c., saying that
there are no cases of yellow fever in Will
mington, but there is suspicious case,
isolated three miles from Goldsboro, thir-
ty-four miles from Wilmington. which is
supposed to have come from Jacksonville.
The official bulletin from Jackson
vile, Fla, received at the Ma
rine Hospital Bureau to-day shows
three new cases. no deaths and
twenty-thTee patients under treatment.
There have been twenty eight cases to
date and four deaths. DR.. Wall announces
one suspicious case and one death at
Tampa and no sickness at Plant City. DR..
Urquhart telegraphs from Way Cross, Ga,
that there are five men engaged in fumi-
eating mails there.
SANTIAGO DE CURA, Aug. 15.-There
were twenty deaths from yellow fever in
this city up to July %. New food is fur
nished the disease by a lot of freshly ar
rived Spaniards, who are working at the
Paraguay mines near this city. Many
children and native Cubans in the in
terror are dying of yellow fever. As
many as twenty-four children at >Sancti
Espiritu have been swept away in a single
day by the disease.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
l Veterinarians NIishap.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. Il. - Chemicals
being mixed in mortar this morning by
DR.. 4. Z. Deter, a well-known veterinary
surgeon, exploded, tearing Off the doctors
lett hand at the wrist and three fingers of
the right hand, recessitatiug amputation.
Pieces of the mortar, which was cast iron,
penetrated his abdomen, his breast was
terribly lGcerated and a wound WAS in
fiicted on his thigh by piece OF the
broken mortar. He is still alive, hut the
doctors think his injuries and the amputa
ton will prove fatal. DIR. Shevakier,
standing by the doctor at the time of the
explosion. received a number of severe
cuts on the arm. DR.. Detler was mixing
sulphur, nitrate of potash and glycerine in
a cast iron mortar. The Office was demol-
iSheti
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MAIL ROBBERS.
Wholesale Robbery of Mail Boxes il Chi
caSo Accidentally hi. recovered.

Wholesale Robbery of Mail Boxes il chi
cateo Accidentally Discovered.
CHICAGO, Aug. ia system OF whole
sale letter-box robbery, extending over a
period of two years. involving the theft of
thousands of letters, including Enclosures
of drafts, checks and post-ofiice orders aS-
gregating an unknown amount, thought tc
exceed 500, 900, and explaining in part the
numerous complaints made against the
Chicago postal service, has been Ciscov-
cred by the police and the United States
post-office inspectors, and Frederick Won
Oberkampf and Thomas J. Mack are in
custody and more arrests are likely to fol-
low.
Won Obe-kanpf claims to be the member
of a noble German family Of Berlin and
Mack is a carpenter and native of the
United States.
The discovery of this gigantic pilferilg
OF letter boxes came about in Il curious and
thoroughly unexpected manner. Won
Oberkampf was indebted to his landlady
and in payment offered her a check which
she accepted, returning him difference OF
about 500 IN cash. The check turned out
TO have been forged and she placed
the matter in the hands of the police,
who located the man in a room on
North Market street. In search
ing this room the officers were
astonished to find trunk filled to the top
with letters, all opened, bearing no post
mark, and each having had the stamp re-
moved. Il was then ascertained that Won
Oberkampf occupied still another room.
and when this was searched another trunk
tull of letters, all in the precise condition
described above were found. In a room
at a hotel was found vaIise packed with
broken mail matter and bunch of keys.
One of the keys was one which opened
railway mail pouches, and another was
numbered 16S, and would open any letter
hox in Chicago
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
Mounded Marshal Dead.

Usage CITY, Kan, Aug. 16.-J. N. Will
hams, the city marshal who was shot by
W. Il. Evans on Monday, died Tuesday at
four p. m, and will be buried this after
noon by the A. o. q. W., of which he was
a charter member, and in which he carried
$1,000 life insurance. The deceased leaves
wife and quite family of children to
mourn his loss. Evans, the man who did
the shooting, claims that it was in self de-
fence, and when notified of Williams
death manifested deep feelings of regret,
but it is about as difficult to get g correct
status of the affair as it was on the day Of
the shooting. Evans was given to drink
ing, and it appears he was under the in
rpence Of liquor the day Of the occurrences
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
CHARLES CROKER.
Death of the California Railroad MaGnate
and Twenty Times Millionaire After an
Eveutful and Busy Life in the Far West.

Death of the California Railroad Magnate
and Twenty Times Millionaire After an
Eveutful and Busy Life in the Far West.
MONTEREY, Cal, Aug. l5.-Charles
Croker, second vice-president OF the
Southern Pacific railroad, died here yes
terday afternoon, at half past three
O'Clock, from the after effects o. in
ternal injuries received in New York
about two years ago when he was thrown
from a carriage. A short while ago his
condition grew worse and he was COM
peeled to withdraw from active business
entirely. Since the 1st of July he has
been at Monterey suffering from dia-
betes. His condition grew worse
every day and Mrs. Croker, who
was IN New York, was telegraphed
for, and started Immediately, but did not
reach California in time. His two sons,
Fred and William, were with him at the
time of his death. He leaves three sons
and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Il. Alex
ander, who is now in Europe.
Charles Croker settled in California IN
1919, having come from New York State.
Shortly afterward he became associated
with Leland Stanford, c. P. Huntington
and Mark Hopkins in the Central Paclhc
road, and afterward took an active part
in the affairs of the Southern Pacific. He
was sixty-six years of age at time of his
death His wealth is estimated ct SO,
600 900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
Desnerafe Resistance.

DUBLIN, Aug. 17.-In an eviction yester-
day the tenant, Somers, had fortified his
place with earthworks and trenches. Be-
fore operations were begun he made an
offer which the magistrate advised the
landlord to accept. The landlord, how
ever, refused and 200 policemen, with the
aid of battering-ram, began the attack.
After three hours of useless conflict, an
American gentleman offered to pay half OF
the rent, but his offer was refused. The
police then resumed the attack, using their
bayonets, but were compelled TO retire,
many being injured. At six p. m, seeing
the building was on fire, Mr.. Redmond and
Canon Doyle advised the inmates to sur
render. The defendants came out and all
were Immediately arrested.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
TINES ARE CHANGING.

The Unemployed of England and the La
bora gitat.rs-The Characterization Of
Affairs in Some OF the Great Manufact-
uring Ccnters.
LONDON, Aug. 15-The labor agitatOrs
and their organs are bewailiag the ad-
journment Of Parliament without that
body having enacted any measures for
the improvement OF trade. OF course
many OF these parties believe that
through some mysterious legislation
the army OF unemployed artisans,
the incompetent as we'll as the
skillful could be supplied with work. but
the most blatant and specious OF them are
the leading spirits Of trades unions and
professional orators, who would describe
themselves as disinterested patriots seek
ing to right the wrongs of workingmen,
but whose enemies do not hesitate to
charge with being mischievous scoun-
drels, cunningly keeping within the
limits of the law, protracting lazy
existence from the wages OF their
poor dupes. That they do not agree
in their plans for reviving the business
prosperity OF the country might be ex-
pected, and each of them has his own in
falible process and his own particular
group OF admirers. but they and their
satellites are firmly Of the opinion that
Parliament, as constituted, is the deadly
enemy OF the national industries. Oae
thing is sure, that in spite OF the reports
OF Parliament committees and the conf
dent tone of nine-tenths of the
members il depI coating aud med
ding with trade matters, there
is growing minority, already
respectable in numbers, which is decid-
e. 81, v-c( dian nd
Bright, and which looks with uneasiness
! upon the prospects OF the coming winter.
Business is changing its methods, too.
The seats of recognized industries are
fearful OF losing the reputation of superb
ority and the control of specialties for
which they have become famous. Neigh
| boring cities, friendly for hundreds of
years, are exhibiting a jealousy which
sufficiently shows the bitter struggle for
existence.
Manchester spends millions for ship
canal to avoid paying tribute longer to
Liverpool, and the merchants Of the latter
city predict nothing less than failure for
the enterprise, and sheer at the attempt
TO make a seaport OF an inland town.
Be this as it may, other places have
caught the alarm. Birmingham is
lamenting her lack of commercial
facilities and is fearful that her
| diminished trade is too heavily
handicapped by the freight charges in
Cured by her distance from the sea- while
! Sheffield sees branches of her business
declining or being transferred elsewhere
without being able to prevent the loss.
In her desperation estimates have been
made for a ship canal via the TIMBER, and
though her manufacturers stand aghast
at the expense, it may prove the only re-
sort for the preservation Of the towns OF
ancient industries.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
Her Negro Husband.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 11.-Great excite
ment has prevailed in aud around Able
Vile, in Vermillion Parish, during the last
few days over the attempt of the regulators
to break up miscegenat ton. The regulators
or Caucasians, as they are called. warned
all white men living with negro women
and vice versa to leave the parish.
On Tuesday the regulators whipped one
white man, but when they came to the
residence of negro named Shepard, who
was living with a white woman. the
woman rushed out with a shotgun and
opened fire on the crowd, fatally wound
ing one Of them. This created great ex-
adjoining parish Of Iberia was summoned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
ANOTHER PARTY.
The National Convention OF the American
Parry Conyenes at Washington.

The National Convention of the American
Party Conyenes at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The first Ne-
tional convention of the American party
began its sessions in Grand Army Hall, on
Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday after
noon. Chairman Sharp called the conven-
ton TO order. There were about 200 dele
gates in the hall, representing twenty-five
States and Ten tories. Hon. P. d. Wig
CLINTON, of California, was elected tempo
rary chairman. He predicted that the
day was not far distant when it could be
truthfully said that America was for
Americans. He believed Americans had
the courage and ability to manage their
own affairs, notwithstanding the fact that
America was becoming the cesspool of the
world.
At five O'Clock the committee on creden-
tials reported 126 Acknowledgements
from New York, fifteen from California,
seven from Illinois, seven from New Jer-
sey, five each from Maryland and Massa-
chusetts, four from Pennsylvania, three
from Virginia, two from Maine. Minnesota
and the District of Columbia, and one each
from Alabama, Kansas, Florida, LouiSi-
ana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Yer
mont.
The pending motion, allowing each Con-
gressional district in the several States
and Territories represented in the conven-
ton one vote and two at large to be cast
by the delegations present, was call d up
Mr.. Lipehard, of New York, opposed this
and declared that his delegation was made
of Americans in favor of nominating q
ticket and fighting for it from the start
A. s. Tharin, of Charleston, 5. C., IA
vored the motion. He denounced the old
parties and charged them with disloyalty
in trucking to the foreign vote.
General Hawley, Of Chicago, denounced
in emphatic language the declared puT-
pose of the New York and California
delegations TO act n concert, elect their
own permanent chairman, nominate thciI
own candidates for President and Vice
President and, brOoi;ing no interfer-
ence, run the convention to suit them
selves irrespective Of and without the least
regard TO the wishes of the delegates from
other States. be declared that the Ne";
York and California delegations were try
ing to gag the others and run the corven-
ton il their own personal interests. He
gave notice that Illinois would not sit in a
convention where the gag process WIS
permitted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
The Trials of a Drummer.

The country storekeeper carefully
examined the samples of cloth while
the drummer patiently waited. A GUS
toner came, the storekeeper waited
on him, then went back to examine
the samples, to pull out and untwist
the threads. Another customer, and
more examination; still another GUS
toner, and as the storekeeper began
again he said:
care these samples in style?"
"They were," replied the discour-
aged drummer, when you began to
look at them, but that was so long
ago that can't answer for them now. -
Detroit Free Press.