Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-28

dren. Mary, Helena and Ellen, aged seven,
three and four years respectively, and
then swallowed a large draught of the
deadly poison herself. In less than three
hours Mary and Helena and the mother
were dead and little Ella was in convul-
sons with no hopes OF recovery. The mo-
tive for the deei was supposed to have
been anger because her husband had Or
dered boarder from the house whom he
suspected Of criminal intimacy with his
wife. ...-
Mrs Lucy Parsons, wife Of the late A.
r Parsons. the executed Anarchist, was
being driven about Chicago the other
afternoon in a buggy, attached to the rear
of which was life-sized crayon of her de-
ceased husband. She was distributing cir
culars descriptive OF the merits OF Par
sons book, "Anarchism." large crowd
followed the conveyance which was led to
the police station and its occupants locked
up.
FIRE in Johnstown, Fulton County, n. Y,
the other morning, destroyed William
Loepps' skin mill Loss, s51,O00; fully in
sured.
MRS. BoUCIcAULT, wife OF the we'll
known playwright, has obtained q divorce
in London. Mrs. Boucscau!t was awarded
the costs.
B. G. MCMILLAN was instantly killed the
other morning when he put his head out
OF a car window near Chattanooga, Tenn.
His head struck bridge timber.
GENERAL GRANTS farm. better known as
the Dent mestead, of 80 acres and located
twelve miles west of st. Louis, was sold
recently under mortgage given by Grant
to William II. Vanderbilt during the Grant
n I'd frnt shn
bought by Luther 81. Conn, an ex-Confed-
crate. Conn was with John Morgan's men
and is now millionaire. He paid $50. 0OO
for the farm and has already christened 1t
"Grantwood."
A FIRST mortgage bond was recorded at
Erie, Pa. recently against the Pittsburgh,
Shenango & Lake Erie railroad for s., 5O0,-
500 from the Central Trust Company of
New York. The bonds will run fifty years
at five per cent and the proceeds will be
used for the extension of the system north
of Pittsburgh TO compete with the Penn
sylvania Company's lines.
BILLY PORTER and Frank Buck. well
known American burglars, were arrested
in London recently on a warrant for a bur-
glary committed in Zurich, Switzerland.
THE other morning a travelling MN
named J. W. Winterstein, of st. Louis,
fell from the second story OF the Oak Leaf
Hotel, at Little Rock, Ark, receiving in.
jurIes from which it was believed he
would not recover. He was addicted TO
somnambu!ism. and while in this condition
walked out of the window.
Tue Supreme Lodge OF the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen concluded the an
nual meeting at Louisville, KY, with
social session. The report of row orig
mating in the proposal to eXpel the Gin
clnnati division was denied.
A MAN named Sanders shot and killed
another named League at a coal mine, in
which both were working, near Cabin
Creek, /. T. The quarrel arose over debt
of IS. Sanders escaped, but was subse
Quently captured.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, colored, was hanged
at Louisville. KY, on the 22d. Patterson
was an alleged accomplice OF Albert Tur-
ner, also colored, in the murder Of Jennie
Bowman, a domestic. Many persons
thought Patterson innocent. He protested
his innocence all along, and Turner, who
was executed last year, declared that Pat
terson had nothing to do with the crime.
By gale off Newfoundland many fishing
boats have been wrecked and six men
drowned so far as known.
IHE S0,UU,UJJ ueOC OF EllZaOcJu, ". D.,
has been compromised at 80 per cent.
ADvIcEs received at khartoum report
the arrival in the Bahr el Ghazel province
of white Pasha with a very large force.
The news has greatly disturbed the Mahdi
TIE Washington Star says that DR.. W. A.
Leonard, pastor of ST, Johns Church, that
city, has refused the election to be Assist
ant Bishop of the Ept copal Church in
Ohio.
A SHIFTING engine on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad at Keyser, Nd, exploded the
other morning. killing Engineer Joseph
Bell, of Grafton. and fatally injuring John
McNabb, of Winchester, the conductor,
and William BaylisIe, OF Keyser, the fire.
man.
The trustees of Miami University, at
Oxford, o., have elected Ethelbcrt ID. War
field, of Lexington, KY, president of the
university.
A DISPATCH from Chicago OF the 22d SAYS:
There WAS an exciting encounter last night
between a party of union and non-union
brickmakers near Southport. Stones,
clubs and knives were freely used. Two
Bohemian women, wives of union men,
were among the most desperate of the
fighters. The police, after struggle, sue
ccedcd in arres'ing several of the combat
ants. several of whom were seriously and
one fatally injured.