Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-09

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Harrison, a Methodist minister, killed his
son-in-law, Ben Pervin, and then killed
himself. Cause, family trouble.
JOHN GARDNER, a policeman, was killed
recently by a stroke of lightning while on
duty at Lafayette Park, St Louis.
JOHN KIRKMAH, president of the Ameri-
| can National Bank, of Nashville, Tenn,
was killed by his horse while out riding
the other afternoon. Mr.. Kirkman was
about sixty-fv years old, and had been a
prominent banker for a number of years
THE catch of fish in Canada last year
was valued at SIS, 81, 600. The exports to
the United States aggregated 9, 600.
LITTLE, CRAFT & Co.'s mills, Evansville,
Ind, were destroyed by fire the other
night. Loss, 500, 200,
NINETEEN Chinese pirates were killed
recently by Chinese troops. They had
been the terror of the seas for five years.
A SPECIAL from st. Cloud, Mimi, says
that twenty houses in all were struck by
lightning during the recent storm. Two of
Mrs. Klinkert's children were fatally hurt.
Two valuable horses were also killed.
BY premature blast of powder on the
Baltimore e. Ohio railroad near Hancock,
Md, recently, J. H. Shackleford, foreman,
was killed and William Stottler, Andy
Smith and Henry Green were seriously in
jured.
THE seizure of railroad property by the
Peruvian Government caused energetic
protests. The roads were built entirely by
foreign capital, a good deal of which was
American.
CHARLES MORGAN, alias "Blinky Nor
gan, "concerned in the celebrated fur rob-
berries and the murder of Detective Huili-
gan at Ravenna, was executed in the Ohio
penitentiary at Columbus early on tki
morning of the Sd. He left long state
ment asserting his innocence.
BY fall of a span of the railroad bridge
near COnnellsville, Pa, the other day an
engine and one car fell into the river. No
one was hurt. Cause, rotten timbers.
THE cigarmakers of the East propose to
appeal from the decision of the New Jel
sey Chancellor that any one can use the
international cigar label.
A HAIL STORM ON the Sisseton Indian
reservation in Minnesota on the 1st, ruined
the crops in a section a mile wide and ten
miles long. One man was killed by light
ming.
TRIALS by jury in the cases of Anarch-
lists in Austria and Hungary have been
suspended for year.
IBE meeting of the grievance commit
tees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, Firemen, Brakemen and Switch
men of North America, which was ap-
pointed for Kansas City, has been changed
to st. Louis and the date fixed at Au-
gust 8.
THOUSANDS of deaths from cholera in
Chang Chon, China, have occurred in the
past three months.
HENRY N. VIMoNT, of Millersburg, KY,
has been sent to an insane asylum, his
mind having been destroyed by excessive
cigarette smoking.
DRY goods merchant Shotwell, of Min
neapolis, Minn., who recently failed, has
been held to the grand jury for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
AN alleged editor named Eisfelder, pub
fishing small paper in San Francisco, re-
Gently demanded s., 200 blackmail from ex-
Senator Fair. He was promptly knocked
down and after threatening Fair with a
pistol took his departure.
THREE persons were killed by lightning
which struck the house of Lawrence Nc
Laughlin at Hazelwood, near Duluth,
Mimi, during the storm of the Sd.
THE Treasury Departments monthly
statement showing the changes in circula
tion during July pat notes net decrease
of s. ,491, ,776 during the month.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August numbered 160
compared with POI the previous week.
CoPIOUS rains fell in Kansas and Mis-
souri, on the I'd and Sd, insuring the corn
crop.
1T is reported in Valdosta, Ca, that
James Williams, the negro desperate who
killed the station watchman there five
years ago, has been arrested at last. Over
fifty men resembling him had been ar
rested since the crime.
Two boys were buried in the ruins of a
barn near Richmond, ILL.,, recently. and
great damage was done to crops by a
storm.
EIGHTEEN persons were burned to death
and many more injured by fire in tene-
ment. house at 1877 Bowery, New York, on
the afternoon of the 3D.. The unfortunstes
were principally Polish Jews, engaged in
the occupation of tailoring.
HALF a million dollars worth of damage
has been done by forest fires in the vicinity
of Ottawa, Ont.
THE Canadian Government proposes to
prevent Mormon settlers in the Northwest
Territory from practicing polygamy.