The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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MRS. ELIZABETH GEAR, 2ged thirty-three
/ years, wife of q. ". Gear, wealthy farm
err residing near Parsons, was recently
thrown from 4 wagon and instantly killed.
The Kansas department, G. a. r, ut the
| National encampment to be held az Coium-
! bus next Sep embrr, has been assigned The
| State Auditors room in the OhlO State
| House. next to Indiaha and Illinois, these
| being the three States expected to send the
! largest delegations.
| A MAN about thircy-fve years Of age
walked out on the James street brldgH
! across the Kaw river, at Kansas City.
| Kan. the other Afternoon and casting aside
Il small linen bag leGped into the river. He
was rescued By boatman and soon t.
| V we'd. The bag was found to contain
S7,427 in bills, about half of which was in
Austrian and German currency. The Ii IN
was taken to police headquarters and gave
the name of William Miller. 1t was after
wards learned that his real name is Marks
| Morgenstein, and that he is defaultng
| cashier of an Austrian bank.
Mr. JOHN TYREE has discovered on his
! farm near Qdenemo a deposit of yellow
ochre. the equal Of which Is not known 10
exist anywhere The vein is said to lie
eight feet thick, and the deposit covers a.
least twenty acres.
TIE convention of the Ladies' Auxiliary G.
| A R.recently in session at Topeka, elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
Mrs. Curtedge, of Topeka, department
| president; Mrs. Slossen, Sabetha, senior
vice-president; Mrs. Anna NeIle, of Valley
Falls, junior vice-president; Mrs. fuller.
of Chetopa, treasurer; Mrs Jennie Bailey,
| Of oh rfp Do
ry, conductor; Mrs. Wood, of Meriden,
guard. For council of administration the
following ladies were elected: Mrs. Fran
ces Wood, chairman; Mrs. Hodgden. Of
| Galesburg, and Miss hurry of Valley Falls;
trustees, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Wade ami
| Mrs. Russell. Mrs. Pendroy. OF Perry, was
elected delegate to the National conven-
| ton at Columbus, and Mrs Russell, of Val
| ley Falls was chosen alternate.
The President has nominated John
| Schuyler, OF Hays City, 10 be receiver OF
| pubic money at Wakeeny.
AN officer who had been spOtting horse
thieves at Wichita the other night caught
one of them trying to open a stable door.
| Tue thief started TO run and was fired at
/ by the officer. The next morning he was
traced by the blood from his wound and
arrested. He h d been shot in the thigh.
JOHN BRoPnY, IL notorious highway rob-
| Der, was recently sentenced in the Wyan-
! dOtte County district court to twelve years
in the penitentiary. When sentence was
pronounced he turned 10 Attorney General
Bradford, who was IN he court room, and
said: IF l live through this I'll kill you"
Ben GRANT, a notorious negro thief, was
recently arrested in the Indian Territory
and jailed at Wichita. There are forty
nine ind lctments against him for horse
stealing.
A COMPANY has been organized to estab-'
lish great stock yards at QuIvera, Wyal-
dotte County. the oDject Will be to handle
stock for the Kansas City market, packing
houses, etc, and other markets as well.
The capital Will be S20O0,O00.
JUDGE BREWER, IF he United States Cir
cult court, the oth"r day signed the de-
cree in the famous ZIebold & Hagelin case,
in which the United States Supreme Court
short time ago sustained the constiiu-
tionaIity of The Prohibitory law of Kansas.
The decree was issued in accordance with
the mandate of the Supreme Court, the
judge noting the exceptions of the defend
ants, who claimed the rig hit to manufacture
beer to be sold outside of the State. The
Judge holds, however, that the decision or
the Supreme Court prohibits them from
manufacturing beer in the State for any
purpose, and he directed the United States
marshal to close up their brewery at AtchI
son as a nuisance. This was the last of
the Kansas breweries, and it now leaves
the State wi hout single brewery.
IN the United Stale, district court at
Topeka the other day George A. Wood
ward, of Hutchinson, pleaded guilty to
having sent an obscene post aboard through
the mails and was fined 500 and costs Of
prosecution.
c. n. KERNEs, who was reported some
time since as being a forger, was lately ar
rested in New Orleans and taken back TO
Salina for trial.
Tom SMALLY and Richard RAYMOND, horse
thieves, were recently hanged by party
of farmers near Tyrone, on the Kansas
border of No-Man's- Land.
The large livery and feed stables owned
by George Painter and w. P. A corn, and
a lwo-slory brick store house owned by K.
E. Edwards, al Kinsley, were destroyed
by fire early the otEer morning. Seven
teen head of stock were consumed, nclud-
ing two trolting horses and some valuable
Holstein cattle. The loss was over $500
Fire supposed to be of incendIary origin.
NUMBER of the insurance companies
which have had their licenses recently re-
voked by Superintendent of Insurance
W lder have formed combination and in-
augurated legal fight against the super
intendent for the purpose of testing his
power to refuse an insurance company adj
mission TO the Stale. Proceedings have
been begun in the Sup enc Court to set
aside the superintendent action. q.
JOHN MACKEY, the prisoner who tried to
butt his brains out against the bars of his
cell in the county Jail at Leavenwortl,
made another and entirely different attempt
ON his life later by heating the iron
stove poker TO a white heat and was just in
the act of putting 1t into his mouth, when
prevented by fellow-prisoner, who acct
dentaly made the discovery of what he
was doing.
MANDAMUs proceedings have been coEl-
m need in tn Supreme Court against tho
commissioners of Haskell County to CT m
pei them to Immediately convene and make
the formal order calling an cleo ion to vote
u!on proposition to bond the county for
SIS, 900 in aid of the D. c., NJ & I. Railway
The writ is returnabie Nav 8.
IT is stated that George N. Stone, a
Topeka artist now in Paris, has Ia / one of
his paintings admitted to the salon. There
were eight thousand pictures in Compel 3
ton this year, and thus far only one
hundred and f ty have been accepted. Tie
successful picture is portrait IF prom
inent Parisienne, and is Stones first com
mission N France, where he has been |
studying the past year.
THE annual convention of the Kansas ]
State Sunday School Association will be /
held IN A bilene, June 6, z and s.
HAMILTON lately had a 81, 0U fire.
A CONVENTION has been called to meet |