Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30

TEXAS fever is playing havoc among the
native cattle near Decatur, Ill, and is
spreading fast.
TEE act for improving the mouth of the
Brazos river, Texas, has become a law
without the Presidents signature.
THE Exchange Bank at Dardenelle, Ark,
has been closed by the United States Mar
shall on attachments for $1,000. 1t is
thought depositors will not suffer.
THE rice market at New Orleans has as
sumed strong tone and prices have adj
vanced three -fourths of a cent on account
Of the damage to the crop by the recent
storm.
THE Whiting paper mill at Neenah. Wis,
was on fire recently. While watching the
flames, fourteen persons lost their lives
and many others were seriously wounded
by the boilers exploding and scattering
the walls into fragments. The loss was
500, 900.
SIXTEEN new cases of yellow fever were
reported at Jacksonville, Fla, on the 23d.
some men recently arrested at Denver,
Col, as gold coin counterfeiters turned out
to be only confidence men, who used trick
box in casting money.
THE latest Afghan uprising resulted in
his own troops.
ONE thousand houses have been burned
at Orenburg, Russia. Ten thousand factory
operatives were made homeless by the
fire.
Two dynamite bombs were exploded in
Paris on the 23d. Much alarm was created
but no damege was done.
THE Berlin police broke up a meeting Of
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socialistic resolutions.
ADvICEs from Standing Rock give in
formation that the Sioux Commission is
meeting with marked success in getting
Indian signatures to the bill to open the
Sioux reservation for settlement
THE Northern Pacific recently completed
a sale of 5000, GOO bonds to a European
syndicate.
GENERAL MANAGER STONE, of the Bur-
lington railroad, denies the report that he
is to be deposed and his place taken by
Holdredge.
NICoLo FEMMENETTA was hanged legally
at Buena Vista, Col, recently for the muir
der of Michael Casey at Granite, in March
last.
A DISPATCH from India says that 10, 900
Thibetans are marching upon Sikkim.
THE agitation of the workmen in Central
Belgium has become general. A strike is
expected.
DUCATEL, the workingman who enabled
the troops to capture Paris from the Com
munists, has become insane and has been
put in an asylum.
AN explosion of twenty thousand pounds
of black powder occurred in the drying
house Of the Giant Powder Company, near
West Berkeley, CAL, the other day. Two
white men and three Cinnamon were
killed.
CHOLERA broke out on the Portuguese
transport India while bound from Macao
to Mozambique, and within forty -eight
hours there were thirty-eight cases,
twenty-four of which proved fatal.
ALL efforts so far made to bring about
the end of the dressed beef war on Eastern
roads have failed, the roundabout lines in
sisting on differential rates.
RE GENTLY while Rev. j. o. Wilson, of
Philadelphia, and his family were driving
from Brant Lake to Lake George, near
Saratoga, n. Y, the horse ran away and
Mrs. Wilson was thrown out and killed.
Mr.. Wilson was badly hurt and the driver,
Clark Bartlett, perhaps fatally injured.
The children escaped.
R. j. CREIGHTON, agent for the New Zea-
land Government, has received cable dis
patch from Sir Harry yAtkinson,P Postmaster
General of New Zealand, stating that the
colony would accept the offer of Postmas-
ter General Dickinson of the United States
to pay 1000 yearly toward the Austria
liam mail service. The contract has been
extended until November, 1889.
BLACK measles of a most virulent char
acter has broken out among the negroes on
their plantations on the Santee river, S. c.
Many deaths have already occurred and
the disease has become epidemic 1t has
created panic.
THREE unmarried men, Jacob Hubinge,
Henry Schmidt and Louis Weerne, were
drowned recently while crossing Saginaw
river, near Bay City, Mich, by the capsiz-
ing of boat.
NEARLY block of business houses in
Clinton, Ind, burned recently, causing
heavy loss.
THE hotel at Bon Aqua Springs, Tenn,
was destroyed by fire the other night.
The guests all escaped. Loss, $50, 900.
THREE boys were shot and seriously in
jured near Kenosha, Wis, by the acci-
dental discharge of shotgun.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August % numbered for
the United States, 1S7; Canada, %; total,
PA; compared with 219 the previous week
and 1S5 the corresponding week of last
year.