Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

y. DeSOll. near OU- mary 81 CRAZE, JOEl
Flinner. Boiling; artificial tooth, Edward
A. Floyd, Paola; bag lock, Thomas W.
Harrison, Topeka; evaporating pan, Thorn.
as Maekemson, Mound City.
WILLIAM MITCHELL, prominently con-
nected with the Young Mems Christian
Association OF Salina, who was attending
the assembly at Ottawa was drowned the
other evening, while boating in the Marais
des Cygnes.
ABOUT one hundred emigrants from
Switzerland en- route to Logan County,
where it is said they have invested largely
in land, intending to go into farming. The
emlgraDts filed two cars and came through
directly from New York. They comprised
men, men and children; heavily set,
strong looking men and large buxom
women, with hardy children. They ap.
peared to be a sturdy set OF people.
LIGHTNING recently struck the barn of
William Lindlev four miles southwest OF
Howard, setting fire to and consum-
ing the building and contents, con-
sisting of four horses and harness. corn,
hay and machinery.
SECRETARY MoHLER, of the State Board
of Agriculture. who recently returned
from tripto Mcpherson County, reports
crops very good, wheat being well filled
and averag ng twenty bushels or more per
acre; oats far crop, we'll filled but short
straw; hay an average and corn a good
stand and growing nicely.
7. i. BoNEBRAKE, charm IN of the Re
publican State Central Comm tee, to
whom the ingalls, letter, first pu blished in
the Chicago Ners, was written, when he
returned from Chicago stated, relative to
the manner in which the letter was given
10 the public, shat it was private and
confidential communication, such as one
friend would write to another. He was in
the convention when it was handed to him,
and as it contained information intended
for the Kansas delegation ne called page
and sent it by HIM to ex- Governor o sborne,
chairman of the delegation. Governor
Osborne, after reading the letter gave it to
a messenger TO return to Mr.. Bonebrake
This was the last known or seen of the
letter until it appeared in the NeVs, each
surprising the other had it,"
THE other afternoon desperate negro
known as "One-eyed' Riley while intoxi-
Gated rode into business house at Chetopa
while the proprietors were absent and the
place in charge of a small boy. A warrant
was sworn out for his arrest and placed in
the hands of Marshal Bentley. who went
to where the negro was, when he assaulted
the officer, overpowered him and compelled
him to beg for quarter. Bentley returned
to the city and got Deputy Martin. The
two found the negro with companion.
When the officers attempted to make the
arrest the negroes opened fire, shooting
Bentley in the side and fatally wounding
Martin. The negroes were finally cap
tured.
OK the Goth patents were granted the
following Kansas inventors: Charles NJ.
Garrison, of Wichita, for means for utiliz-
ing the curreat form of running water;
Gustavus f. Kimball, of Topeka, for a
blank attachment to tympan sheets for
printing envelopes; Thomas w Gilroy, of
Parsons, for weather strip; Jonas r.
Smith, of Newton, for a salve.
THE Secretary of the Interior has affirmed
the decision of The Commissioner of the
General Land-Office in the case of Elijah
Sioddard VS.. Ed McClosky, on appeal of
the latter involving a homestead entry
made at the Larned land office, in favor of
Elijah Stoddard.
AT Kinsley the other morning as the
cannon ball express on the Santa Fe road
was taking water another train, which was
one hour late, rushed into the depot at a
thirty-five mile rate. The engineer OF the
running train seeing the danger applied
the air brakes, but was unsuccessful in
stopping it and collision resulted which
did much damage to the train, but FORUM
ately no one was seriously injured.
THE annual readjustment Of the salaries
of Presidential postmasters has Just been
completed and the following are the
new rates where changes have been
made in Kansas: Abilene, s., 800; Ar
kansas City, 5000; Armourdale, S1,430;
Ashland, sl,40O; Augusta. $1,000; Belle
vile, 81 500; Chanute, S1,7OO; Coffey-
vile, $3.50: Colby, Sl,4o0; Coldwater, 81,
200; Concordia, sl,9JO; Dighton, S1,430;
EmDoria, $500; Galena, $1,000; Garden
City, $3.50; Greensburg, Sl.5O0;
Holton, 81, Hutci inson, 81 400; juno
ton City, $500; Larned, s2,OOO; Lincoln,
$500; Lyons, L7J0; Mcpherson, 81. 100:
NJ inkato, sl,50O; Marion, Sl,7O0; Meade
Cen err, sl.40O; Mound City, 81. 100; Neo-
desna, Sl,109; Ness City, s., 800; Mixers on.
81, 100; Norton, 81. 400; Ooerlin, 81, 100: Pea
body, Sl,700; Pittsburg, 81 800; Pratt, ST.
800; st. John, 81 200; Salina, 50 400; Scott,
81, 400; Smith Center, S1,200; Stockton, 81
400; Syracuse, S1,3CO; Wichita, $3,1OO;
Winfield, S24OO. The salaries of the offices
at Caldwell, Harper, KInsley, Medicine
Lodge, Solomon and Washington have each
been reduced 500.
From all p lrts of Kansas come reports of
abundance of rain.
1T is 81 lined that il the cattle OF Kansas
We're formed in single file they would reach
from Atchison 10 New York.
some conscience-stricken individual re.
Gently sent the treasurer of Shawnee
County $50 to credit 10 the conscience
fund" The letter inclosiug it was mailed
at Los Angeles, Cal A few days later the
same party sent letter to Judge Foster
at Toreka containing $50 with the request
that 1t be paid to R. W. Ludington, of
Lawrence.
LATE post-office changes in Kansas: Es.
ab.ished, Butte, Logan County, Frederick
postmaster; Horanif, Wyandotte
County, Thomas Koran, postmaster; Wag.
Staff, Miami County, Abraham Rohrer,
postmaster; youngstown, Miami County
Az nriah H. Harborn, postmaster.
SECRETARY Villas has affirmed the de-
cision of the Commissioner of the General
Land office in the case of the homestead
entry contest case between Lucy A. Muir
ply and George Despane, involving the
quarter Of section 1hirty-two,
township twenty-nine, range twenty-seven,
west Garden CITY land district The Des-
pane homestead entry was cane, lied be-
cause at the time of making it he was liv-
ing upon and claiming another tract under
the presumption law. The Commissioner
therefore awarded the homestead claim to
the contestant, Miss Murphy.
kansas has fine crop prospects.
The officers of the Kansas City, Wyan-
dotte & Northwestern railroad were ap-
prised recently that they were being VIC
timized by one of their local agents. Where
the shortage occurred could not be ascer
tanned, but the disappearance of A. T. Bur