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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
RECEDING RIVERS.
The Floods st Pittsburgh Abated-E nOl
nous Damage Done.

The Floods at Pittsburgh Abated-E nor-
nous Damage Done.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July l2.-The waters
that have been sweeping the valley of the
Monongahela and the valleys of its tribu-
taries for the last sixty hours are now fall
ing into their natural channels. They
leave in their track scenes of desolation
and ruin that have never had their count
erpart in the same localities. From Pitts
burgh to the mountain Businesses of Ran
dolph County, w. Va, towns
have been ravaged, manufactures
have been inundated, boats have
been sunk, houses and lumber
have been foated off, fields with their
wheat in shock and growing crops have
been devastated, families driven to the
hills for shelter and in many instances the
accumulations of years of toll and self
sacrifice lost in an hour. The losses en-
tailed by the food will not fall short OF
S. 600. These losses fall most heavily
upon the owners of coal property, railroad
companies and farmers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
A Case of Moisture.

Naomi-"Henry, there was no rain
storm last night, was there?
'Not that l know Of"
Ibid you fall into the water?"
Certainly not. Why?"
Il think papa must have been mis-
taken"
What do you mean, Naomi?"
He said you were terribly soaked
last night. NEBRASKA State Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

LouIsvILLE, KY. July 11.-Judge A. NJ
Pulliam, who last week killed James Mil
Ter at Hardinsburg in what appears to
have been an attempt to blackmail Miller,
was brought here last night for safe keep
ing. AS evidence was brought out that
there was plot to blacken Mrs. Pulliam's
character and extort money from Miller
the people at Hardinsburg became much
aroused and a mob was seriously feared.
Pulliam says that he submitted the propo-
sition to Miller intending to take the mon
ey and go where his shame would never be
known. He thought that the most sensi-
bic thing to do, but Miller after reading
the demand jumped up and drew q chair
to strike him and he shot in self defense.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
The Noore-Norton Case.

ST.. LOUIS, July ia special from To-
peks, Kan, to the Post Dispatch says
Judge Keller, at 1l:3o O'Clock this
morning presented Judge Guthrie, of the
Shawnee County district court petition
for q writ of habeas corpus in behalf of his
clients, Henry W. Moore and Mrs. Emma
s. Norton. Judge Guthrie, after hearing
the petition, set three p. m. as the hour to
hear arguments, at which time q further
postponement took place till this morning.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Moore and Mrs. Norton
are under police surveillance in room Al,
Copeland Hotel. Mrs. Norton declares she
would not have left her husband but fog
his brutal treatment
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
An Eastern storm.

NEW YORK, July 1S.-Advices from all
parts of New York, New Jersey and New
England show that terrific rain and
wind storm ragged all Wednesday night.
The storm was particularly severe along
the coast and many sailing vessels went
ashore. No large loss of life has as yet
been reported, but the damage to property
will be large. A dispatch from Water
town, n. Y, shows that the storm was
very severe along the st. Lawrence and on
Lake Ontario. At Cape Vincent, the
Islander and the Annie Laurie, small pas
senger steamers, were driven ashore and .
number of barges sunk. Advices from
Sandy Hook state that the storm con.
finues
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
Charged with Abduction.

SrRiSGFIELB, H., July I0.-Last even
ing Governor Oglesby issued q warrant on
the requisition of the Governor of Nebras-
ka for the arrest and return to that State
of Theodore Draw. charged with the alb
ductiou, ON June - atOmeha, OF Freddie
w. Dainton, child OF eight years. Draw
is perfectly blind, and is alleged TO have
carried the little boy away from his
parents, who live on the river bottoms just
below Omaha. The child's father is a poor
man, in the employ of the smelling works
at Omaha Draw Is now In custody at
Chicago, and the messenger has left here
with the papers to take him hack to Ne
hraska for trial
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
Am Countries 0rranized.

TOPEKA, Kan, July 10.-Governor Mar
tin yesterday issued a proclamation or
ganizing the County of Greeley. This COM
pletes the organization of all the counties
of the State, making a total of 1o6. Dur
ing the past three years and a half Gov
ernor Martin has organized twenty three
counties, having an aggregate area of
1858 square miles, territory larger than
that included within the boundaries of the
three States Of Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
shire and Rhode Island. Thelaws of Kan
sas require that q county, before it is or
gained, must have a population exceed
ing 500 and property assessed at not less
than $4,000, exclusive of railroad prop
erty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
Cured Of Malaria.
% FLORIDA ST., ELIzAHrrH, N. J. I
March II 1874

have been using ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsTERs for the last five years. Some two
years ago, after having been sick for up
wards of six months with malaria, found
myself with an enlarged spleen, dyspeptic,
and constantly troubled with headache.
and my kidneys did not act very well either.
Having spent most Of my money for medi-
cine and medical advice, thought to save
expense I would use ALLCoCK's Porous
PLAsrFRs, two on the small Of my back,
one on the spleen or ague cake, and one on
the pit OF the stomach, just under the
breastbone. continued using the Plasters
about thirty days, changing them every
week. At the end Of that time was per-
fectly well. and have remained so ever since.
GEORGE DIXON.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

First boy Does your grandpa
smoke pipeP" Second boy-''Not
now. Last week he went to sleep
with short pipe in his mouth, and
the fire reached his celluloid teeth and
they exploded, bursting his head open
First boy-"What fool! Didn't he
have any brains?" Second boy-''Oh,
lots of brains! They've ruined the
frescoed ceiling. accident Ne,cs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

BY Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, conssipa-
ton is succeeded by regular habit of body.
While this medicine is thorough, il does not
produce violent effects or gripping. Dys-
pepsia, liver complaint, nervous weakness
and kidney affections. are among the mala-
dies TO which it Is also adapted. Wherever
tried, on this continent and elsewhere, it
shows its ability to expel the poison OF
malaria from the system.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

7SLAyERY has been abolished in Brazil,
but the buying and selling Of baseball
players is still an active industry in this
country -COrristotrn Herald.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

VERY often the man who ''boils with in
dignstionn one day SINNERS with regret
the next morning, especially II his wrath
be put in cold type.-Balfin,Ore AmericiI.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

Gum chewers were in need of it.
So Kentucky woman has invented q
ouid holder for them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

BoARDING-HoUsE keepers, although not
overburdened with credulity, frequently
lose money by crediting false roomers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

A Box OF Glenn's Sulphur Soap is equiya-
lent to many Sulphur Baths. Don't forgetit.
Hill's Hair Dye, Black or Brown.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

FREEl A 3-foot, French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickel or Cherry Cigar Case. MER-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

Why call a man q crank, when no on
can turn him.-Sdn francisco Alta
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it.225c.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19

BLACK and blue-a detected darkey-De-
troit Free Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

ago. when Governor Taylor ran for gov
ernor in his state, lie and his brother who
ran against him on the Republican ticket,
while his father was Il candidate on
the Prohibition ticket. became well known
all over the country. He was pension
agent before he became governor. and
when he was nominated the authorities at
Washington would not let him attend the
convention. because it would interfere
with his business. Governor Taylor first
came prominently before the people in
1876, when he ran for congress against
Pettibone, and here it was that he achieved
his first success with the fiddle.
Pettibone would maze lengthy speech
and then Taylor would follow him with
the fiddle, remarking TO his hearers that
they had probably heard enough talk,
and that he would entertain them with
some music 1t is not stated whether the
governor has hung 2p the fiddle and the
bow" this year or not, but in his speech
accepting the nomination he said he was
confident of victory.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27
A BUILDING TRIUMPH.
THE NEW HOME OF THE NEW
YORK TIMES.

It Is Being Erected on the Site Of the
Old building without Disturbing the
Publication Omce Of the Paper-How
It Is Done.
Another old landmark being ruth
lessly torn away in the metropolis. A
building which has greeted the eyes Of old
New Workers for over thirty years being
pulled apart. rafter by rafter. brick by
brick. and the old, worn out woodwork
being packed away on the shoulders OF
ragged scavengers of many compilations
and great rapacity
This is the desolate scene which is gazed
upon by the thousands of busy people who
hurry by the corner Of Park row and
Nassau street these cherries spring morn
ings. and TO the older ones 1t brings re-
membranes of many historic occurrences
which have taken place there during the
past three decades.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

eral years now beside the loftier strnct-
ures that have lately reared their massive
fronts near blythe Tribune building.
the Potter block. the New York postofice,
etc.
Mr.. George Jones. the proprietor Of The
Times. has in mind a great scheme for util-
izing the great amount Of room the new
building will contain. 1t involves the gath
ering under The Times roof of the New
York offices Of most out Of town journals
that have metropolitan representation. a
network of newspaper special wires-co-
operative newspaper publishing, in short.
But he wasn't ready to talk about it when
our correspondent called the other day,
and its details are not fully arranged as
yet probably.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

United States. Since that time Mrs.
Lockwood has been engaged in practicing
her profession and lecturing upon Two
mans Rights"
A newspaper mention in 1884 OF girl
portrait of Mrs. Lockwood describes 1t as
"a photograph representing a young wo-
man with her hair arranged in the puffs
about her face that we're fashionable fifty
years ago. The face is attractively
plump, but of correct oval and with
marks of individuality that have since
matured into deep lines of intellectually
Mrs. Lockwood's more recent personal ap-
pearance has been described thus:
Her hair is rolled back from her high
forehead and her clear cut features are
usually seen in perfect repose, except Tor
the quick movements of her dark eyes.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood looks the embodi-
ment of practical feminine common sense,
and she also looks ten years younger than
her recorded age
Mrs. Lockwood is devoted to the tri-
cycle She rides that queer vehicle well,
and it is said that she introduced its use
into Washington Four years ago when
she was running for president she was
spoken of as sailing around Washing
ton on her tricycle., showing her red stock.
ings at every turn OF the wheels, dressed
in brown cloth sacque, which wrinkles
in the back and Fuckers at the sleeves,
making speeches now and then, and bow
ing to the crowds who have ironically
greeted her with cheers and the waving
Of hats"
Mrs Lockwood, berg one Of the first
presidential candidates nominated for the
campaign of 1888, started in the race
early. If she could decide the contest in
a tricycle. race she would have very good
chance. Two years ago Mrs. Lockwood
announced that she would not be can
didate: but everybody knows what Il
woman's no means.
1t has already been announced that
Alfred II. Love, Of Philadelphia. named
for vice president on the Equal Rights
ticket. will not run
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27


for Lolita He also
wrote plays for Maggie Mitchell. Joseph
Murphy, Annie Pixley. William Scanlon
and many other stars. Shaun Rhine.
Kerry Cow" Clouds" Zip" Bob, "
"Zari. Irish Minstrel" and "Eiaretry"
are among his best known plays. At the
time of his death he was engaged on plays
for Corinne. for which he had received
g.. 600, and for lsnnie Pixley, who was to
pay him $4,000 His income was some
thing like Sl5 GOO per year. He lived in
New York in winter and in summer at his
country seat at Schroon Lake.
Mr. Marsdcn's suicide was caused by
temporary insanity. occasioncd by mental
depression, consequent upon the acts or
an only daughter. who had given him and
her mother great deal of trouble. and
who was not living at home at the time.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

can system of township. county. state ana
nation. so many units of one order making
one of the next higher order with general
laws for all and local self government
Even the schism of 1891. complete and
far raichiug as it was, had some curiously
liberal features Ii was "A division on
methods aud measures in which each
party held TO it's respective standards,
and never was union more hearty and
complete than when the two bodies came
together. ANY man who will compare the
original Westminster Confession of Faith
with the revision adopted by the general
assembly Of 1883 will see that the men
who took the lead in that assembly were
kcenly alive TO what was going on IN
America that they had read the de
bates of the convention of rs.
pretty closely. and that they seized
upon the full meaning of the new consti-
tuition and f0reSaw its future effects IN
securing religious liberty. They carefully
struck ont every word or sentence which
might be- so construed rs to give the civil
government any power over differences IN
religious opinion and after providing for
synods and assemblies under call Of church
authority. added these words: 1T Is the
duty Of civil magistrates to protect the
person and good name of all their people
ia such an oiiectual manner as that no
person be suffered either upon pretensc
Of religion or inhdelity. To offer any indig
nifty. violence. abuse orinjury 10 any other
person whatsoever, and % take order that
all religious and ecclesiastical assemblies
be held without m0lestation or disturb
ancc And that is the sound American
law today as ever since the adoption OF
the constitution; but il may not be so
well known that it was the doctrine Of
many eminent Prcsbyterians and hide
pendents when the divisions began in
England Indeed. the attention Of young
Americans shoJ.ld frequently be called to
the fact that when the first settlements OF
New England and Virginia were formed,
there was no forced line Of separation in
England, men of noted Calyinistic views
held high places in the established church,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

BOsrOS's PUBLIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ite In the center there Is to be an open
court with an area Of 100 by l35 feet, In
which there are to be seats for readers In
summer. The arrangements are for ample
light. an absence Of which is the greatest
defect in most public buildings.
Entering the arched doorway, on either
side of which there are carved granite
seats. the visitor will come to spacious
yestibule of stone So feet long and 10
wide. and then in an entrance hall OF
marble "a BY A feet. ont of which leads
staircase On the first floor is the library.
On the second floor is the reading room.
which is ~ by 9lS feet and so feet high.
with a barrel yaulted roof. The wood
work of this apartment is of oak. with an
oak wainscoting extending from the floor
TO the base of the arched windows.
The books of this library are free to
any one more than 10 years old for con-
suitation. There are now nearly 3OO,OOV
volumes in the institution. Mr.. Edward
Everett was its first president. Its be-
quests have been liberal, and whole Ii
braries have been given it, including The
odore Parkers. Ticknor's Spanish collec-
ton. etc. The city of Boston appropri-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

When Napoleon Noo'S VI rum ''N'''
Bonapartc overthrow the royal rule in
the peninsula, he pat his brother Joseph
on the throne of Spain, which act gave
free course TO the revolutionists in Spanish
America. and the mother country soon
lost ell her possessions but Cuba. At
the same time John VI of Por.
tugal fled to his colony Of Brazil,
of which his son, Pedro ], became
prince regent; but he could not resist
the tendency to independence, and In 1922
accepted the title of emperor of Brazil. In
1881 he abdicated in favor of his son Dom
Pedro. who was born late in 1925 and has
been emperor fiftysix years. though but
60 wears old His mother was a daughter
OF Emperor Franz !, Of Austria and q
sister Of Marie Louise, Napoleon second
wife
The English drove the French out Of
Portugal and in 1921 John VI returned
from Brazil. agreeing to rule according to
a liberal constitution. He died in 1926,
and then the Brazilian regent, who would
have succeeded, agreed to II separation Of
the two countries his daughter Maria
du Gloria 10 be queen of Portugal. But
her uncle seized the government, and a
civil war followed, the result of which
was a new constitution in 1884, with
Maria as queen She died in 1853, and
her son Pedro V succeeded. He died Of
yellow fever in 1861, and his brother
Louis (Luiz II succeeded. He was born
Oct. 81 1893, and according to the physi-
clans cannot live beyond his 50th birth
day. He has been wise and liberal
king, toiling to establish freedom and
education and encouraging railroads and
telegraphs; but the people appear to have
lost that cnterprsing character which
made then. so active during the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth centuries. Portugal con
tains 81 500 square miles and about POO
coo people. and in its financial and indus
trial affairs is little more than Deepen
dencv of Great Britain.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27
Roscoe Conkling's Memory.

Z was said of the late Roscoe Conkling
that he could repeat many verses from
memory, not fragmentary lines or brief
stanzas. but whole epics. page by page.
The odes Of Horace IN the original were as
familiar 10 him as the Psalm of Life.
He could rccite the first book of Homer.
BRYANT translation (Which he considered
the besN. almost without an error, and a
portion Of the third book. which He said
reminded him of the tramp of marching
army. His favorite poems were "Lalla
Rookh" and THE Lady of the Lake
Frank Lesbos.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27
Experimenting with DiviDing Rods.

The use Of hazal twigs or currant twigs
as divining rods to discover underground
springs of water is still in general practice
in England and on some parts of tho con
tinent. 1t is not seldom that professors
of the art are also found in this country.
OF late several English notables have been
experimenting with the rod, and in some
cases rather startling results followed. 1t
seems TO have never occurred 70 these
hunters of springs that over large tracts
of country the ground is everywhere per-
meated with underground water veins,
and you can scarcely dig anywhere with
out touching one. In oiden times this
same hazel twig. crt in V form, was
used as an urerring guide to witches
which is the possible reason for its beng
called witch hazel Witch hunting was a
profession. Led into a company OF women
the forked end Of the rod held in the pro
fessor's hands bent toward the person who
was guilty Thousands were thus sent to
the stake.-Globc-D Democrat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27
FLOODS ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
They Were Much More Severe Than Usual
This Year.

The central west is now cleared and
ditched 10 such an extent that a big rise
In the Mississippi is al unusual event; but
at intervals varying from five to fifteen
years. all the affiuent streams seem TO
pour in their vernal floods at once. and
each such food thus caused is reported
higher than any before it. And such
food is now working havoc on all the
lowlands bordering the great river from
Keokuk TO Placquemine. Above the for
mer the bottom lsnds" are inconsidera-
bic, and below the latter the rivers level
scarcely varies three feet per year. as the
numerous bayous and passes soon re
lease the surplus to the gulf
At high water about 1900. 900 gallons
per second pass line stretched straight
across the stream from Baton Rouge. but
not far below there the eastern bluff en-
tirely disappears. and many streams run
from the river TO the swamp. and thus
seek the back route to the gulf. Another
important factor is that the streams flow
ing into the Mississippi gather their wa
tiers from twenty states and territories,
and that thus some are at food. while
others are almost dry; so the farther
II
the volume in different months. Thus at
Cairo the great river has stood. in the
food season. at level forty feet higher
than its lowest. but at Memphis a thirty
feet variation Is rare. a. Vicksburg there
is much less, and thus on down TO New
Orleans. where q rise Of five feet is disas
,rous When it does happen. however,
that the Ohio and Missouri pour III their
floods at the same time with the Red, the
Arkansas. the Yazoo, etc, then the lower
Mississippi cuts loose from all known
laws and plows new channel, apparently
at random, through its broad delta, or
sweeps over all levecs. submerges the
sugar and lower cotton region. and from
Port Hudson TO the gulf presents the
aspect of vast muddy sea
The bluffs Of the Mississippi only fol
low the general course of the stream, and
as one goes to the southwark they get
farther away from the stream, till the
bottom lands" are from thirty to sixty
miles wide. and below Baton Rouge, as
aforesaid. the whole country is bottom.
Above Ct Louis these wide lowlands are
rare; but the noted American bottom
is several miles wide opposite Hannibal,
Mo, and extends the length of two or
three counties on the Illinois side. This
tract, containing some 200 square miles
of the most fertile Land iii the world, has
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

the frigatc Niobe, which was then
cruising in the German ocean and the
Baltic. The following year he made n
two wears cruise in the Indian ocean and
the Chinese sea on the corvette Prince
Adalbcrt. returning in 1880. On the LIST
of October he passed successful exami-
nation on nautical topics at the Naval
academy of Kiel, which resulted in his
being appointed lieutenant of the navy.
In 1854 he was made captain lieutenant
and in 1887 chief Of the first torpedo divi-
sion He is said TO be an excellent sailor
for one SO young.
Princess Irene Louise Marie Anne of
Hesse was born on the 18th of July, 1866,
at Darmstadt, and is the third daughter
of the reigning Grand Duke Louis ~
and his deceased wife Alice, who was a
daughter of Queen Victoria and sister OF
the present Empress Of Germany. Her
marriage with Prince Henry was to have
taken place last winter, but the
tragical events which are still fresh in
cverybody's memory caused it TO be post
poned until now.