Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-12
AN expedition is being formed At Berlin

was destroyed by fire on the 4 tn. two blocks
being burned down. The loss was s75, 600;
insurance light
THREE balloonists were dragged out to
sea at Boston on the 4th. They were res
cued by a steam yacht, after an extremely
narrow escape.
WHILE 800 or 40 people were seated in
the grand stand on the grounds Of the
Yalobusha County MSS FAIR Associa-
tion on the 4th, the supports gave way
without warning and the structure fell TO
the ground. Several persons were Sc
rlously injured, one fatally, but no one was
killed outright
TIE severest rain, hail, thunder and
lightning storm experienced In Scranton,
Pa, for many wears prevailed on the 5th.
Bartholomew Reagan and John Armstrong
were struck by lightning and killed. The
rain fell IN torrents, choking the sewers
and flooding the streets and cellars.
A DISASTROUS fire broke out at Marys-
vile, O., early on the morning OF the 5th in
the block in which the most valuable busi-
ness houses in the city were located. Loss
was 500, 600; insurance. $4,000
HAIRY C.. TUCKER and his father end sis.
ter were drowned in Lake Johanna, near
st. Paul, Mimi, recently by their boat cap
sizing.
THREE men were arrested recently and
taken to Chicago, charged with being in a
conspiracy to wreck trains and destroy
property on the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy. Dynamite was found in their pos
session and card of membership Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
TEE business portion OF Maumee, O., was
destroyed by fire the other morning. Loss,
100000. Cause, firecrackers.
The disorders at Seoul, Corea, have been
ended. They were caused by stores that
foreign cannibals had abducted native
children.
The monument to Francis Scott Key, the
gift of the late James Lick to the city Uf
San Francisco, was unvailed on the 4th.
Eleven of Keys descendants were present
FOUR of the principal business houses OF
Durango, Col, were destroyed by fire on
the 4th. Loss, $4,000.
THE war on dressed beef and packing
house products still continues with una
prospect of a settlement. 1t is generally
conceded by freight men that the rates
will yet go lower and that the rates on
other commodities will be cut before very
long.
Gus BoGLEs, aged nineteen, was hanged
at Fort Smith. Ark, on the 9th for the MUIR
der of William Morgan in the Creek Nation
last year.
SOLOMON NELSON and E. c. HedberC were
drowned in Belle creek near Cannon Falls,
Minn., the other dav while repairing a
bridge the latter falling into the water
and the former going to his rescue. Mel
son was prominent business man.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven DAYS ended June numbered for the
United States, 1872; Canada, %; total, PA,
compared with POI the previous week and
l54 the corresponding week last year.
AS a coal train was passing through the
village of Dayton, n. j., recently it was
struck by a cyclone and Conductor John
Over, OF Trenton, with two Of the train
men were blown from the train and fatally
hurt.
REPORTS have been received Of the kill
ing of three Illinois runaway lads in the
Seminole country by Indians. The boys
had previously killed an Indian.
NEARLY $1,000 Italian immigrants arrived
at Castle Garden during the past six
months. Many of them are in destitute,
even starving, condition in New York.
J. W. BROWN, the alleged polygamist re-
Gently arrested in Chicago. was arragned
at Detroit. Mich, in the case of marrying
Mary Benjamin. pleaded not guilty and
was remanded to Jail It is now stated
Brown has been married no less than thirty
two times, and many Of his dupes are ex.
pected to be present at the trial.
FIRE destroyed s15o, 900 worth Of proper
ty In New York on the morning of the 7th,
breaking out in the Century office,
East Eighteenth street
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern road was wrecked recently
near Joliet, ILL.,, by distractions on the
track. Three Italian laborers were killed.
Engineer Wright was fatally scalded.
By collision between passenger trains
near Nanticoke, Pa. the other day one
fireman was seriously and thirty passen-
gers slightly hurt
TIE Russian Government has signed the
convention for the abolition of sugar boun-
ties.
ARTICLES Of Incorporation of the Mem.
phis, Little Rock & Indian Territory Rail
road Company have been filed in Arkansas;
capital stock, 81, SOC, 600.
A BATTERY of boilers at the tannery OF
A. & J. Groetsinger, on River avenue, AL
| legheny City, Pa, exploded recently,
wrecking several buildings and seriously
| injuring six persons, three fatally.