The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

PATENTS issued to Kansas inventors
Tor the week ended April IL: Corn-shei
Ter, Samuel G. PIllsbury, Long Island
shutter, John I. Miller, Thayer; snap
hook, John L. Martin. Canton; hay-press
Thomas s. Gorrell, Pittsburg; calf-weaner
Henry VI. Fuller, Seneca; raiiway-switch
William s. Arnold, Clyde.
| THOMAS FITLGERALD, q workman IN
kingan & Co.'S packing house, was shol
dead, and Joseph Sinnott. boss of the tierce
gang for the same firm, was shot twice and
dangerously wounded in desperate afray
In Armourdale about elevea O'clock the
other night. John Redmond and Edward
klrwin, both of whom worked at kIngan's
packing house, were arrested charged with
| being accessories 20 the murder. The
shooting was supposed 10 have been done
byi young man named Tiernan, an ap.
prentice Of Joseph Beackley, the black
smith in Armourdale. Tiernau was also
arrested.
OTTA AUsTENAT, late cashier of the pas
senger and freight department CT the Atch-
ison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe railway at Nick
erson, has been arrested at Bremen. Ill.
He embezzled some of the company's funds
and fed March g.
| PROF. BURLEIGH, of Hanover, Y. H., has
been employed TO fill the chair of physioio-
gy and veterinary science recently created
at the Agricultural College.
AT Spencer. ten miles east of Topeka,
the other morning, William Richard son, a
Santa Fe section hand, playfully threw a
| pillow al his ROOM mate, Larkin Cameron,
| striking him in the face. This so incensed
the latter that he picked up heavy POKER
and struck Richardson across the side of
his head, fracturing his skull and causing
death the same day. Cameron was ar
rested.
MRS. Dr. COULTER, a female physician
OF Atchison, WAS recently arrested for
malpractice resulting il the death Of w.
u. Vernon.
SENATOR PLUMB has introduced bills to
pension John R Ross, Of Baldwin; Carl NJ.
Schuvantier, Of Burlington, and John &
Evans, of Marion.
The President has approved Congress
man Morrilrs bill granting pensions to
Mrs. Capitola v. Harsh, Of Holton, and
John A. Buck. OF Robinson.
PENSIONS were granted the following
Kansans on the 17th: Jacob F. Shots, of
Lacrosse; George l. Munroe, (deceased)
of Arkansas City; Thomas Il. Tush, OF
Garnett: Frederick Bauer. OF Wichita; !;
John Schoemakcr. Of Altamont; Joseph
Ferguson, Of Hartford: Thomas Wood, of
Little River; james n. Asher, of Law
renee; Della P. KIRKLAND, OF Odessa;
Henry Heer, Of Concordia; Angelene
Cantley, of Parsons, and Elgie Walker, of
Sandago.
TnE Governor has appointed the follow
ing delegates to the convention of the
Farmers Cooperative Trust Association,
10 be held at Topeka. May /: William
Sims, of Topeka; Thomas j. Potter, of
Peabody; T. j. Elliott, OF Morrill,; B. F.
Wallace, Of Jewell City; Robert Atkinson,
of Ottawa; Frank E. Cloyes, OF Atchison;
d. L. FOuts. of Wichita, and Thomas An
derson, Of Salina
The State G. A. X. Encampment commit
mittee Of seven met IN conference with the
local committee Of thIrty-eight at Topeka
the other night and fixed the time of hold
ing the annual State reunion during the
first week in October in Topeka.
The fiftieth anniversary Of the marriage
of Colonel John B. Anderson and wife, of
Manhattan, occurred on the 25th of A pril,
and their friends resolved to commem-
crate the event by founding an Anderson
mcmoriaL library at the Enporia College.
On March l, Otto Ansternot, cashier Of
the Santa Fc road Mt Nickcrson, disap-
peared with 800 of the company's funds
On April 18th he was arrested in small
town in Illinois, and was taken to Hutchin-
son on the 10th. On the 17th he was tried
and sentenced to eighteen months in the
penitentiary.
Hon. c. II. j. TAYLOR, ex-United States
Minister 10 Liberia, arrived at his old home
in Wyaudotte the other day, it being his
first visit since his return to this country,
about three months ago. Mr.. Taylor is not
particularly in love with Liberia. and when
questioned as to his reasons for resigning
he told of a very deplorable state of affairs
in that region OF Africa.
JUDGE GUTHRIE, of the Shawnee County
district court, recently imposed a fine of
$50 for contempt Of court upon Judge j. P.
Greer, the oldest member of the Topeka
bar. Judge Greer subsequently apolOgized
and the fine was remitted.
The Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
will hold its annual meeting at Abilene on
May l6 and L. The address OF welcome
will be delivered by Hon. W. S. StambauglI.
of Abilene, and the response will be made
by +. E, Holiday, of Topeka.
ANOTHER salt mining company (the
fifth) has been organized at Hutchinson
composed Of New York, Cincinnati and
Syracuse capitalists.
A DELEGATION; of the Topeka Woman's
Christian Temperance Union was recently
before the State Board of Pardons and
presented numerously- signed p;titIon for
the pardon OF the notorious procuress
Hattie Burner. who was recently convicted
In the Shawnee County district court and
sentenced to two year, in the penitentiary
The theory OF the delegation is that Mrs |
Burner was the victim of cons piracy |
concocted by her paramour, Frank Smith. |
1t was upon the motion of CONGRESSMAN |
Peters that the amendment TO the Pension |
bill placing widows Oh the |
roll from the date of the husbands death |
instead OF dale Of application was adopted. |
THE Governor has offered a reward of |
500 for the arrest and conviction of Rich |
ard S. Ormerod, who stands charged by in |
dictment in the district court of Ellis |
County with the crime of assault with iu-
tent to kill James Middleton: also reward |
Of $500 for the arrest and conviction OF the |
party or each of the parties guilty of the
crime OF burning property in Cherokee on
April G.
The Senate on the 18th passed bills
granting pensions to the following Kan.
sans: Cyrus Tuttle. OF Fontana; William
Kelsey, Of Easton, and Joseph Verbisky
and Colonel William Irving, of Topeka
The Senate Committee has reported favor
ably Senator Plumbs bills granting pen.
sions to Oliver II. Judd, of Junction City;
II. b. RUSSELL of Fairport. and Miss Mag
gie A. Weed, of Russell.
RUSSELL is to have electric lights.
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