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

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| in Eudora. were drowned in the Kansas
river the other day while bathing.
| THE other morning before daylight Mrs.
Isaac Speckter. wife of a Kansas City
| (kan.) Hebrew clothing dealer, was up
and attending to a sick child when she
| imagined burglars were in their store-in
the front part of the building-and she
called her husband, who was asleep, tell
ing her suspicious. He jumped out of his
bed in a half-dazed condition and seizing
his pistol fired at random The ball shat
tered the lamp and extinguished the light
Seeing figure in the dark he fired again,
when a scream made him aware that he
had shot his wife. The ball took effect in
the hip and was not dangerous. The maj,
was frightened nearly out of his wits.
| JUDGE ABBOTT, of the district court. re.
| Gently issued an alias for II. A. w. Car
field and W. J. Price. commissioners, and
| Clerk Waterman. of Kearney County, who
had been lodging writ of mandamus is
! sued, compelling them to count the vote
of July 2l, on the county seat election.
The semi-annual apportionment Of
school funds has been completed by the
| Superintendent of Public Instruction. The
total fund for apportioning was S25S, ,099 66,
in the State being 526, 734. the amount per
capita is 40 cents. Shawnee County leads
with Is, 255 children and receives S7,4T4. .95;
Sedgwick comes second with a. e40 chill
| dren and gets S6.91760. while Wyandotte
makes a close third with 1858 children,
for which it receives S6,65077. Grant
County has the smallest number of chill
dren, 216, and receives S105s4.
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peka, was recently struck by lightning on
Pixies Peak, in Colorado, and seriously in
jured.
PATENTS recently granted Kansas in
ventors: Freub B. Duffey, Mound Valley,
apparatus for moving houses: John F.
Gurley, w. T. Winney and j. F. Hetzler,
Lawrence, corn drill; Eli P. Newhaubs
and ]. Shrivlar, Beloit, wire fence stay
binder; Edward F. Shelder, Kepler, a
truck; James w. Steele, assignor of one
half to A. McNalley, Chicago, H., railway
bridge danger signal 1.-TWO patents); Idalia
Weed, Leavenworth, corset: David A.
Winney, assignor of one-third to N. E.
Held, Anthony, windmill.
SECRETARY MoHLER, of the State Board
of Agriculture, in his monthly statement,
says that from the reports already made
to him he is able to state that the crops Of
wheat, oats and corn will each be double,
in bushels, the amount of last year. There
are counties where there was almost to-
tai failure, while other sections have been
particularly fortunate. The State will
lose considerable portion of the popula-
ton of some of the newer counties, owing
to the repeated failures. These will be
those counties where the soil is sandy, and
where the drought has been felt to greater
degree than in other counties, while the
State at large shows favorably when com.
pared with other States.
A CHARTER was recently filed with the
Secretary of State for the st. Louis, Baxter
Springs & Oklahoma railway. The object
is to build and operate railway, telegraph
and telephone line from st. Louis to some
point in Jasper County, Mo-, thence west
through Cherokee County, Kan, to point
on the south line of Kansas, at or near
Coffeyville; thence in a southwesterly di-
rection through the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma to Texas, with numerous
branches. Estimated length of line 800
miles; capital stock. S10.OO0,O00.
FRED Cook was recently drowned in the
Cottonwood river, near Stafford, while in
swimming with party of friends.
THE dead body of Christian Paterson, a
Swede, was found the other day on the
prairie near Garden City.
THE Attorney-General has written an
opinion in which he holds that social clubs
in which the application for a charter in
enumerating the objects of the club con-
tains the clause "including refreshments
and drinks, such as beer, wines and
liquors of all kinds, also cigars and
tobaccos, for distribution of the same
among the members only, who become
such by subscribing to the bylaws, rules
and regulations of the club, or by signing
the charter and agreeing to the same" can
not be incorporated under the laws of the
State.
THE Santa Fe road is having 1000 new
freight cars built.
The wife and daughter of Fred johnson,
of the Santa Fe shops at Topeka, were
among the victims of the recent terrible
Geiser steamship disaster.
THE posf-offices at Aubrey, johnson
County; Chard, Neosho County, and Win
tersett, Russell County, have been discon-
tinued.
PENSIONS lately granted Kansas veter-
ans: Lewis Morgan, deceased, of Burling-
anne; Melvin j. Ringler, of Everest; Smith
N. Oliver, of Miltonvale; Amos A. Durand,
of Wichita; Solomon Nizey, of Olathe;
Nathan G. Price, of Jewell; Orlando F.
Porter, of Junction City; Ephraim Bodger,
of Clyde; William Young, of Ashland;
Ira Doulhart, of Willett; James E. Dow,
of Fall River; Anthony c. Bonham, of At
water; Stephen Graves, of Cora; John
Goodlander, of Clay Center; Nelson c..
Dyer, of Abilene; John E. Hutchinson, of
Superior; James H. Bradley, of Devizon;
Stephen Bracken, of Western Park; James
S. McCreery, of Ashwood; Jonathan n.
Valentine, of Olean; Jacob Hunt, of Cap
iona ;lRudolf Wakter, of Brookville: j. W.
Wade, of keystone; Martin V. Wilhorn,
of lola; Daniel Jones of Columbus; David
n. Dudley, of Junction City: Martin Lam
ham, of Appleton: Hugh Orr, of Leaven-
worth; John E. Gilbert, of Lincolnville;
Louis S. Fee, of Bala, and Mary E. Murry,
OF Burlingame.
Horace CHRIsTLER, an Allen County
farmer, was killed the other day by his
neighbor, John Carter. The two had
falling out in the spring over a corn
planter which they owned in partnership.
On tn day of the killing Carter went to
the home OF Christler and found the latter
standing on a hay rack on his wagon,
having been engaged in hauling hay. A few
words passed when Carter drew a revolver
and vas knocked down by Christler. Re-
gaining his feet Carter felled Christier,
jumped On him, goaged cut one eye, bit
his nose and one ear of and then stuck a
pitchfork into his head causing instant
death.
"PUNKIN" pies are aboat ripe.
THE hill authorizing the construction of
a bridge over the Missouri river at or near
Kansas City, Kan. and not over ten miles
above the Hannibal e. st. Joseph railway