Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03
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miscellaneous.
HENRY HENAN, a farmer living near Six
Mile, Wyandotte County, drowned himself
the other day in pond while temporarily
insane. Mr.. Henan was suffering from q
severe attack of pneumonia. He became
delirlous and walked out of the house.
Three hours later his body was found in a
pond short distance away. Henan was
sixty-three years old and one Of the most
prominent farmers in the county.
THE son of Shawnee County farmer
was recently fined one dollar and costs,
S1795 In all, for cruelty beating young
calf.
WALTER TREADwELL, the Southern Kan
sas cattle king, was recently tried at An
thony for the killing of George Clarke, his
former partner, aud acquitted. Treadwell
proved to the satisfaction of the jury that
Clarke had led Mrs. Treadwell astray and
that the shooting was committed in the
heat of passion caused by his wrongs.
A FIRE in the paint shop of the Santa
Fe shops at Topeka recently destroyed a
lot of secondhand material and seriously
jeopardized the main buildings.
THE soldiers'home at Leavenworth is to
have a new library building, 4Sx94 feet,
out this project is part of a beQuest left
by Mr.. Ward, Of England, who died re-
Gently and left sum of money to be de-
voted to such purposes in America.
IN the claim of Joseph Richard, OF Kan
sas, amounting to IS, $50, for depredations
committed in 1860 by Kiowa Indians, the
sustained to be s1,750, and has authorized
hot mt 10 ha oil in full cati Of
tion of the claim.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BRADFORD has re-
ceived the following list of Leavenworth
social clubs which have taken out Govern
ment permits to sell intoxicating liquors
Merchants, Bucktails, League, Massasoit,
North Leavenworth, National, South End,
Leavenworth Amusement Commercial,
Fellow Workmen Union and U. Know. The
Attorney General said that it was his in
tention to at once institute legal proceed
ings against these organizations for the
violation of the Prohibitory law.
ENocH CHASE, one of the founders OF
Topeka, died in that city the other day at
the age of sixty-three years.
THE Ellsworth Mining Company recently
struck salt in second well.
A LATE storm at Pratt demolished a
number of houses. William Fishers resi-
dence was destroyed and his wife fatally
injured.
EMIL LINHAs, a Leavenworth coachman,
recently suicided by shooting himself. No
cause known.
SECRETARY Villas is reported as saying
that he knows from the President himself
that the Garden City and Larned land
offices will not be consolidated.
THE Republican convention of the First
District recently met at Leavenworth and
unanimously renominated Hon. E. N.
Morrill, for Congress. Cy. L land, Of
Doniphan and James NJ. Graybill, of
Leavenworth, were chosen delegates to the
Chicago convention, and Lon w. Robinson
district Presidential Elector.
GOVERNOR MARTIN has issued a proclama-
ton raising the quarantine against Cook
County Qll) cattle.
ODD FELLOWS of the State generally cele-
brated the sixty-ninth anniversary Of the
Order on the Goth.
THE residence of James Mclaughlin, at
Topeka, was burned the other day and his
daughter Mary, aged six years, and Annie
Evans, a domestic, nineteen years old,
were burned to death in the building, and
Mrs. Mclaughlin was also seriously
burned. The fire was caused by the eX-
plosion of gasoline while lighting vapor
stove.
A HUMAN skull has been excavated near
Garden City, at depth of 135 feet 1t was
in good state Of preservation.
KINsLEY has discovered a new source Of
wealth in its water power, which is said to
possess force equivalent to that of 8, 500
horses.
WESTERN Kansas booms.
JOHN MANNAx, twenty years old, a brake
man on the Missouri Pacific road, was
killed at the foot of Armstrong street in
Kansas City, Kan, at nine o'clock the
other night by north bound freight train.
Mannax was riding on the train and in
some manner was thrown upon the tracks
and killed instantly. The train proceeded
north and when about two miles out of the
city the brakeman was missed.
JUDGE S. D. LECoMPTE, one OF the prom
inent figures in Kansas during the exciting
times Immediately preceding the rebellion,
died at the residence of his son in Kansas
City, Mo-, on the Oath, at the age Of seven
ty-four years.
THE post-ofices at George, Pawnee Coun-
ty, and Newbury, Wabaunsee County, have
been discontinued.
PATENTS issued to Kansas inventors for
the week ended April 20: Metallic single,
Edgar E. Barker, junction City; saw
jointer. Charles r. Black, Topeka; mill
feed. Gottlieb Heller, Dillon; vapor burner,
Edward g. Martin, Concordla; rotary
engine, James E. Snevely, Chetopa; line
protector. Frank c. York, Salina
FRED CAM and Lon Case, were recently
fined and given thirty days in Jail at
Wellington for violating the Prohibitory
law. Their stock of liquors, making full
dray load, was publicly destroyed on
prominent street by the sheriff in front of
an admirIng and enthusiastic crowd of
citizens.
Two minezs by the name Of Cook were
recently killed in the lead mines at Galena-