Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Orrin G. Davis, of Lincoln; George Fritz
niger, OF Scandal; Adolph Goldt, OF
Atchison; S. Rathbone, of Kingman,
Thomas j. Mccall, of the National Mill
tary Home; John r. Reese, of Wichita;
James R Chambers, of Eldorado; Josiah
p. Akers, of Mankato; John Osborne, OF
Eustis; Thomas Monroe, of Industry;
Charles Weber, Of Beloit; William Craig,
of Blue Rapids; Levi C. McGiben, of King
man; Irwin Ford. of Albion; James A.
Nell;s, of Stockton; Charles H. Pratt, Of
Kendall; Isaac T. Richie, of New Albany;
Hugh P. Wilson, of Clifton; Polly L
Cory, OF Oswego, and Jane Grandlienard,
of Wilson.
A PARTY of Ingalls, men recently at
tempted to forcibly remove the records OF
Gray County from Cimarron, when they
were fired upon by Cimarron men, and q
fight ensued in which j. w. English. Of
Cimarron, was killed, and several others
wounded, two fatally. The trouble was
the result of a county seat war.
Ar the recent annual meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture, at Topeka, a
resolution was offered by Ex-Governor
Click which had for its object the keeping
of Kansas City dressed beef out of the
State. 1t demanded that the Legislature
provide by law for inspection on foot Of
all beef animals that are to be slaughtered
for sale as food in the various cities. and
that such inspection be enforced by severe
penalties.
J. d. CARUTHERs, afreight conductor on
the Rock Island road, fell from his train
while it was crossing the bridge at Topeka
the other morning and ten cars passed
over his body, completely severing his
lower limbs from the body. He was
twenty-six years old and had only been
married six months.
THE Main Street Hotel at Independence
burned the other morning and with con-
tents was destroyed. Loss about 5000;
insurance, 81. 900.
The new State officers are now: Cover
nor, Lyman U. Humphrey; Lieutenant
Governor, Andrew j. Felt; Secretary Of
State. William Higgins; Auditor, Timothy
Mccarthy; Treasurer, James W. Hamil-
ton; Attorney General, L. B. Kellogg;
superintendent of Public Instruction,
George W. Winans.
A RECENT midnight fire in a hotel at
Goodland caused the inmates to hustle out
in short order. but no serious results fol-
lowed.
WHEN Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Stowe, of To-
peka, returned to their home after a few
hours absence the other day, they found
the doors locked. and Mr.. Stowe was
obliged to enter at a window. After he
had admitted his wife she went up stairs
and was shocked at finding lying across
bed the dead body of Alva Sherman, boy
about fifteen years of age. He had by
some means procured the keys Gt being
his old home), gone in and shot himself in
the room he had previously occupied. No
cause could be assigned for the deed.
AT Wichita the other night lack Null
hall, cattle dealer, was shot and danser-
ously wounded by AL. Sanders. The
trouble grew out of the arrest of Sanders
upon a warrant sworn out by Mulhan
charging him with stealing fifty head OF
cattle.
PENSIONS granted Kansans on the 18th:
George H. Williams, of wellington; Ma
thaniel Moore. of Belleville; Mara Gibbs,
of Holiday; Edward Riggs, of Pawnee
Rock; Perry W. Blanchard, Of ElDorado;
Charles D. Austin, of Brotherton; C. NJ
Mcclure, of Phillipsburg; Philip K. Eller-
man, of Chetopa; George Billingsley. Of
Mound Valley; Charles 7. Smith, of Han
per; Albert McCauley, of Hoisington;
Jacob Howard, of Cottonwood Falls;
Matthew Handle, of Peabody; Mahala
Ferguson, of Holton; John Q. Tom
linson, of Winfield; George Walker.
of Rock; Frederick w. Turner, of Stock
ton, William II. Towney, of Lexington;
James W. Gail, of Wichita; John NJ. Will
kins, of Miltonvale; William H. Baum,
and H. H. Stone, of Wellsville; Benton R.
Fuller, of Blue Mound; Julian F. Field, of
Osborne; Anthony l.. D. Scott. of Galena;
Nathan Harper, of Atwood; John N. Rob-
erts. of Lawrence; Frank B. Woodward,
OF Manhattan; Robert NJ. Stewart, of Troy;
Roswell Norton, of Leroy; William Tnomp-
son, of Emporia; William II. II. WEIGH, of
Climax; John Stockwell, of Sterling; Will
liam T. Jones, of Mcpherson; Richard j.
Littlewort, of Humboldt; Sarah Brazie, Of
Moline. and Mary j. Fleming, of Topeka
THE full committee appointed to investi-
gate charges as to the management of the
penitentiary consists of Senators F. p.
Hardness, VI. C. Kelley and F. G. Price,
and Representatives j. V. Admire, 2. j.
Walrond, D. S. Elliott, Thomas E. Berry
and w. N. Rice.
OLLIE TRIPLIrT, bright young school
girl of Wichita, disappeared the other day
mvsteriously and her relatives and friends
feared foul play.
THE committee appointed by the State
Encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic last spring to locate State
soldiers home inspected the Fort Hays
reservation the other day. aud after maxi
ing inspections elsewhere will report to
the Legislature.
The Swedes of Kansas have organized a
cooperative farm property insurance
company, with headquarters at Lindsborg.
The second annual meeting Of the Kan
sas Dairy Association will be held in To-
peka on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, February 5, 6 and !, 1889.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Safety brake for cable cars,
Chester Bullock. Kansas City; vehicle
brake; Charles Fuller. Ludell; lawn
mower, Lewis D. Hall, Concordia; gate,
Thomas j. Towards, Highlands; mining
drill and channel cutter, John p. Paynter,
Pomona; elevated street railways, Robert
F. Robinson, Kansas City; delineator,
David Z. Wade, Mcpherson.
THE Supreme Court of the United States
has affirmed the judgment of the Kansas
courts in the case of Willie Baldwin, con-
victed of the murder of his sister at Atchi-
son and now in the penitentiary under
sentence of death.
The rain storm in Western Kansas had
a thunder and lightning accompaniment.
Thunder and lightning on the 18th Of jan
uary is something Of a rarity in that Sec
ton.
NINE newspaper men in the Legislature.
The annual meeting Of the State His
torical Society was held at Topeka on the
18th A number of interesting papers
were read.
The other day Charles Harry, de-
mented young man, shot William Ream.