Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-08-22


grounds near indianapolis, Ind, hav
been forced to concede to Francis Muir
phys desire for Sunday trains, and hav
given him the right to conduct temperate
work as he pleases-
HERBERT n. CUNNINGHAM, bookkeepe
for Daley. Gay & Door, brokers and bank
ers of Boston. has been arrested for EN-
bezzling 5000 from the firm.
Two children of Adolph Gauer, Of Nil
waukee, Wis, were poisoned recently by
decoction of poppy seeds given by thei
mother as medicine. Both are dead.
THE vicinity of Mammoth, Pa, was Wis
tied by snow storm shortly after day
light on the morning of the 18th. Tn,
white flakes fell until the ground was coz
pletely covered.
The light offerings of bonds have re.
suited in a steady increase of the treasury
surplus, which, accorniug to the Treasur.
er's statement, now amounts to so, 800, 00C
being the highest point reached since
October last The pension payments fol
August are estimated at S13. 0O0 900 and the
surplus will be reduced accordingly.
The trial of John L. Sullivan, the
pugilist, commenced at Purvis, Miss, OF
the 18th.
ment has been entered into between En-
gland and the Shah by which the passage
of British troops through Persia will be
permitted.
A TERRIFIC cloudburst occurred at Pat
erson. n. j.. the other morning. Streets
were washed out, cellars flooded and the
sewers choked so that the waters spurted
! out of the manholes.
4 ho 6ino
| Ra.aburg. Pa, the Williamsport express
ran into the rear end of a freight train
standing on the track. Seven cars of the
freight train were completely wrecked.
JANIS d. LEARY, the ship builder. of
New York, will soon build a timber raft
in British Columbia and tow it to San
Francisco. He was the builder of the two
Joggins RATS, one of which broke up
Scotia.
The price of pig iron at Pittsburgh has
been advanced 81 per ton because of the
high prices of coke and freight transport
tation.
THE Monon railroad has made a cut in
Grand Army rates to Milwaukee to one
cent mile.
The American branch of the High
with the parent organization in England
at Minneapolis, MInn.. on the 18th. The
name adopted was the Ancient Order
of ForeSters of America"
a GAS explosion at Grand and Clinton
streets. New York, caused the fatal in
jury of two or three persons and the Sc
ious'injury of quite a number of others.
A crowd had been attracted watching
operations to discover leak.
SULLIVAN the pugilist was found
guilty at Purvis. Miss, on the 10th.
JUDGE FIELD was arres ed in the United
States Circuit Court at San Francisco on
the 10th for the killing of Judge Terry.
He was arraigned before Justice Sawyer,
who released him on S., 600 bond.
The pressmen employed on the New
York World struck recently for better
wages and new foreman.
THREE passengers were instantly killed
and many others injured by an accident
on the West Pennsylvania road near
Freeport, Pa, recently.
WILLIAM SPRY, a Mormon Elder, has
been arrested at Chattanooga. Tenn, on
bench warrant issued by the United States
Court, charging him with bigamy and
adultery. Spry was in charge of the Nor
mon PROSECUTING in the South.
In the United States Court at Austin,
Tex, Gus Wilke and Abner Taylor pleaded
guilty recently to the Importation of
skilled laborers from Europe to work on
the new capitol. and w-re fined 81, 900 and
costs in each of sixty-four cases.
EBEN S. ALLEN, the former president of
the Forty-second street railway, New
York, who was convicted of frauduleutly
issuing the company's stock, has been |
sentenced TO fourteen years at hard labor |
in the States prison. The prisoner had |
entered a plea of guilty.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the !
seven days ended August Is numbered |
213. compared with POI the previous week |
and 219 the corresponding week of last
year.
AN attempt to wreck an excursion train
near Cambridge, Nd, recently, failed be-
cause the engineer was running slowly at
the time
THE new cruiser BoSton'S damage by
aground off Newport, K L, is
quite serious, extend ng over a space of
feet long.
WILLIAM TRAINER, the young man who
entered Broker Leib'S Office. 269 Broad
way, New York, a few days ago, pointed
a pistol at m and demanded his money
and fred at him when he refused to
comply, has been sentenced to fifteen
years and six months in the State prison.