Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-18

of Ii to 16 The bill originated in the
House and passed that body by an almost
| unanimous vote.
JUDGE THAYER, of the United States dis
trict court at St Louis, has decided that
the tops OF mail boxes are not receptacles
for mail, and taking papers from them is
no criminal offense.
ONE man was fatally and four seriously
burned in foundry at Youngstown, O.,
by the explosion Of molten metal in a cast
ing form.
The court martial to try Major Armes
for pulling Governor Beavers nose met at
the War Department Washington, on the
11th.
RUSSELL 81. HARRISON, son of the Presi-
dent was arrested in New York recently
for publishing libel in the Montana
Livestock journal on Ex-Governor Cros-
by. The libel was a reprint from Buffalo
paper, which accused Crosby of stealing
jewels from a Washington lady.
The wife of W. P. Woods and five of his
children were burned to death near Clay
ton, GA, recently by his house taking fire.
FOUR small children of a German
named Merdam were poisoned recently
near St Joseph, Minn., by eating wild
parsnips. Three died.
A MARRIAGE license was issued recently
at Pittsburgh, Pa, to Samuel WelZer, aged
seventy-two. and Filth P. Wilson, aged
fifteen. The disparity of ages excited
much comment, but the union was not il
legal, the parents of the girl entering no
protest.
BALTIMORE business men have subscribed
$500, 900 toward great sugar refinery.
1T is stated in London that the Prince of
Wales is an admirer of Parnell and that a
conference between the two will be ar
ranged.
OWING to the scarcity of water the area
of cotton culture in Egypt is much re-
stricted.
The New York Yacht Club has decided
to accept Earl Dunraven's challenge to a
match for the America cup. A committee
was appointed to arrange the prelimina-
ries to determine which yacht shall be put
forward against the Valkyre.
FIRE in Rising Sun, Ind, the other day
caused $50, 600 loss to various business
firms
THE storehouse of the Suffolk Cordage
Company at Chelsea, Mass, has been
damaged $4,000 by fire.
THE new cruiser Baltimore has been
docked at Philadelphia for the purpose of
having her propellers put on.
The Canadian river in the Panhandle of
Texas is out of its banks because of rains,
and an $4,000 bridge at Canadian, Tex,
has been washed away.
AN uproar was caused in the Western
Freight Association by the discovery that
a secret rate existed between the ST. Paul
road and the Armours. The other roads
were forced to make the same rate, as the
contract had three years to run. The In
ter State Railway Association threatened
prosecution, which a general manager
thought mere buncombe.
The crew of the wrecked schooner
Richard w. Denham, of Bath, Me-, num-
bering four men, were picked up at sea
by the steamer Pirate and taken to Balti-
more, Nd.
FRANK RINGo. the well-known baseball
catcher, committed suicide at Kansas City
recently after a protracted spree.
MEREDITH STANLEY, of Cincinnati,
jumped recently from the bridge on the
Cincinnati Southern railroad over the
Kentucky river, a height of 2S5 feet.
With the exception of coughing up little
blood he was uninjured. He did it to beat
Steve Brodie, the New York jumper.
THE steamship City of Chester reported
at Queenstown on the 18th that four days
previously she had found the steamer
Danmark, of the Thingvalla line, aban-
doned and sinking. The Danmark had OH
board about $50 passengers and crew and
grave fears were expressed of their fate.
GEORGE CALDER, a prominent cotton
manufacturer, of Lancaster, Pa, pro-
prietor of the Fulton cotton mill, has made
an assignment The liabilities are at
least $150,000 and the assets may reach
$50 600.
ELIAS CALVERT, a well-to-do farmer,
and his wife were drowned near Mineral
Wells, Tex, the other day, while attempt
ing to cross the Brazos river.
THE raid on moonshiners in Eastern Ken
lucky was successful, seven moonshiners
being captured without bloodshed
FIFTY persons in the general offices of
the 20" system at Chicago have been dis
charged in order to curtail expenses
THE steamer Conanicut was reported on
the rocks near Newport, R. L, on the 18th.
The passengers were landed by tug.
THE United States grand jury at Port
Townsend, Wash, have found twenty-five
indictments against William Harmed,
special deputy collector, eleven against
HerbertF. Beecher. ex-treasury agent, and
twelve against Quincy A. Brooks for steal
ing from the Government