Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-05


killed by the HeisIer system of electric
light, at Pueblo. Col, the other night
THE Citizens Bank of Prairie City,
Jasper County, Iowa, has failed with
liabilities estimated at from S75, 900 to
500. OOO
JUDGE MCCONNELL, of Chicago, has de-
cided that all the defendants in the
Cronin trial must be tried together with
the exception of Frank Woodruff. He
said that in view of Woodruff's confess
sions it would be manifestly unfair to
allow him to go on trial with the others.
Exceptions to this ruling were taken.
On August 6 the Rush captured the
British sealing schooner Lily of Van
couver while taking seals in the Behring
sea- In all there have been fourteen seal
ers boarded by the Rush and warned out
of the Behring sea besides six captured.
Two ladies, Mrs. Dodson, of Wauwatosa,
and Mrs. Dennet, OF West Granville, were
killed at Milwaukee, Wis, while crossing
the Vliet street crossing of the St Paul
railroad. They were sisters and were
visitors to the encampment.
The village of Tscherlach in St Gall,
Switzerland, was destroyed recently by
the fall of portion of Mount Rulbisberg.
The villagers escaped.
CONSIDERABLE typhoid fever is reported
at Johnstown. Pa.
MICHAEL PoSsEY, of Shelby County, O.,
is a defaulter TO the amount of Sl3, 900. He
was county treasurer.
JAMES N. NEwBAKER, a politician of
local note, was assassinated at Satita,
Miss, recently.
H. H. WARNER, the head of the large
proprietary medicine establishment OF
Rochester, n. Y, has agreed to sell the
business to British syndicate for e. 000,-
900. The guarantee money has been put
up.
Two freight trains on the Buffalo, New
York & Pennsylvania road came together
at Cole Grove station near Bradford, Pa,
recently. The engine of one of the freight
trains and three tramps were buried un-
der the smash up.
THE Secretary of War has awarded the
contract for the construction of double
barracks at Fort Smelling, Mimi, at a cost
of S5S0 An expenditure of $4,000 has
been authorized for sidewalks and drive
ways at Columbus barracks, o.
IT appears to be probable that when the
point of settlement is reached between the
Navy Department and the contractors for
furnishing the new dynamite cruiser,
Vesuvius, some intricate legal questions
will have to he disposed of.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August 90 numbered
211, compared with 2O6 the previous week
and 226 the corresponding week of last
year.
Two unknown girls who were rowing in
the harbor at Milwaukee, Wis, the other
Nv ha iziu
of their boats from the swell of passing
tug. The bodies were not recovered.
JACK SPANIARD and William Walker
were executed at Fort Smith, Ark, on the
30th. Spaniard, a Cherokee, murdered
Deputy Marshal Owen; Walker, a negro,
murdered another negro. Both crimes
were committed in the Indian Territory.
ROBERT ARMSTRONG, a colored school
teacher, complains of having been
whipped by masked men on account of
politics near Napoleonville, La.
THE Post office Department will pay q
reward of 81, 900 for the arrest and con-
viction in the United States court OF any
person found guilty of making an armed
attack upon any stage coach or railway
mail car having the mails in transit.
MRS. CATHERINE SULLIVAN, mother of
John L. Su livan, the pugilist, died at
Boston on the 3Oth after long illness.
She was ifty-two years old and a native
of Ireland.
The San Diego (Cal.) Water Company's
works have been sold to an English syn
dicate for s., 400, 900.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says: Ten
ders have been received for the construc-
ton of the first section of the railroad
from Chinkiang to Pekin. 1t is estimated
that the rails and plant will cost $40, 00O,.
900.
A MEMBER of the Chickasaw Legislature
named Benjamin Cunning Chubby has
been assassinated.
FIVE persons were killed in the City of
Mexico the other day by the falling of the
wall of private residence.
BY the upsetting of ladle of hot metal
in Carnegie's steel works at Homestead.
Pa, recently two men were instantly
killed and seven others severely injured.
THE new Hamburg American steamer
Columbia recently concluded the fastest
trip on record from the Needles to Sandy
Hook, her time being days, IS hours and
20 minutes. This beats her previous rec
ord, the best of 6 days, 81 hours and %
minutes.
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG jumped from the
board walk into the water at Atlantic
City, n. j., the other day and broke his
neck by striking the sandy bottom.