Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-25

THE constilutIonality of the Colorado
Beef Inspection law was before Judge
Stone at Denver recently. The defend
ants were fined $50 and costs and the case
will go to the Supreme Court.
PROF HOGAN was swept out to sea in
his balloon at Brooklyn, n. Y, on the
10Th. When last seen he was clinging to
the netting in the lower part of the car.
ONE of the new fumigating steamers for
the marine hospital service was launched
at Wilmington, Del, on the 10Th and
christened the Louis Pasteur. The others
will be called the Robert Koch and the
w. A. WEIGH.
THE ship Premier from Santos has ar
rived at Saguenay, in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, with yellow fever on board.
The State Department is informed Off
cially of the existence of yellow fever at
Colon.
THE California Supreme Court has re-
versed the decision of the Superior Court
in the Sharon case, and holds that as
Sharon and Sarah Althea Hill, now Mrs.
Terry, kept their relations secret their
marriage was never consummated. The
case is remanded fer a new trial.
WHILE w. H. Bristol & Co.'s circus was
exhibiting at Milford, Mass, the other
evening large portion of the entire west
side seats gave way with a crash and let
about $50 people to the ground, badly in
juring and bruising hundreds of them.
! Five persons sustained broken limbs or
were injured internally.
| The Rush House at Fresno, Cal, was
burned the other morning. Several peo-
pie were seriously burned, but no lives
no ctah hrr
! GLIDING number of horses. The loss was
estimated at $4,000.
| SERIOUS difficulties continue to be re-
ported from several towns in Oklahoma,
caused by lot jumping. ejectments and eff
forts to change the local governments.
The troubles have their origin in the
| doubt prevalent that the authorities have
no legality for any of their acts-in fact
that there is no legal government for the
Territory except the coercion of Federal
| troops.
The demands of the engineers of the
| Pittsburgh & Western railroad for an adj
vance in wages were acceded to and the
| threatened strike was abandoned.
SHELLRoCK. Iowa, has been destroyed
by fire.
A WIDE area of country in Prince George
|
much alarm A lake formed, and as no
stream existed in the vicinity, the SUBJ
sidence was credited to the action 81 a
| subterranean river.
AN epidemic of typhoid fever is re-
ported at Path Valley, near Chambers
burg. Pa
steamboat passengers and Henry Shelton,
1 N hn Nwa-
drowned near Paducah, KY. recently.
HE great Illinois Steel Company has
decided TO go into the building of steel
vessels for the lake commerce.
HE Hrst seven clauses OF the Grace
British bondholders' contract with Peru
have been approved by the Chamber OF
deputies of that country and the accept
ance of the entire contract is now thought
to be assured.
Two men were killed and several fatally
or seriously injured by an accident on the
Leh gh Valley road near Shamokin. Pa.
recently. Two runaway cars coiIding
Win passenger train was the cause
FIFTEEN persons were more or less in
1ured by an accident on the Cairo 6 Vim
cennes road near Mount Carmel, Ill, re-
Gently. The train was demolished. A car
jumping the track caused the accident
1HE Chicago Herald recently published
report that the Chicago & Alton rail-
road was in the market for sale and that
IL would probably pass into the hands or
tne Missouri Pacific or the Northwestern.
taE stable Of the Lowell Mass Horse
! hanroad Company was burned the other
night with l20 horses Thirty cars and
oener contents were destroyed. The Hotel
belmont was damaged The loss was