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

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railroad has been commenced in earnest,
| and the contractors are using every effort
| to push the work.
BY a collision between a yard engine
and a street car at Jersey City, n. j., the
other morning two men were dangerously
and four were seriously injured.
| Two men were killed by foul gas in the
vat of the mineral bath house at Port
Huron, Mich. the other day, and the pro-
| prietor barely escaped with his life.
| VIRGINIA farmers. report heavy loss of
stock from drowning during the late gale
Between Fort Monroe and York river fish,
ermen lost nets valued at $40 900.
A SERIOUS fire occurred at Boston on the
9th, breaking out in the freight house of
Maine railroad. The loss was estimated
at S5OO, O,0O0
ABOUT fifty persons were overcome by a
sugocating black smoke from fire which
broke out in Sanger, Rockwell & CO..
factory at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 10th.
| Twenty of the victims had to be carried
home in patrol wagons
MISS BEECHLER, who killed Henry King
Jr., whom she claimed as her husband
was acquitted by the jury at Omaha on
|
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the
colliery at Castrap, Westphalia, recently.
The men were at work in the pit at the
time and twenty were killed.
A FREIGHT engine dashed into private
car on the Santa Fe at Lorenzo, Ill, re-
Gently and the locomotive boiler exploded,
causing the death of four persons and the
shocking injury of several Others
THE spinners of Clarke's thread works
at Newark, n. j., have resolved to strike.
THE people of Sioux City, Iowa, have
subscribed S, 500 and prepared three car
loads of supplies for the relief of the
Dakota prairie fire sufferers
SPRING emigration to the United States
has assumed large proportions. Four
thousand emigrants, mainly Germans and
| Swedes, sailed on the 10th from Liverpool.
All available steerage space on several
steamers there and at continental ports
has been taken up for intending emil
| grants.
CAPTAIN STUBBS reports at New York
that his schooner the Carrie A. Bucknam,
was fired on by Dominican war vessel.
A MESSENGER who has returned to
| Suakim from Khartoum, brings letters
from Staten Bey and members of the
Catholic mission. He also brings the sup
posed head of Rasalula, the Abyssinian
| General, who is said to have been killed
in battle at Gallabat The head was a
present from the Khalifa to the Governor
of Suakim.
THREE large mountain fires which are
doing great damage are now raging near
Edgemont, Md.
GENERAL JAMES LoNGsTREET's resi-
dence in Gainesville, Ga, was destroy ed
by fire the other day, causing $4,000 loss.
| THE directors of the First National Bank
of Anoka, Mimi, claim that the amount of
Cashier Pratt's deficit will not be over
S25. 600, and depositors will be paid in full.
AN order to reduce wages on the street
car lines in Minneapolis resulted in a
strike on the 11th.
BILLINGS & EATON, wholesale hide and
leather dealers of Boston, have made an
assignment Their liabilities are about
500. .000 Assets fair.
THE American bark c. D. Bryant has
been seized by the Hawaiian Government
for smuggling
EUROPEAN bourses were depressed on
the 1lth because of extensive rumors of
an attempt on the life of the Gear, who
was said to have been wounded by a shell
thrown at him at Gatchina.
THE Planet iute mills were destroyed by
fire at Brooklyn. n. Y, at one O'Clock on
the morning of the 18th. There were
rumors of loss of life, many of the night
force having to jump from windows to
save their lives. The loss was $500 600.
The bankers who were receiving sub
scriptions to the stock sof the American
Meat Company, the new dressed beet
trust, have withdrawn from the scheme
and the amounts already subscribed will
be returned on application. The collapse
is said to be due to pressure from the
Armour syndicate, which is large Gus
toner of the cotton oil trust
kELL & Co, wooden and plush manu-
facturers at Bradford England, with q
branch house at New York City, have
failed with 500 900 Liabilities.