Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

KILLING frosts are reported in several
counties in Central New York. The dam
age was especially great in the vineyards
and truck farms.
THOMAS MCGETCHEN, who skipped from
Baltimore with $50, 900 of the funds of the
Baltimore Unlimited Oil Company, has
been caught at Tavares, Fla.
E. w. VoIGH's big brewery in Detroit,
Mich, has been sold to an English syndi-
cate for 81, 000, 900, of which $600,000 is in
cash.
The report that the British fleet has
been ordered to the Behring sea was a
cauard.
BUFFINGToN's wheel works near Bur-
Iington, Iowa, were destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000.
The Addystone pipe and steel works
near Cincinnati have been destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000.
SEVERE storms have caused great dam
age in France and China. Many lives
have been lost.
VIzITELLI the we'll known booksell, of
London. has been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment for publishing
Zola's novels.
A CYCLONE swept through portion of
the valley at Martinsbur w. Va, on the
30th. At Falling Waters the barn of John
| w. Criswell was blown down. The killed
were: ]. E Powell, pumpmaker, and ].
Vogle.
A TORNADO gathered on the mountain
side near Hagerstown, Nd, on the S9th
and destroyed several cottages and swept
up the valley of the Potomac, carrying
away a number of houses, barns and
churches. Ten persons were reported
killed.
A HEAVY storm of rain and hail visited
! Huajutla, Mexico, on the 30th. The town
was inundated and almost entirely de-
stroyed. Many lives were lost The de-
struction of cattle and other property was
immense.
a CYCLONE from the west struck DAN
Vile, Va, on the S)th and demolished a
six-story building. Robert Britt, James
| Young, 6. j. Jones, Bud Hooper and D.
| W. Biler were buried in the ruins and
were subsequently taken out dead. Harry
| Oak was rescued alive. but died in a few
moments. Six others were fatally injured.
SETTLERS near Norden, Keya Paha
! County, Neb., were arriving at that town
recently for protection on account of a
great Indian scare. The scare was due
probably to false report from the Pine
Ridge agency of an Indian outbreak there.
| RosENBAUM 6 Co, wholesale druggists,
of Cincinnati, have disappeared. They
had been buying on credit and selling for
cash for less than cost
AN organized band of masked men
/ from Marinette, Wis, have raided a noto-
rious pinery dive at Peshtigo, wounded the
watchmen, drove out the inmates at the
muzzles of guns and burned the premises
to the ground
PRINCE ALoIS SCHwARZENBURG and a
Lieutenant Of hussars fought duel near
Vienna recently. The former was mortal.
ly wounded
ONE hundred arrests have been ma de al
Belgrade in connection with the recent
riot.
DECORATION day was duly observed or
the 3Oth. The occasion was seized upon by
politicians, somewhat more than usual
to elaborate their principles. The prin'
cipal features were visits to Grants toni
at New York and the Sheridan monu
ment at Washington. In the South, Con-
federate and Federal graves were deco
rated alike. President Harrison attended
the parade at New York.
THE drought in Louisiana and Missis
sippi has been broken by good rains.
FIRE in Alexandria, Va, recently de-
stroyed the tannery of c. c. Smoot &
Sons. the largest in the South.
The Chicago Board of Trade shut ed
quotations to 500 regular correspondent
on the 1st