Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

FELICE WANT, an old beggar woman,
died in a miserable hovel at New York a
few days ago, and the coroner, while in
vestigating the case, found that the de-
ceased had left $4,000 in gold concealed
in an old flower pot Her heirs all live in
France.
In Brockton County, W. Va, the other
day Perry Wine, we'll known citizen,
was telling a tree when it broke across the
stump, demolishing the house and killing
his wife and three children.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS has respited Bill
Walker and John Matthews, Bald Knob
bers, to May 10, the day on which Dave
Walker, the Bald Knobber chief was to
be hanged.
GEORGE MCCRAvEN and John Harrison,
two White County Is. c. ruffians, went
to Kershaw recently, killed policeman,
and were both shot, McCraven dying.
MRS. FRANCES CARMICHAEL, of Pitts
dale, Mich, has been acquitted of the
charge of having poisoned her husband,
preferred by him before his death.
BY an explosion in a colliery at Tiefblau,
Austria, recently, eleven persons were
killed.
The GauloiS, of Paris, saws that the
Princess of Saigon, a noted leader of fash
ion, was bitten some time ago by a pet
monkey, which has since died from hydro
phobia, and is about to visit Paris for the
purpose of putting herself under the care
of NJ Pasteur.
THE great sugar trust was reported to
be in a bad way, for not only were the
New York authorities energetically pros
ecuting the combine but the sugar market
had been cornered by other parties, leav-
ing the old trust in a much "busted" con-
dition.
MRS. JOSIE GURLEY, who stole little
Annie Redmond at Chicago, was found
guilty of abduction and the punishment
fixed at five years in the penitentiary.
She took the finding of the jury very much
to heart and wept bitterly.
THE circuit court at Marshalltown, Iowa,
has decided in a test case that note given
for Bohemian oats was part of a gambling
transaction and was consequently void.
The prisoners escaped from the district
Jail at St Joseph Beaucs. Que, recently
after seriously injuring Police Sergeant
Harpe.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina
has decided that the act of the last Legis-
lature validating township railroad bonds
is constitutional and many new roads will
be started
j. MUNDAN, an expert climber, while
carrying a box across q stringer on the
new suspension bridge at Niagara falls
fell to the water below and was killed.
Two men, named respectively Riley and
Brown, while taking down telegraph
wires, were pulled out of a window of
the St Omer Hotel, Sixth avenue and
Twenty-third street. New York, the other
morning by wire attached TO a falling
pole and were both instantly killed.
AT Pennington, Pa, recently an iron
ore mine, the shaft of which was 125 feet
deep. caved in. Eighteen men were in the
mine and a dozen of them were partially
covered with the falling mass Richard
Ettinger was crushed to death but the
others succeeded in crawling out without
sustaining serious injury.
JOHN II. SWIFT who shot his wife down
in the street, was hanged at Hartford,
Conn.,, on the 18th. This was the case
where his sister made such an energetic
effort to save his life, and where the Legis-
lature passed bill for that purpose, which
was vetoed by the Governor.
1t was understood that the sentence Of
his post Of duty in Alaska would be very
light consisting probably of a temporary
suspension.
CONDUCTOR HUGHES and Engineer Con-
verse of the freight train which telescoped
directors car at Lorenzo, Ill, the other
day and caused three deaths, have been
arrested and placed in the Joliet Jail
CAPTAIN WEEDIN of the geological de-
partment of the Smithsonian Institute,
has discovered that rats are remarkably
fond OF sunfiower seeds and has had great
success batting traps with the seeds.
A VESSEL went ashore the other night
near Norfolk, Va, but as all on board
were drowned before assistance could
reach them and the vessel went to pieces
shortly after she struck the beach, it was
impossible to ascertain her name, destina-
tion or cargo.
FERDINBSD WoERNER, sixty-nine years
of age, was smothered to death recently
in fire on Center street. n. Y. Six girls
and three men were burned to death in
the same building on Christmas eve. 1887.
The United States Consul at Havre
under date of April informs the State
Department that on and after May / next
a duty Of 90 cents per 100 pounds net will
be levied on all importations into France
| OF lard mixed with cotton seed oil, ire
spective Of the percentage of such mixture.
and that all lard imported from the United
States will be subject to Governmental
examination.