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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
TRANSFERRING OF LATE.

THE New York Legislature has ap-
propristed $1,000 for monument TO John
Ericsson in New York City.
A TEAM Of four cows appeared in Belle
vue, 1. T., not long ago, having been driven
from Nebraska, distance Of one thousand
miles.
The New York celebration has demon
strated the possibility Of massing seventy
thousand militia in New York within fifteen
hours.
Mrs. ANN DAVIS, who died in Philadelphia
a few days ago, had the distinction Of dying
in the bed in which President William
Henry Harrison expired. 81 10
ONE of the greatest innovations in the
House of Parliament is the introduction of
a bootblack in the Commons cloak-room.
He is the first of his kind.
TIE English sparrow is credited with
having nearly exterminated the foreign
cabbage worm in the very extensive cab
bage fields around Chicago.
THE Massachusetts Legislature recently
passed law, whereby the assessors are
obliged to ask at every residence for the
names of women desiring to vote.
THE Goddess of Liberty" on one Of the
floats in the New York centennial parade
was observed TO chew tobacco and ex-
pectorate vigorously. "She' was young
man hired for the occasion, but this fact
may not have been patent to all those who
viewed the performance.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
SHIPPING DAMAGED,

The Beach Strewn With Wrecks Caused
BY the Late Atlantic Coast Storm
Fatalities.
LEwEs, Del, Sept 13-No language can
picture the terrible scene along the coast.
The wind is blowing with almost hurri-
cane fierceness, driving the rain with a
force that cuts like hail The half-mile
reach of sand between town and coast is
a tossing, billowy ocean, bearing wreck
age on every wave Through the mist of
spray of the storm tattered sails and the
naked masts of score of deserted and
dismantled vessels can be dimly seen.
Since Monday night the storm has ragged
without abatement.
Wednesdays dawn showed a hundred
vessels which had sought the refuge of the
breakwater but which was insufficient,
as at eleven O'Clock the sea broke over the
breakwater, wrecked the telegraph station,
carried away the big fog bell and rushed
shOreward, sweeping away the steamboat
pier and dashing the Italian bark
ii Salvatore against the Government
pier The piers of Brown & Co.
and Leuce Bros. gave way and were
swept to sea- The United States marine
hospital was dashed from its mornings
and sent spinning down the beach. The
Lewes life saving station, forty feet above
high water mark. was flooded and it's
foundation under mined. Hugheyville, a
suburb between the town and beach, was
submerged and its 200 inhabitants fed for
life, leaving all their possessions behind.
The first boat came ashore at nine a. m.
Then came another and another. The life
saving station crew, reinforced by the
Henlopen and Rehoboth crews, went to
work and have labored almost increasingly
ever since. The crew of every vessel that
struck was taken off by these daring men
and not a life was lost among the scores
of men they handled.
The total number of lives lost will prob
ably exceed forty. Five of the eight men
who composed the crew of the F. & l.
Bryan, persisted where the vessel struck
on Brandy wine shoals. The mate and two
seamen caught a spar and drifted all
night. At day break the others discovered
that one of the sailors was dead, his body
still dashed to the spar. The two surviV-
ors we're picked up by tug and brought
to Lewes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

IT was estimated on the 18th that fifty
lives were lost by the tidal waves and
storms. The coast from Maine to Mary
land was strewn with wreckage.
THE finest livery stable in Wyoming
was destroyed by fire at Laramie City re-
Gently. Costly carriages were burned
Loss, $4,000; partly insured.
THIRTY acres of land near Plymouth,
Pa, settled alarmlngly recently. Several
mules in the mine underneath were killed
and the workmen lost their tools.
SEvEYTY-FIvE negroes were said to
troubles in Lehore and Tallahatchie
Counties, Miss.
THE Inman line steamship City of Paris
on its last trip out made the run in days
8 hours and minutes, breaking the east
bound record.
The great council of the United States
of the order of Red Men was in annual
convention at Baltimore, Nd, on the 18th,
with 200 delegates present
The Michigan peach crop is very short
and very little fruit is being shipped.
Saugatuck, which last year shipped 10, 900
baskets day, this season sends out from
800 to LOCO baskets. Hardly peach can
be found along the Kalamazoo river. APP
pies are not so scarce and one packer has
contracted to furnish 10, coo barrels to an
Eastern firm.
THE approximate gross earnings of the
Atchison railroad system for August were
s., 1851, against -, 315 9O4 for the same
period in 1888
THREE boilers in the California sash.
door and blind factory at Oakland, Cal,
exploded recently, killing four men out
right and injuring several others, two
probably fatally. Two others were sup
posed to be buried in the ruins
CHOLERA is reported at Athens, Greece.
The United States Treasury Depart
ment celebrated the Tooth anniversary of
its foundation by Alexander Hamilton by
closing at noon on the 18th.
CAPTAIN WISsNAN has offered a reward
OF $4,000 for the head of Bushire, the
African chief. This was done in conse-
Quence Of Bushire's threat 10 destroy the
mission in the interior.
HE nephew of Averill, the man lynched
some time ago with Cattle Kate" in Wy
oming, died suddenly recently. The cor
oner found every evidence that he was
poisoned.
HE Western Union directors have de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend Of
N per cent. The statement of the quar-
ter ending September 80 estimates the net
revenue at 81, $50 OOO the largest for years.
and leaves surplus after paying divi-
dends of 1862 AIS.
The forests of Pentelicus in Greece are
on hre. Twenty-seven thousand trees
have been destroyed.
TIE Burton building on Van Buren,
street in Chicago, recently burned and
Just rebuilt has been destroyed by fire.
Loss, $500
Mr. VAN HAss, a director of the Otto
man Bank, Constantinople, committed
SUICIDE recently. The bank was not af-
fected so far as known.
FOURTEEN buildings in the town of
ohoat Lake, Man., were destroyed by fire
the Other night causing $40, 900 loss
HE directors of the Missouri Pacific
railway have declared the usual quarterly
dividend Of one per cent
HE Bell Telephone Company has iu-
creased its capital stock from $4,000, 900
to SO, 500 900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

ARKANSAS CITY. Kan, Sept. 13-The
big crowd at the Southwestern Veterans
reun ion was greatly increased yesterday,
as the weather, which had been very dis
agreeable, had cleared up. At the camp,
which is named after General John A
Logan, the day was spent in hand
shaking and speech-making. Sena-
tor Ingalls, and Governor Hum
phrey occupied the rostrum in the
morning and Governor A. 2. Hovey, Of
Indiana. was the speaker for the after
noon. The night was spent by the old
soldiers in sham battles on the water and
story telling around the camp fires.
During the day the Third regiment
Knights Of Pythias had a competitive
drill The first prize was won by Wichita
and the second by Winfield.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

HE American brewers have projected a
gigantic syndicate, or pool, to protect
themselves against the encroachments of
the English beer syndicate.
ENGLISH dock yard laborers and their
friends had a grand demonstration at
Hyde Park, London. on the 18th to cele-
brate the successful ending of the strike.
The King of Holland had again weak
ened and his condition was serious on the
18th.
| CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September "A showed an average in
crease of 73 compared with the corre-
spending week of last year. In New York
the increase was go.
The monument erected to General Grant
at Fort Leavenworth was unvailed by
General Merritt on the 14th. Orations
were delivered by Senator ingalls,, GEN.
eral Charles W. Blair and Hon. George R
Peck. The parade and dedication were
attended by large numbers of visitors and
! citizens
The New Era Exposition building at st.
Joseph, No., took fire on the night of the
10Th. Every thing was lost except the
carriage used to convey General Lafay-
cite during his visit to country in 1924.
The loss was estimated at S4O0 900.
The portraits of General Grant and
Sheridan which were painted by order of
George w. Childs for the United States
Military Academy will be formally pre-
sented to that institution October 8 Gen.
eral Horace Porter will make the address.
A TERRIBLE fire occurred in Louisville,
KY. on the 18th at Bamberger, Bloom &
Co. IS large dry goods house. Six fremen
were caught by falling walls and killed.
The loss reached 81. 900, 600
The trial trip of the new cruiser Balti-
more was reported to be a great success
and will net Messrs. Cramp & Co. a con-
siderable bonus.
A NEGRO riot occurred at Lawrenceville,
Ill, on the night of the 14th, caused by
the arrest of a negro who was brandish-
ing knife. He was landed in jail with
several others. Later the negroes at
tackled the Jail and freed the prisoners,
whereupon the whites organized and
killed two negroes. About dozen were
wounded on both sides before the tumult
was subdued.
THE town of Medina, n. Y, was badly
damaged by fire on the 18th, which origin
ated in Ives & Sons pail manufacturing
establishment The loss was 5000
AMERICAN securities were in demand on
the London Stock Exchange during the
week ended September Il A financial
crash was thought to be imminent in the
Argentine Republic. The French and
German bourses were unsettled.
CHAKIR PASHA, the Governor of Crete,
mas issued fresh proclamation to the
Cretans, threatening with severe punish
ment any one assisting the insurgents
III CoRvELLAINE. the proprietor of the
cartridge factory at Antwerp in which the
recent disastrous explosion occurred, has
been arrested.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
There is a bird in New Guinea

There is a bird in New Guinea called
the megapodius, which, in the sizs of its
eggs and its manner of Matching them,
must be considered as being within the
bounds of the marvellous. This rara avis
is about the size of our common Plymouth
Rock hen, but its eggs are three and
half inches long by nearly three in diam
eter. ItdOes not attempt 20 sit upon them
in the ordinary way. A colony of the
birds lay their eggs together in large
mound which they build Of sand, earth,
sticks grass and leaves. The leaves, grass
and other vegetable matters decay and
the heat thus generated under the suns
rays matches the eggs. These nest
mounds, are wonderfully large for
the size Of the bird. sometimes being
as much as u feet high and 60 feet in cir
conference at the base. The eggs are
laid in the hot season, between March and
September, when the heat rapid decays
the nest material When the young birds
are Matched they come cut at a circular
hole left at the apex of the conical heap
for that purpose. The mother birds wait
around on the trees until their broods are
Matched; tn Gu each leads of with her own
family. Naturalists are unable to decide
the perplexing question as to how each
instinctively select their own broods. A
native of Cape York once lowered him
self into the hole at the top of one of these
curiously shaped nests in search OF eggs
While exploring its hidden recesses he
was Iit5-ally buried alive in BIRDS nest
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

COMMISSIONER TANNER has made
public statement claiming to show
that the heavy disbursements of pen
sions during the last two months were
mainly attributable to deficiency in
previous appropriations. The amount
appropriated for the year ended June
80 last was $50. 47S, 900, while SSS. 2S5.-
11S.2S was disbursed. Disbursements
have exceeded appropriations during
the last four years. In 1885 the num-
Der of pensioners was S45, 125, while
the number now is 1897 In JULY
and August, 1888. Commissioner Black
advanced to agents $24, $780, 900. of
which they disbursed $3.50, 577O5.
During the last two months Commits
sioner Tanner advanced $S4. zoe, 900
and agents have already d;sbursed
$l1, 4S6, 205.38.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

JOSEPH T. KELLY, son of Eugene
Kelly, the well known New York
banker, was blown from the platform
OF a car of the 4:S0 p. m. train from
New York on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna d Western railroad while the
train was crossing the Newark
meadows. He was instantly killed,
his head being crushed against a pile
of ties. The wind was blowing a gale
at the time. The deceased was about
twenty-five years old and unmarried.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

The Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin.
publishes a complaint signed by a
number of merchants of that city in
which it is stated that Mr.. Edwards.
United States Consul at Berlin, sub
jects exporters to trivial vexations in
the matter of verifying invoices, thus
hampering trade with America. The
merchants intended to call meeting
to protest against Consul Edwards
action and to request the German
Foreign Office to intervene for the re-
moval of the trouble.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

PATERSON y. j., Sept. 15-The National
Encampment Sons Of Veterans has voted
to restore Past Commander in Chief Wal
ter S. Payne TO eligibility to membership
in view of his past services and in consid-
GRAFTON of punishment already suffered
The following were elected members of
the council in chief: H Frazs. of Indiana;
J. D. Hinkle OF Massachusetts,; E T. Roe,
of Illinois; ". o. Mcdowell, of New Jer-
sey, and W. o. Jones, of Kansas. The
encampment voted the golden cross of the
order to General Leland Webb. of Kansas,
for his past services to the order.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

HE Commissioners of the District
of Columbia have received a communi-
cation from Mayor Grant, of New York
City. addressed to His Honor the
Mayor of Washington" requesting his
aid and cooperation and that of the
city authorities and commercial bodies.
to insure the holding of the Interna-
tional Exposition in 1892 in New York
City. The reply was sent that the
general desire of the people of the
country was that the Exposition should
be held in Washington and the people
of the latter city were not ready to
comply with the mayors request
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

REV. JUDsON ELLSWORTH, of Mil
waukee, Wis, was recently called on
TO marry Theodore Souzo Tomagawa.
OF Toxic, Japan. to Miss Catherine
Ashmore Adams, of Chicago. After
the ceremony the Jap and his bride
left for New York. 1t seems that
Tomagawa has been in America for
some years Five years ago he was
in Chicago as a teacher of the art of
making japanese embroidery. Miss
Adams was one of his pupils and she
fell in love with him. Her father is
dead and her mother opposed the mar
rage. The end was an elopement to
Milwaukee.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

DURING the celebration of a relig-
ious festival at Rohtak, India, the
Mussulmans and Hindoos became in
volved in religious disputes which led
to rioting. The police were COM
PEELED to interfere to stop the fighting,
but before they succeeded many of the
rioters were shot by the officers. The
Mussulmans at Delhi, forty-two miles
northwest Of Rohtak, are organic
ing to avenge the insults put upon
them by the HindOos
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

JOHN GORDON, in the employ of the
Lake George Paper & Pulp Company,
at Ticonderoga, n. Y, fell asleep the
other night near the machinery. The
fellow-workmen, it is said, in a joke
tied rope about his feet and threw it
over n shaft making 125 revolutions a
minute. They could not cut the rope
in time and Gordon was killed, the
body being horribly mutilated. One
of the perpetrators of the joke lost his
reason from the shock.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

LIEUTENANT SAMUEL A. SNAKE, Q.
S. A, who has arrived at Glenwood
Springs from trip to Routt County.
Col, where he investigated the recent
Indian scare, reports but few Indians
to be found and these in small parties.
They claimed to be after stray horses,
but is pretty certain they were hunt
ing parties. The report of armed
parties was started by a frontiersman
fOoling a party of ''tenderfeet.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

In the columns of the Pail Mall Ga
zette il is announced that russell shoes
are very bad form indeed and the au-
thorities of Elton and Harrow have is
sued instructions that the pupils in
these schools must not wear them, as
they do not consider them either be
coming or dignifed."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

ESTIMATES of the loss by the recent
FIRE at Antwerp range from 100000
to $4,000, 900 francs. NJ. Corvitain,
proprietor of the cartridge factory, is
charged with homicide by imprudence.
His defense is that the fire originated
in the petroleum sheds and caused the
explosion in the cartridge factory.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

WHILE Prime Minister Crispi was
driving in Rome the other day stone
thrown by a man on the roadside
struck him in one of his eyes. inficting
painful but not serious injury. The
assailant was arrested and found to be
q lnnafic
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

Mrs 6. H. DUNsFORD. the wife of a
leading citizen of Reading, Pa, died
the other day after being thrown into
spasms while laughing heartily at a
theatrical performance. Her artif-
cial teeth were missing and a post
mortem examination developed the
fact that she had swallowed them.
They were found lodged in her
ctOrnacb
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

LEAvESwoRTH, Kan, Sept 13-The
wife of a well known hack driver here
caused quite a scandal by horsewhipping
her husband in the street late last even
ing. The parties are of no social inn
portance and there are several conflicting
stories ahoat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
Rnbher Killed.

DAGETT, Cal, Sept IA. l. Patterson,
a mine superintendent was knocked of
his horse in lonely spot and robbed Of
S, 900 in gold coin by Parry Dodson last
Monday. Last night Dodson was over
taken by Patterson and John Alderman.
He fired at them and they shot him dead
The stolen money was found on him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
Suing the Eagle.

BROOKLYN, n. Y. Sept. 1a-Mrs. DR..
Mary Jones, proprietress of a woman's
hospital, mas sued the Eagle for $50, 600
damages for libel in publishing charges
of malpractice, murder, forgery, conspir-
acy and larceny in connection with the
treatment of patients in the hospital
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19
ABILENE REFLECTOR
CURRENT COMMENT.

CHAKIR PAsHA, the Governor of
Crete, has banished from the island
four prominent Christians, one of
whom was member OF the Cretan
Assembly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-19

CONCORD. N. q, Sept 13.-J. Ordway,
aged eighty, a well-to-do farmer, who
had farm for sale, was induced by al
legged purchasers to draw 80 500 from the
bank and when the robbers found they
could not get him into game Of cards, q
revolver was used to persuade him to give
up his money. He did so.
Morris tribune., 1889-02-06
It seems to be pretty generaIIy un-

It seems to be pretty generally I'M
derstood and believed that James g.
Blame will run the department Of
state under General Harrison. We
hope that such will be the case. Those
lie who have been obj cling to-
Blaine occupying that position on the
ground that his foreign policy would
be too vigorous and that he would
be getting this country into trouble
with foreign nations, after witnessing
Bayard's display of pusillanimity in
the Samoa affair, as well as in other.
foreign matters. where this country
has been snubbed and insulted, will
not be likely to offer further objections
to Mr.. Blaine occupying Mr.. Bayard's
chair in the cabinet of President
Harrison; for every man knows and
feels that with Blaine at the head Of
the state department and Gen. Harri-
son ct the head Of the government no
nation, no matter how powerful, will
be allowed to tread on Unc1o Sam's
toes without there being some mighty
vigorous kicking. What the American
people want to see in our national
administration is some Of the spirit j
displayed DyI76n. DIX when he said
- any one attempts to haul down
the American Nag, shoot him on the
epot. No spread-eagIe In this, but
Morris tribune., 1889-02-06

Here is a suggestion by the Western
Rural worthy of the consideration of
Stevens county farmers: We have
always believed that our farmers
would find sheep profitable, If the
land is dry enough. It is Of no use
to attempt to keep sheep on wet
But small flock on farm will GER
tainly ordinarily prove profitable. AS
has been said many times by US, and
by others, sheep furnish convenient
way for the farmer to obtain fresh
meats, a very desirable thing for the
average farmer and his family. Diet
is such an important matter that it
might almost be said that too much
attention can not be given to it. IF
our pork, which is eaten in this
country to 80 large an extent, was not
the best in the world, the health of
our people would be severely affected,
for our consumption of pork is very
large. We have always believed that
there was enough IN this point alone
to induce farmers to go to raising
sheep. Then comes the profit, and we
believe that profit can be made from
sheep, taking all things into consid-
Grafton. even under unfavorable cir
cumstances. 80 -
The following from The pen ofMr.
L. p. Bardwell, editor of the Marion
(Iowa) Pilot, will, we believe, be of
interest to many of our readers. He
says: "It is with pleasure that GER
tify to the real merits of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. I have used
1t in my family for years and have
always found it most excellent, and
especially for colds, Group and sore
throat. It is safe and effective.n
For sale by Fritz Buckentin.
Morris tribune., 1889-02-06

The attorneys employed by Messrs.
Washburn and Sabin to defend them
before the investigating committee
have put in bill of $3.50 each for their
services, and ask the state of Mime
sofa to pay them. II Messrs. Sabin
and Washburn were poor men and
unable to employ attorneys, it would
nave been proper for the state to APP
point attorneys to defend them, as is
the practice of courts in criminal
cases; but these distinguished gentle
men never have, to our knowledge,
plead "the poor mans act,u and
therefore we think the proper thing to
do is to refer the attorneys to the
gentlemen who employed them.
Morris tribune., 1889-02-06

=
The question of taxing railroad pro-
perry was under discussion in the
Minnesota legislature, when granger
member arose and said: aI've always
been dgsa railroads and fought 'em
right along; but since coming down
here and seeing some of the railroad
mandates, I've changed my mind
somewhat in. relation to these 'ere
soulless corporations, and believe that
they have some rights which we
farmers ought to respect to q certain
extent. That Is -u Atthis point
brother member called the speakers
attention TO the fact that his railroad
pass was sticking out of his vest pock-
ct and that members were noticing it.
This caused the gentleman from the
roOrGJ decstrick to suddenly dry up.
Morris tribune., 1889-02-06

Mrs. Harrison, wife OF President
elect Harrison, is a sensible woman.
While out shopping in New York city.
recently, the Star quotes her as say
ing: 81 suppose it is confession of
bad taste on my part, but I believe
American modistes can produce just
as pretty things as can be found any
where upon the face of the earth, and
don't like the idea of being depend
ent in any way upon foreign industry
or foreign ideas.n