Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-26
THE WEST,

mover by wagon from Boone. Iowa. 10
Milwaukee, Wis, died on the trip OF
diphtheria-
THE Chicago Worlds Fair managers
have increased the capital stock to $40,
OOO 900.
A DEFECTIVE bridge over the Pataka
river near Paiaka, Ind, the other night
caused the wrecking of a heavily-loaded
freight train No lives were lost
AN unknown tramp saved train on
the Chicago & Northwestern between
Crescent and Stony Greek, Iowa, by dis
covering a broken rail
MRS ANNIE GABA and her baby were
burned to death recently by lamp ex-
plosion at San Francisco. Two other OF
her children were also seriously burned
The Chicago police, it is said, have
Cooney. the fox" in custody.
TROUBLE with Indians was anticipated
at Hackberry, Ariz. Settlers were arming
and sending their families away.
Two girls, aged seventeen, were killed
in Sunday school at Columbia City, Ind 4,
recently by a stroke of lightning.
A SHOCKING and fatal prize fight oc-
Cured at Daily Bros saloon, St Louis, the
other night Thomas E. jackson, aged
eighteen, fought Ed Ahearn, the local
champion. After eleven bloody rounds
jackson fell fainting and expired few
hours later The ''bloods" who had
''chipped in" to make up purse for the
affair sneaked off and left the dying youth
to his fate.
HEAVY frosts were reported in the
Northwest on the nights of the 18th and
18th.
HARVEY GURLEY, who was undoubtedly
connected with his wife in the abduction
of little Annie Redmond, of Chicago, will
spend three years making shoes in the
State prison at WaupuD, Wis.
F. w. HABEL, a painter, claiming Abb
lene, Kan. as his home, shot and killed
Jimmy Mod )nald, a waiter in the Mascot
saloon at Dallas, Tex, the other morning.
Habel and the waiter engaged in dis
pute over the price of a bottle Of beer.
JOHN LESTER, young man of Chicago,
was convicted in Duluth, Minn., of grand
larceny. He is a son of the millionaire of
Chicago, who is the largest glue and
tallow maker in the country.
FREDERICK SCHROEDER member of a
good family near New Bremen, O., has
been arrested for counterleiting and the
outfit used by him has been captured.
have struck for Pittsburgh wages and the
Flint Glass Workers Union has decided to
support them.
The steam yacht Leo was recently lost
in Lake Erie. She sailed from Lorain.
twenty miles west of Cleveland, o., and
the nine persons on board were drowned.
They were all business men of Lorain.
IT was estimated that between $1,000
and 10000 Odd Fellows paraded at Co
Iumbus, O., on the 18th.
COLONEL GEORGE FLoURNOY, a noted
Confederate officer and once Attorney
General of Texas, died in San Francisco
on the 18th.
ARRESTS have been made at Spokane
Falls. Wash, of two or three city officials
charged with embezzling moneys and
stealing supplies sent for the relief OF suf-
ferers by the recent fire.
A RECENT number of the Chicago Even
ing Mail contained a long statement that
the defense in the Cronin case would be
able to prove that DR.. Cronin was muir
dered by order of the British Government.
Iowa Democrats met at Sioux City on
the 18th and nominated Horace Boies,
of Waterloo. for Governor; S. l. Bes-
tow, of Charlton, for Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor; W. H Brannon. of Musca-
tine, for Supreme Judge; Thomas
Irish, of Dubuque, for Superintendent of
Instruction, and David Morgan, of Powes-
chick, for Railroad Commissioner. Among
the resolutions adopted was one calling
for the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
BY the burning of Mrs. Beacon's frame
cottage in Los Angeles, Cal, the other
4 oh cd fn
death.
THE burning of Kingsnorth & Buxton's
livery stable at Sioux City, Iowa, caused
loss of $18 900. Sixty-eight horses were
burned.
THREE miners have found near Dubuque,
Iowa, a cave full of native Galena almost
pure
MARSHALL FIELD has followed the ex-
ample of George n. Pullman and sub
scribed 100000 to the Chicago Worlds
Fair guarantee fund.
MRS. CHARLES LAPAGE, wife of wealthy
stockman, burned to death in her bed at
Chouteau City, Mont. The fire was COM
municated to the bed clothes and before
the woman could be rescued she was
burned to death. Her husband was in the
East.
THE noted suit of Augustus l. Amber
against Rodney NJ. Whipple for infringe
ment of patent, involving S1,2)0,000, has
been finally thrown out of court in Chica-
go, under the provisions Of the statute of
limitations.
BLACKMAN BROTHERS big saw mill sash
and door factory and lumber yards, Suo-
komish, Wash, were destroyed by fire the
other night causing $50, 600 loss with no
insurance.
A FAST freight train colided with q
switching eng;nas on the Lake Shore road
ct Cleveland, o., Tt Gently. Both engines
were badly dameg and several cars
smashed into bits. Patrick Moore. a sailor
who was stealing q ride, was killed.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows will hold its next session at To-
peka, Kan.
THE Wyoming Statehood convention
has adopted a clause giving women the
right to vote.
THE SOUTH.
CONSIDERABLE excitement prevails al
Calera, sixty miles north of Montgomery,
Ala, over threatened collision of races
The trouble grows ont of the discovery nj