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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04
Fighting In H.vti

NEW YORK April a=The steamship
Ciarioe! which arrived yesterday frog.
asytl, brings nothing definite from there.
F1gntng was going on in the interior, but
nothing was known as to the resuIt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

An exchange thinks Mr.. Harrison
made mistake in not sending Rice to
China-they are said to be fond of that
diet down there.
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Appointed Neal dow.

AUGUSTA AA, April a-Governor Leigh
mas appointed General Neal Dow commits;
sioner to the Paris Exposition. General
20! acted in the same capacity st ths
fHis kxps<tian in 1851.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

Refectorisms seem to have been
pretty good ''isms" to tie to.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

Cottonwood Falls elected a woman
for mayor. Thus does the star of
woman suffrage continue its erratic
course.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

+ The ladies may we'll be proud of the
\ vote they gave Mr.. J.obold; he deserved
1T and will honor the trust imposed in
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

Hon. E. W. Hoch, of Marion county,
is the latest candidate for RyaD's place.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04
Into the River.

BISMARCK, Mo-, April IA. E. Gold
berg anu = team of horses fell over Cliff.
near here, into the river anu were
drowned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

Now let us all join hands for the ad-
vancement of Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

Better luck next time, Messrs. De-
feated Candidates.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04
A KeQ of Beer,

Topeka, Kan, April IA fatal shooting
ARRAY occurred late this afternoon, in
which Morris Heating shot and instantly
killed Cornelius Mcclure. A club of youne
men sent to Kansas City Saturday and
received by express keg Of beer, which
was deposited in a wagon shed in the
suburbs. The company assembled there
Yesterday afternoon, and after drinking
freely, were bantering their fellows with
a shot gun, when it was discharged with
the result as stated. Heating gave him.
self up Immediately and is lodged in the
county Jail MCGUIRE leaves q wife and
two small children.
VIII Appeal Again.
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, April darius g. Pa.s-
-er has been sentenced To a. -
for ten years for tbs murder of David G
Montgomery, May %. 1885 Parker has
had foar trials. The first time one of the
jurors got sick and the case for the time
was dismissed. The. second time he got
twenty-one years, the third ten years and
the fourth ten years He will appeal tbs
case.
Hon. John Henry Pope, Canadian Min.
lister of Railways, died at Ottawa after
long illness.
Two hundred union painters Of Denver.
Col, struck recently for . nine-hour day,
The men are confident
The Prince of Wales has accepted an In |
vitation to dine with Mrs Mackey, wife Of /
the California bonanza kinE
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

Abilene will ''go on to perfection
under Mayor Lebold's administration.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04
Craxv Confectioner

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, April 2-HH Wachter,a
leading confectioner of the city, was sent
to the insane asylum yesterday.
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Mayor Lebold.

Mayor Lebold, accept our congratu-
lations.
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WICHITA, April 3-The local election
passed off quietly and a large vote was
polled. The interest conferred in the cleo
ton of mayor, for which there were three
andidates-Clement, Harris and Pratt.
Harris was idered the candidate for
the i-Prohibitionists. The Prohibibi-
tionists divided their votes between
Clement and Pratt. The indications now
are that Harris is elected mayor and Fritz
Chintzler alderman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

EMPoRIA, April 3.-J. NJ. Griffith was
elected mayor as were the following
aldermen: First ward, F. H. Drake; Sec
ond ward, j. R. Whitehill; Third ward,
David Davis; Fourth ward. Samuel Mel
linger. All were Republicans but all ran
as independent candidates. The Prohi BIZ
tionists were the only ones who made party
nominations and they were badly de-
faated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-04

DUBUo UE, Iowa, April 3-Stewart,
Democrat, was elected mayor by 359 ma
jority over Hayden, the nominee of the
Republican and Union Labor parties. The
entire Democratic ticket was elected by
m1jorites ranging from 200 to 1000. The
campaign was largely fought on the en-
forcement of the Prohibition law and the
Prohibitionists achieved victory.
The next Council is Democratic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
oKLAHoMA's FUTURE CLIMATE.

The great rush of settlers to Oklahoma
is apparently due to an assumption that
1t is destined in the near future to be q
garden spot of tabled fertility. Profess
sor Fcrrel writes in last months American
Meteorological Magazine: 81 saw a man
recently from Southwestern Kansas, who
apparently entirely sane In other re-
speots, gave it as his opinion that it
would only be few years after the set
Element and cultivation of Oklahoma IN
til there would be an abundance of rain
fall there. The district of oklahoma is
by no means rainless area. Its mean
and annual rainfall slightly exceeds that
of Western Kansas and many districts in
the Northwest. But, what is of greater
moment to agriculture, the fall in April,
May and June amounts to about thirteen
inches. The work of the pillow in opening
the soil undoubtedly increases evapor
alton, which is of course essential in the
rain making processes of nature. But, as
Professor FeIrel shows, the vapor liber
ated from the soil by cultivation is Scar
ried by the prevailing winds hundreds OF
miles eastward from the region where the
evaporation took place." The cultivation
of Oklahoma will do far moro to increase
the rainfall of Arkansas, Missouri and the
southern side of the Ohio Valley than
any part of Indian Territory. While by
no means excessively arid, the Oklahoma
district will never have very moist Oil
mate. But its rainfall may be very
slightly increased when the region ex-
tending westward toward the Pacific Is
put under cultivation and the euspor-
ation from the opened soil of that wide
area is waited by the perennial westerly
winds into the valleys of the Red and
Arkansas rivers.-New York Herrld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

SAVANNAH, Ga, has had q destructive
fire, causing loss of $1,500,000.
In a collision on the New York, Penn
syIvania & Ohio railroad near Lakewood,
Pa, Sunday, Engineer James freeman
received fatal in uries and two brakemen
were seriously Injured.
FIRE in tbree-story brick block at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Tuesday, did about $25
worth Of damage. Stocks of the firms
Occupying the building were damaged by
water to the extent of 5000.
A LANDSLIDE at Pittsburg, Pa, early
Tuesday morning covered part of Second
avenue and the B. and o. tracks. Nearly
half of Bluff street slipped away, stop
ping travel and breaking telegraph
wires.s
Mrs. MARGARET KINLE1N end her three
little children were burned to death by g
fire in small frame house il Milwaukee
April 1. The family occupied the
lower floor, and there are indications that
the woman fired the building, with the de-
liberate intention of destroying her own
and her children's lives.
ASA KELLOGG, commercial agent at Gin
cinna5i of the Sunset Route" committed
suicide at St. Louis, by taking dose OF
laudanum. He left Eote IL which ne
said: "Fhe world is losing game and
I've had enough of it. A fool is as we'll
off dead as alive"
PENSACOLA, FLA severe wind storm
passed over the town of Chipiey, 120
miles east of this city, Monday evening,
tearing up trees, damolishing chjmneys
and CON pletely destroying the Methodist
church and other buildings. John
Dickens was killed at Greenwood in the
sane storm.
MARsHALLTowN, Iowa.-A parry OF
young men at Chester Centre went out to
charivari q newly married couple. Nc
persuasion on the part of the groom
could induce them TO cease their racket
and the people in the house became en-
ragged. Finally Miss Flora Look, a sister
of the bride, fired into the crowd and
wounded Fred. Beacon, who died next
morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
CRIME.

AT Winamac, Ind, six men were SEN
fenced to year each in the penitenoiary
for robbing freig hi cars.
CINCINNATI, Oaio.-A dispatch from
Ply mouth, Ohio, says that early Wednes-
of the first national bank, and got only
81 900 for their trouble.
THIEVES broke in the old state house at
New Haven, Conn, and took from the
historical rooms the sword of Admiral
FOote; also precious stones valued at
$4,000.
FRANK WILLIAMS, alias James O'Brien,
was taken by Marshal Rosebrough, Of
Huntingdon, Ind, to that city Tuesday,
where he is wanted for the murder of
William Nucombe. He was held at Ash
lana, Wis, for safe-blowing.
MARIETTA, Ga.-The house of Abner
Bascomb burned Wednesday. Bascomb's
young son and two girls were cremated.
1t is thought the girls were assaulted,
then killed, and the house burned to
divert suspicion.
ROBBERS broke into the old State House
at New Haven, Conn, Monday night,
entered the rooms of the Historical So
sword which is studded with gems and
valued at $4,000.
AT Van Buren,, Ind, Monday night,
three stores and the school building were
entered by burglars, who cracked two
safes and carried off about $500 in cash.
-Four men suspected of the crime have
| been arres ed.
MILTON, Cal.-The stage coach coming
from Murphy Station, was held up by a
lone highwey man, Monday morning, and
| the express box rjhed. The robber Sc
cured but little money and the passen-
gers were not molested.
AT FordY &c, Ark, Friday, the sheriff of
Titus couity, Texas, arrested Frank
Shule, g young man, on a charge of haV-
ing In Dsce moer last, murdered j. W.
| King, his wife, and six children, and then
| burned their dwelling.
| A COWBOY usmed Herbert E. Codding-
ton, alias Herbert Parker, who, in order
| to SO ure the girl of his choice, burned
his fathers yanche at Trinidad, Col, has
been arrested at Newark, n. j. The
ohalg es against him are larceny, kiinap-
ping and arson. He admits the two last
charges, but says that the girl was will
ing 60 20 with him and willingly mar
ried him.
AT Dalton. Georgia, James G. Calhoun,
| prOminerf business man, after fatally
cutting his wife with Ratchet and at
tempting TO murder his daughter and
son, commute ed suicide by taking an
ounce and half OF muris5ic acid md
then cutting his throat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES,

E. P. AL11s, Milwaukee, died suddenly
Monday night.
A LETTER dated September 4th has been
received from Henry NJ. Stanley, by a
friend Of the explorer in Edinburg, and
contains no new developments.
TIE American Sugar Refinery at San
Francisco has passed into the hands of
| the Sugar Trust,
A SISTER of Stephen A. Douglas is the
Postmistress at Clifton Springs, n. Y.
She is 73 years of age.
Hon. ROBERT I. LINCOLN, United
States Minister TO England, announces
that he will leave for his post OF duty in
about six weeks.
WHITTIER was q great favorite with the
late John Bright. He could recite "Snow-
bound" and many other poems of the
Quaker bard, and often did SO in public.
IT is announced that Mr.. Kelly has at
last got the hang of the vibratory SYM
pathy business, and that his motor will
therefore soon do some lively noting.
$50 mote it be-" exciaim the stockholders
THE French Government is urging Bel
griUm TO expeI General Boulanger. The
Ministry has decided to include Count
Dillin and Henri Roohefort in the Patri-
otto League prosecutions.
BRUssELs.-The report that Henry M.
Stanley and Emin Pasha were marching
towards Zanzibar is believed. Surprise is
expressed however, that Emin Pasha
spouId have abandoned the Lake pro-
viuces. The ivory in possession of the
party is estimated to be worth 100000
francs.
TIE bright star Campus emits more
than 1900 times the light of our sun.
Sirius is az such a distance that its light
occupies nearly nine years in reaching US,
and It's real brightness is that of sixty
three suns.
The custom house officials at San Fran
cisco seized 2,224 boxes of opium, which
were concealed In pile of fat in soap
factory. The proprietors Of the factory,
Richard Ahlif and II. GaedIey, have been
arrested.
II is reported from st. Louis, that the
Vanderbilts, with August Belmont, Laird
Bros, and Philadelphia syndicate have
closed deal for the purchase of the gas
works of the city of st. Louis. Belmont
is supposed to represent the London
Rothchilds. The deal will amount to
about $4,000.
MURAT HALsTEAD is still confined TO his
home with erysipelas, and only members
of his family are permitted to see him
He has been informed in a general way
of the action of the Senate in regard to
his appointment, but he receives no
kilograms and is not permitted TO inter
est himself in the news of the day.
REV. HENRY GIIFILLAN, a Roman Cath
Ollie priest, renowned the doctrines OF
the Roman Catholic Church at the Mason
ic Temple, IN New York, Sunday. He
stated to the audience which had assem-
bled that his reason for renounoing the
faith was because IL teaches that all
Protestants who die opposed to the dog
m As of the Roman Catholic faith will be
| consumed in hell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
Origin of Uncle Sam"

Speculation has recently arisen re-
garding the origin of the term sUncle
Sam" as applied to the United States
government.
In the war of 1872, between this coun-
try and Great Britain, Ebert Anderson,
of New York, purchased in Troy, n. Y,
large amount of pork for the Amerl-
can army.
1t was inspected by Samuel Wilson,
who was popularity known as "Uncle
Sam" The barrels of pork were marked
'E. A, U. S." the lettering being done
by facetious employe of Mr.. Wilson.
When asked by fellow-workmen the
meaning of the mark Cfor the letters
Z. S., for United States, were then al
most entirely new to them), said "he did
not know, unless it meant Ebert Ander-
son and Uncle SAM" abiding to Uncle
Sam Wilson.
The joke took among the workman,
and passed currently, and "Uncle Sam
himself being present, was occasionally
rallied on the increasing extent of his
possessions. Soon the incident appeared
in print, and the joke gained favor rapid
ly, till it penetrated and was recognized
in every part of the country, and, says
John Frost, the Boston historian, will nc
doubt continue so while the United
States remains nation.
It is now firmly imbedded in the
Mosaic of our language, like "Tippe-
canoe, LOG Cabin" and other short but
expressive phrases. which refer to i'm
portanJ events in the history of the Re
bubble. Both ''Iippecanoe" and Los
Cabin" have taken on renewed force and
vitality since their adoption by Hon
II. II. Warner, of Safe Cure fame, in the
naming of two of his great standard
remedies, the principal one known as
Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla. They
| are based upon formula so successfully
used by our ancestors IN the cure of the
common ailments to which their ardu-
Gus labors rendered them liable in the
good old Log Cabin days.
The name of Warmers Safe Cure, like
wise. will be held in high esteem, as
| familiar as a household word, while il
continues to cure the worst forms Of
| Kidney Disease, which the medical pro
| fession confesses itself unable to do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
CALIFORNIA PRICES IN 40.

If We may accept the statement of Mr..
Bancroft, in his "History of California"
the attempt to make it appear that the
excitement which has prevailed lately In
Lower California, or the prices paid for
food and labor, are similar to those of
forty years age, must fall to the ground.
II Is doubtful if the world has ever
known anything like the California gold
fever of 49. An immense quantity of
provisions OF all kinds were sent to San
Francisco as soon as the excitement be-
gan, but it was almost impossible to get
their cargoes unloaded after they arrived,
$40 an hour being refused by tho steve
dores. In hundreds of cases the entire
ships crew, from captain down, left
their vessels to rot at the wharfs and
hied them away to the gold fields. The
temptation was simply Irresistible
There was an over supply of tobacco
ard liquors which formed large part OF
every cargo, as they were deemed m ost
salable TO miners, and it is related that on
one occasion caddies filed with tobacco
were used to fill the holes in the streets
in San Francisco. Liquors of all kinds
we're cheap, but staples were high, nails
for instance selling at 81 a pound, gun
boots at SIS, tallow candles at So pound
and matches at 81 box. And it was
gold money or dust every time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11

The New York Herald has opened its
columns to a discussion by women as to
the desirabiIity of women cultivating
smoking. In It's issue of Sunday last,
Charlotte Adams takes the affirmative of
the question and Belva Lockwood, Ella
Wheeler Wilcox and Mrs. Frank Leslie
the negative. The fair champion of the
weed declares that the woman who has
reached the old age of her youth "fnds
her cigarette more congenial comrsde,
a truer lover and kinder friend than
any the world can offer besides" Under
its exhilarati1g influence "you are no
longer shut in by four walls and bound
90 the Sisyphus toll of every day. Your
soul has received the fee simple of the
universe and you fly where your fancy
wills. 1t may be pretty and graceful
sight = the rolling and smoking of a
cigarette by pretty woman-and there
is little to be said against the us0 of to-
baccO by women that does not apply as
well to men, but may kind Heaven for
bid that the women, who are and ought
to be so much sweeter, more loveable and
in every way more charming than men,
should take one step downward towards
mans level"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
To be continued.
WISE THOUGHTS.

In America, everybody says that all
men are equal. and everybody is afra i'd
they 10iU be.
True democracy is the social synonym
of Christianity.
It is easy to find reasons why other
folks should be patient
Heaven only knows what would become
of our sociaIity if we never visited people
we speak i'll of; We should live, like
Egyptian hermits, in crowded solitude.
George Eliot.
fool never has enough, though lie has
every thing
He who has grown weary of remaining
at home often goes forth and suddenly
returns, inasmuch as he discovers he is
nothing better for being abroad.-Lucre-
titus.
By examining the tongue of a patient
ply sicians fnG out the disease of the
body, and philosophers the disease of the
mind ustjn.
Irever knew bad man Who was not
unhappy--Juvinius.
Mutual faith abolished, all human safe
ty Is destroy ed.-LIVy.
The only path that surely leads to
life of peace lies through goodness.-Ju-
venal.
The seeds of our own punishment are
self-sow at the same moment that we
commit sin.-HesiOd.
The man is not poor who hath the Csc
of things nece5sary.-Horace.
Perverse mankind, whose wills created free,
Charge all their woes on absolute decree.
Homer Odyssey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
The state department. has been official
Y informed that Sir Jnriau Pauuafote,

THE state department has been official
ly Informed that Sir Juriau Pauuafote,
the new British minister I'd the Uait@d
States, will san for New Yofk the 135n
inst.
THE president has granted pardon to
| T. Z. Bickeel, convicted in Minnesota OF
abstractlng the funds Of the national
bank while acting as messenger. He was
sentenced June s, 1888, TO five years i'm
| prisonment.
The Uaited States senate finally reject
ed the nomination of Murat Halstead as
Minister TO Germany by vote of 25 to
| 10.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's nominations
were contained in 284 messages. During
special session of the Senate, at the be-
ginning of President Cleveland's term,
he sent 70 the capitol 419 messages.
Eighteen of his nominations failed to re-
ceive confirmation, but were no rejec
tions.
JAMES W. RoMEYN, Consul at Valpa-
raise, in reporting to the Department of
State upon the trade and commerce of
Chilli, omments upon the fact that while
the imports into Chilli in 1888 amounted
| to S48, $50, 600, but So 100000 came from
the United States. And that while Is 900
vessels en- cred and cleared at CHILEAN
ports, the American flag waved over oniy
221 of them.
THE statement pre- pared at the treas
ury department shows that there was a
net Increase Of $2,275280 in circulation
during the month of March, and net de-
crease of $3.50 IN money and bullnon
in the treasury during the same period.
no t0h rfr mr. lat IS
at 81, 406 81 676, and the total money
aud bullion IN the treasury on the same
date al $557, 815 286.
WASHINGTON Three United States
ministers took the oath of office
at the department OF state They
were Wn. Scruggs, who goes to Yepe-
zuela, Lansing B. Miner, minister to
Central America and John Hicks, who
will represent the United States at Peru.
G. E. Mitchell, commissioner OF patents,
and A. D. Hazen, third assistant post
master general, also took the oath of Of
fee and entered upon their duties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
NEGRO EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.

NLUhU EUDGA11UN 1hE SOU
The Meridian (Miss.) News gives some
figures with regard TO the schools of that
town which are respectfully refereed TO
those who are continually dining it
into the ears of all who will listen, that
the solution of Inc NEGRO problem" lies
in education. There are in the schools of
Meridian at present 1853 pupils, of which
there are 94S white and sos black. The
negroes of Meridian pay into the school
fund $63, while the whites pay over S11,-
600. In other words, there sos negro
,hndren kept in school for nine months
IN the gear, and all of the expenses are
defreye ed by the white people except S63.
Very nearly the same proportion, as
we believe thorough examination would
show, is maintained throughout the
South. in many cities the accommodations
for the whites and the blacks are the
same. Memphis has one school building
for colOred children quite eshandsome as
any Of those now used by the whites and
even greater than in Meridian. Yet the
negroes pay comparatively nothing for
the support of the schools. Thousands
of them do not pay poll-tax, which is
all devoted to school purposes. The
whites of the South are always doing
more than their share towards The edu.
eating the negroes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-11
Rubies and volcanoes in Australia.

An Adelaide special says: David Lind
say, the ex pIorer, returned from the Mac
donnell ranges OF Saturday night. He
save that the men on the ruby fields
there number 300, but prospecting and
work of all kinds are at a standstill owing
to the absence of rain. At Alice Springs
no rain has fallen since February. He Is
con tident that il rain fell rich miners
field would be opened up.
Mr.. Lindsay asserts that the statement
By Police Trooper Wiltshire about the
existence of an active volcano some two
hundred miles northwest of Alice Springs
is correct. The blacks at Alice Springs
who come from that part of the country
are SO precise IN their statements that
Mr.. Lindsay is sure there is volcano
there. The natives say hole IN the
ground IL that locality indicated is always
burning. Il growls and throws up sand
end stone. They do not care to talk
much of it, asserting that cit is no good /;
black fellow did not make it."