Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-03-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

her SON, eight years old, were recently
burned to crisp in their stable on {
farm three miles southeast of Brook
vile. The indications were that they
had gone to the stable with Lantern
to feed the horses SingIlarly the
horses had got out but mother and Sol
! persisted.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: r. A. Brogan, Usage Mission
key rail joint; A ]. Chapel, Arkansa:
City, car coupling; w. r. Dean and W.
FL. Barnett, Ottawa, cash and parcel
carrier; C. F. Hartman, Valley Falls
loading apparatus; G 1. McCarten, Kan
sas City, means for supplying com
pressed air to motors; A. E. Perine, To
peka, listing plows; A. c. Sherman,
Rossville, self-registering canceling
stamp; Paul Thielen, Kansas City, steam
heater; William and E. II. Ulrich, Man
haitian, clamp for stone saws.
A CHARTER has been filed in the Office
of the Secretary of State by the Omaha,
Garden City & Southwestern Railway
Company; capital stock, $1,000, 900. The
road is to be constructed from a point
on the north line of Kansas, in Smith or
Jewell County, running thence south
west through the counties of Osborn,
Rocks, Graham, Trego, Grove, Lane,
Scott, Garfield, Finney, Grant, Stanton,
Stevens and Morton, terminating at
some point on the west or south line of
the State, distance of about 200 miles.
The business of the company will be
transacted in Garden City and New
York City.
DAVID LIMP, formerly of company I,
Forty-sixth New York Infantry, has
been dishonorably discharged from the
soldiers home at Leavenworth on the
ground of having received 81, 900 arrears
of pension and never having given any
to the support of his wife, she being a
worthy woman and dependent upon him,
and for his persistent refusal to send
her any portion of his monthly pension.
The twelve-year-old son of George c.
Allen, of Atchison, was recently leading
calf to water when he tied the rope
around his body. The calf ran away
and dragged the boy over the rough
ground until it was thought he was ia
tally injured.
The grand lodge A. o. q. W., recently
in session at Wichita, elected the fol-
lowing officers: Grand master work
man, R. NJ. Emery, Seneca; grand fore
man, D. S. Sossell, Belleville; grand
overseer, DR.. A. w. Mckinney, Hutchin-
poria, (re-elected); grand receiver, T. o.
Beck, Topeka; grand guide, D. j. Rob-
erts, Usage City; grand Waterman, S. d.
Hallowell, Wichita; grand trustee, E. P.
Young, Winfield; grand medical direc-
tor, Frank Swallow, NJ. D., Valley Falls;
supreme representatives, Hon. A. P.
Riddle, of Minneapolis; ]. Z. Riggs, of
Lawrence, and Hon. j. NJ. Miller, of
Council Grove.
IN the United States Court at Topeka
Judge Foster recently decided a case
which involves the title to about 500 of
the most valuable lots in Arkansas City.
Thirteen years ago these lots were given
away because they were about to be sold
for taxes, but the property is now val
ued at over $500, 600. Subsequently
suit was brought to recover the prop
erty. Judge foster holds that the sale
was legal and must stand.
The report made to the grand lodge
A. o. U. w., recently in session at Wich-
tia, showed that 2, SOS applications had
been made for membership during the
past grand lodge year. Of this number
236 were rejected by the grand medical
director. Ninety-three deaths occurred
during the year, necessitating the pay
ment of S1S6, 900 from the beneficiary
fund of the order The Kansas lodges
contributed S6,61S to the fund for the
relief of the Johnstown sufferers. All
reports showed the order to be in
healthy and growing condition.
IT is related of a Shawnee County
farmer that he sold steer to Topeka
butcher and agreed to take one-fourth
of it when slaughtered in part payment.
The butcher charged him selling prices
for the beef and when they came to set
tie the farmer owed the butcher a bal
ance of S4.3S
An important Jail delivery was averted
at Wichita the other day through the in
of a prisoner. Two burglars
and two Territory murderers, Gagged to-
yether, had been furnished with drills
and saws by outside friends, and the
prisoner in the cell below heard them at
work at night and next day informed
the jailer. The prisoners had made
good progress and another nights work
would have enabled them to get away
had the prisoner below not informed on
them.
CITIZENS of Emporia were induced to |
subscribe bonus of $40, 200 to get the |
Duvall iron works of GAINESVILLE, O.,
10 locate their plant at that place, on |
he representation that it was worth |
800, 900, but ADMINISTRATION showed the
works to be old and worn out, therefore |
,he bonus was withdrawn.
THE sugar mill bonds at Syracuse
we're defeated.
j. c. PICKENs, the keeper of an intel
igence Office at Topeka, has disap-
leaving wife and eight chill
lren in poor circumstances.
ASHER L. COIN, one of the Oldest resi-
Tents of Douglas County, with his wife
md daughter attended a reception at
Lawrence the other evening, and he went
home in advance to make fire. When !
he wife and daughter reached home
hey found him kneeling before the !
,tove dead. He had gotten every thing
n readiness to start the fire, and the
was before the stove. 1t is
that he was seized with a
stroke of apoplexy.
WIEN the receiver for the Kansas
Home Insurance Company, of Topeka,
ook charge of the institution, he found
3 cents in the treasury and so cents
worth of postage stamps on hand.
A TOPEKA family was poisoned the