Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-06
NEWS NOTES.

cnurcn al saginaw, Mich, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The mayor Of Pittsburg, Kan, has
issued an order compelling all saloons
to close Sunday ~
At Wellington, Kan, the Third
ward school, q $4,000 stone structure,
was badly damaged by FIRE.
Anthony MCGOWAN, a wealthy resi-.
dent Of Pittsburgh, Pa, is under ar.
rest charged with wife murder.
Sealous Grugtn, convicted at Mexico,
Mo-, of numbering his son-in-law, was
sentenced TO Is years in the state peni-
Tertiary.
At Clinton, ILL.,, on the and, Con.
gresham Warner, Of the Thirteenth
Illinois district, was married to Miss
Minnie, daughter Of ex-Mayor Bishop.
The Al Offices Of the Frankfort (Ky)
lottery closed on the I'd and the lottery
is closed for good, after battling
against the law and public sentiment
for 81 years.
Contracts for q $4,000, 900 combina-
ton Of at least score Of the big cor.
porations which catch the fish of the
great lakes were made at Chicago
recently.
The baggage car on the Wabash road
carrying the I'm Old Kentucky" com.
pany caught fire at Flemming, Mo-, and
three horses and most OF the scenery
were destroyed.
Fire broke out in the opera house at
Golden City, Mo-, during the progress
OF a ball, and a panic was created
among the guests which came near re.
sulting seriously.
The receipts of live stock at the
Kansas City stock yards for 1897 were
as follows: Cattle, t,Sl7,526; calves,
lO4, 1856; hogs, $3.50, 1866; sheep, ,134, sS6;
horses and mules, 37,OO6
The annual floral parade at Pasa-
dena, CAL, occurred on the I'd. There
were three miles Of various convey.
ances and hundreds of horsernen arts.
tically covered with flowers.
Max Arnold, editor of the McKees
port (Pa.) Budget, was publicly horse.
whipped by Mrs. Emanuel Wolfe, wife
OF hotel proprietor, for an alleged
slanderous newspaper article
Miss Edna Whitney, the labor
queen" of Chillicothe, Mo-, has Joined
concert company to tour the princi.
pal cities of the country. She will
sing and make labor speeches.
At Marysville, CAL, in the football
match between Marysville and Wheat.
land clubs, Clyde MAXWELL had his
backbone broken and recovery is i'm.
possible, he being totally paralyzed.
The Goth anniversary Of the pope's
first celebration of mass was observed
at the vatican. Rome, on the LIST. Fully
5000 delegates from various Catholic
societies were admitted to the vatican.
Robert A. Van Wyck was installed
as the first mayor Of Greater New
York on the LIST with the simplest Of
ceremonies There was no brass band.
and the only speech made was by
retiring Mayor William L. Strong.
Last month was 3. 10 degrees colder
than the December average, according
to the report of Chancellor Snow, Of
Kansas university. The rainfall was
less than half the average, making the
ninth consecutive month in which IL
was deficient.
The sash aud door planning mill of G.
J. Hamilton company. at Buffalo, N.
w. employing $50 men, was practical.
y destroyed by fire, together with an
immense stock of made up lumber,
The loss will reach $4,000, with S7o,.
100 insurance.
The race for the 25-mile worlds
championship on the ten-lap track at
Madison Square garden at New York
etween Jimmy Michael, the Welsh.
nan, and Edouard Taylore, the
'renchman, was won by the former,
eading by 10 laps in 5l:542.5,
After all interest on the bonded debt
I Missouri had been paid there was
l54,27376 left in the interest fund,
n February next Ss5O,OOO in bonds
I'LL be paid. Gov. Stephens says that
ne bonded debt of the state will be
sduced $1,000, 600 during 1898.
The Paris police recently arrested 80
ersons belonging to an organized
and OF murderers and robbers, the
dest OF whom was only 81 years old.
'ithin three months the bodies of So
ordered persons have been found in
lie river Seine and most of the muir.
srs were traceable to this band.