Abilene Reflector notes 1883 events and figures
The paper lists a wide array of items from the period including the death of Marwoop the British hangman and Prof Hawxs predicting another Ischia quake, to elections in Chicago, Varley’s death, and the New York Greenbackers nominating Beecher for Secretary of State. It also covers royalist support for Count de Paris, a note on the Iowa State Fair invitation, and various international dispatches on Germany, Ischia shocks, the Lady Elgin disaster memorial, Lafayette statue unveiling in France, and a Boston visit by Lord Chancellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marwoop
Prof
Hawxs
Ischia
Supreme Council of the Order of Chosen Friends
Chicago
Varley
Atlantic Cable Company
New York Greenbackers
Thomas K. Beecher
Count de Paris
Ae Ey
Multitude of Dreadful Incidents Across Cities
A sweeping round of reports details a man killed leaping from the Grand Pacific elevator in Chicago, a Java tidal disaster drowning ten thousand in one city, and multiple shootings in New York and Cleveland. Other items note drought fears in Boston and Cambridge, a mass street parade in Chicago, and imperial and political happenings from Newport to Cairo with deaths, wrecks, and indictments interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Pacific
Chicago
Java
Annapolis
James Donante
Michael O'Connell
Cleveland
Boston
Cambridge
Mass
Uunprep
Chicago News
South Park
Young Men’s Christian Association
Geo. Rawkix
Philadelphia
Ith
Geo. Wesner
Henry Frank
Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute Exposition
New York
WashingTon Artificial Ice Company
South Africa
H. Duprey Coreman & Bro
New Orleans
Herxnicn Carseiras
Rock Island
Lll
Salt Lake Valley
Columbia River
Jay Gould
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
John Noonan
John Noonan, Who Disappeared From East Bridgeport
Conn
Sheldon’s Pond
Kennedy
Youngstown
Victoria
Pensacola Navy Yard
Rex
Cincinnati
Cincinnatus
Prince of Orange
Holland
Santa Barbara
Willaington
Los Angeles
Cal
Suez Canal
Cairo
Mexican National Railroad
Saltillo
Count Be Chamborp
West Indies
Cannte Warpwayver
Amelia Weaver
Newfoundland
Jonsx Crane
New London
Manrtin Kater
Johnson
Highland Park
Kalter
Jacksboro
Weatherford
Tex
Cotton crop report and flood damage toll
The National Cotton Exchange of New Orleans reports the 1885 cotton crop at 6,944,756 bales including port receipts 6,009,612 and rail shipments 611,801. Southern mills consumed 313,93 bales, up 26,439 from last season. The seven months’ breadstuffs exports stood at 95,328,532. Western Texas saw widespread flood damage with many creeks raging, stock losses, and railway infrastructure losses including bridges and tracks. A frost affected Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa corn. Separate items recount a New Jersey ex-governor’s injury, a Mob attack in Osage City, a boiler explosion in Manilla, Ohio, and other incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Cotton Exchange of
New Orleans
Western
Texas
Texas Mexican Railway
Laredo
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Manitoba Road
Sioux City
St. Paul
Omaha
Iowa
J. D. Brot
New Jersey
Courtland Street
N. Y
Osage City
Krantz
Mings
Whitten
Manilla
Ohio
Charles Palmer
Martin Ellison
Robert Adair
Houston
Louis Steiness
James Bryce
New York
Henry Ferris & Sons
Green & Sox
Milford
Wis
Wsorensors
Jack Griffin
Springfield
John P. Henry
Kansas State News Highlights From Topeka And Leavenworth
A Kansas evening dispatch reports fatal injuries after a flagman at Art Junction City slept on a rail tie and was killed by an approaching train. Explosions at Shawnee Flouring Mills shook Topeka, and a house fire in Parsons caused significant loss. Other items cover a Topeka abduction attempt, a gored Parsons youth, suicide attempt in Leavenworth jail, a recent immigration surge, and varied statewide developments including charters, a prison accident, and a derailment near Parsons with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Junction City
Kansas Pacific
Topeka
Shawnee
Leroy Mills
Tully
Shepherd
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Thurmond
Texas
New York Cattle Company
Smith
Dodge
United States
Emporia College
W. H. Whistler
Parsons
Jutta Eckes
Leavenworth
Albright
Greenfield Cemetery Association
Washington County
Cartwright Society of
Southwest Kansas
M. E. Church
Gate City Co-operative
Eighth Kansas Infantry
Chas. W. Rust
Atchison
Bit. Hart
Wilson
Camibus Company
Parsons Town Company
Ike Snead
Joan Eckte
Leavenworth City
Kansas City
Flora McCoy
Flora
Fort Scott & Gulf
Kansas
James Verdict Sparks Gallatin Public Outcry And Praise
The Frank James jury verdict triggers furious jeers at Gallatin and mixed reactions in Kansas City Jefferson City and Indianapolis. Citizens crown Wallace Polite with thanks, while some jurors are accused of influencing the panel as the case widens to other charges against James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin
Wallace
Frank James
Aml
James
Taat
Crozier
T. B. Yates
Farmers’ Exchange Bank
George Tuggle
Daviess County Savings
Shanklin
Black
Davis
Yates
Westfall
Jesse James
Gallatin Bank
Winston
Independence
Northfield
Hhialrous
Kansas
Missouri
Jufferson City
Crittenden
Frank
Indianapolis
Ind
Bob Ford
Frank Jamies
Jesse
Zoo Theater
Sawager
Also Mentioned on This Page
Strother Bros
Milwaukee
Lady Elgin
Lafayette
le Puy
France
Cnizr Justice Covermce
England
Commonwealth, Municipality and Bar Association
Hyperion
Gloucester
Cape Breton
Camp Sheridan
Nebraska
Eetr
John R. Bothwell
Union Pacific
Fort Washakie
Yellowstone Park
Mahlon Rowe
Ithaca
Honolulu
Little Currey
Secretary of the Interior
Baltimore
American Social Science Assoiation
Saratoga
Yland
Yale Law School
Rome
Vatican
America
Hoye Kono
The
Sun
China
Paris
Laura Beachier
Centerville
Heppler’s
Kalakaua
Tausart
Massachusetts
Daniel Courtsey
Thomas Young
Sandy Pond
Sayer Groton
Littleton
Point Marion
Mississippi Sound
Tur
S. M. West
Faribault
Minn
Ciarroro Lroup
Egypt
Fairlawn
Scranton
Dan Laurwine
Fairlawn Coal Company
D. C. Blackwood
Frep Laver
United States Brewers’ Congress
Reading
Sandy Hilly
M.S. Teller
Indian Harbor
White Star Line
Ludwig
Antwerp
President Arthur
Washington
Vienna
Lilley
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Apairat Prernr
Marseilles
Michigan
Julia P. Sarre
Hartford
Rev. Tuos
Osprey
Long Branch
North Carolina
Walter F. Pool
Pensacola
Fla
Navy Yard
American Social Science Association
Sarah K. Bolton
Tut National Prison Association
Rutherford B. Hayes
Repoura Senecer
East Cleveland
Canada
New England
Middle
Southern
Pacific States
Kansas State News
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Inr
Merton
Hayland
P. Leeds
Abilene
Culbertson & Mead, Attorneys AT Law
Abilene, Kansas
Court House Block
J. A. Brady
J. H. Franklin
Brady & Franklin
Attorneys AT Law
Enti
Rprise, Kansas
Cottage Hotel
J. W. Gore
Prop
H. J. Hudson
Nicolay’s
Geo. A. Crise
Abilene, Kas
I. E. Bonebrake
Pres
W. R. Dryer
Cashier
Thos. Kirby
Abilene Bank
C.H
Ana J. EK. Herbst
E. A. Herbst
Suateidant Pany Pee Limited
Oparatec Banks
Lebold, Fisher & CO
Bankers
F. B. Wilson
Pireman’s Fund, of
California
Union, of California
North German Ins. Co
Merchants, of
Newark
Mattoon Life Ins. Co., of
Illnoise
Hartford Life and Annuity
Connecticut
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