The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-06


Mr.. and Mrs. Zahner have ''set up
their household gods in their new
home across the creek.
Visiting cards for ladies and gentle
men speciality at the REFLECTOR
office. Call and see samples.
DR.. Hazlett's herd of fine cattle, south
of the city. has had an increase of a
pure blOOded Hereford calf-a little
beauty.
The Dickinson county fair Oh Sept.
25-6-7-8 Farmers, if You have fine
stock, fine grain, or fine fruit, bring it
to the fair for exhibition.
The necklace and lOcket to be award
ed to the most popular young lady at
the Catholic Banquet, Sept. 18th, is on
exhibition at Kelley's jewelry store.
Mr.. Oliver Ball and sons cOmmemOra-
ted the twenty-fOurth anniversary of
the formers marriage by surprising the
wife and mother with an elegant new
side-bar buggy.
Messrs. Wann & Dryer who have been
associated together in stock raising have
dissolved partnership, to take effect
Oct. 1st Mr.. Wann taking the Arnold
farm north of town, Mr.. Dryer retain
ing the home place.
4. G.. Buchanan, member Of the
State Democratic Central Committee
from this county, is the right man in
the right place. He is doing a great
deal of energetic. intelligent work, and
deserves the confidence of his party.
Mr.. II. Fritz, whom we noticed last
week in connection with Colorado mines
and mining, is not the sole owner Of
the "TeXaS Placer mine, but is a
member Of the company to which 1t be-
| longs. This statement is due Mr.. Fritz.
Mr.. Dahlhammer, Of Buckeye, says
that Dickinson county doesn't need any
more emigrantS; that there are plenty
of land buyers already here among our
own farmers. and that land will be
worth fully $4,000 per acre within the
next two or three years.
The REFLECTOR office is well stocked
with all kinds of display type OF the
latest designs, and now, that we are
fairly under way, jobs from the finest
invitations to the heaviest posters can
be printed with neatnesS and dispatch.
Satisfaction guaranteed i'll every par
ticular.
The REFLECTOR would be pleased if
the ministers of the different churches
would bring or send to it all church no
tees of interest. All such items shO.iiti
be handed in not later than Wednesday
morning. And the REFLECTOR would
be still further pleased to meet the
members of the Abilene pulpit.
Our genial democratic friend, of
Newbern, n. J. Markley, has placed
the office under obligations to him for
lot of nice sweet cider. 1t isn't nee
essary to say that such a gift is pecu-
| liarly appropriate to democratic paper,
| for a number of our republican friends
hardly gave us chance to sample it.
Try it again, friend Marley.
We are too bashful to publish all the
kind words the Enterprise Register gave
the REFLECTOR last week. Editor
Rudy says it is edited by Journalists
of the highest ORDER" and that it COM
pletely fills "a long felt want" Well,
we hope it does. But as a matter of
convenience, not to say necessity, we
leave the verdict to the wisdom Of the
people.
The apple orchard of Mr.. T. C. Henry
presents phenomenon in fruit bearing,
the limbs Of the trees being SO heavily
loaded with fruit that they are unable
to sustain their weight and turn down.
wards instead of up. Many of them
have broken and hang only by the bark.
The apples are perfectly developed and
as a whole it is more suggestive Of a
picture than of dumplings and pie.
Had the republicans of Dickinson
county been without an organ and one
should have been commenced at the
county seat, every republican in the
county would have Immediately rallied
to its support; and we are very
much mistaken in the signs Of the
times if the democrats are not rallying
as one man to the support of their new
Organ-the REFLECTOR. And we take
this occasion to say that our columns
are open to our republican friends to
reach their democratic customers; and
the amount of patronage already given
us by the republicans is highly appre-
ciated.