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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22

On and after December LIST, and I'M
til further notice, the Banks of Abilene
will open at o'clock, a. M, and close
at O'Clock, p. m.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
LEBOLD, FISHER & Co.
THOMAS KIRBY.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
It Will be impossible

To return becoming thanks unless you
buy your Thanksgiving Roast OF Weeks
& Ball.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
Tender and Jucy.

Tender and JUICY steaks and delight
full roasts at Weeks & Balls for Thanks
giving day.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
500 FARMS

Wanted on our Sale List for the win.
ter trade.
F. B. WILSON & Son.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
Stolen-S50.OO Reward.

Stolen, in Union township, from j. 1.
and Solomon Stauffer, sometime between
Monday the 18th and Saturday the 18th,
from 40 to so bushels of wheat. $50
reward is offered for the thief or infOr-
nation which may lead to his capture.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
For THANKSGIVING!

Weeks & Ball will have choice lot
of fresh meat for the Thanksgiving
trade.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22

Tho old reliable :Jeaoeler, j. s
Keller.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
MEMS SUITS.
MEMS OVERCOATS.,
From 81 to AZ SIZE.

Sattinet Overcoats, worth 5 for 3.
Sattinet OvercOats worth for 4.
Sat- Doubled Faced Over, worth 10 for 6.
Sat- Doubled Faced Over, worth IL for s..
All Wool Cas-. Overcoats, worth Is for IL.
All Wool Cas-. Elk. heavy Ov worth 20 for 49,
All Wool Cas-. Ex. heavy Oy worth - for 49,
English WOrsted OvercOats worth % for 90
English Melton Overcoats, worth 30 for 25
English Beaver OvercOats, worth 40 for 80.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22

California Honey at Nelson's.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
e markets are corrected every Wednesday at
Teachers Examination

Will be held at the Public school build
ing in Abilene on Saturday, Nov. 9th,
commencing at o'clock, a. m.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22

A full line of school books and school
supplies for sale at the Opera House
Book Store.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-22
School Books.

Great Bargains at McInerney's.
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14

First. Subscribers who do not
give express notice TO the contrary
are considered a. wishing 70 con
tinue their subscription.
Second. II subscribers order the
discontinuance Of their periodicals
tbc publisher may continus To send
them uusn sN arrearsges are paid.
Third. II subscribers neglect OF
refuse totakc their periodicals from
the Office 10 which they have been
directed, they are held responsible
till they have settled their bill and
ordered their paper discontinued
Fourth. II subscribers move tt
other places without informing the
publisher. and the papers are sc nj
| to the former directions, they are
Lsld responaible,
Fifth. The courts have decided
that refusing TO take periodical,
from the ohice, or removing and
leaving them uncalled EDr, is prima
facia evidence Of intentional fraud
Sixth. Any person who receives
. newspaper and makes use Of il,
wheather be has ordered il or not,
Is held in Law . subscriber.
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14

We offer for sale the following
yrnpcrtv, xii Of which can b..
bought Al feAsstnbN prices. and
some for much a..ss than It's val
uc
The two story brick store or
south side Of public square, in Ok
ford, Miss, lately occupied BY J.
B. Cook as a furniture store.
One vacant lot "A feet square on
cast sido OF South street in OK
ford, lies Just south Of the store
Of D. Mayes 4 O..
The two story, irou front, brick
store, on South side Of public
square in Oxford, Miss, now occn-
pied BY d. Maycs & Co. Tnls il
one of the handsomcst and most
desirable store houses in Oxford.
a new and improved residence
in Oxford, Miss, ON College Hill
street, beyond the rail road. Has
four rooms, two servants rooms.
q good we'll, fencing, etc. ETC., all
new.
A tract Of land containing l60
acres, on Woodson's Ridge, La
Fayette Co. Miss, about Eve miles
north Of Oxford; known - the
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14
Oxford Eagle.


!. ct61o t hard work should
tto II ne middls Of )he foSe
.ncoa I'd olEoruoon 8 petl ef
Voter II which : handful Of oat.
ueoa han been sttsrod. II has =
rouI6rkah,e astin1plati6g ard
e11ua aeth GuInG 'elect, and p
r1ock oetter than the water
without the meal.
1gouee Itch may be cured by
oerublng the horse with . course
brush md then washing with
an61Ilo soe,t sn1 son water, dry
Ing oorefo1ly. Az soon -
Thoroughly 6Eiedt apply IN 0int-
mont made Of fOgY Ounces Of
1urd, and ouo-half ounce 81 car
bohc acid, well mixed. IL \
Hnf1oning of the skIn r.
quootly 4 rea6lb from pressure
of(no 11arnS ~ and from cutting
tho iutegumonts and subcella,
tissues with the calks Of the
6hoong Makes Inlxtnre Of ono
ounce " tcello a6ld, one bunct
sof pu1yeri1ed ntkorides an(
Ave oGnooS u wator. After 81
lowing tho mixture to etant
two woeho altar Il through lin
.en. n10 one ounce spirits o
tws0A And amuJv With \ nu0n n0a.
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14

gnrnish. One of the things that
helps TO lower the estimation
people have Of hotel tables Is
the way they have in some
housee, where they take an in
tefeot IN noehine but calm stag
nation, Of naking lettuce salads
hours before hey are wanted
and dj6hing them black looking
Withered ard warm.
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14

4AQk00N, MIB6.
Henfy 6 Myers, Secretary
of 6tate, do 6eRlIfG TIT the
Charter korelo attached, moor
poroang the Co. 0perative A.
eooiafion No. 10oof thoH HHtEons
|of Hnn& &nndry Ma pulouan( to
~ pr0vi6fons of Okopter 28 81
10 neviood Code 10o4 record.
|66 r. k9 hook of Incorpota-
lions n thls o1keo, paGos b76
|nnd = nv beck.
Glxoa uadec ~ hand. and ihe
rio< Go0k ~ ~ e1oto ~ MI
i &eEounto n1lxed, Til
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14
An Easy Way to Raise Straw
berries.

Anew self.tending strawberry
bed 10 the invention Of q Cali.
Il rnian. Fill with earth any sort
Of . barrel that has been bored
wen all round With inch holes.
Plant strawberries in every hole
and in the open top root down
wards and top 0ntwards. It Is
quite ornate, and will keep for
several months In bearing.
Every child can have . keg, OF
several can have q halfsbsrrel
in common, besides industry and
economy, to say nothing Of fun
and health. Baltimore Sun.
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14
chartsr n Incorporation Of the
LaFaystts sprisss co-opsra-
tive Association. No 10 Pa
irons Of Husbandry.

re y enscteds IN accordence
wttn the PROVISIONS oI we Voee
q iocV, o. tlc 6tase o. issis'
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msrun =: y: hampton, y. ~.
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etner pefpono - may DC now OF
lexeadser pec0no aseoclate9
witn tne9, tne,r successors snd
assiene, pc end tney are hereby
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may MAKE such py,iaWs, ruies
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ment oI tneir business as may
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Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14

These drawings occur monthly (Sun-
days excepted) under provisions Of an
Act Of the General Assembly Of KEN
lucky
Repested adjudication by Federal
and State Courts have placed this
Company beyond the controversy oi
the law. To this Company belongs the
sole honor Of having inaugurated the
only plan by which their drawings are
proven honest and fair beyond qucs.
tion.
N. B.-The Company has now or
hand q large capital and reserve fund.
Read carefully the list Of prizes for the
Oxford eagle., 1883-06-14

the Educs tona Business of the State,
having the State University Female College and other
Schools the u s. Court for the Northern
ssssipp 1arges shipping points
North Mississippi and place Of unusual business activity
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
Ree1sS of RInOd.

In a quarrel over worthless woman at AL
legheny, Pa, on the 9Th, John Brown shot
Henry Weaver dead and then pounded his vic
TINS body in a shocking manner. The crime
was committed in Viewers house and in the
presence of his family.
Smith, the colored murderer, who assaulted
the jaier and escaped at Oakland. Md, sur
rendered himself on the 9th. A severe wound
received in the struggle caused him to return.
The hOodlums who assaulted yOunga Nor
wegian near Edgerton recently and put out
one of his eyes were sentenced at Madison on
the 9th inst. The leader of the gang was SEN
fenced to Waupun for ten years and the others
were heavily fined.
A pistol IN the hands of a careless Chicago
man went off on the 9Th and instantly killed
ten-year-old girl.
Officer Geo. G. Kimball, of the Detroit police
force, was fatally shot while pursuing sus-
picious characters early on the morning of the
9th.
hue County, Mimi, hanged himself on the
9Th.
Two stage robbers named Elmer and Charles
Hibbard were run down and killed by officers
near Tucson, Arizona, on the 4th inst.
William Barnes, aged IS, suicided at Mil
ledgeville, Ga, on the 4th. He WAS news
paper publisher.
At Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 4th inst,
Belle Earl, young woman, sjabbed herself
with pair of scissors. and died.
The body of Philadelphia grocer named
Thomas Palm, was found on the streets of that
city On the morning of the 4th, with bullet
through the head and an empty revolver lying
close by. The authorities are IN quandary as
to whether 1t is a case of murder or suicide.
quarrel at Rising Fawn, Ca, between Ben
Johnson and Wat Woodson on the 4th, resulted
in the death of the latter. Johnson placed his
gun in his victims mouth and blew off his
head.
knife and pistol discussion at Little Rock,
Ark. on the 4th, resulted in the death of two
negroes, and the fatal Wounding of another.
James J. Graham, assistant secretary Of the
board of public works of Chicago, severely
carved butcher in fight on the evening of
the I'd.
Mrs J. W. Bailey, of Monmouth, ILL.,, cut the
throat of her sixteen-year-old daughter, and
then repeated the operation upon herself. on
the third inst. The daughter had been dement,
ed from birth and the mother became insane
through worry over her unfortunate condition.
Two saloonkeepers of Chicago shut their
books of life with bang on the 10Th. Two
items, two closed saloons and two funerals.
A man applied at an immigrant employment
syency at New York on the night of the 30th
81 lodging, and on being refused by the por
tor, attacked the latter with knife, inflcting
wounds from which he died in short time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
Big Fire at Pittsburg.

About 3oclock on the morning of the Sd the
exposition caught fire andin about twenty MIN
ute the entire building together with the ma
chinery and floral hall were in ashes. The fire
was discovered first in the engine-room in the
machinery department and in order not to
frighten the citizens still alarm was sent in
and in this way the flames got beyond control
SO that before the fire department reached the
ground the buildings were entirely destroyed.
The fire extended down to the Allegheny River
and large portion of the Pittsburg and West
ern Railroad trestling has been burned. A
number of cars which had been side-tracked on
the trestling, which extends between the river
and the exposition building, were entirely con-
sumed. The losses are estimated at 81, 900, 900.
The insurance on the exposition building is
only $125,000. Six buildings on the opposite
side of the street have been damaged to the
extent of $4,000. The exhibits consisted Of
all varieties Of our products and industries, in
Guiding many valuable relics, among which was
an Arabian :" locomotive of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, which was the first locomo-
tive built IN this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
THE wooLwICH EXPLOSION.

The great arsenal at Woolwich is stu
ated near the Thames River about nine
miles below London Bridge. 1t is the
principal military depot of the empire,
and in it are stored and manufactured all
kinds of arms and ammunition, from the
great eighty-ton guns to the rockets
used in signaling. 1t was fire IN the
main building that caused the explosion
that occurred recently. There were
stored quantity of rockets containing
destructive missiles, for use in war, and
the scene when these began to go off in
every direction must have been highly
exciting. It is wonderful that the loss
of life was not greater. Only two per-
sons are reported to have been killed.
The amount of the damage too, seems
very small; SO, 900 certainly would not
cover the value of the main building, or
of anything more than the rocket fac
tory
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
A Dumb tness.


A correspondent at Silver City, New
ing Abel Duran and Aurilo Lora for the
murder of Wy Pho, one of three China
men killed near Fort Bayard on Febru-
airy Sd last, brought in verdict of muir
der in the first degree, pronouncing in
their verdict at the same time that the
prisoners be hanged by the neck until
dead. A deaf and dumb boy, who was
the only witness of the murder, did the
work and did it most effectually. He
went through signs and drew exactly a
diagram as on a former trial. He
pointed out the defendants as being pre-
sent as participants In the murder, with
such overwhelming, convincing certainty
as to leave no doubt of their guilt what
ever-even to mathematical certainty.
The impression left on the minds of the
spectators and jury, while the little fell
low was giving his silent, yet unerring
and impregnable testimony, will never
be forgotten by them. But that picture!
1t could not be explained on any hypo-
thesis but that of guilt. 1t was the only
avenue in the world left by which the
witness could relate his story and be
understood. He drew picture of the
flag at the military post. He placed
himself in position on the paper where
he could see the defendants going to
the shanty of the murdered Cinnamon.
Next he drew line from where he was
standing to the cabin, indicating the
direction he went to get there. When
he got as far as the house he drew rep
resentation of himself again. He next
drew the outline of three men on
horseback in front of the cabin door.
His next drawing was to indicate the
three murdered Cinnamon, making
three straight marks inside the cabin
door. He then made signs showing
that they we're Cinnamon by reference
to their long queues, and showing they
were dead. He further manifested by
slei2s which were readily understood by
HE mother, as interpreter, how t hha'S
killed, showing the kind of weapons used,
In what part of the body the bullets took
effect, and The manner of using the
cleaver. He explained the whole matter
fully and clearly in the most minute de-
tail, and after explaining all this he
pointed out each of the prisoners with
such horrible certainty and self-conf-
dence that the audience, as it were,
seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. While
he was going through the various no.
tons and signs the spectators and the
ury we're so intensely interested, and
such perfect order and quiet prevailed,
that had any onewhispered it could have
been heard all over the room. The
crowd was not content with remaining
in their seats. Everyone was anxious
to look upon the countenance of the
boy while giving his evidence, and for
that purpose stood upon the benches and
occupied such otehr positions as might
give them better view. The testimony
was irresistible. There was not soul
present who for moment entertained
the idea that the picture drawn was a
fabrication or invention of his own brain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
MEMORIAL TO WEBB.

Hero worship takes strange forms,
and perhaps as strange form as it has
ever taken is the movement E" which is
said to be under way in London for the
erection of s. memorial to Captain
Webb. If Captain Webb had only set
himself tasks within his remarkable
powers of endurance, and had respected
the limits of the unsw1mmabIe, nobody
would have proposed to erect a memorial
to him. The memorial therefore would
be memorial not of his successes but
of his failure; a statement, in fact, that
the memorialists thought failure in a
foolhardy attempt was worthy of lasting
honor. At this rate all of the trapeze
performers and long distance pedestrians
and pie-eaters who succumb to the dan
gers of particularly desperate attempts
in their several callings will have monu-
ments. which will act as premiums upon
eccentric forms of suicide. Inc prop.
osition shows, however, that "sport
has not relaxed its hold upon the Brit
isa public, even if prize-fghting has
gone out Of fashion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
What Economy Means.

E1on the Boston courier.
In America we have not strictly speak
ing, any wise economy as a national
practice, although each Individual thinks
of course that his own is well-regulated
expenditure. In Germany, economy
means doing without. France and Eng
land, on the other hand, contains large
numbers of people who so regulate their
disposal of small leisure and small in
come and so manage all their opportun-
ties, that this life has many fold more
interest than is possible to those who
do not set their ingenuity to the task.
These masses of middle-class people,
who accept their limitations of circum-
stances and develop with good will
their modest possibilities, are the natural
conservatives of existing conditions.
Their pleasure lies in fixed habits. Con-
slant repetition of old ideas and old ac-
tions only endears these the more to
them. Change would dlsconcert them;
variety would be unwelcome. They
have not the mental agility of Americans,
but attain within their narrow round q
richness and finish to their lives which
are often so humble that the American
would never reconcile himself to them
permanently. While we endure dis
comforts in order to rise in the world,
these English people make themselves
comfortable where they are; and thou
sand little arts or little pleasures en-
bellish the humblest life, which with us
is too commonly suffered to remain I'M
enioyed and unadorned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
SMALL FARMS.

A hopeful tendency among the farm
ers of the eastern states, was noticed by
Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, in re-
cent address. Since 1850 the amount
of land under tillage in that state has
increased 80 per cent, while the num-
Der of farms has increased 20 per cent.
This, he said, gives proof "of tenden-
cy to put farming in the hands of mid
die class rather than In the hands of a
great landed monopoly." In the south
the same tendency is noted in the growth
of truck farming in place of the old
plantation system. In Georgia, espec-
tally, there has been decided subdi-
vision of large estates, and the state
largely owes to that fact the thrift and
prosperity which has made it the most
progressive state of the south. Great
farms render society almost impossible,
at least the institutions of society, such
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
ORGAN Or NO ORGAN.

Echoes of the conflict over instrument
al music, which ragged among some of
the good Scotch Presby terians few
months ago, are still heard among the
hills and valleys of that delightful coun-
try. There was long discussion of the
subject one day this month at meeting
of the Mouzievaird Parish Church con-
gregation. The upshot of it was vote,
Is to 9, "to introduce harmonium on
trial for three months" The minority
gave in with good grace, and the expert
ment will be watched with interest. One
of the speakers brought utthe matter at
issue with great clearness. He could sym
pathize, he said, with those who opposed
the harmonium, because they "repre-
sented the old views of the Church OF
Scotland" But. again, they were &C
cused of driving away people from the
National Church through the barrenness
of their services. This was very unfor-
tunate. But, on the other hand, if the
introduction of an instrument should re-
pei any, he "would rath er see all the
harmoniums in Scotland floating down
the Earn than have one single member
leave the church." Altogether there
seems to have been only choice OF
evils, and the operation of the particu-
lar "evil J" chosen by the congregation
will Justly attract attention.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
THE CHINESE.

Two judicial opinions Numerically
opposed to each other have now been
delivered over the vital sections of the
Chinese exclusion act. Judges Lowell
and Nelson, in the United States circuit
court at Boston, held that the law was
framed on the basis of our last treaty
with China, and that the term " Chinese
laborers F" does not apply to Chinese who
are not subjects of China, and hence not
to Chinese from Hong Kong, which is
a dependency of Great Britain. In San
Francisco, on the other hand, Judges
Field and Sawyer have ruled that the
fact that Chinese laborer was born in
Hong Kong does not constitute him a
British subject, and that, any way, the
term chinese laborers means laborers of
Chinese descent, Chinese persons, ire
spective of their citizenship. There is
no reason to doubt that both decisions
were rendered in good faith, and it can
not be denied that both interpretations
may be fairly given to the law. The
California court, however, is right when
it says that the Boston construction
would defeat the full purpose of the act.
For the present it would seem that the
Monaghan lepers" can not land at
San Francisco, but, if they come from
Hong Kong, they may disembark by the
ship-load at Boston. Massachusetts
will doubtless receive them with open
arms
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
Financially Embarrassed.

News was received on the 5th INST, of the
failure of the Merrill, (Wis.) Manufacturing
Company. The liabilities of the concern are
estimated at between S75, 900 and $4,000
The business failures in the United States
and Canada for the week ending On the fifth
number 1873, against 100 for the week previous
Max Waistein, of New York. dealer in knit
goods, failed on the 5th inst, with liabilities
place. at $4,000.
The Exchange Bank, of Tupelo, Miss. sus-
pended on the 4tb. The authorized capital
was 100000, but only 50 200 was paid in.
Tupelo is a town of 600 inhabitants.
Messrs. Size & Smith. of London, England,
East and West India merchants, failed on the
4th inst, with liabilities to the amount of G25,-
600.
Jose Pollard & Co., merchants, Newcastle.
England, closed their doors on tLe4th. Liabli-
ties e30,000.
Hill & Rowe, an old Boston shoe firm, failed
on the Sd.
Colman Brothers, clothiers, New York and
San Francisco, suspended on the 1st inst, with
liabilities estimated at $300,00U.