The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
Purely Personal.

for several days, but IS now GONZALES
csnt.
Miss Dora Field, of Quincy, ILL.,, came
out to spend the Holidays with her cous-
in, Mr. George Freeman.
Freddy Harrington, of the Kansas
City Times force, is spending the Holt
days at his home in this city.
Messrs. John and Ed. Campbell left
yesterday for trip through southern
Kansas to the Indian territory.
| Miss Belle Nichols ate Christmas din
ner with the home folks in Kansas City
She will return Friday morning.
Miss Allie Como arrived home from
school last Thursday, and will stay I'M
til the close of the Holiday vacation.
Miss Mollie Gore has adjourned her
school in Holland township for the pur-
pose Of spending the Holidays in Abb
lene.
Miss Jennie Welsh, of Ellsworth, one
of the most accomplished teachers of
the State, is enjoying the holiday vaca-
ton with Misses Homie and Cora
Strother.
Mr.. Geo. S. Aspley left last Friday
for Nashville, H., where he will spend
some four or five weeks among old
friends and relatives.
Miss Rose Rowland, Abilene's charm
ing and successful music teacher, left
Tuesday evening for visit to her home
in the eastern part of the State.
Miss Mollie McInerney has put aside
her studies at st. Mary's Academy,
LeavenwOrth, and is at her home in
this city to spend the Holiday vacation.
Miss Emma Birchmore, of Boston,
Mass, arrived at Abilene last Saturday.
She will probably remain with her broth
er, Mr.. VIM. Z. Birchmore, through the
winter.
Mr.. Stephen Treague and family, of
Illinois, arrived at Abilene last Friday.
They will locate permanently in Dick
insOn county, and the acquisition will
be valuable one.
The Misses Berry, daughters of Mr..
Pat Berry, will spend the Holiday va
cation at their home in this city. They
are students at St. Mary's Academy,
LeavenwOrth.
Rev. Mr.. Mccarthy, of Windham, n.
y, has arrived at Abilene, and, on last
Sunday, he entered upon his duties as
pastor Of the Presbyterian church of
this city. The REFLECTOR sincerely
hopes that the relations between the
new pastor and his church may be of
the most cordial and helpful kind.
Mr.. a. J. Markley returned from his
visit to Illinois laStweek. He says that
Illinois is no such country as Kansas,
and that he could not be induced to re-
turn there to live. AS striking con-
trast to our own magnificent crop Of
corn, he says that he saw painted on a
Fulton county fence, which surrounded
field Of corn, this impiOus couplet:
Jesus my all to Heaven has gone.
Here's my fodder, but where's my corn
The county officers elect will be sworn
in next month.
The absent college students are at
home for the Holidays.
The dealers in Christmas goods re-
port large sales. All seem to be salts
fed with the result.
Married, December %, 1888, by John
Curtis, J. P, at Abilene, Wisely Pro-
baScO and Dora Ault, both of Dickinson
county.
The Abilene REFLECTOR has enlarg-
ed; 1t is now the largest and handsom-
est Democratic paper in Kansas. Solo
mon Sentinel.
If you want your friends to read
live, newsy, enterprising and readable
paper send them the REFLECTOR for
the year 1884.
The REFLECTOR job room turned out
beautiful Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. cards, for the popular drug
store of J. G. Northcraft.
The Enterprise Register came to the
front with a double Holiday edition.
handsomely illustrated. 1t was CON-
mendable mark of enterprise.
Santa Claus was unusually generous
this year in Redistribution of diamonds
We hear of several ladies who were
made happy by the gift of those beauti-
full gems.
The teachers institute, which was to
have met at the Enterprise school house
on Jan. 5th, has been postponed to the
18th of January. The programme viii
be published next week.
The j. E. Bonebrake Hardware Com
pany has closed the doors of its i'm
mense establishment until after the an
nual involve of stock Is taken RuSi-'