The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-19
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

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q Notary Public.
AS as an advertising medium the Re
FLECTOR is uneXcelled
Patronize the Plowmans Band Con-
cert aud assist to uniform the band.
Remember! Plowmans' COrnet Band
Concert. at Opera House, March Nth.
I'M Hastings has sold all his right,
title and interest in the firm OF Meek,
Hughes & Co., and is free from collect
ing or paying.
A complete list of laws passed by the
late Kansas Legislature Will be found
on an inside page.
Governor Martin has issued a procla-
nation setting apart Thursday, April
I'd, as arbor day.
Tb' Office is under obligations for
copy of the second annual report OF the
Board of Railway Commissioners.
The suns eclipse was visible at this
place last Monday morning at IL o clock'
and smoked glass was freely used.
Chas. E. Crane has been very sick
during the past two weeks, but the RE
FLECToR is pleased to state that he Is
slowly improving.
Ed Heathfield went to Kansas City
last Friday night, and the Auditor tells
MS that he spent Sunday with his best
girl at st. Joseph.
IF YOU want to buy good horses and
cattle. and farm implements, good as
new. 90 to Reagan's sale on March 3lst.
See his advertisement.
Remember that you can buy railroad
tickets to any point In the East as
cheap OF cheaper from i. II. D'Huy
than you can buy them in Kansas City.
Married.-March 10, '85, at the house
of the officiating minister, Rev. b. W.
Moore. Mr.. Thomas Dover and Miss
Anna NJ. Bush both ofKeystone, Dick
inson Co., Kansas.
Mr.. Beemer has moved the Singer Of
fee to his confectionery store on Cedar
street, south of the track, where ne can
be found ready to repair and furnish re-
pairs for all kinds of machines.
The place where you can buy the genu-
inc Singer is at the Singer Office on Ce-
dar street. south of track. Don't buy
a bogus. but call and see the genuine
High Arm Singer with no shuttle.
The Atwood, Colorado, Colony will
leave here to-day on the afternoon train
to look at the new town and the lands
surrounding il. The REFLECTOR can
not state how many people the colony
will number.
DIR. Bowers topic of discourse next
Sunday night will be, Three things
which no man of vicious habits can
possess, viz: A healthy body, a vigOr-
Gus mind, and happy home and do
nestle felicity.
NJ. V. Brilliant killed dog sup
posed to be mad last Sunday night after
coming home from church. The kill
ing was done by authority of the Mayor
During this mad dog epidemic it be-
hooveS our citizens to be watchful.
The REFLECTOR begins this week an
intensely interesting story, Face to
Face which will be continued through
several numbers Of the paper. The RE
FLECToR studies to please, and the at
tention of its readers is called to this
story.
Tommy Wilson says: "The Gazette
would like to know where Adam Shelter
has gone top And Tommy doesn't
know enough to know what is the mat
ter with his sentence. Tommy never
will be known as a margarine in Journ-
alism. On the contrary, he will always
he known as tumble-bug.
John Gartner, a boy about ten years
of age, while following the Pathfinder
band last Tuesday morning, was knock
ed down by horse attached to far
mer's wagon, the wagon wheel passing
over his head and cutting his scalp in
bad way. No bones were broken, how
ever, and the boy will be all right again
in few days.
There appeared in a Kansas City
Times of last week question sentfrom
Abilene, which read: SIS it bigamy
for a married man to marry an Indian
woman?'' The question was signed
81, W. to whom we would suggest
that all legal friction may be avoided
by having Tommy Wilson marry the
sQuaw.
The following gentlemen subscribed
for the REFLECTOR during the past
week: A. E. Moody, AthelStane, Clay
Co.. Ks; Samuel Derr, Oldframe,
Penn: John II. Plummer, keystone;
J. s. Wise, DR. L. G. Van Scoyoc, j.
Shadinger. Abilene. The REFLECTOR
studies to please. Hence its continued
growth.
Messrs. Bert & Martin have opened a
dry goods and grocery store in the room
formerly used by the postoffice. The
stock of goods is fresh and complete,
and the store room presents very at
tractive appearance. Messrs. Bert &
Martin are young business men of abil-
ity and are well and favorably known
to our readers. Give them call
The fair and supper to be given by the
militia boys on the evenings of March
Is and 26, promise to be very success
full and entertaining. Already large
number of articles have been contribut-
ed by our ladies, who seem to be taking
agratifying interest in Co. K. Among
other things, handsome baby carriage
is to be rallied for; gold headed canes
are to be voted to the most popular
minister and to the most popular can
didate for mayor, and silk tile is like
wise to be voted to the most popular
lawyer. There will be any number of