The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-19
Chapman Chips.

bargains.
Well, it did break loose ali at once in
Chapman last week, and the scandal
will come out in due time.
Sheeran & Gum, Druggists and
Chemists.
Our grain market is booming.
Nobody catches any tishin the Smoky
this winter. How is that?
If the hard times keep on we are
afraid the church contribution boxes
and the ''sasSers'' passed at charitable
entertainments will suffer.
Those persons who are always talking
about thieves and watching their neigh
bors will sometimes bear lots of watch
ing themselves.
A blind woman sang at the COngre-
gational Church last Friday evening.
The city is improving, even in these
hard times.
There will be two fine new skating
Kinks opened soon. AS the ice goes,
get on the rollers.
Do the reports worry some of the
post Office applicants, or are they going
to withdraw?
Chapman has got bakery at last.
Russell 81 Fancher are busy getting
ready for new goods.
Have not heard man say 'shOo fly,
nor seen anybody strike at mosquito
since last November.
The false prophet hasn't got here
yet, but our two hardware merchants,
J. c. Scott and w. II. Roe, keep pitch
forks, powder and guns and you can 60
to either place and arm and equip and
ready when he does loom up.
Seaman, who sold to Whitehair Bros,
has gone to see the wonders at New
Orleans. Whitehair Bros. are making
improvements in the old store and fill
ing up their shelves with new goods.
One wash-woman has quit business
because she couldn't ''blue up" the
clothes to suit her neighbOrs. Who is
going to be the next one to retire?
The z. o. was well patroniZed on st.
Valentines day.
F.B. Lille & Co. are Chemists and
Druggists.
The elevators are quite full of grain
business.
T. ]. Foley, Billiard Hall.
Geo. Snyder will soon build large
two story residence near the depot.
John J. Ryan is now running a feed
and sale stable. e..
If you want to get painted all over in
fancy colOrs, go and see Sparks & Son.
The mugwump politicians are max
ing an effort to slough off, their old
garbs and now appear as democrats.
Makes no difference, they won't get
the post office. =. 80,
The best weather for the coal trade
trade that COrrell has ever enjoyed.
Quite a number of people are on the
sick list. Rheumatism is prevailing to
a greater extent than ever before.
Phillips sold his stock of goods to
,Jackman s. Humphrey, who will run
the business at Humphreys drug store.
DR.. Gum reports several patients as
having been dangerously sick during
the last week.
The ''feller'' (?l who wrote 1.-The
Beautiful Snow" wouldn't live two
minutes here since the last blizzard.
There is more counting going on to
the square inch in this town than ever
before. Brace up and splice before it
thaWS.
One of your subscribers had calls to
loan adOZen or more of the REFLECTORs
of last weeks issue. There is large
subscription list, here, too. The fact
is, the people at Chapman are going to
read them.
Adjoining towns will have to hurry
up or Chapman gets ahead. Come and
see the place, and its advantages, and
then invest where there is money to be
made, even in these hard times.
Rev. J. NJ. Wilson has put his flock
in charge of the deacons and gone to
see the Great Exposition.
Several ear loads of hogs and cattle
were shipped during the last week.
The steers and pOrkers will pay good
profits.
If YOU want send off in the news
paper about your new goods, then tip
the right sized coin to the editor. Don't
cost much.
The REFLECTOR is much inquired for
in Chapman.
A woman wants our post office. So
do three or four democrats. Sign up
your petitions and certain democrat
will 60 in and win at the home stretch.
1t is said that a peculiar itch is going
round and breaking out where least ex
pected. This itch is for little office
under Cleveland.
YerkeS says he will I'LL the town with
new goods. One or two dealers will
try and beat him. Go in and win. 1t
will pay anyone, who wants to meet
with success to advertise in the Re-
FLECTOR. =.
G. w. Hanson is running his black
smith shop with additional help.
Sheldon has started a new city, or
village, of corn cribs across the iron
bridge.
S. r. Hoag never rests, at any rate
his livery teams do not get much rest.
A man was bad enough to take a nice
coat off dummy in front of Yerkes &
Co. The only mean thing about it
was. ne took it on a warm day.
Chapman. unlike Abilene, does not
boast of any Vanderbilts or Roths-
childs, but it has good number Of en-
terprising business men.
When our city marshall puts a man
in the calaboose, he takes him out and
fixes the fine himself without consult
ing the Police Justice.