The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-23
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

rents near Junction City.
Rev. W. II. Snyder. of Georgetown
Colo, arrived in the city last Tuesday.
His many friends are glad to see him
Messrs. Sterl & Zahner bought the
Gazette building of Y. p. Wilson & Sons
for consideration Of eight thousand
dollars.
w. r. Dryer arrived in Abilene last
Saturday morning on one Of his periOdi-
cal visits. 1t seems natural to see him
about.
There will be no services in the
Christian church on Sunday morning.
Services viii be held on Sunday even
ing as usual.
Robbie. aged three months, son Of
J. r. Wilson, died last Sunday morn
ing. Thus lovely flower was plucked
to bloom in paradise.
Hodge Bros. invite your attention to
what they have to say in another col
umn about corn planters and cultiVatOTS.
1t will doubtless be interesting reading
to farmers.
Messrs. 5. L. Fogg and Wright, Of
CrestOn. Iowa, were visitors in Abilene
on Saturday. They were highly pleased
with our appearance as a city and with
Kansas in general.
The REFLECTOR was pleased to see
!. y. Burton, of Jefferson. on the streets
last Saturday. j. y. doesn't walk with
his old vigOr and decision Of movement,
but he is rapidly recovering from the
effects Of his hurt.
Mr.. Samuel Pyke was a REFLECTOR
caller last Saturday. IIemade his regu-
lar yearly report of eggs and butter sold
and it is a good one. Besides what was
used for family use he sold last year
705 dozen Of eggs, and 631 pounds of
butter from three COWS.
While loading a four barrel 22-calibre
revolver last Sunday, J. T. Lands ac-
cidentally shot himself through the palm
of his left hand. The ball penetrated
to his wrist where it still remains. The
wound will probably give him stiff
wrist Mr.. Lands is a single man and |
lives seven miles south of town.
J. S. Hollinger, Esq, was in town |
last Saturday. 1t is his opinion that |
Dickinson county will have only half |
a crop of wheat. He has 800 acres of |
wheat which look good. and 200 which !
promise but very little wheat. He has
$4,000 bushels of Old wheat which he is
holding for high market.
The enervatiOn and lassitude of spring
time are but indications of the sluggish
action of the blood, overloaded with
carbonateS accumulated by the use of
heating food in winter. This condition
may be remedied by the use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla the best blood purifier
known.
Two distinguished inralids, DR.. W.
n. King and W. 5. Hodge. Sauntered
into the pOSt-Oilice last Monday after
noon and were warmly greeted by their
friends. The gentlemen have had
hard and long siege of it and the RE-
FLECTOR hopes that their improvement
may be rapid.
The REFLECTOR would like TO say to
those of its foreign subscribers who
have written for our premium state
map, that the map cannot be sent
through the mails. being already mount
ed and therefore entirely too long for
the mail sacks. If requested. we will
send maps by express to our foreign
subscribers who have paid one year in
advance.
Mr.. Ezra NJ. Miller, writing to the
REFLECTOR from Hanover. Penn. says:
81 like to read the REFLECTOR every
week. and | get it regular. We had a
very hard winter. The grain crop looks
poor. Grain is selling at low price
wheat 81 cents, corn IS cents, rye 80
cents: and land at $3.50. an acre. So
the land is too high for the price of the
grain"
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
held a very pleasant missionary tea and |
social on Friday evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. J. G.. Hamaker. The ,
skill of the ladies in furnishing nice re-
on such occasions is so well |
known that it is unnecessary to say that
the supper was excellent. The mission 5
airy society are assisting in the educa- ]
ton of an Indian boy down in the .
Territory.
The Century Company have wisely
decided to abolish the custom of issuing
their magazine before the month for
which it is due. Hence, the Century ,
for May will not appear until the first
of the month. instead Of the twentieth
of the previous one as heretofore. It's !
a sensible thing to do, and it is to be I
hoped that other publishers of monthly
and weekly periodicals viii adopt the +
same plan.
Mrs. Porter. one of our most fashion
able millinerS, left last Saturday for
Chicago and other eastern markets and
will return Friday with the largest as I
sortment of fashionable summer millin-
cry goods ever offered to the ladies of
Abilene and surrounding country. La
dies will certainly avail themselves of
this opportunity to call and inspect Mrs.
Porter's bazaar of fashionable goods.
The Farmers Lumber ward. l. s. !
Hallam in charge, has the largest stock
of lumber of all kinds to be found in
Dickinson county. The cheapest as
well as the best lumber for building
purposes of all kinds. Those of our
readers who contemplate building a
barn, stable, house. fence or anything
requiring lumber, will find it to their
to call on Mr.. Hallam at the
yard of the Farmers Lumber Company,
Abilene.
The Prof. Tillotson benefit concert to
be given in the Opera House on the even