The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-22

Meek, Hughes & Co. have moved in
to theirnew building fronting on second
and third streets.
Our United Brethren friends are
holding an interesting revival in their
church on the south side.
Services in Baptist church every
evening of this week except Friday and
Saturday. Everyone will be welcome
to these services.
Fay Templeton tonight at the Opera
House in ''LaBelie COquette." Charm
ing Fay will be greeted by large and
fashionable audience.
J. B. Case has ceiled and painted his
double store room and otherwise i'm
proved it. j. b. is nothing If not ener-
getic and progressive.
Attention clerks and business men.
take your supper next Friday evening
at the Baptist church. Oysters, stewed
and fried, cold meats, ice cream and
cake.
The Dickinson County Sunday School
Institute will be held in this city, Jan.
2Sth and 10Th. y very interesting pro-
gramme has has been prepared for
the occasion.
Services next Sunday morning at the
Baptist Church at eleven O clock. Sub
ject of sermon, christianity and Wom
an" The ladies are especially invited
to be present.
Children's Mass Meeting at Chris
tian Church every Saturday at p. m,
conducted by pastor. Object Of these
meetings is to teach children to sing,
speak, etc. No charges. All children
invited to attend.
Social and supper at the Baptist
chur, III next Friday evening. Supper
will be served from six O'Clock till all
who wis for good square meal have
had one. The Alert Band will furnish
music for the occasion.
The REFLEC.. VoR presents its read
ers this week with a very interesting
letter from Chapman ana we are pleas
ed to say that they v III Oe continued:
Our Chapman cOrrespOl uelt Is one Vi
the best writers in the co Wl'y'
J. 3. Kelley went to Topeh alaSt Mon
day for the purpose of indulgi. Y III elllll-
eral baths. Mr.. Kelley is suffer. og rom
an attack Of rheumatism and - NE
FLECToR trusts that the baths viii e
store him to health.
The REFLECTOR would tenderl in |
form its esteemed contemporary, the Ga |
zette that w. S.HOdge and not the Wom- |
an is ahead in the race for the postOfice.
w. S. has new commission. The |
Government would not accept his res
ignation.
Elder Love, assisted by. Ed. Geo. L.
Dew, of Hiawatha. will commence Il
prOtracted meeting in the Christian
church i'll this city next Sunday at ii
a. m. Preaching every evening through
the week and over the following Sunday.
All are cordially invited to these meet
ingS.
Geo. WilSey, of Hayes, left on We'd
nesday for his old home III Salem, Ind.
Geo. hasn't been at home before for
nine years, and the REFLECTOR wishes
him pleasant and happy visit. On the
same day Dick RuSe and family left |
for a visit to relatives and friends in
Ohio.
warning from the Hendricks damage |
suit and make an effort to repair the
sidewalks which have become an abOm- |
ination in every part of town. The
irregularities of our sidewalks are con-
slant sources Of danger, and while they |
last the city is never free from the dan |
OF rs Of suit for damages.
NJ, aSsrS. Crawford Moore, one of the |
largest farmers of LeavenwOrth county. |
and Ed. Russell, of Lawrence. We're in |
the citv T, 1esday to attend meeting of |
fine directors of the Kansas Farmers |
Nutual insure nee Co. Mr.. Moore, be- |
sides being a very prosperous business |
man and farmer. is full-blOOded demo- |
crat.
In the case of Miss Ida Hendricks
against the city of Abilene, an action |
brought in the district court to recover |
damages for injuries received from a !
defective sidewalk. the jury on last |
Tuesday awarded the plaintiff the sum
of S51O.25. The amount sued for was
$4,000. The verdict Of the jury was
light when the damnable condition of
our sidewalks is taken into cOnSidera-
ton, and the city may consider itself
lucky in escaping so easily.
a gentleman was in town last Thursday
Nfa has lost $4,000 worth of cattle in
Cove county. He says that there are
10 inches of snow covering the western
a-ozi og counties, and that underneath
S- enc is a hard crust Of ice and
Sio 1 VIII 'ch prevents the cattle from
reaching fine grass. AS consequence
of +bn c0Id we 7ther and want of food.
thousands of cah 1e have persisted. This
;s sod as we'll as =, disastrous fact. The
present winter is said 70 ne the nardeSt
one that has visited Kali, N1S curing Tie
past ten years.
1t seems that our democrat. { IrIeIIuS
of Chapman are after the pos, oluce
at that city, and Geo. Snyder the res
ent p. NJ. doesn't want to give it u
One would naturally suppose that
a becoming regard for the eternal fitness
on things would create in Mr.. Snyder
bu. ming desire for the pleasures of pri-
yate life. Why should Mr.. Snyder,
who is a republican, wish to retain Of
fee under an administration which he
tried to defeat? An uncharitable per-
son would say that Mr.. Snyder. in his
effort to hold his position, was not only
s'hCngry'' but extremely ''hoggish."
There are democrats in Chapman who
are eminently qualified for the position
of postmaster, and Mr.. Snyder should
vield gracefully to one of them, This