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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

The following is a list of Kansas
patriots who are willing to sacrifice
themselves for the public good:
GOVERNOR. B. johnson of Topeka,
L. U. Humphrey Of Independence, D.
r. Anthony of Leavenworth, S. B.
Bradford of Carbonate, T. T. Taylor
of Hutchinson, d. B. Long of Els
worth, David Taylor of Enporia,
George II. Case of Mankato, George s.
Green of Manhattan, M. M. Murdoch
of Wichita, A. w. Smith of McPher-
son.
Justice of the Supreme Court-W.
A. Johnson of Minneapolis.
Lieutenant Governor-A. j. Felt of
Seneca, R. NJ. Picker of Smith Center,
A. J. Hoisington Of Garden City, S. S.
Cooper of Oskaloosa.
Secretary of State-W. T. Cavanaugh
of Topeka, Noble Prentis of Newton,
Charles A. Norton of Beloit, William
Higgins of Topeka, Henry Brandley OF
Chase County, Duncan Holiday of OF
tawa.
State Treasurer-James w. Hamil-
ton of Wellington.
State Auditor Timothy Mccarthy
of Larned.
Attorney General. B. Kellogg of
Emporia, Thomas W. Heatley of Kan
sas City, C. Z. Lobdell of Dighton, 7.
G. Corey of Labette. J. W. Suther-
land of Wilson County.
Superintendent of Public instruction
George w. Jones of Mound City,
John Macdonald of Topeka, E. Stan
ley of Lawrence, Mrs. A. j. Carruthers
of Salina, G.. W. Winans of junction
City, John Greendyke of Dodge City,
William Wheeler of Wallace.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

Mr.. Honk, of Tennessee, made a
happy hit in Congress- the other day
when, in speaking of Democratic dou-
ble-dealing, he remarked:
Heretofore in protection States they
have said, Here is our platform in ia
vor of protection" showing them the
protection end; but when they came to
the cotton belt they said, here is the
Democratic platform in favor of free
trade, Showing themthe free-trade end.
But if they cut off the protection end
and nothing is left but the free-trade
end, we will have an easy time during
the election down in my State. They
will be no longer lodging the issue, but
they will have to stand right square up
to the free-trade platform. They can
no longer sing the old song, and they
can no longer follow the action indi-
Gated of double dealing, protesting one
thing here and another there. They
have
Wired in and wired out,
And left the Nation still in doubt
Whether the snake that made track
Was going south or coming back
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24
County Convention.

A Republican county convention will be held
in the court house in Abilene, on Saturday,
April q, 1883 at IL O'Clock. a. m, for the pur-
pose of choosing delegates and alternates to
represent the Republican party of Dickinson
county. as follows:
Six (6) delegates and six 90 alternates to at.
tend the Republicad State Convention to be
held at Topeka, Kansas, on July Is, 1888, to
nominate a candidate for the office of gov
ernor, state treasurer. auditor of state and
other state officers.
be selected by the holding of Republican pri-
mary elections in the various voting precincts
and wards. as has been customary for a mum.
Der of years past, on Thursday, April %. 1888
m.
The basis of representation shall be one del
egate for each 30 votes cast for E. B. Allen
secretary of state, at the election of Novem-
Der, 1886, which will give the following appor-
tionment to the several voting precincts il
Dickinson county:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

Senator Blair's bill for the observance
of Sunday, provides that, though in
piping times of peace" no mail shall
be transported or delivered, yet when
"any letter relates to work of necessity
or mercy, or to the peril of any person,
and the fact is stated on the envelope,
the postmaster general shall make az
rangements for transportation, etc"
If this law goes into effect it will be in
order for every business house to pro-
cure a rubber stamp and mark each
missive Life and death message-de-
liver at earliest possible moment
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24
State Convention.

A delegate convention of the Republi-
cans of Kansas Will be held in the city of Tope-
ka, on July Is, 1883, at the hour of II O'Clock,
m, for the nomination of candidates for
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
Governor,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State,
Auditor of State,
Treasurer of State,
Attorney General
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Delegates to the conventions mentioned
above shall be elected by county conventions,
duly called by the several county Republican
committees, under such rules and regulations
as may be by them prescribed. The county
conventions to be held not later than May 5,
1888. The basis of apportionment of delegates
to said State conventions will be one alternate
to each 400 votes cast for Timothy Mccarthy,
for Auditor of State, November, 1885, or frac-
ton of 200 or more votes. One delegate and
one alternate each will be allowed to all unor-
ganized counties, and counties organized since
to the several counties as follows, to-wit:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

Now, it is reported that if Gen.
Gresham is nominated by the Repub-
licans, George William Curtis, Har-
per's Weekly, the Evening Post, the
New York Sun, the New York World,
and possibly the Times will give their
support to Mr.. Gresham. Well, we
may as well elect by reclamation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

The voters of Kansas who are in favor of a
free and untrammeled vote and fair count
who favor the strict enforcement of the law,
who cherish the defenders of the country and
favor a liberal pension to all who are disabled
who favor such laws as will protect heme pro-
auctions, home manufacturers and home
labor, who favor free schools and popular edu-
cation, and who are in favor of again placing
the government in the hands of those who
saved it instead of those who sought its de-
struction, are cordially invited to participate
in the primaries, county and State conven-
tiOns. p. /. BONEBRAKE, Chairman.
HENRY BRANDLEY, Secretary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

According to our e. c., the Democrat
ic press must be made up mostly of
d. f's, for it processes to be Totally in
the dark regarding the anti-Cleveland
"hint" promulgated by the aforesaid
e. C. few days ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24
Righteous Indignation.
Major Hudson sends up the TO.
wall in the Sunday Capital:

~AoJoA huuooh 0Ohoo ny WIZ ASAAo" Ah6
wall in the Sunday Capital:
There is no more comprehensive bore
than the gentleman who imagines that
the newspaper man has an inexhaust-
ible supply of leisure on hand at all
times, and that he is fairly dying for
some fellow to drop in and spin yarns
with him. The average editor, besides
keeping the flies off his vile contempt
rary, is kept pretty busy hunting up
the stuff that makes a newsy paper,
especially when the country is overrun
with candidates,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24

Marion. Kas., has standing offer
of 100000 for the State capital.
And no doubt Marion would be ready
and willing to pay s. 900 or more of it
down. If Topeka wants to sell, now is
her time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24
Tourist Tickets.

Round trip tickets over the Santa Fee
to Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs
and Trinidad at s24.0O, are now on sale
via the popular Santa Fe route. The
Trinidad tickets include a free ride to
Pueblo and return. Tickets will also
be on sale to all other prominent points
in Colorado and Utah. For further in
formation call on or address the local
agent, J. G. LYETH,
Mulberry street, Abilene, Kas.
Stationery as you want it at Sewell's.
21dd&W-tf
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30
DAKOTA COMBINATIONS

Ha ~
Sioux Falls has secured "a wooden mill,
which is to move IN from Wisconsin.
At Highmore the grand Jury indicted
ex-Oounty Treasurer Homer James for
the g excitement of county funds.
The case Of ex.P Postmaster McNana-
re- at Minot is not so serious as at ftst
reported. It is more a case of careless
bookkeeping.
A shirt factory at. Wstertown belong
ing to Hon. Ii. r. Pease was burned
early Sunday morning. Loss, $4,000;
partially Insured.
The New England city syndicate Of
Hettinger county will control as much
land as any syndicate in Dakota. Its
contract calls for 700 900 acres.
johnson O. .Nickeus is an independent
candidate for district attorney in Suits
man county. He claims he was unfairly
defeated in the republican convention.
A recent boring for coal in Mclean
county, on the upper Missouri river,
disclosed ak veins OF Ignite at q depth
of 20 to 1914 feet. They are 2, 8, s and
Ii feet thick,
The preliminary hearing in the cases
OF Telford, Young and Niokerson, who
are connected with the recent attempt
to rob the Homestake pay car, is now in
progress in Deadwood.
Ex-Territorial Treasurer Raymond
has been promoted to the presidency of
the Minneapolis National Bank of Com
meroe, one of the leading financial in
situations Of the -four city.
The democratic county convention
at Mandan passed a resolution urging
the division of the territory on the Mis-
souri, river, the admission OF the eastern
half as a state and the creation OF the
territory OF Mandan out ofthe western
part.
The Stark county republican conven-
tion nominated county officers as fol-
lows: Thomas Evans, register of deeds;
j, g. Campbell, district attorney; Nor.
aAn oosaosous cuchih ls SolcbuEus dsboS'
sor; e. r. Bonny Judge Of probate.
Jerry Krohryhtur, a threshing hand
who robbed the houses OF four farmers
in Brainerd township, Brown county,
was arrested OF Aberdeen as he was
about to take the train. He had shaved
clean and changed his clothes, but his
nervousness betrayed him to the officer
who followed him to the city.
A sensation was caused OF Pl~ankinton
last week by the report that Frank An.
drews, q we'll to do young farmer living
two miles east OF town had attempted to
suicide by shooting himself. DR.. Brown
was called and after making an examIn-
alton found that the ball had struck @
rib and glanced backward, thus saving
the young mans life.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30
LOCAL opylDN.

. ...- - ...-## s--
The Evidence ora Community that has
Given the Territorial Prohibition Law
One Years Trial,
Huron Dak.) Herald: One OF the
things to be decided by the voters of this
county in November, is whether we will
continue "local option"
Ii is an important question because is
affects our people both morally and
financially. 1t is most desirable to have
temperance, and even prohibition, were
the latter possible, but to continue a law
80 loosely drawn as the present local
option law is the height of folly. Where
the people vote to adopt this lew, they
put the liquor traffic under no restraint.
This has been demonstrated in every
county in this territory where IL has
been tried. Yon vote local option and
you practically repeal all the wholesome
Legislation upon the traffic in ~intoxica-
ting liquors found in the general terri
torial statutes. In the city of Huron the
reg ~ulation of the Gale of liquors 10 taken
ont OF the hands OF the municipal au-
thoEities by the operation OF the local
option law.
By voting for local option you place
the control of the liquor traffic under a
law that Is q fraud upon the people. a
law that is SO imperfect as to render its
%prohlbitory features nugatory.
Then what do you have? What have
you had in Beadle county since its adop-
tionP Whisky and beer sold and given
away on every hand in open violation oil
law. IL LAS been sold end given away
in every town in the county with i'm.
punity. Boys under the age of 81 years
have been getting 1t at pleasure and
forming the drink habit. Private rooms
all over this CITY are made convenient
places where liquor has been sold OF
given away.
The law has been secretly and openly
violated and its enforcement has failed
largely through its own weakness and
inefficiency.
Coupled with all this, the county hal
been burdened by expensive attempts d
enforcement of the Law, and at the sams
time taxation has greatly increased
owing to the loss OF revenue and In
creased court expenses in the abortivt
attempts ct enforcement of the law.
In other words, local option, under tht
present law, means open and hagran
violation Of the Law and at the sam
time unnecessary and heavy BURDEN
upon she tax payers OF the county
The people suffer the heavy burdens o
increased taxation and loss OF revenue
while the community is debauched b.
free whisky and uninterrupted yiolatio,
OF law. The moral effect o
such q state OF affairs ia mos
deplorable in any community. It breed
contempt for any law; opens the wa.
for the commission OF Rraver offense
against society, and above ali, blunts II
the mind OF the public that regard 70
the law so essential to the moral an
temporal welfare of any regulated com
immunity. In making up your minds upo
this question let reason and commo
senBs control you, and not sentiment
If you vote for local option you yot
! against true Temperance in this count,
Place the liquor traffic under restriction
and hold il to the law and you have til
next thing to prohibition.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30

Fort Scott Monitor, Feb. II: Patter-
son struck q lead when when he secured
the celebrated Beach & Bowers Minis
trels for a date, and the crowded house
last night t~estifies to the appreciation OF
this community of a really good thing.
AS their advertisement reads, they
haven's got forty performers-only
twenty, but each one is q full team, and
they ought to have credit for the whole
forty. Their amusement bill of fare is
q general melanRe Of comic and pathetic
songs, beautiful and striking instrument
tai music, comedy and opera. sandwiched
| with the trained antics OF the most in
telligent lot OF dogs ever before pre-
| sented to an audience. The tricks and
performances of the dogs were truly
| wonderful, end almost oonylnce one that
animal instinct is nearly on q level with
q higher animal intelligence, The final
burleeque of Theodore Thomas opera is
a new thing, original with this company,
and about as comical and Imaginable as
any performance could possibly be.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30
HUTCHINSON COUNTY AFFAIRS.

81 few Noteworthy Features in loeal
Politics. The Record of one of Our
Former Legislative Members.
Freeman, Hutchinson county, OAK,
October 20. 1SSS-To the Press and Da-
kosaIsn: 1t being entirely toe dry and
the ground too hard to stir the ground
with q pillow the farmers of old Hutch
inson county are giving special atten.
ton to stirring old political hacks and
preparing for an almost general change
IN the incumbenoy OF our county officers
The result is that all the old politicians
OF the county are this fall all "bolters"
without aus as o last resort and at
their head stands the politically no.
torious A. Sheridan Jones, ex-territo-
rial superintendent, and ex-holdes OF q
halt a dozen valuable and important
county offices and pretended chief OF
the sSsg possessors.
The Psrkston republican county son.
vention of the 10Th inst. produced the
most satisfactory nominated county
ticket ever nominated in the history of
the county, in that its selections we're
generally new and efficient, honorable
men, with every quarter of tue county
represented and the farmers with full
place, things which we're unknown under
the old Jones clique rule. No man needs
any better evidence of the entire lack OF
fidelity to republican principles in Mr..
Jones and his few followers than their
encouragement and organization Of
boilers" tickets solely because in an
honorable race the rep lblicans of the
county in convention nt L rkston fairly
beat them and defeated tbs hitherto
usual Jones performances in county
conventions.
A Sheridan Jones has been the re-
! cipient of more honors, fsvors and profits
at the hands of the republican party
in Dakota than any other man in south
Dakota and in I fer this he DIS
graced the republican administration of
Governor Pierce by letting to himself
printing contracts aud by granting mum.
berless territorial certificates to teachers
b yretnrn mail upon receipt OF five dollars.
He also seriously damaged south Dako.
kota by being suddenly seized with an
apparent sense OF g%oneness in the knees
and other extremities where his vote as
councilman was required in the interest
of south Dakota at Bismarck as the
! public will remember. In the face of
all past honors and profits Mr., Jones in
the last issue of his paper declares him
felt without excuse o 'boiter' OF the
Parkston nomination and he is to-day
| without cause expressed or otherwise
the king of boilers in Hutchinson
county.
The interests OF Yankton county poll.
tlcslly and otherwise are so Intimate and
inter with those of Hutchinson that
it is we'll for the republicans of Yankton
county as well as of the entire Legislative
district to reour to the past record Of
A. Sheridan Jones and note his present
acts upon the tablets of their memories,
and especially that those not thoroughly
acquainted With the history Of the dis
trict may have q more definite idea Of
this celebrated political parasite and
tenacious barnaole.
Very Respectfully,
FARMER.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30

OF a cent OF the prices on this date last
inoh'h. Flax has advanced and So
aiah as Sl,30 vas paid in Yauktoo to.
day.
Arrangements ave being made through
sne Two loiitical clubs for a joint meet
lag OF republicans and democrats at
Turner hail q week from Tonight, The
evening will be devoted to the receipt
OF te%legraphlc information from the
states relativesto the election of Tuesday
and The meeting will hold late. A wire
Will be run into the hall and the news
will be given red hot from the stage.
This will be- the most interesting pollti-
cal gathering of the campaign.
Handsome club apartments are being
hsted up in the rear suite Of rooms in
the second story of Danforth's new brick,
to be occupied by a club of Engiishmen.
These apartments are to be deliberately
furnished and decorated. One room
will contain u billiard table, another will
be q lounging and reading room end q
third Will contain some card tables,
They are to be lighted by electricity
and heated by steam and in every wey
made comfortable by night and by day.
To-day the United States land Office
is being transferred from Its ancient
quarters on Douglas avenue to new and
iuxurions apartments in the second
story of Dsnforth's new Third street
block. The new quarters are provided
with steam heat, water from the mains
and the various Injuries which modern
architecture now involves in construc-
tios. When you see the receiver OF the
establishment down on his marrow bones
trying to blow the fire into a blaze
through the rent valve of a steam ra.
dlasor You can clnclude that his JEFF
fersonian simplicity has not kept pace
with the developments OF science.
Last year Fred Burgi captured a
swarm of wild, unframed bees and de-
voted himself to the task Of domestica-
ting them. How we'll he has succeeded
people who have met and failed to
recognizs Mr. BuFgi during the past few
days can Judge. He went ont to bank
mp their hive, a few days ago, and
other wise prepare them for the suspected
approach of winter, when they sailed
forth and entered their unanimous pro-
test, tail end first. Mr.. BnrRi's coun-
tensnce responded TO the treatment and
took on the appearance OF a csrminated
toy balloon. He fought his ASSISTANTS
vigorously, but the bees whacks he put
! n were sadly u~uaYaiIinp.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30
AFOo RACE EPISODE.
DefcRt of Yankt0n's Champion by
RlOndp Rustie from Gentrayflla

Defeat of Yankt0n's Champion by a
Blonde Rustic from Centreville.
Sporting orioles were very much
agitated last evening over a foot race
which occurred during the afternoon OF
the fair grounds ont on the prairie.
Yankton has a local celebrity in the
foot racing line, named Michael Welch,
who as a hundred yard stopper comes
very close to the best recorded time,
Els euooess in previous encounters at
sracted to Ysnkton a youthful blonde
gentleman OF u~nasHuming demeanor and
rustic ways, who announced himself as
Charles Fleming, q resident of Center
vile, over in Turner county. He thought
he could run soms and talked over his
confidence in his leg power in such q
way as to provide q match between him
self and Michael Welch, about 9 hundred
aud fifty dollars being stsked on the re-
suit. A select party went out to the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon to see
WEIGH do up thu cheeky oountryman.
The runners were placed for q run OF
a hundred yards and at the SIGMA! % 90
the Centreville rustic made a forward
leap of three or four yards before
the Yankton champion had pnlled
himself together for his "trip
over the course. This distances
the stranger maintained down the entire
stretch and WEIGH and his hackers wer.
compelled to part with their cash. II was
argued by them in the hour of defeat
that WEIGH might have closed the gar
il he had had about twenty-five yards
more room. But as it was the stranger
carried OF the honors and the wealth.
In the evening there was considerable
excitement in Kelly's saloon under the
Morrison, where the sports gathered tt
talk oyer the incident. The stranger
from Oensreville was on hand and in {
difident way saddle was willing to make
another hundred yard race to-day TO
fifty dollars q side. Some objection wa!
offered to so close a date and the blond,
stranger then said be would make tn
run Saturday. This was rejected ant
he then offered to run four weeks hepc
for $500 q side and give Welch five yardi
start on o run OF a hundred yards. Their
were no takers, Welch declining to run
and the discussion closed.
1t has since been learned that thi
blonde runner from Oentreville is no
from Centreville and LIS name ia no
CHARLES Fleming. He is from Counc
Bluffs and his name is Charley RosI
We desire to remark to Charley that hi
father has been looking for him q grea
many years and Will be immensely plea'
ed to fad that he has of last besn founs
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30
Benefit Concert.

- PROGRAMME -
PART
Piano Forte Solo Finale Sonata MOL, Beethoven
DR.. FLA. Brecht.
Trio-Violin Finite and Piano, Gounod
Messrs. Romanes Eccles & Brecht.
Aria-.Non pin andrai" Mozart.
Prof. E.. NJ Young.
Violin solo-a-Cavatina, T. Raft.
-b-Spanlsh Dance, No 1, Moszkow-
ski.
Mr. f Romanes.
Song-"Hy brias the Cretan'' : : : Elliott
Mr.. Geo. Wilson.
Quartette-Andante and Variations. : Haydn.
Op. rs, No. 5.
Measrs. Balzar, Romanes, Weber and Coke.
Interval of five minutes.
Misses. l.. and a.. East, Burns, Hand,
Messrs, Geo. r. Scougal and II. FL
Ter. Piano, Mrs. W. y. Bcougal, Firet
Yiolins Messys. Balzar and Romanes.
End violin. Mr.. Weser. Yiolircello,
MIR, Coke, Conductor, W. h. Scougal.
Mrs. e. Nj. Young. Flute obligsto Mi.
Eccles.
~Trio-Andante from Concerto No. 2, : Bach.
Messrs. Romanes, Coke and Wilson.
Song-"TelI her l love her So" P. deFaye
Mr.. Geo. Wilson.
T~rio-Andante in Z, No. /. : Mendelsohn
Messrs. Romanes, Coke and Breobt.
The piano for this concert has been kindly
lent by Mr.. Wagner.
Concert to at 8 O'Clock promptly,
carriages at 10 p. m.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-30
Dakota Berore the s1st coprress.

Dakota Before the SIst Congress-.
l., Houss called TO order by former
speaker.
Q. Election of speaker.
5. Song.
4. Bill for division and admission of
Dakota presented by j. F. Hall, sup.
ported by E. D. Durand and e. d. Gray.
Bill opposed by R, b. Cooley, E. Burgi
and E. D. Disbrow.
5. Song.
6. Voting on bill.
Z. Song.
BY Yankton college students and
teachers at republican club rooms, Saw
yer's block. Saturday evening Nov. 3,
1888. Admission % cents. Children Is
cents.