Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
CITY AND COUNTY.

The brick works at Enterprise are
turning out some excellent material.
Landis lost valuable horse
Saturday. 1t was overcome by the
heat.
Will Kapp, a young farmer of Hayes
township. was Frustrated by the heat
Friday but recovered and is around
again.
The plum stealers settled their case
Monday, pleading guilty and paying
an eight dollar fine each. Rather ex-
pensive fruit.
W. S. Hodge has traded large
amount of lands in this and Motifs
counties for rentable residence property
in Kansas City.
The time for the fall races is ap-
preaching. The track is III fine condl-
ton. the trotters are receiving their
training and everything points to
most successful occasion.
The Y. 2. C. A. of Hiawatha, will
hold Harvest Home at Lyona,
Thursday, August 9, 1888. John ID.
Engle, editor of the Chapman Courier,
delivers the principal address.
By vote of 20 to 10 the citizens of
Harrington on Tuesday voted to have
a solid brick school house-nO we
neered" structure. Harrington showed
lots of good sense by the action.
The boy who was reported lost last
week has been found at Manchester and
brought home by his father. He had
been entlced from home by another
older and more worthless boy.-LChap-
man Courier.
The tomato fields southeast of the
city are a sight to behold. These
acres upon acres of rank, strong plants
give promise Of an immense amount
of material for the canning factory.
Sheriff Naill captured near TT. Riley
Saturday night the two men who bur-
glarized Yerkes' store in Chapman.
He has them and the stolen goods safe
" housed in his select boarding estab-
lishment.
A handsome piece of femininity ar
rived Sunday night at the home of j.
S. Westfall, prominent farmer OF
Newbern township. All concerned are
doing excellently. Wesuggest that the
little lady be called Mortonia.
Notices are posted in Chapman an
ncuncing district bond election Sat
urday, Aug. 4th. The proposition to |
be voted upon is whether or not the
district shall issue bonds to the amount
of 81 200 for the purpose OF building
additional school room.
After the nomination of the county
officers general Republican rally will
be held in this city, at which time Sow
ernor Humphrey and other gentlemen
ON the State ticket will be present.
Prepare for a gathering of such proper
tions as to eclipse anything ever seen
in Dickinson county.
The Chapman Courier gets in good
hearty protest against using the public
school building for meetings of all sorts
political and otherwise. This is cor
rect. The people should have place
for such meetings or they come to look
upon the schoolhouse as general
catch.all for all kind of gatherings.
Postmaster Buchanan today began
the posting of United States signal
service weather indications. The
charts are sent by mail on the morning
and evening trains and give the barom-
eter and thermometer standings and
probable weather for the succeeding SO
hours. These reports will be OF much
benefit to our citizens.
One of Abilene,s most substantial
citizens, d. II. Metzger, enjoys the
honor of having had an active hand in
the 1910 campaign. He cheered with
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" with the
best of them, and will cheer just as
loudly this year for Tippecanoe's
grandson land Morton too" Who
else have We in the city that helped
elect VIM. Henry Harrison?
The following from the Usage City
Free Press can be appropriately re-
printed by every county paper in Kan
sas:
Now the corn crop is beyond danger
and will unquestionably be big, corpu
emit, fat and saucy, We hope our friends,
to whom we have been sending the
Free Press hit or miss, will scratch
around and pay us enough anyhow to
enable us to bridge over the summer.
We want but little here below, but we
want that little awful bad, just about
now.
Mondays Ball Game.