Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-09-05
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Haskell, girl.
RENow the evil doors will have
their penalties assessed.
RSheriff Nall is terror to all evil
doeis when once he gets on their tran.
k@Wait for the coming of the Ne
braska Horse Breeders association 10
Abilene.
GyThe campaign ball is on Its
travels now and will roll on to repuDh-
can victory.
n@The winners in the November
race are named at the head of our edl-
torial page.
a@Fall opens up with rain-an In
dication Of successful seeding and an
other prosperous year.
kEAbilene will not suffer for coal
this year. A new yard has been
sdrted on South Buckeye avenue.
kRProbate Judge Peck issued
marriage license to Albert BurkharI
and Thekla Spies, both of Enterprise
eEBorn. to Mr.. s. Mrs. w. F. Lebold.
atwelve-pound girl. Will makes be-
coming papa and reports everything
lovely.
decentralization to the 'front.'
There are no factions, no divisions ID
Dickinson county, all will work for the
whole ticket.
ssrThe old Herington soldiers pro-
nose to hire a special car in which to at
tend the Ellsworth reunion. The Adj
lepe bows should do the same thing
kSgDr. Ketchersid, of Hope, whom
il was thought was fatally i'll from
blood poisoning, the result of perform
ing a surgical operation, is recovering.
sa=Another street-car runaway took
Mace Saturday night on West Third.
The mules were badly scared and Shipe
is still too much excited to submit 10
an interview.
psrHog cholera is said to be raging
among the swine in Noble aud Hayes
townships, several prominent farmers
ON Chapman creek having lost much OF
their herds by the disease.
heg-Miss Schmitz, who sung Sun
day in the Lutheran church, charmed
all who heard her. She is the teacher
of voice culture i'll the County high
school and will evidently do fine work.
hGThe Bishop-Case stores have re-
ceived their plate glass fronts and Will
he in shape for the opening about Sept.
18th. The establishment will be the
largest and most complete In central
Kansas.
Hg The Salina papers give the rumoI
that q. w. C. Rohrer made big coal
mine deal in Missouri last week and
reaped a golden harvest. Abileneites
are used to Georges big deals Ton
paper, and will wait for further deVel'
Opments.
RgThe opening of the county higf
school at Chapman places III operation
the only institution of the kind in Kan
sas. if not in the world. Its success;
will be a success for Dickinson count!
and will attract attention to our excel
lent schools.
R~A confidence man pretendn g t.
be locking for a farm to purchase, Stol
$3.50 from John Ohloff, farmer Twin!
on LYONS creek, last week. He en-
tsred the house when the owner an,
his wife were out and took the cas-
from pocket hook.
gMost of the merchants of Hop
have Joined the Merchants Mercantll
Agency, the leading principle of whic
is that no member ''shall give credit t
a person who does not in some honOri
Bile manner, adjust his indebtedness
with another subscriber to the agency.
GCampbell's ElectiOReer, of kiowa
Kas., lowered the state record OF three
wear old trotterS on the Abilene trac
last week from 2:29i to 2:224. Ther
is little doubt that Abilene has tn
fastest track west of the Mississippi
The Chapman ring probably hold
second place. Chapman Courier.
~The colored people of Abi!en
will celebrate the 9th anniversary o
the emancipation proclamation with
picnic and gathering at the driving
park. Hon. John l.. Waller viii b
the orator of the day and other notable
will be present. Delegations from al
the leading cities of central Kansas ar
expected.
RTThe salt well will be sunk abou
five feet per day commencing tomorrow
The pumping can take out from % t
80 barrels an hour of brine and th
flow is steady. As the brine is one
fourth salt this means that the well a
now stands is good for two carloads o
salt per day. Better things are lOOke'
for, however.
gThe Salina Republican did littl
lying on its own account yesterday re
garding the White Caps, of Abilene
,-l fl,o CforS of Col;po Savipr Tho