Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-28

It only needs an icy bow
To make you boiling hot.
The Indian summer seems TO have
just arrived.
The Hope schools will soon have a
public library, so says the Dispatch.
Manchester has the stars and
stripes floating over its new school
building.
The boys are coming out in silk
tiles in a manner that makes the eyes
of newspaper man, who can't afford
one, water.
The Knapp livery stable has been
leased by W. S. Badger who is now in
charge. 1t goes without saying that
he will make it a big success.
-Mollie Russell, the fast FLY belong
ing to NJ. H. Foss, of Junction City,
has been returned for training under
II. Strawn on Abilene's track.
/ The Abilene friends of Mrs. W.. L.
Miller, of Topeka, will be sorry to learn
she has been suffering with infamma-
tory rheumatism for month past.
= The ladies of the Presbyterian
Aid society heartily return thanks to
all who in any way assisted them in
making the Perry concerts success.
Judge Peck issued marriage
licenses to Peter j. Erickson and Annie
Olson, both of Enterprise; and August
Cent? and Emma DrawanZ, of Hope.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Baker wish to
thank the friends and neighbOrs who so
kindly assisted them during then
recent bereavement in the death of
their son Charlie.
-Messrs. Olney, Gray and Keats ship
their flyers to Topeka tonight over the
Union Pacific. They have spent some
months here training the horses on Abb
iiene's fne track.
- car load of Dickinson horses left
asst night for Rochester, New York,
from this city. The horse raising
Industry is becoming one of the most
profitable in the county.
-uollar, the baker, is living high
nowadays. He killed 2lpUuud coon
the f0ur-legged variety-in his hen
house last night. The animal took too
big risks on chicken stealing that time
State journal: Mollie Russell is
the idol Of Abilene. Mollie Russell is
a 2-year Old FLY, and the other day she
trotted the fastest fifth heat ever known
for 2-year-Olds in the. west. The time
was 2:362, The last quarter in 364.
The suggestion of our Enterprise
correspondent that Dickinson county |
win the State Teachers association |
prize flag is a good one. The flag will
be presented to the county having the
largest delegation present at the annual
meeting in December.
The county clerk has issued 225
election certificates to persons elected |
to various Offices in the county at the
recent election. As an equal number |
must have been defeated it appears
that about one voter in six must have
been running for office.
The Topolobampo column of the
Topeka Jeffersonian says: Mrs. Elisa
beth Thurstin, of Hope, will go out with |
the November party to join her hus-
band who went last February, and
who is greatly pleased with the coun-
try, prospects and people"
While Gulick's thoroughbred drug
clerk, John Witt, was cleaning a Der
ringer this afternoon, the weapon was
accidentally discharged, inficting a |
painful but not serious wound on Johns
right hand. He will hereafter confne
himself strictly to mixing pills and soda |
water,
Cyrus Chapter, r. A. NJ, held an
enjoyable meeting last night. A quar-
tette of novitiates were up from Hope,
Messrs. II. Nickles, Harry Irwin, DR..
J. n. Ketchersid and W. A. Hawley,
all of whom were permitted to ride the
goat in the most approved style and
with all the modern extra lourishes.
We have it on good authority that
the young Abilene groom who received
so many postal cards while on his we'd
ding slower" asking if marriage was
failure, has prepared the following
answer, which is given to all inquirers:
SIS marriage failureP" 1 asked my
sweet wife. Not long for her judgment
1 waited: "Why, no, dear, of course
it is not-in our case-because we've
been married-and mated"
MIR. and Mrs. j. II. Brady enter
tanned large company of young people