Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-24
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

These are soft days on the hard
boiled shirt.
There is one consolation there
will be cool Christmas.
The Rock Island is the official route
of the G. a. r. to the Boston encamp-
ment.
The Johns carriage factory reports
work as brisk. The downtown ware
rooms are success.
e. G. Bowling has had his violin
shipped to Washington, as he expects
to remain there for year or more.
The hum of the threshing machine
is heard all around the city. Wheat is
averaging between 80 and 40 bushels.
C. w. Shaffer, the architect is pre-
pairing plans for an elegant basement
room under the Abilene Bank corner.
The Abilene Bridge Company was
given a contract by the commissioners
of Clay county last week for a $1,000
bridge.
Chapman brags on its high market
for grain and claims to pay better
prices than the neighboring cities. We
doubt if it can beat Abilene a single
point.
The Santa Fe is having the sand
hills northwest Of town graded down,
and taking the sand to New Cambria,
to use on the road.
The Saline county alliance has de-
cided not to put ticket in the field
but to stick to their principles as en-
bodied in their bylaws and platform.
No one has dared wear a silk sash
in Abilene yet though it is reported
that one of the county officials was seen
with one on while in an eastern city a
few days ago.
The circulation of the REFLECTOR
is increasing at a rapid rate. Honest
advocacy of ones honest convictions
is what the people want and the RE-
FLECToR is trying to fill the bill.
-Thos. Young and Miss Susan Bow
yer, two of Flora townships brightest
young people, were married last week.
They deserve much happiness and will
have it if the good wishes showered
4I,oy,, oro fpIGlIaI
"A croquet set has been put up in
the court. house yard aud the leisure
moments of the officials are spent in
the pleasurable pastime of gOOd-natured
contests. Supt. Ford is acknowledged
to be the most scientific manipul~tor.
The alliance politicians are getting
around pretty lively nowadays.
Speech making and wire pulling occupy
about all of their time. If some of
them don't get the nomination they
are after there will be "wailing and
crashing of teeth"
"A fine place to spend an enjoyable
morning is at the race track seeing the
trotting of the large string of horses
now in training. A four-year old this
morning made a trial in 2:27. The
August races will be the best yet given
and will be largely attended.
The marshal had occasion yester-
day to put team that had been stand
ing in the hot sun all day long into a
livery stable. The owner was rather
indignant at first, but upon being in
formed that repetition of the offence
would land him before his honor,
quietly subsidized, paid his feed bill and
silently stole away.
-Abilene's crack shootist, w. II. |
Eicholtz, has received a new $500
Nichols shotgun that is a daisy. 1t !
has two sets of barrels, one for trap
and one for field, and is made regard
less of expense for fine shooting. Bill
made some targets Saturday that are
wonders and we predict that he will
carry on all the prizes at the next
tournament.
Yesterday was selected by the Ad-
yentists of the Buckeye tent as the
day for the world to come to an end.
Requirements came to the preaching
force Saturday night and there was
high jinks time expected. Nothing
more severe than touch of the lower
regions climate was noticed and the
old mundane sphere rolls on as usual.
While the catastrophe was talked of it
is not probable that it was expected
enough to hurt anybody.