Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

And it must be very wet,
For they're staying down there yet
Those self-same package houses that wer'
started with a whoop,
Dropped with a dull sickening thud.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. New.
comb, girl.
The Hope school board has re-en-
gagged ]. G. Wine as principal.
John Hodsford and Luella Brels-
ford were married at Harrington this
week.
The alliance is preparing for a big
picnic in the Enterprise grove early in
September.
The various towns of the county
are rejoicing over the departure Of the
o. p. houses.
Next Saturday will be held the re-
publican convention to select congress
iOnal and state delegates.
Large boys as well as small are
hereby notified that freight cars are
good things to keep away from.
Another damage suit against the
city may be brought soon on account
of the injuries suffered by Mrs. Ram
sey.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will struggle
along without a general secretary for
month, Mr.. Sherman being off on va
cation.
j. w. jerks, who has considerable
corn on the bottoms southeast of town,
says mnch of it will average 20 bushels
an acre.
Dickinson cOunty's share of the
state school fund just appropriated is
S3,94I OF, based Oh a school population
of s,O43.
"A wild and wOoliy time is reported
to have taken place at the Adventists'
tent last night. Several persons ''got
the power"
"A girl spending few weeks in the
country writes home that she has just
eaten her uncle's entire peach crop
two peaches.
Solomon Valley Democrat: The
sheep yards will be vacant this winter
on account of the scarcity of hay and
cheap grain.
Tor, ouItivotOrS ctardipu ODt in fbo
fields at this time year are good
indication of shiftlessness on the part
of the owner
The Wizard Oil troupe has pulled |
out for pastures new after having |
taken good sums of money each night |
for two weeks.
-Chinclf bugs are reported as plent-
iful. Chancellor Snow should send
some of his patent chinch bug cpl
demic to Dickinson County.
The rain is worth cash to the
county but it would have been more
acceptable few weeks ago than now
just as the races are in progress.
Enterprise Independent: We will
invest in an unbridged dictionary for
the Abilene REFLECTOR's benefit.
Hough's spelling nearly broke their
heart.
The peoples party Fifth District
Congressional convention will be held
at Clay Center tomorrow. J. F. Wool
verton is one of the delegates who will
attend from this county.
If some of the men who enjoy lam
ming the striking machine W ould put
half as much muscle in chopping wood
for their wives how much more good
they would accomplish.
An excellent article entitled 1.-The
Bible in the Public Schools by Miss
Sallie Bowling, of this city, appears
in the Western School Journal for the
current month. 1t is worth reading.
w. H. T. Wakefield, formerly of
Enterprise, announces that he wants
to sell his Topeka Jeffersonian and go
to TOpOlobampo. Kansas can spare
him. Our !gain will be Sinaloa's loss.
"A handsome Wedgewood colt be-
longing to Richard Waring got loose
last night and tangled itself up in a
rope swing. When found this morn
ing it was dead, having been strangled.
There is something humorous in
Chancellor Shows request for boxes of
chinch bugs. A year or two ago he
could have had bushels of them and
not gone mile from the State Univer-
sity either.
-1nasmuch as the democratic party
has no paper in the county of any con-
siderable circulation the REFLECTOR
is asked to publish the central commit
>tee's call for a county convention to
select delegates and does so as will be
seen in another column.
Rachel Williams, whose troubles
have caused so much comment, is back
at her old place in the Lash house.
She went from the poor house to juno
ton City, but becoming weary of that
returned to Abilene to take her former
position. It is hoped her difficulties
are over.