Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-07


just a little straw.
The lawns have taken a fresh hold
on life since the rain.
The new State Bank reports sue
cessful opening of business.
The well at Hodge Bros. store is
being dug deeper, it having gone dry
for the first time in years.
1t is expected that nearly 900 per-
sons will take in the Fort Riley picnic
and excursion one week from
Thursday.
Bessie, the three months old daugh-
tel of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. F. LeckrOn, of
Pearl, was buried in the Abilene GENE
terry Monday.
They find more remarkable things
in the ground in the vicinity of Hope
than any where else in the union. The
last discovery is cement.
The Episcopal church will be
closed during the remainder of this
month, except for Sunday school, as
Rev. W. D. Christian will be in Mime
sofa.
The Enterprise Independent says,
Thousands of bushels of wheat are
being hailed into town daily" We
suppose it will be shipped in ''vesti-
bale" cars.
The Banner City schools will hire
two teachers for sig months and pay
$50 each. The Carlton schools will
have an eight months term and pay
$50 and $35.
We are informed that I. E. Sewell
has regained possession Of his book
store stock and will take the same to
Whatcom, Wash, to consolidate it
with his present store there.
The percentage of d. Trott's
"Beauty's Best in the swine breed
ers' examination should have been put
at 79. The animal was one of the
handsomest in the pens.
AT the meeting of the county high
school board Friday the most i'm
portant business transacted was the
levying Of one mill for the completion
of the basement to accommodate the
increased attendance.
The premium list of the Morris
county fair, handsomely arranged
volume gotten out by the Council Grove
Republican Office, is received. The
grounds are beautiful ones and con-
tain one of the best half mile tracks in
Kansas. The fair will be held Sept.
23d to Goth.
Last evening Thomas PurviS who
was severely injured in runaway Sat
urday was removed from his son-in-
laws to the house now occupied by his
family in East Abilene. Mr.. 2. is
worse hurt than was at first anticipated
and grave fears are entertained regard
ing his ultimate recovery.
The report of the committee on
Johnstown relief gives the amounts
contributed by various cities of the
union. Abilene stands well up in Kan
sas' list. Following are some of the lar
ger gifts: Manhattan, S6S2.l0 Tope-
ka, $4SO.05; Hutchinson, $500; Abilene,
SS56.S2; Lesvenworth, sS45.65; Law
renee, $S44.50.
Commencing August l, the Santa
Fe inaugurated an entirely new sta
ton system. The old books and forms
will be discarded on the entire route.
The new system is very similar to that
used by the Pennsylvania road. The
Santa Fe has always had a station sys-
tenn peculiar to itself, and the clerks
will have to learn over again.
There come from Colorado dubious
reports of T. G. Henry's management
OF the Bob creek bitches. He has not
been able to complete them and the peo-
pie who moved there and expected water
by June LIST are grievously disappointed.
The bitches have been foreclosed up
on by the mortgages and there is a pos
sibiiity that Henry cannot again gain
possession Of them. Doing $40 worth
of business on one dollars capital al.
ways was Henry's fault.