Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-31
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You may preach and you may plan,
You may do whater you can
To teach a bow that quarreling isn't right;
But the smart. impulsive youth
Will not realize the truth
Until he gets licking in fight
Grapes will come high this fall on
account of the dry weather.
j. w. Baker shipped trainlOad
of fat cattle over the Rock Island to-
day.
The Harvey county alliance has
decided not to go into the new party
business.
"A marriage license was granted
John Sheridan and Miss Carrie Hewitt,
both of Chapman.
The creamery reports consider
able falling off in milk receipts owing
to the dry weather.
Some big real estate deals are I'M
der consideration and may take place
in the immediate future.
The Wabash gives rate of $3.50
to Boston and return from Kansas City
during the encampment.
We didn't have any winter and we
didn't have any spring, but my, didn't
we have a summer!-[State Journal.
The union laborites were a little
200 much for their democratic friends
Saturday and pulled in the persim-
mons.
The fact that the moon gets full
twice this month, July End and Slst,
is laid to the prevalence of original
packages.
ALI the political conventions in the
county come on Saturday this year.
That does not make it an unlucky day
however.
Landlord Coup, of the Harrison
house at Manchester, has gone, disap-
peared, to the sorrow of number of
creditors.
The Manhattan bank failure has
been sized up by the appraisers who find
$3.50, 900 worth of assets and liabilities
$780,, ZOO.
Reports from Chapman say that
an immense amount of wheat is being
marketed there and the elevators are
pushed to their fullest capacity.
The democratic congressional con-
vention of this district will be held at
Concordia Sept. 2. Will they nOmi-
nate old maudlin Tobey again2
The WEEKLY REFLECTOR is an
all home print SPACE paper which gives
more news than any three papers of
Dickinson county put together.
"A. l.. Russell and B. c. Cranston are
noble specimens of the horny handed
laboring class. 1t will not take long
for the sensible alliance men to settle
their fate.
ave will nominate no man who
seeks Office" says the farmers alliance
and then dominates A. C. Van Dyke
who, as is well known, has been ''seek-
ing" night and day for four years.
james Cooney, of Chapman, Ian
cuisines in the county bastile being
committed until he pays fine of So
and costs imposed for petty larceny
he having stolen some shoes, coat
razor, etc.
l The Kansas Farmer advises the
farmers to raise second crop of corn
planting the wheat fields. Some of the
farmers of Kansas think they had bet.
ter raise first corn crop before under
taking second
Troy Chief; One thing is deal
certain. If there is not rain soon, and
tempering Of this hot weather, it vii
be necessary to push the organization
of farmers alliances, and to organic,
three or four more peoples parties
The republican party must be rebuked
One of the candidates on the ALI
ance ticket remarked Saturday nigh
that 200 votes had been cast in the al
1iances of the county to nominate tn
Ticket. That is probably fair est
mate of the alliances strength bu
there are $500 other votes for Novem
Der.
Manchester Sun: John Blagg a.
old time democrat and now a stron
alliance man says he intends to vot
for Ben Peck for probate Judge, eve
if he is candidate on the republica