Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-10-16
RECENT REFLECTIONS.
rhis is that portion of the year,

The calamity pODIsclan, IaT anu he~i'
Proceeds to shed his annual lear.
Our merchants report business
good and increasing. The fall trade
promises to be better than usual.
The general report from the coun-
try is that wheat never looked better
at this time of year. This is pleasing
news to every one, but the calamity
parties.
The preliminary work of cleaning
out in and about the spring at Sand
Springs is about completed. 1t shows
an almost inexhaustible supply otWon-
derfully pure water.
Thomas Kirby is out of the city
for a short time. He is helping along
the democratic campaign by acting as
end man, in conjunction with Park
Warren, and giving general tone to the
meetings.
After an interview with some OF
our leading colored men, we are in
clined to believe that the Rev. Fosters
statement, that he held their votes in
the palm of his hand and was ready to
deliver, was base fabrication.
Everything goes to show that the
fall meeting of the Abilene Driving
Park association will be great success.
A large number of good horses are be-
ing entered, the track is in fine condl-
ton and prospects are first-class for
record breaking.
The good common sense OF the
farmers of this county was shown at
the delegate meeting of the alliance,
Yesterday afternoon. They decided
that boycott of newspapers differing
with the peoples party would be not
only unwise but foolish. The Dakota
plan Of establishing a state paper, in
creasing dues and distributing free
was voted down.
We quote the following from the
chemists report on the Sand Springs
water: This is wholesome drink
ing water. 1t contains excellent, soft,
appetizing mineral ingredients, and Is
of great organic purity, the impurities
amounting to not much more than
trace" Hereafter our citizens need
not HE themselves to noted springs,
bat can set under their own vines and
elm trees, turn on the hydraut and be
cured if disease should assail.
The grounds of the Lebold home
which has been rented by w. g..
Cowles are being much improved.
New walks, seeding etc. show Mr..
Cowles' enterprise and taste. The
family of Mr.. Lebold will leave soon
for Austin, Texas. The household
goods are now being packed for ship
ment.
We are always glad 10 chronicle
the advancement of All Abileneite and
we have an opportunity to do SO in the
case of Chas. w. Parker, eX-janitOr Of
the court house. Charlie has just
returned from southern Kansas where
he closed contracts with the Rock IS
land Railway Co. for $500 worth of
we'll digging along the cOmpany's line.
He also has other contracts with other
lines running into the city. This in
addition to his large local patronage i'll
his business keeps him busy. He is
always found ready for work and al
ways gives good satisfaction. Charlie
is hustler.
Enterprise Journal: The people of
Enterprise can realize what great
benefit manufacturing institutions are
to a town. While many towns in Kan
sas have felt the effect of hard times
the past few years, Enterprise, during
that time, has made her greatest
improvements. The past year has been
lone of the best years, in the history of
the city, and it is all due to our large
manufacturing interests. Messrs.
C. Hoffman s. Son now have about
1OO, 900 bushels of wheat stored in their
immense elevator and mills for which
an average of over seventy-five cents
per bushel has been paid and nearly all
of this money has gone into the hands
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