Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-05-08

-Strother evidently has a string
tied to one councilman.
The Chapman Courier wants jacob
Marts for representative in the north
district.
Kansas papers are full of editOri
ais going to show that times are
frightening.
Extensive arrangements are being
made for the meeting of the State
Sp0rtsmen's association.
The grOcers have arran ged fine
tanks and sprinklers to keep garden
stuff fresh and tempting.
"A Chapman merchant advertises
in the Courier that he needs money or
he-l." What does he want of the
latter
The Methodist Aid society is ar
ranging for a lecture in June by the
well-knOwn orator, Geo. d. Balm, of
Kentucky.
Ben Peck is back from Jefferson
township and says the country in that
direction is as beautiful as the original
garden of Eden.
Tom Wilson, of the Rocky Ford
Watermelon, has $1,000 libel suit on
his hands. Tom is rising rapidly in
Colorado journalistic ranks.
Director Sterl says that the kan
sas book" is being called for every day
by eastern people who want to know
about the best state in the nation.
The probabilities are that the fare
for the round trip to Boston and return
during the G. a. r. encampment next
summer will not be more than $50.
The Abilene REFLECTOR has been
threatened with 4 libel suit. WheWl
The REFLECTOR is getting to the front
in great shape.-[HeringtOn Times.
"A Solomon young man who started
out to see the world got as far as To-
peka the other day when a confidence
man took him in to the tune of S25.
Wheat continues to climb skyward
and flour hears of each advance ten
minutes after it is made. When wheat
falls flour will know nothing of it for
several weeks.
-Miltonvale has ladies' cornet band
and all the dudes in town are eager to
hold the torches for the pretty girls
who compose it, when the playing is
going on after dark.
The county high school board will
meet at Chapman next week Tuesday.
at that meeting it is probable that the
schools teachers for the ensuing year
will be elected. The school now num-
bers 100 pupils.
The county official who drove four
teen miles Saturday night to attend
surprise party and found himself and
wife the only guests is said to be very
much disguised with the failure of peo-
pie to keep their agreements,
Some of the papers of the state are
laughing at Abilene because one of our
citizens published last week, card Of
thanks to those who "sympathized"
with him in lawsuit. His desire for
notoriety should be respected,
"A large force of workmen is at
work on the reftting of the lower story
of the Midland hotel block transforming
it into handsome Office and dining
room for the Miller house. The hotel
will be equal to anything in the city
when ready for opening.
-Abilene's august city council is not
satisfied with approaching in dignity
the Q. S. house Of representatives, but
rises to the majesty of the senate and
holds secret executive" sessions.
Verify, Abilene is great city and her
name shall go abroad in the land.
&C. w. Ball has accepted an agency
for Bridgman's railroad and township
map of Kansas, made expressly for
schools, the only outline map published.
1t is highly recommended by the state
and county school officials who desire
it to be placed in every school house in
the state.
The Abilene REFLECTOR has Just
been enlarged and its appearance very
much improved by putting the dis
patches on the first page where they be-
long, and the locals on the fourth where
they are much easier got at. We like
the looks of it now, and trustits patron.
age may be largely increased, as vel
rs its usefuluess.-[H Harrington Times