Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-10-15
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

nave IalS6Q lo9 bushels OF cOIn on Al
acre Of ground this season.
j. r. Burton viii speak under the
auspices Of the Douglass county repub-
lican leagues in the Lawrence opera
house. Oct. IA. He is expected to de-
liver political speech in this city be-
fore November.
Hope Herald: The democracy at
its Enterprise convention declared that
the party was in favor Of anything to
beat the republicans. Let US accept
the challenge and show them that not
even a democratic alliance combina-
ton can repeat in 1891 the perfOr-
nance of 1890.
With the Germans stopping their
papers because of the rotten insults to
that worthy class of citizens and the
democrats stopping their papers because
Of the editors despicable political cow
ardice and bad breaks, the poor old
News will soon not have a corporal's
guard of subscribers.
Hope Dispatch: Sherm Ellison,
our next sheriff, was down from abb
lene the first of the week shaking hands
with bis many friends. Sherm has
more friends to the square mile in
South Dickinson than any other man
in Abilene and the alliance men, what
few there are left, fairly SILVER when
they see him.
The REFLECTOR denies that the re-
publicans will trade Judge Humphrey
for the county ticket.-[The News.
Neither tie REFLECTOR nor any 9th
er republican has said a word about
"trading" off anybody. We don't have
to trade this year. The News so far as
can be discovered, is the only object of
barter and tIade in this campaign.
-Hiawstha World: A disreputable
man died at Emporia. A clergyman
said he could say nothing about the de-
ceased, as he had not known him when
alive; but would be glad to hear from
anyone in the congregation. There
was no response until finally one old
man who sat in a back seat arose and |
said: ''If no one has anything to say
about the corpse, would like to make |
a few remarks OF the sub-treasury."
The apology which the News makes
this week to the German for |
the wanton insults it has heaped upon
them is truly humiliating. If our es-
teemed contemporary had only known
that Mr.. Frey was Swiss German in
stead of a Prussian-German, how much
grief it might avoided by simply calling
him an Ignorant imported Switzer''
instead of an imported German"
There is distinction there, brother.
Manchester Sun: The Industry
Roller Mill, which Mr., Kassebaum is
building upon the site of the old mill
is fast nearing completion and the ma
chinery will probably be tested during
the coming week. 1t is large three
story building and is literally filed
from top to bottom with The best ma
chinery to be found. The wheat and
water are ready and waiting, and we
will soon be supplied with the best
of -four
Solomon SentInel; Last week we
had an opportunity to talk with a
farmer from Tout SOUTH" He talked
alliance for while and then told how
he had made stOrekeeper at Gypsum
City come to time. He said: II told
him he couldn't humbug me, [ had
jined the alliance and PETER had got a
law passed last winter that alliance
men were to get twenty pounds of
granulated sugar for dollar. knew
my rights and l told him 1 would have
them and re gave me It," He further
Informed US he came to Kansas about
two years ago from Missouri and the
alliance would flx prices on everything
as soon as congress met.
Last year Mr.. Nottorf was as good
an alliance man as there was in the
county, being president of a sub-alli-
ance in the south part of the county
The News.
Yes, aud he would have been as good
an alliance man as there is in the coun-
ty yet if the alliance had carried out
the purpose of its organization. But
as soon as he saw it was being used as
a political machine for the purpose of
boosting few schemers into offices by
crying calamity and that these calamity
hOwlers were destroying the good name
and the credit of The state, he drew out
of the organization, just as thousands
of other good alliance men" of last
year are now doing. ii
About half the people in town are t
back ftom Kansas City where they
went to see the parade and fair. The t
display consisted of twenty floats, and {
twenty or thirty "veiled prOph ets.' -
There was the usual accident in which ,
twenty people were hurt. Kansas
City has greedy habit Of wolfing the
people, and no difference what it ad-
vertises the people pour in like sheep.
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