Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-02-04
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Saturday.
Kansas Day was celebrated by the
schools throughout the county on
Friday.
The men have no monopoly of the
lodge business in Abilene. The ladies
have two secret societies.
MFR. Levi Humbargar, Of this city,
principal OF the Fist ward school, was
granted an institute instructors GER
tihcate Saturday.
The farmers are already beginning
their public sales. Some farmers sell
enough at auction every year to support
their families.
Marriage licenses were granted
Rlnehart Schleisner, Hope, and Ottila
Schmidt, Herington, Lewis Forslund
and Carrie Neustrom, Enterprise.
The flrst named couple was married hy
Judge Bryson.
The newspaper fraternity is getting
10 the front. In Enterprise at the
meeting Of the city council last Thurs
day night J. G. Gault, Of the Journal,
was appointed city clerk in place Of j.
W. Kohler, resigned.
"A pleasant birthday surprise party
was given last Friday to Lou Cooper,
living southwest OF town, II being his
nineteenth anniversary. About twenty
couple spent the evening In dancing,
cards, etc, after which light refresh
ments we're served.
An Odd Fellows lodge has been
organized In Manchester with mem
borship OF twenty-eight charter and
twelve new members, with }. G.. Reed
rs noble grand; J. T. Sheets, vice
grand; W. f. Hammond, secretary;
j. V. Reed, treasurer.
Does your coffee have peculiar
faster An Abilene woman has sent
for half bottle OF bi.chloride Of god
from the Keeley Institute and IL iced
ing IL TO her husband secretly in his
coffee to cure him Of his tendency to
get "full' seven days in the week,
An alliance lady and poetess In
South Dakota has written n poem
dedicated to the alliance Senators Kyle
and PETER In which occurs this lines:
"Arm. Go forth naked to the nghtl"
At 1rst blush II seems little rem irk-
able hut whom YOU come to think OF IL
the two. old apostles Of despair could
not be more ridlculn1' than they arr II
they took the advice
The Dalysr prr1s says that David
Il. McCurdy, formerly Of this city, waa
arrested in Denver last week for burg
Larry, lie was captured by the police
in the basement of a mercantile cstlb.
lishment with burglars tools scattered
about him. lie was taken to ths city
Jail, and on Ma lay was bound over to
the district Gongt for trial, not giving
bond In the sum " $500 he WAS re-
mandel to jail. lie will probably get
a year in the penitentiary, which would
enable him to sober up. 1t seems that
Dave has been going to the bad for
some time.
"A letter from Pasadena, Cal, to
the La Junta tColO.l Watermelon has
this; Jimmy Hart, who used to run
newspaper In Abilene, Kas., is In the
printing business here with bis brother
in.law, Henry Farey. Both are red
hot members Of the Salvation army,
wear red shirts and caps and parade
the streets nightly. The Salvationists
had a big meeting last night and
thousands were turned away unable to
get In. Jimmy Hart was one OF the
'moguls' Of the meeting, which WIS u
decidedly enthusiastic one.n The
abilene colony" In Otero county will
remember Jimmy w. Hart and Henry
N. Farey. The former conducted the
Abilene Chronicle and the latter the
Solomon City newspaper in the early
days of Dickinson county, Kansas.
And we are glad to know that the
old boys are doing we'll and treading
in the narrow but pyrotechnic path OF
the Salvation Army,