Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-08-18
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have over $500 in cash prizes.
An Alliance song book has "pota.
to" rhyming with Legislature"
The republicans throughout the
county are wideawake and pushing
ahead.
"A man just about learns to man
age a gasoline stove when 1t is time to
take IL down.
The school teachers are making life
burden for board members In the
country precincts.
Miss Josa Hilty, Of Enterprise,
will teach voice culture In Baker
university next year.
Why do some women have natural
prediction for handling open gasoline
around burning jetsp
Abilene girls wade in Mud creek
in little companies, and - little else. --
Lawrence Record.
1t IS semi officially understood that
Labor day will be allowed TO slide
quietly by this year.
There is so much poor news that
one must print and 80 much good news
that can't lie published.
An Abilene girl has some letter
paper with "Stand up for Abilene"
engraved in one corner.
White shoes will never become
very popular. They make the feet look
larger than they really are.
Sid Cooke has Incorporated that
long speech Of his into his letter OF
acceptance. lie il pretty nearly as
windy as Grover.
1t is quite the thing in Hayes
township for the girls to have swim.
ming parties. They hang their clothes
on a sunllower limb.
The town loafers can hear the
clatter Of number of threshing ma
chimes in the surrounding wheatflelds
while they talk politics.
The 10 months old daughter Of
Sam Campbell living in Newbern
township died Of eTysipelas last night.
The funeral services were held this
evening at 8 o'clock.
They say that one Of the excunion
train crowds paid $40 in cold cash for
case Of beer when the train stopped
here last week. That made 1t more
expensive than Sand Springs water,
The friends of Supt. w. w. Reed
will he sorry to learn that his little boy
met with an accident few weeks ago
from the result of which his legs are
entirely helpless. lie may never be
able to stand again.
The time for the fool election bet
Is at hand and some Of Abilenes
young men are daring one another to
go into It and run the risk of having to
wheel successful opponent in wheel
barrow next November.
They believe In vigorous religion
at Manchester, AT the camp meeting
there one man was knocked senseless,
one was nearly beaten to death, n
woman had sprained ankle and a num-
Der OF vehicles were wrecked all In one
evening.
The city levy Of 10 mills for all
purposes is going to make the amount
of money coming into the treasury
rather small. The valuation OF prop
erty is this year only $500 sos as
against $6l2, 0SS Of las. year, the fall.
ing of being largely the result of the
cutting down on boom addition lots.
The city has about $50 900 lying
idle in the bank from which no benefit
is derived. Wouldn't 1t be good policy
for the city to even donate the upper
floor Of the City Hall to the high school
rather than let the building stand
empty, used only as shed for hose
cartsS 1t is n poor plan for the city
to embarrass its own schools.
"A writer in the Manchester Sun
says preacher at the free Methodist
meeting told his audience that "st
Council Grove at a church entertain
ment some Of the women undressed
their feet and exhibited themselves in
a lewd manner for the amusement OF
the audience and that notices were
published in tho county papers that
such scene would be enacted" Ed.
tor Walters testimony will be awaited
with considerable interest
The unexpected has happened
again in Kansas. There was "man
party" given in Abilene the other
night at which the fore part of the
evening was spent discussing Keats
and Shelley TOR the benefit of Atehison
Iitterateurs some one should explain
chat Keats and Shelley were poets, not
brands of beer after which the men
put their vests against an absolutely
dry banquet board and spent the re.
fmalnder of the evening until midnight
telling stories, and not man story
was recited during the evening. This
is simply unbelievable, but Ed. Little,
who was present, vouches for the
truth of every word Of it. What a
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