Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-03-31
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1t always pays to plant trees IL
Kansas.
Seventeen tramps a day trouble
Parsons.
1t costs sos year to keep hors,
In Hiawatha.
-Pasturage is becoming Of somt
value In Kansas.
1t costs sll49 a month for Topeka
electric lighting.
--Finney county has the larges
acreage Of alfalfa.
-Jetmore ships 900 dozen eggs daily
to eastern markets.
The alliance store at Lyndon hal
gone out Of business.
"A musical program at the Metho-
dist social this evening.
Born, TO Mr.. and Mrs. u. g.
Adams, last night, girl.
-Coffeyville wants to give somebody
an electric light franchise.
The school Of instruction at Fort
Riley Is soon to be set In motion.
ALI are invited to the Methodist
choir social at Mrs. Paul's tonight.
Deacon Knox's defunct bank at
Topeka will pay ten cents on the
dollar.
One station In Rocks county has
shipped 100 carloads Of wheat since
last fall.
"A fifteen year old boy was blown
TO pieces at Osborne with a shot gun
last week.
The Fifth Avenue hotel property
at Topeka has been leased for ninety
nine years.
There are but three criminal cases
on the Franklin county docket for
April court.
The bell in the Congregational
church at Chase was donated by the
late Sam Wood.
-Leavenworth has registered 3i57
votes or about one third Of the actual
voters Of the city.
-Wilson county has an apple orchard
thirty-four years old. Many of the
trees girt six feet.
Ottawa makes 1000 pounds Of soap
a day. The people there should be
able to keep clean.
Ex-Treasurer John Francis Is now
building a new $4,000 brick house on
his farm near lola.
Two hundred sections OF land are
wanted In Trego or Graham counties
for q Russian colony.
1t is said that Diamond Dick has
Joined circus and will leave Kansas.
The state will probably survive iDiJ \
--Iidssians are arriving in western
KansasO every week on money sent
them by countrymen In Kansas.
According to the federal census of
1890, Kansas leads the country In
percentage Of public school pupils.
The democrats will have mass
county convention TO select delegates
to state and congressional conventions
In the court room April 18th.
Out in Ness county storm pre-.
vented those attending an alliance
meeting from going home and they
continued their exercises until day
light. -..,
-Enterprlse Is talking of big cold
storage establishment which will be
the only one in this section and
undoubtedly very profitable. Enter
prise seems to be scoopipg all the towns
OF Kansas on wldeawake prosperity
and advancement.
The Fifth district W. G. Il. L.
will hold It's semi-annual session at
Sallna, April and s. Mrs. Grub
will speak one evening and a Demorest
gold medal contest will occupy the
other, the rest of the time the ladies'
will improve In transacting business
and planning work for the next six
months.
The action Of the board of asses.
sors In assessing at full value has raised
great opposition in some parts of the
county. The dear alliance brethren do
not exactly understand how their able
~ county attorney and the alliance
assessors (who voted for the rule in
opposition to the republicans) are
caring for the people by letting the
railroads of at one third the rate of
valuation that the farmers pay,
Only One Hope Bank.