Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-08-25
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for Kansas" badges.
Where will the News and its
brother-in-law be nowp
The Republican Central commit.
teemen are good lockers.
A marriage license was granted
Ferdinand Burkhardt and Clara Pedet,
Herington.
There will he the biggest Republic
can majority In Dickinson county next
fall ever seen.
Ellsworth Phillips and Glen Weav-
er, Of Holland, were married by Judge
Bryson yesterday.
The merchants look for big fall
trade IL the loads Of dry goods boxes
coming in are any criterion.
Bill Nixon was chosen chairman Of
the Peoples Party county committee
and Walter Nichols secretary.
The Seventh Day Adyentists will
hold their annual camp meeting al
Herington beginning the 18th Of next
month.
Dan IIornaday has neat little
speech on the thanklessness of political
parties which he will repeat to anyone
on request.
We have a splendid notice written
out ready for lllling in the name of the
man who brings the REFLECTOR force
nice watermelon.
The man who of oil those elected
by the Alliance In 1890 best filled his
Office, Judge Bryson, was turned down.
The Peoples Party has no use for
ability.
"A straw vote taken on the train
coming up from Wichita yesterday
resulted: Harrison, 1876; Weaver, 10;
Bidwell, 4. Not much encouragement
for calamity in that.
Charlie Crawford was gorgeously
done up by the Peoples Party for
county attorney. There's one more
party left yet for him, the Prohibition
ists. Flop, Charlie, Hop.
Some more of George Sterl's lish
stories come floating home by grape
vine telegraph. lie says he is now
catching "a trout day up in the
streams of Vermont's hills.
Phillips Of the Monitor compla-
Gently wipes the gore from his battle
Ak as he reads Robert Kane's name at
the head of the ticket and remarks, 81
did 1t with my little hatchet."
Two weeks ago 1000 Republicans
stood on sidewalks and saw 1903 calam-
ity howlers go by. Today 1903 calamity
howlers stood on the sidewalk and
saw over.3OOOrepublicans go by. That's
the way politics is running in Kansas
this year.
Coming events cast their shadows
little In advance. The REFLEorOR's
watermelon notice was only just nicely
In shape when Robert Korn brought in
the material to fit 1t. The melon was
large and luscious one aud q fair
sample of the hundreds he has on his
fine farm west of town.
F. NJ. Upshaw has purchased the
handsome Fry residence on North
Buckeye. 1t is understood that the
price paid was $4,000. Jacob Brown,
prosperous farmer living north Of
town, has purchased the home OF Il. d..
Humphrey adjoining. lie does not
take possession until next spring.
Hon. j. II. Burton ia making n
great campaign for congress and the
probability is that he will redeem the
Fifth district from the poisonous fangs
Of John Davis. lie will make a great
Representative for the people of the
Fifth district and is big enough TO
represent the whole State. - Hutchin-
son News.
There are two classes Of people
almost equally tiresome: Those who
walk the street seldom looking up or
recognizing anybody and those who If
you meet them 20 times half day will
bow low and compel you to greet them
as If you had not seen them for a
month. There is such thing as over
doing politeness,
Commencing at the close of its
present serial the REFLECTOR will
publish in its Saturday and weekly
issues "a Story of Wreck, )" a new
story by the famous writer of sea
novels, W. Clark Russell. We can
promise our readers treat as the story
Is one of the best ever written. Watch
for the opening chapters.
After two years of swapping par
ties, scheming and figuring, with thC
News and presumably with the Demo
cratic party to help him, Charlie Craw
ford got a majority of the People
Party primary votes in town at thu
FIRST contest, Last night after thI
people had had time to think 1t owe
they voted so for Robert Kane and A
Crawford. They're onto Charlie.
General B. M. Prentiss, concerniuI
the finding Of whose $500 sword in
pawnshop has created 80 much talk,
a member of Abilene Post, G. A. II
He came through Abilene in 1882, 500
afser the postls organization. and wa