Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-08-18
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MISSOURI PAClFIc-AT HBRiNeToR.
Going West.
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

II Ia long and very tIresomo
And sidney Cooke, ho wrote II.
Everybody with horse can ride in
the cavalry parade next Saturday.
THE liremen expect about thirty
departments here at the tournament.
Lots of corn ia the county is going
to make % and 80 bushels to tho acre.
The biggest week Abilene ever saw
will be the one including Sept. 8, 7 and
s.
If money conld be borrowed as
easily as trouble nobody would be out
of debt.
The dog days" will end August
23rd. They have been dog-goned
unpleasant.
"A marriage license was issued 10
Martin Thomas and Dora Duncan, OF
Sutphen's Mill.
The Peoples Party will select its
victims for the November slaughter
next Saturday.
johnson, Ady and Burton, three of
the best speakers in Kansas will be
here on the 2Oth.
The wheat acreage next fa.l will
be the largest ever seen in the county.
Everybody wants 10 raise wheat now.
Judge g. Strang, of Larned, com.
missioner of the Supreme court, will be
among the speakers here next Satur.
day.
The effort to secure tents for the
veterans ut the reunion has been SUE.
cessful aud the boys will camp on the
court house lawn
Have you saved up any fine vege-
tables or are you fixing up some OF
your nice canned goods to exhibit at
the county fairY II not, why not2
The Republican rally on the 10th
will be the biggest political meeting
ever seen in Abilene, There will be
procession semty-teen miles long.
The rain of Saturday moved rapid.
ly across the state from north to south,
scarcely affecting the extreme eastern
counties south Of the Kaw or the
western half Of the state.
The alliance always aims TO get
into the crowd. II held its rally on
the day of the Republican convention
and will hold its convention on the day
of the Republican rally.
"A good way to promote the exodus
of young people from the farm to the
city is to give the children the calves,
colts, lambs, etc, to take care of aud
when the pets are grown for the father
to sell them and keep the money.
The Enterprise lost boy turned up |
all right yesterday. The little fellow |
was found out In the timber along tie |
river bottom where he had lost himself. |
The searchers passed near him several |
times but made such racket that |
the boys cries could not be heard.
Cards are out for the wedding Of |
W, B. Hall, the good looking and sue. |
cessful principal of the Hope schools,
and Miss Sarah l., Kirby, daughter of |
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Kirby, of Industry, |
Aug. "a. The young people will have
many good wishes and deserve them |
all.
Horses are coming In at the fair
grounds in readiness for the race meet. !
ing, Kelly of Ellis brought in string
last week and more are coming in a
few days. The races this year will
include the State Breeders meeting
and already kilograms have been re-
ceiyed from Eastern papers asking full
accounts Of the great meeting.
One of these days some of the bill
distributors of town will throw out one
too many big sheets of paper into the
street and long delayed justice will
be meted out TO him in the shape of a
trouncing that will not be forgotten. |
Horses are frightened every day by the |
nuisance and 1t should bestoppod.
The female ball club which is trav. |
cling in this section wants to come to |
Abilene during the reunion and tour.
nament. The ball club carries
canvas fence nine feet high aud long |
enough TO surround an ordinary ball |
ground. The club will come for s5 per |
Gent Of the gatU rStiptS and sbmu OF |