Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-04-13
RECENT REFLECTIONS.


Ed. Arnold took charge of the
Chapman postofllce this morning.
-P.B. Ross has been drawn on the
jury for the United States Circuit
Court which meets at Topeka.
The county commissioners released
VIM. Shook from Jail this morning,
giving him 30 days in which TO pay his
fine and costs.
- The county commissioners are
holding their regular April session. A
number Of road petitions were consld
cred today. p. Myers, the Enterprise
jointist, was released on paying his
costs. The fine stands against him.
Our old friend t. X. White, so long
of Wakefield, has moved TO Abilene,
where he is working for the Home In.
surance company. He seems well
pleased over there barring few re-
grets and moans for Clay county. -
[Clay Center Times.
Abilene will loom up at the
Worlds Fair along with the best Of
them. John Preston Campbell has
just sent large engraving Of his hand
some features to be placed with the
Kansas exhibit. The picture is about
2ix28 inches and heavily framed.
One Of Abilene's esteemed citizens,
Horace Lifts, met mith a serious acci-
dent this morning. lie fell from a
buggy causing fracture Of the
hip bones. Under DR.. Steelsmith's
care he is getting along as we'll as
could be expected. but 1t will be some
time before he will be out again.
Assessor Huggins has nearly CON.
pleted the list Of Abilene's population.
1t remains about as last year, nearly
$500. The Oldest person In town is
John West, aged s5. Other aged per.
sons are, Milton Edwards SO, j. q. In-
gram SO, z. Densmore 81, l.. N. Is. Car
penter SO, IL. A. hell 80. There are
also 32 persons ranging from 20 up
wards, and 95 whose ages range from
90 upwards, making 1873 persons over
go years old. AS a health resort abb
lene is all right.
Another lively time was had in
Salina last night, The negro In Jail
was taken out and positively identified
by Mrs. Frost, in spite Of the evidence
of four men that he was miles from
Salina on the night Of the crime. The
crowd however wanted to lynch him
and at one time had rope around his
neck. Attorney Carver determinedly
cut the rope and made talk to the
crowd and urged better judgment and
finally the prisoner was returned to
jail to await examination.
The Salina Republican says regard
ing the Abilene boys visit Sunday
night that when the company was
ordered out Of the Jail yard by deputy
sheriff that the men In the rear ranks
had their corns badly hurt by the sud
den backing up of those In front, We
do not believe II. Such valiant war
riors as j. ID. Sweeney, j, i. Kerr and
Nj. B. Fulton, to say nothing OF George
Glelssner in his new ice cream suit,
and our Monitor friend who has been
fairly thirsting for blood and ordering
the farmers to arm themselves and
prepare for war, would not wilt at q
little thing like that.
The citizens Of Fragrant Hill in
Dickinson county desire additional
mail facilities and are working to have
apostoiiice to be called Fragrant Hill
established at the residence OF Mr.. @.
j. Olson. While the proposed addi-
tlon Of facilities would not materially
increase the distances to be travelled
the mail carrier should nevertheless
have additional compensation for time
needed to change mails and the pre-
sumably increased load he would have
TO carry. lie now furnishes his own
horses and vehicle, and travels about
fifty miles, for fraction over 81 per
day. The office, II established, will be
OF great benefit to the neighborhood. -
~. Q. Tribune.