Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-03-21
RECENT REFLECTIONS.


RECENT REFLECTIONS,
When you write merry Jest
Cut 1t short;
II will BIO too long at best,
Guilt short;
Life Is brief and full Of care
Editors don't like to swear;
Treat your letter like your hair
Cut 1t short
Sneak thievery is on the increase
Work has commenced on remodel
Ing the postoflice.
There's another diphtheria scare
on in town,
II your floor needs painting see
Hodge Bros.
--Gulick's drug store has handsome
new curtains.
George DeBeaumont talks Of
moving to Missouri.
II your floor needs painting see
Hodge Bros.
For once Dickinson county got
rain when ii wanted it,
IS. l.. Guy, nominated by the Re-
publicans Of Topeka for justice OF the
peace, formerly lived at Solomon.
Abilene merchants receive SO
many goods that the marshal has
hard work to keep the walks clear
All kinds Of paints and brushes at
Hodge Bros,
10 rent, 1870 acres Of pasture land
well fenced, plenty Of water and
shade, Enquire at this Office ssspu
The little child Of Mr. and Mrs
David Elsenhour died Saturday OF
diphtheria and was buried yesterday
Hose No. elected the following
officers last night: Foreman c. II.
Rowland; assistant, Willis Mccoy
secretary, VIM. Judy; treasurer u
lIe Mccoy.
Cord Kreider is going to open an
Joe cream and candy establishment at
function. Most q Junction City's l9e
cream shops have an attachment 'or
liquid refreshments but Cords won't
In the county high school eSaml'
nation SATURDAY. o'F ~
-.-.~., -JDlckinson county
boys and girls were applicants for adj
mission to the high school. The
school shows no indication Of falling
OIL IN attendance,
Marshal Favor has his eye on the
crowd Of young girls who have been
making life burden for North Buck
eye residents. The parents seem to
have no control over them and few
years at the reform school might
work transformation.
The readers Of the REFLECTOR
who became acquainted with Capt.
William Waring through his letters
from China and Java will be inter-
ested in his estimate of the relative
strength Of the Chinese and Japanese
forces which we publish today. He
Is now superintendent on the great
Manchester ship canal.
The Evangelical Visitor comes
out in improved form, being bound,
much better printed and with a new
head. Elder Davidson is to be con-
graduated upon its excellence which
is the more noticeable compared with
the difficulties under which the me-
chanical work on the paper has
labored for the past year.
One Of those cruel-hearted indi-
vlduals who have no mercy on brute
creation hitcbed his horse on Broad
way this morning and left the poor
creature shivering in the wet and
wind while he no doubt sought the
cozy iireside Of a congenial retreat
with free lunch attachment. Mar
shal Favor put the horse in a livery
barn at | o'clock and the heartless
owner will have costs to pay.
Postmaster Strother is arranging
to make some improvements in the
postoflice which will be appreciated.
He will put in $50 new call boxes and
100 lock boxes, thus giving added IA
eilities for handling the mail. He
has also applied for permission to
make the box partitions reach to the
ceiling after which the outside doors
Of the lobby will be left open all day
Sunday for the benefit Of lockbox
holders.