Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
RECENT REFLECTIONS.
The rainfall last week was L.;

The fire department voted last
night to take part in Memorial day
parade.
Peter Longtime and Esthur
Brechbill, Of Hope, were married by
Judge Erwin.
R. T. Cline, principal Of the
Chapman schools, has gone to Chica-
60 to study elocution and music.
"A. l.. and Charles Hollinger Of
Rinehart bought a $4,000 threshing
outfit of Shockey 4 Landes this after
noon.
j. B. Tominson Of Minneapolis
will deliver the Memorial day address
at Manchester.
George Griggs, living north of
Gypsum, was killed in the storm on
Friday evening and was buried in
Salina yesterday.
Hutchinson News. Wichita will
sacrifice anything for Stanley. Even
the base ball club allowed itself to be
defeated by Abilene.
Will Matteson has a claim to
fame. He knows well young John
Collins who was accused of numbering
his father at Topeka.
1t is not much but it is the best
we can do today: Burt Austin was
aboard the Oregon several weeks ago
when it was at Seattle.
Miss Sue Amsden received her
diploma from the Kansas City high
school and does not 60 back for COM
mencement. She will attend college
next year.
Mrs. Jane Osburn, aged II, who
died Of paralysis at her home on
South side yesterday, will be buried
this evening from the house. She
has son living in the country.
The dogs that barked at the pyra-
mids must take a back seat. At the
Lutheran church yesterday morning
was dog that mounted the rostrum
and barked at the Sunday school.
ID. L. Pisle leads the town in the
latest style in stationery. He has
on his envelopes and letter heads a
handsome American flag in red,
white and blue that is both patriotic
and beautiful. The work was done
in the REFLEoroR's job department.
These are pleasant days for T. Z.
Dewey to lecture. The chairman of
the meeting always introduces him as
the admiral and with few pleasant
references to Manila, the audience
cheers and everybody is put in good
humor to start with.
L. B. Miller, formerly Of this
county, has organized company for
cheese-factory in Orlando, Okla,
and will have the factory in operation
Sept. /, A $500 bonus has been
raised by the people of the commun-
ity and he has as partner a prominent
farmer of that place.
When Will Little went back to
Oklahoma he told the reporters that
100 of the Kansas boys will not return
from Manila but have organized a
town lot company and will lay out an
addition to the city. And the Okla
homa people believed it.
One of the families of town that
greatly laments the hail damage of
last week is that of j. S. Hollinger.
He had big strawberry patch that
was good for about twenty bushels of
the finest kind of berries just ready
for ripening. The hail ruined them
and there will scarcely be enough for
a Sunday dinner.
The Kansas City Star objects be-
cause Ed Little hitched few Egyp-
tian decorations on his vest as he
started for Manila. But under the
decorations was beating a heart that
was warm with love for his mother
and father. With them he spent
every minute of his stop in Abilene.
When such is the case a man may
wear all decoration" he wishes.
Among the freaks who are en-
listed in the Populist party are few
who think it smart to keep news Of
he party's actions from the press.
)ne OF these curiosities named Nc
Ninch happened to be about the only