Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
arC4Hr REFLECTIONS.

proving. ~
LIS. s. Smith will be home the last
Of the week.
Mrs. L. H. Lifts is reported to be
much worse.
John Kapp living northeast Of
town is very i'll with intermittent
fever.
Rev. and Mrs. C. g. Bear, Of Tai
mage, are the parents Of . son, born
July p.
Fred Rather andJ j. Schneider
Of Detroit each lost horse yesterday
from overheating.
IS. S. Walck has received an in
crease Of a a month in his pension,
dating back about three years.
-Thos Fisk and family Of Talmage
will move to Manhattan. Dickinson
is sorry to lose such good citizens.
-Messrs. David Lott and Horace
johnson and Misses Pearl Brill and
Della Brown drove to Hope Sunday.
j. M. Gleissner gave very pleas
ant dinner party Thursday evening
to about a dozen west side gentle.
men.
Social item in Enterprise Jour-
nal: "Gilhooly," Punk" and "Shag'
left for Colorado last Saturday to see
the mountains.
VIM. H. Barber, Of this city, OBJ
tanned a valuable patent for improve
ments in varnish cans. Wills patents
will make him o millionaire yet.
B. Horner brought to the Re.
rLECToR some l2l foot corn from D.
W. Workings place north OF town
that shows what the corn crop will be,
Harrington Times; The corner
stone for the German Lutheran
church on Lyons creek will be laid
with the usual ceremony next Sabbath
August s.
Samuel Page has been engaged
Is teacher in district 20, Moonlight,
for a six months term, the first three
months be receives t2S, the remain.
der Of the term $50.
The Pops were mad at the News
today. 1t published the time Of their
convention IS 40 p. m" and some
thought 1t was meant to keep some
away from town during the day.
e. \. Grosser Of Enterprise has
sold bio lumber yard to Kansas City
firm. He will devote bis attention to
biz vinegar works. J. Z. verbeck Of
Abilene will be in charge Of the yard.
Frank religious item in Manches.
ter News: There were no services at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday.
There was no particular disappoint-
ment that Mr.. Heiligman did not
preach.
The State Journal has letters
from Ed Little saying he does not
want any sword bought for him, also
correcting q statement that he was
on the firing line on a certain day
when he was not.
Some campers from the west
were held this morning on complaint
Of q New Cambria man that they had
stolen a harness. The complainant
did not appear and they went on
their way rejoicing.
1t was only ten weeks later than
this last year that our first blizzard
came while the trees were still heavy
with leaves. An old settler Is max
Ing the prediction this year that frost
will come In six weeks.
1t having been reported that in
connection with corn carnival there
will be prize for the best corn juice,
Chairman Prendergast is overwhelm-
cd with applications for positions on
the committee Of testers.
The ten-year.old son Of Mrs.
Allen Of northeast Abilene was catch.
ing rides on Anderson's Ice wagon on
west side this morning. His arm
caught in the wheel and was severely
sprained. Small boys are altogether
too reckless in this town,
Jos. White recently purchased
FIVE hundred head Of cattle in the ter.
ritory and will feed them there. He
says that 1t is a great country for
grain and cattle and predicts that