Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-21

charging him with assault was to
have been tried today but was thrown
out Of court.
Council Grove Republican,: NJ.
B. Nicholson returned from his east
ern trip last Friday evening. The
judge says the Canadian country
doesn't compare with Kansas and he
doesn't want any Of it.
j. G. Union: The infant child Of
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Smith died Sept.
l6 at Enterprise and was brought to
the home Of its grandma, Mrs. Muir.
ply. 1t was laid to rest in Highland
cemetery by kind and loving hands.
Reports from all parts Of the
county say that the people are great
ly pleased that Abilene and the Dick
inson county high school are barred
in the parade contest. 1t is purely
for the districts Of the county.
.--Adolph Gfeller, near Aida, has
been in Council Grove this week buy
ing cattle. He took So native three
year-old steers, weighing 1850, and
no yearlings from western Kansas
cows, and mostly white faces. He
will ship them home next week.
Harrison Flora was made happy
yesterday by the return Of a portrait
button bearing the image OF his smil-
ing S.year.old daughter. He had lost
it on the streets where it was found
by Miss Lizzie Haston and returned
to him. Harrison is very proud Of
his baby who he says is No. II.
Enterprise journal: Rev. J. H.
Fielder, who for the past three years
has been identified with the German
M. h. church and the Academy at this
place, has been transferred to Sedalia,
Mo. Rev. Fielder has worked faith
fully here in both church end college
and all Enterprise people are sorry
to lose him and bis family.
The REFLECTOR will give beau
tiiul picture Of Aguinaldo to the
Demo-p Pop candidate who will march
in the Carnival parade carrying a
banner bearing this quotation from
their platforms: "We deplore the ut.
ter iucompetency Of McKinley's ad-
ministraton In Its management Of
those Spanish and Philppine] wars"
The women are warned to be-
ware Of a couple Of travelling fakirs
who offer to rcnovate feather beds
cheap After they had left Leaven-
worth il was discovered that they had
substituted chicken feathers for
geese feathers. As chicken feathers
can be had for 10 cents pound and
geese feathers cost about 60 cents,
they made good bargain by the ex-
change,
W, A. White, editor Of the En-
poria Gazette, has chartered an auto
mobile carriage for the Emporia
street fair the latter part Of this
monthand Governor Stanley will ride
in the parade in this the first Of the
new vehicles brought to the State
Capital.
Salina has had q 1880 automobile
for nearly year. Its only trouble
| is that 1t balks and has to be hauled
home with dray.
Enterprise journal: J. F. Buh-
rer sold farm Tuesday. He didn't
really intend to sell 1t but bis upset
price was snapped up SO quickly thar
| he didn't have time to back out. Rev.
Herman Of Kansas City, Kas., bought
the farm for his son, who has been
farming in Nebraska and recently
sold out there. He will move here
and take possession next March. The
consideration was $5, 900 cash, which
is u pretty fair price for a quarter
section Of land.
The Salina Republican admits
the street fair midway is to be very
dizzy but excuses II By this story: 1t
is told on one Of Salinas young men
who is prominent in Sunday school
and who was engaged in selling street
fair buttons. A man said to him.:
"How can you peddle such dizzy
things, when you are 80 prominent
in the Sunday schoolP" The young
man promptly replied 1--WE are not
running this street fair on Sunday
school basis"
-Emporia Gazette: The ABILENE
REFLECTOR suggests that it's time for
-. ....ou 30 hoo,n morL IN tho