Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-07-10
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

1Sssy SSS1Ao"'
A great deal Of mslarial sickness
is reported 10 town.
Senator and Mrs. Burton will be
in Abilene the latter part OF the week.
Andrew Taylor OF Holland has
been granted a pension Of six dollars
per month.
Mrs. NJ. b. Fulton will move to
Wichita to reside about the middle
OF the month.
j. E. Nissley will re.eu.er the
creamery field and will establish a
plant at Topeka.
Rev. DR.. Bergstresser will preach
at Manchester next Sunday morning
at II and evening ats.
Miss Daisy Ballet has been ap.
pointed to position in the Otoe, Ok.
lahoma, Indian school.
Robert DeWolf Of this city has a
fine positisu in big saw mill at
Hoquiam, Washington.
The many friends Of Miss Nettie
Folk, who has been seriously i'll, will
be glad to learn that she is improv.
ing.
The Abilene crowd spent about
$500 going to junction City yester'
day. What's the matter WITH having
q celebration at home next year,
Last year c. Hoffman & Son, Of
Enterprise, disbursed for grain $780,
900 and paid in wages $4,000.
Ehrsam's Machine shop paid out in
wages $50,
John Carver, living northwest,
had bis hand badly lacerated by the
explosion Of giant 6recracker to
which be held too long He may lose
finger or two.
Each Of the three gas wells put
down in 1883 has drill stuck in the
bottom. After a while people will
think Abilene is making a collection
Of that kind Of wells.
The Worlds convention Of the
Sunday schools meets next year at
Jerusalem and there is a good chance
for J. Il. Engle to be delegate from
Kansas. He should be.
Judge Hazen, Of Topeka, holds
that the Bankers Union is liable and
must pay all unpaid National Aid
death claims. There are half dozen
such claims in this county.
The Kansas Mutual Insurance
company has extended its farm loan
field to Dickinson county. 1t makes
loans on 50 acres or more at 6 per
cent for five or ten years. S. S.
Smith is its representative.
: The fact that in Abilene married
men with families are taking especial
courses" in order to make up for lost
opportunities in getting education
ought to warn the youth Of town to
obtain an education first thing OF all.
Answer to Constant Reader from
Newbern township: Eyes, it is lit.
tie late to SOW catfish so far away
from the Smoky Hill as your farm is
located, still, it continues cloudy, and
you might get to harvest one more
crop before the dry season sets in"
The city council Of Salina Sat.
urday evening passed an ordinance
providing for the issuance Of $4,000
in bonds to be redeemed in ten in.
stallments for the payment Of the
construction OF the sewers which have
Leen put in since March 6, 1902,
The total bill was $l7,75l.S7.
p. G. Hoffman, manager Of the
creamery station at Salna, eldest son
OF the late C. S. Hoffman, has gone
home to manage his fathers estate
near Donegal. The farm Of 1920
acres and other property make much
care necessary. r. H. Graham sue
ceeds Mr.. Hoffman at Salina during
his absence.
Evanston, Wyo., News: The
last Quarterly Conference Of the N.
E, church passed strong resolutions
urging the reappointment Of Rev.
Elmer Il. Hollar as pastor Of the
church at Evanston for the fourth
wear. Rev. Hollar ia a talented min