Abilene weekly reflector., 1906-09-20
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

Englanu'
Work on the new high schou
building has begun The basemen
is nearly ready for masons.
Miss Alice Lesher returned to Lin
coin, Neb,, to reeume her work in tn
city schools after spending the vaca
tion at home.
Vic Roy, the popular superinten
dent of the U. p. for this division, ha,
been promoted to the main line. w
H. Peterson succeeds him.
George St. Peter, carrier OF
Route No. Z, has resigned his place
and will return to his old position,
engineer at the Security Mills.
&C. S. Kraybill has moved to Abb.
lene. Geo. J. Hornung who recently
purchased Mr.. KS. farm now oceu-
pies it and gets all the growing crops.
"A steady rain Tuesday night con-
tinuing until noon has thoroughly
soaked the county. The conditions
could scoarcely be better for fall seed
ling.
Miss Bessie Costello Of Hope died
Wednesday at Herington. Her
mother was trying to get her home
from Norton where she was taken
sick.
Doc Shearer left for Kansas City
and st. Louis and will buy a stock Of
leaf tobacco. On his return he will
open cigar factory in the Brown
block.
The postal department has made
some new rules about postal cards.
1t should include one that vulgar and
indecent cards go into the postofice
stove.
Born, Sept. 18th, to Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Baier Of Kansas City, a girl.
Mrs, Baier will be remembered as
Miss Roberta Green, one Of the county
teachers.
Earl Bohannon, formerly Of this
county and member of Co. L, goth
Kansas, now of Muskogee, has been
appointed department quartermaster
Of Oklahoma Spanish war veterans.
The rain filed the excavation for
the high school basement and put
about three feet Of water in the Meth
odist church basement. The church
walls may be injured by the water.
W. 7. Langston has started shoe
shop in part Of room occupied by
Sholl & Rush's feed store on North
Buckeye, four doors north of Sd St.
and will be glad to meet all his old
customers and many new ones. Best
Of material and workmanship our
motto. t&c*
Work on the Methodist church
is going on rapidly.
The entire church will be faced with
light gray cement bricks and win
lows and doors faced with cement
stone.
&C. d. Homfeld writes from Phila-
lelphia: After having spent a pleas
INT vacation in Philadelphia, l am
Ibout to return to school at Roches-
er, N. Y, German Baptist Theolog-
cal Seminary. Greetings to all Dick ,
nson friends.
Miss Georgia Snyder entertained
few of her friends Saturday evening.
rs 1t was her birthday she received a
lumber of beautiful presents. A
irthday cake was cut The ring.
penny and button we're duly
ound and merry time was enjoyed.
w. L. Cooley was washing his
tore window this morning when he
ecalled the fact that just 40 years
go today he commenced work as i
Jerk In store and the first job his a
mployer gave him was to wash the L
rindOws. Long stretch between the CT
wo events. d
Manchester News: An effort is
foot to incorporate Manchester and "
petition for that purpose is being :
rculated for signatures Of taxpayers : :
} be presented to the board Of coun- VI
! commissioners. As was TO be ex- A'
ected. there is some opposition to :, "
le proposition, but those who are -
Oking after the matter feel greatly q
lcOuraged with the outlook for sue
,ss. u
The probabilities are that there to
Ill be a great deal Of sickness in br
wn. According to the testimony ST
Abilene citizens in district court 3 D,