Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-08-29
TwESrT-vIvE WARS AGO

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. Items from the Reflector Of .
August %, 1887.
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Section Boss King OF the Santa Fe
is laying side track to the Johntz
& Rice mill.
There were candidates on every
corner today. and no one escaped
their persuasive smiles and hearty
handshakes.
The city has been full Of people
from the country today. The mer-
chants have been doing a rushing
! business.
John M. Gleissner has a cluster OF
three pears upon one stem, at his
drug store. that fell off pear tree
at his residence, that certainly are
beauties.
Poet Campbell says he is In no
hurry to go to Boston the late rains
having opened a field OF exquisite
and rapturous scenes for a poetic
soul to dream and reveal in, espec-
,allv IL the fair and dainty ones, as
they trip across our muddy thor
oughfares, wear hose that bend IN
harmony with an aesthetic nature
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Hiland Southworth, one OF Abb
lene's live attorneys, was in the CITY
Monday and called on us. Hiiand
is a good square man. He has In
terests in our prosperous little city
Banner Register.
George Holzworth is recovering
from his late sickness and will soon
be able to attend to business once
more.
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There lives in Cheever township,
this county, a farmer who mas ac-
cumulated a snug little fortune In
the way of 100 acres of land under
thorough cultivation, well fenced q
good and substantial farm house, and
harms and sheds that would be con-
sidered good buildings back in the
States Last spring he prophesled
\ no corn, and sold his hogs and cattle
and has a good bank account In lieu
thereof. He claims the Lord notified
him what to do, and the poor corn
crop in his neighborhood bears him
Out in the prediction that he made.
He also claims that the world VIII
come to an end and that the LORD
, has toldi him that he shall live to
see It: and furthermore that he Will
be notified few days before Gabriel
blows his horn. Thirty years ago
In Buck county, Pa, this same gen.
tIeman was sufferer from weak
land lame back for year, brought on
by heavy lifting. At that time ac'
cording to his own story, he was 9
'"Heretic," he became converted and
! shortly afterwards faith in the Al
, mighty converted his lame back into
! one that he prides himself upon al
!, being equal to any that bumps itseli
over q pair Of plowhandles on any
farm in the county. Some OF hit
neighbors laugh at his utterances
but others are beginning to have
raith in his self asserted foresight
fThe man referred to in the above
article is Prof. A. Kropp of Abilene
who lives over ]. e. Brewers store
, on Broadway
The cool rains have dampened thu
arior of the festive chinch bug.
The official badge of the Kansas
G. A. r. is out. The design is
. grasshopper and sunflower, connect
ed by a ribbon bearing the wore
Kansas in gold letters. 1t was de
/ signed by Major Shockey of the Sol
h diers Home at Leavenworth.
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The talk of bringing water from
! Sand Springs to supply our city wit
pure fresh water, would be rule
out of order at present, as we hav
i been supplied for the last few day
: from a much larger reservoir. San
4 Springs would do in dry season, tn
! history of Kansas observation take