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THE
EEFLECTOB.
VOL. I.
BILElIE, ZDICTOnSTSOiN" COUNTS', IKIsTSS, NOr. 22, 1883.
no. 14.
ABILENE
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DRUGS!
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VARNISHES!
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GK NORTHCRAFT'S
-WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUE FALL SHIPMENT OF-
WHITE LEAD,
MIXED PAMTS,
: OIS, VAENISHES, :
BRUSHES, GLASS,
-r Which is larger than ever before. We handle nothing but the
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Southern "Wh.it e Lead.
"Which is conceeded the best in the market. Also the celebrated
VANE CALVERT & CO.'S MIXED PAINT, Tteli we have Mndled for toa needs no recommendation.
v' JOHNSTON'S DRY SIZED KALSOMINE.
Choice IlawiEi Extracts aiii Pure Spices Groin or Whole. I The Finest Brands of Cigars. i-3m
City
JfYQa Itobacco
S. A. FLENXER has rented of Mr. Hum
phrey his interest in the CITY MILLS, and on
and after Xov. 1st, 1883, the business will be
carried on by
STODDARD & FLENNER.
Farmers who have wheat in store have been
credited on our books with the balance due on
November 1st.
STODDARD & FLEER.
SPECIALTIES!
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Detroit Dots.
Bargains atj J fl
BUY YOUR GROCERIES
"- IF. AUGUSTINE.
Bargains at
BUY YOUR QUEENS
WARE OF
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Bargains at
BUY YOUR GROCERIES
OF
Bargains at
BUY YOUR QUEENS
WARE OF
Bargains at J, F, AUGUSTINE, Bargains at
THE PALM LEAF PLUG
CHEWING TOBACCO,
AND THE GUVENOR
Andy Swinger has improved Ins farm
by adding a good barn to lus premises.
A great many teachers from all parts
of the coimty attended the last Teach
ers' Institute, held here in the school
house. Everything passed off in good
style, and the exercises at night were
pronounced very fine.
The recent dance in John "Wagner's
bam, given in honor of Burton's victo
ry, was presided over by Charley Lamb,
jr., in an able manner. Good music
was furnished by the "Walnut Grove
Band. Say.Charlie, Ed. Xichols would
like those cjgars.
John "Wagner and A. Karl have built
themselves new barns, and Mr. Karl
has made an addition to his dwelling,
which adds much to the appearance of
his fine farm.
This is the busiest season Detroit
ever had in her history. J. & L. Lamb
are selling immense piles of goods at
low prices; Miss Vail is doing a good
business at her store; Uncle Sam Os
good is handling great quantifies of
grain; Vail's steam elevator is kept
miming far into the night to handle
the big amount of trade that E. S. does,
and Ketchum still holds the fort.
"Will Lamb's new house approaches
completion. It presents a fine appear
ance and will add much to the looks of
our town. "Will still speaks to com
mon people. Center.
5 CENT CIGAR,
FOUND ONLY AT THE
LITTLE BED STOBE.
A, K. VANDERBILT, Pro. py
Attention All!
ew Fall Stock Of
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Herrington Happenings.
Pine weather now.
"Williams & Bear are finishing Risley's
store.
The hotel is progressing under the
supervision of Mr. B. Martin.
Bad colds are all the rage; most eve
ry body has the complaint.
"W. Q. wishes us to say that a wash
woman is badly needed at this place.
Corn husking is the order of the day.
The crop is good this season about 60
or 70 bushels to the acre is the average.
Bickmore & Taylor had a team to run
away last Thusday. It was ascertaine d
that the team wanted a little exercise.
Peter Ualleck, teaching school near
Xew Basel, was visiting here last Sun
day. He says he is getting along splen
didly with Iris school,
One of -Mijr Risley's children caught
fire to its clothing and started for the
house, about 300 yards distant, which
aggravated the fire of course, and by
the time it reached the house the fire
had consumed considerable of the cloth
ing and burned the child friglif ully, but
it is hoped not seriously.
Our lawyer, whom the ' 'educated rat"
drove off a short time since, returned
Saturday last with the intention to lo
cate here in spite of the -'educatedrat."
The lawyer says he will stay this time
or he will give Mr. Rat what the re
publicans will get next presidential elec
tion, and that's a pair of black eyes.
Clipper.
Industry Inklings.
Several buildings are going up.
Our merchants are doing a brisk fall
trade in general merchandize and farm
implements.
Once more the wheat fields of the
valley have their autumn coats and the
scene appears like beautiful green car
pets scattered over the landscape.
"Wheat never looked better at this time
of the year, and bright prospects in the
future are looked for.
Corn husking will be delayed some in
consequence of large quantities of wheat
to be threshed and the many buildings
in the state of erection, which occupies
the time of the farmers at present.
This part of Dickinson the people, as
a rule, are well satisfied with the result
of the recent election; and it is no more
than just that Abilene should have the
honor of having the Democratic State
and Congressional Conventions. This
thing should be urged through the
columns of the Reflector and by the
member of the State Central Committee
from Abilene. It would receive due
consideration from your humble ser
vant, who is a member of the Congres
sional Committee. My reasons for ad
vancing this at this early date are, that
we may have time to urge Abilene's
claim, that we have a first class demo
cratic paper, large and extensive hotel
accommodations, and that" it would be
to the interests of the business men and
citizens generally to encourage the same
for beneficial results.
Rip Van "Winkle.
Chapman Chat.
Teachers' Institute
At the Chronister school house, in
Buckeye tp., Saturday. December 8th,
1883, commencing at 10 o'clock.
PROGRAMME.
C. II. Lowrie Physical Geography.
Mrs. M. Hamilton Fundamental
Principals of Arithmetic.
J. M. Skidmore Class drills in Deci
mals. Miss Althea Gary Primary Geogra
phy. Miss Celia Tillotson Essay.
A. VanDyke Best method of teach
ing interest.
O. L. Bates Percentage.
Miss Lou Huff Select Reading.
Elmer Crooks Local Geography.
u. Ji. Peck Incentive to Study.
I D. Vanscoye Mental Arithmetic.
D. E. Cornier Tardiness and "Whis
pering. Sallie Dowling 1st and 2nd Reader.
Mr. Coleman Penmanship.
"W. A. Stacy Discipline.
S. C. Brown Grammar for 2d
3d Reader.
Harvey Durrin Discount.
Belle Simmers Select Reading.
Evening session to consist of
bate, Essays, Select Reading &c.
By order or committee.
D. D. Hornaday.
country. The mere fact that he stands
alone among the justices of the Supreme
court will have no influence to weaken
him with the colored people, whose
views he expressed. The only Republi
cans in the South are colored Republi
cans, if we except the handful of car
pet baggers who fill the federal offices
of that region.. The Southern states
will have 306 of the S20 delegates who
will compose the next Republican na
tional convention, and if the colored
people will agree together and assert
their power they can elect every one of
these 306 delegates for Harlan.
"What other candidate has any chance
of going into the convention with any
thing like that number of supporters?
Blame never received anything like that
many votes in the Chicago convention,
and Grant's following, as shown by the
famous bronze medals, amounted to just
that figure.
But Harlan's strength would hardly
be confined to the south. The district
plan of representation will obtain in the
next national convention and there are
several congressional districts in the
nortn in which the colored voters would
be able to dictate their own terms on an
issue like this. Besides why should
not New England, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska and Illinois, which have al
ways professed such warm affection for
the colored people, elect delegates
pledged to vote for Harlan, the friend
of the colored people, for president?
There are vast possibilities in Har
lan's candidacy. If the colored citizens
can compel his nomination, and they
can if they will only stick together in
the south, they will become a vast pow
er in the Republican party and if he is
elected they can count with confidence
upon receiving a fair share of the pat
ronage of the administration for the en
suing four years.
Harlan and Harmony should be the
rallying cry of the colored people henceforth.
and
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An Elegant Performance.
THIS WEEK AT
J. M. BRENIZER
0G3DEU, WEHTWOHTH & HILL,
DEALERS IN
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Champion
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V MHi MBH Had OH C
Tinware, Table and Pocket Cutlery.
NTo Fancy IPrices!
To Sportsmen
The Farmers
We have In stock a fine line of breech and muzzle loading guns, vfi
kinds of gun fixtures and ammunition.
Would do weU to notice our large line of Furst Bradlev and N a
Thompson Plows, the Thompson Mowers, and the Schuttler and
vtiiikettuier wuguns.
Garland StOVeS and Ranges An immense line of them always on hand
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WORK MANUFACTURED ON SHORT NOTICE,
.EVUmttlUUer ae Jria.Ce corner uroaawaj- & Third, No.l-3m
EAST THIRD STREET.
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Confectionary f? Candies
A SPECIALTY.
ICE CREAM AM OYSTERS
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IN SEASON.
Monday was a windy day.
Knight & Stearns is the style of our
meat market firm.
The new church at Zion will be dedi
cated in a short time.
Mrs. Sprakes stopped over on her re
turn from Kansas City last Friday.
Mr. Frank Stanley has purchased the
Ira Rudy property of Geo. Cunningham
ana moveu to town.
The furniture store has changed hands
lately, but we have not learned the style
of the new firm.
P. Sheeran and A. J. Poor have both
moved into their new houses just com
pleted. The Town Council have passed an
ordinance niakimra fine of S5.00 ner
day for allowing hogs to run at large.
j 'Squire Talbot is now the happy man.
("We notice his gait to and from work
lias wonderrully improved. It's a girl
and all's well.
Our worthy harness maker, X. "W.
Tyler is sure of the post office next year
because of the excellent prospect of a
democratic president.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Taylor started on
Tuesday evening's train for Hlinois on
a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Minot.
"We wish them a pleasant visit and safe
return.
The grand opening for holiday goods
at the People's Drug and Book Store
will take place on Saturday, December
1st. On that dav everv ladv purchas-
ing goods to the amount of 50 cts will
receive a present of a fine cliromo and
the gentlemen will not be slighted.
One of 'Squire Jones' sons met with
a serious accident last Saturday by fall
ing from a loaded wagon and the wheel
passing over liim. Dr. Colley was called
and the injuries properly attended to.
The boy is now on the mend and will
probably soon be around.
A little son of II. Graham met with
a misfortune last Monday while at
school. "While some of the boys were
playing with an ax, in some way he re
ceived a cut across the back of his hand
severing three leaders. Dr. Colley
dressed the wound.
"Although the typical American is
rather a sober fellow, and educates his
face into an expression of habitual
gravity, there is no one who sees more
quickly than he the point of a joke, or
who carries in his soul a keener appre
ciation of fun. It is this popular fond
ness for joke and absurdity that has
made the lighter orders of comedy so
attractive to the people, and has given
to the stage a galaxy of "comic profes-
: i i it
Hiumus,' wnose superior cannot, ue pro
duced in the world.
The drama of the "Hidden Hand,"
as presented at the Academy of Music
last evening by "Whiteley's Original
Hidden Hand company, was a fair sam
ple of this bright and attractive school
of entertainment, while the immense
audience that crowded the house to
witness the exhibition would seem to
fully sustain our declaration. The
play, upon its mere literary mer
its, is a good one; but assisted by
the combined talent of the splendid
company it brought to its support last
evening, it seemed to fairly bum with
interest, or bristle with witticism from
the beginning to the close. The beauti
ful songs of Capitola were of themselves
worth the price of admission, wliile in
the absurdities of "Wool, or the droll
petulance of the irritable Hurricane,the
spectator fomid no point at which either
his interest or his amusement seemed to
languish until the curtain fell upon the
closing scene. The company is a good
one thoroughly equipped m all its ap
pointments, and has achieved a popu
larity as wide as it is deserved." Iowa
State Leader, Des Moines.
Don't fail to witness tliis elegant com
pany, and this greatest of all Southern
comedy-dramas, at Bonebrake's Opera
House, next "Wednesday evening, Nov.
2Sth. Reserved seats now on sale, and
can be secured in advance at North-craft's.
Harlan to the Front.
Denver News.
Much stranger things have happened
in American politics than that Justice
Harlan's dissent from the decision ren
dered by his eight associates, declaring
the Civil Rights bill unconstitutional,
should make that gentleman the Re
publican nominee for president next
year.
Look at the possibilities. Justice Har
lan's views will certainly be endorsed
by the entire colored population of the
Governor Glick in Chicago.
Chicago Tribnne.
Governor G. "W. Glick, of Kansas, is
at the Sherman with Mrs. Glick, hav
ing come to Chicago to attend the cattle
show. To a reporter for the Tribune
he said last evening that the democrats
had made substantial gains in recent
county elections in Kansas. ""We car
ried," he continued, "counties that we
never did before, electincr our entire
county tickets. When I defeated St.
John I carried a number of localities
that gave a majority for the rest of the
republican ticket. This time some of
these counties went democratic from
top to bottom. It was the case in Rus
sel, Ford and several others."
"Will the prohibition question come
up next year?"
"I think so. The prohibitionists say
they will keep up the fight and will
nominate a prohibition republican for
governor next year on a prohibition
platform. They are a majority of the
republican party of Kansas and control
the convention. Whether they can win
with it remains to be seen. I am not a
candidate for re-election and do not
care to make another race. One term
is glory enough for me. "We will make
an aggressive fight next year and will
go hi to win. The state has been re
districted into seven congressional dis
tricts and we expect to carry at least
two of them. The first, containing the
cities of Atchison and Leavenworth, I
am confident we can carry, and there is
a fair prospect of defeating Haswell in
the Lawrence district. lie is a strong
protectionist and does not suit the peo
ple on this issue. Free trade clubs have
been organized all over his district and
they are mainly run by republicans."
"Whom do the Kansas democrats fa
vor for president?"
"I am in favor of Joe McDonald. I
think it should be a western man, and
he seems the most available one in sight.
McDonald and Hewitt would be about
the right thing, in my judgment."
The Early Bird.
"Washington, Nov. 13. This morn
ing about 10 o'clock, Mr. Bell, the photographer,-drove
up to the Riggs, be
liind two jet black horses, alighted, and
inquired for the Hon. J. G. Carlisle,
and his card was sent up to the Ken
tucky statesman, who, in a few mo
ments, responded in person.
The Hon. Phil Thompson was stand- .
ing in the rotunda of the hotel when
Mr. Bell and Mr. Carlisle got into the
carriage.
"There," said Phil, "you know what
is up now, don't you?"
"No, sir; what is it?"
"Why, Bell wants the picture of the
next speaker of the house, and is going
to take Carlisle's photograph that's
all."
"Do you think Carlisle will pull
through?"
Think! Think nothing; he is certain
to be nomihated by the caucus, if he
lives. Mark my words,"
Mahone Burned in Effigy.
Petersburg Index-Appeal.
Mahone was burned in effigy at Bel
field, an old goose being utilifed to rep
resent the boss. The negroes took as
active a part in the proceedings as the
whites, and there was roaring fun and
merriment the whole evening.
Folder's Luck.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Folger will, observe that he ran hither
wrong year in 2ew York.
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