T ( Abilene Eeelectok. Thursday, Sept. 20, 1883. B. I- 8TKOTIIBB. S. K. STKOTHEB. STEOTHER BROTHERS, Editors ami Publishers. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oke Coppt, One Year, : : : : ?l-50 " Six Months, : : t .75 Advertising Rates, Reasonable. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. FOR TREASURER, THOMAS IORBY. FOR SHERIFF, J. J. MILLElt. FOR CORONER. WILLIAM PERKINS. He Should "be Nominated. Mr. Tilden defeated Mr. Gould in a yacht race the other day. If Mr. Til den can run as well as his yacht, he ought to he nominated hy acclamation. An Editor Dead. The funeral services of Hugh Hast ings, editor of the New York Commer cial Advertiser, one of the leading papers of tliis country, were held m the St. Leos Catholic church last Saturday morning. The first men of the nation were numhered among the pall-bearers President Arthur, Secretary Folger, Eoscoe Conkling, W. II. Vanderbilt, Hugh J. Jewett and Jay Gould. Be-Submission. The Democrats of Leavenworth coun ty held their Convention last Monday and nominated a full ticket, Col. Thos. Moonlight being nominated for Sheriff on the first ballot by acclamation. As the Democratic Conventions of other counties had done before, the Leaven worth Democrats passed a resolution strongly favoring the re-submission of the prohibitory amendment to the peo ple. This issue, in the several counties, will be watched with great interest, as it will decide' whether or not the people are still in favor of prohibition. New Jersey Democrats. The New Jersey democrats held their State Convention last Thursday and nominated, amid some excitement, Abbott for Governor. The entire plat form adopted is a good one, the following plank showing that New Jersey is fall ing into line with the Western demo crats: Resolved, That we favor a tariff for revenue limited to the necessary expen diture of the government, and so ad justed as to give protection and en couragement to home productive indus try and labor without producing or fos tering monopolies. Unjust. A number of our republican exchan ges, with more bitterness than good judgment, are heaping abuse upon Mis souri because of the acquittal of Prank James. Missouri is no more to blame for the acquittal than is Kansas, and no attempt to make political capital out of the verdict will be successful. Mis souri is to-day one of the most prosper ous states of the Union; under Gov. Crittenden's administration she has been completely cleared of her outlaw bands; her record of crime will com pare favorably with that of any state, and her laws are as well enforced as the laws of any Commonwealth. The res ponsibility of the trial was placed on twelve men, and then: failure to do jus tice can in no way be fastened on the State. "Bender unto Cassar the tilings which are Caisar's." If it was not so ridiculously impudent it would be hu morous, for republican papers to charge that democratic communities favor criminals. "What is the record of the republican party since 1S65? Martin Luther. The quatre-centenary of the birth of Martin Luther, the great reformer, was celebrated at Wittenberg,Germany, last Thursday. The city was profusely dec orated, two thousand clergymen were present, and the visitors, from Thurin gia. Brandenburg and Saxony, num bered fifty thousand. Colossal busts of Luther and his highly educated and sweet-tempered lieutenant.Melancthon, were placed on the balcony of the town hall. Martin Luther is the greatest name in modern Christian literature, and es pecially is it worshipped by the Ger man people, among whom the great re former was born. His work against the Papal abuses of that time was warmly seconded by the German people, and his attitude before the Diet of Worms made him the hero of the nation. Sin gle handed, he had fought the battle of Germany against the Pope. He had hazarded his life for the sake of the Fatherland. It was this attitude which has made his name a household word with the Germans, and which will per petuate it. There is no name in the roll of German historic heroes so Ger man, national and typical as Luther's. Kansas Agriculture. The report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for August is received, and continues to exhibit the agriculture of Kansas as in a most prosperous con dition. The yield of all the crops is turning out better than was anticipated and the prospects of the fanners are verv flattering. The movement of the grain east has already begun and the returns for it will soon make them feel rich and prosperous. The people of Kansas will have 50, 000,000 more bushels of corn this year than last. Oats, though injured some what by the rains, is an excellent crop. Grass, both prairie and cultivated, is 20 per cent better than last year. Sor ghum improved throughout Augustjand upon the whole, is a better crop than Isist year. It is raised mostly in the western part of the state where it was planted for fodder. Many varieties of millet, of which sorghum is the cliief , are grown for fodder. All ove the state sorghum is grown more or less for molasses, and there are several mau nfcintories for makincr sonrhum sugar. Irish potatoes are from 25 to 50 percent better than on lormer years, sweet potatoes are also in excess 15 per cent. Dickinson county has 321 acres of timothy, 95 acres of clover, 44L acres of other tame grasses, and 44,313 acres of prairie under fence She has 7,861 horses, an increase of 360 over 1882 She has 997 mules and asses, a decrease of 10 from 1882. . . .She has 6,641 milch cows, an increase of 1,312 over 1882 She made, for year ending March 1, 1881, 5,640 pounds of cheese, 465,057 pounds of butter, 5,850 pounds of cream ery butter, value of milk sold other than that sold for cheese and butter, 5,732 . . . .She has, of other cattle, 15,049, an increase of 1,973 over 1882.... She has 23,023 sheep, a decrease from 1882 of 3,737.... She has 27,818 hogs, an in-m-pasp.nf 3271 over 1882 For year ending March 1, 1883, she produced 89,790 pounds of wool, had 71 sheep valued at $142.00 killed by dogs and the dogs numbered 2.014 For year ending March 1, 18S3, she stood sixth in value of garden products marketed, $19,442.00, and second in value of poul try and eggs sold, $60,051.00 Neumuller Nominated. On Saturday, September 15th, the democrats of the 3d Commissioner Dis tict met in Wall Brothers' Hall, for the purpose of nominating a Commis sioner for the District. The conven tion was called to order at 2 o'clock, p. 3i., by the chairman of the Execu tive Committee of the district, Col. T.. Rwimirt. who. ill a few appropriate and well-timed remarks, explained the object of the meeting. Alter which, on motion, the Colonel was made per manent chairman. Nominations then being hi order, Col. Swigart and II. J. G. Neumuller, Esq., were put in nom ination. The Colonel very respectfully declined the nomination and Mr. Neu muller was unanimously nominated by acclamation. This is a very fortunate nomination, as Mr. Neumuller is one of the most popular men of the dis trict with democrats and republicans alike; and we predict his election by a large majority. The convention was a large and harmonious one, not a jar or seism cropped out during its delibera tions. After passing a vote of thanks to Wall Bros, for the use of their hall the convention adjourned sine die. Amusements. Our amusement loving people are to be particularly favored next week, and too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Harrison Bonebrake, the manager of the Opera House, for his successful efforts to give Abilene three first class enter tainments during the Fair. On Tues day andWednesday evenings, Sept. 25th and 26th, the Fay Templeton Company will appear before the footlights of Bonebrake's Opera House. Tuesday evening, "Mascotte" will be rendered, and for Wednesday evening the audi ence will be allowed to select from the rcjwrtorie of the company's plays. It is needless for the Beflector to say that Fay Templeton will crowd the Opera House both evenings. Thursday evening, the 27th, Comley's Comedy Company will present Ameri cans greatest comedy-drama, "The Princess Chuck." This company played in the Gillis Opera nouse at Kan sas City last week, and the ladies of St. Joseph were thoroughly captiva ted by Lizzie Harold, the winsome sou- brette. In private life she is Airs. W . J. Comley, the mother of a wonderful ten weeks old boy who travels with her. A St. Joseph paper says: "Her rooms at the Pacific Hotel have been besieged by callers anxious to see the little sprite, who has and will during the season travel thousands of miles and have shown their appreciation of her devo tion as a mother and qualities as an ac tress by filling the opera house each evening and wildly applauded her. On Tuesday one boquet was thrown over the footlights with a silver rattle en closed for that dear baby boy. r Farmers and all should make ar rangements to attend the county fair next week, Sept. 25-6-7-8. Select your largest and best farm products, so that Dickinson county will have an excel lent showing. We have the products to make a splendid showing if brought out. Many strangers will be here and we desire to show them what a first class county can do. SHERIFFS SALE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN OR der or sale issued toy the Clerk of the district court of Dickinson countv, State of Kansas, In a cause pending therein, Wherein A. D. Arnold and Ellen A. Arnold are plaintiffs, and Shelden Nobles and William Sherlock are defendants, I will, on MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st, A. D., 1883, at the Fair ground In Grant township, county and state aforesaid, at one o'clock, p. in., sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand the following de- scribiea personal property, to-vit: dio head of Ewes, Wethers and Bucks, and 160 head of Lambs; taken in attachment by A. D. Arnold and Ellen A. Arnold as the property of said Shelden Noble and!Wllliani Sherlock. witness my hand this 19th day of September, A. D., 1883. HENRY L1TTS, Sheriff of Dickinson county, Kansas. SHERIFF'S SALE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AX EXECU tlon itwied by the Clerk of the District Court of Dickins-on County, State of Kansas, tn a enuwe pending therein, wherein John M. Fi&iieii I plaintiff, and Jons Ann is defendant, I will, on ' MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, A. D., 1SS3, on the Southwest Quarter of Section Number Twenty-Eight, (23) in Township Number Fifteen, (15), south of Range Two east of the Sixth (0) Principal Meridian, County of Dickinson, State of Kan.sis, at 11 o'clock, A. M., of said dav, sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand the following de scribed personal property, to-wit: Four Stacks of Oats, Five Stacks of Wheat, One Stack of Rye and Twenty-Five Acres of Corn, more or less, now growing upon the above describ ed land. The fain property will be sold as the property of the above named defendant, John Akd, in favor of the above named plaintiff, Jonx Jl. ISHEH. Witness my hand this 12th day of September, A. D. 18S3. HENRY LITTS, 4-2t. Sheriff, of Dickinson County, Kaugag. Hodge Brothers, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, NAILS, MECHANICS TOOLS, Acorn Stoves, BUGGIES, SPRING WAGONS, Tin Roofing and Spouting a Specialty Call and get prices hefore Have just received an immense stock of above goods and if you will call we will convince you that we are selling at low prices. Buckeye Avenue, This space reserved for T. C. Mcinerney's advertisement next week, CLOTHING EMPORIUM! A large and magnificent stock of Fall and Winter Clothing just being opened by HAZLETT & Co. Cood Goods, Endless .A.T HAZLETT & CO.'S buying elsewhere. ABILENE, KANSAS. r Variety, Low Prices, 0. G. HAWK. TIKE PlUUiiSM HAWK & GLEISSNER, DEALERS IN iPITTIRIE DIRITJIGHS TOILET GOODS, -:o:- A Full Line of Humphrey's Homeopathic Medicines. :o: Headquarters For Painters' Supplies, Glass, Machine Oils, &c, &c. We keep at all times best Head Light Oil, 175 degrees test. cjlxjIil, jjstjd sieiej us. ,,, PIONEER. PIONEER. M DRUO STORE HAS ALWAYS BEEtf The Pioneer in Low Prices. And now offers better bargains to all. Having but little monev invested in show we can often sell goods cheaper than more pretentious establishments. We keep the best call and see. 4 3m J. H. BRADY THE R eal estat: - OF - CENTRAL Offers 2oze O-ocd. Bargains Ub-sm. a,rr3r :ma,ri. In. IKeum-seis. Agent for IT. P. R. R. Lands, National Land Company's Land, Agricultural College Lands. If you want to buy a Correct Abstracts Made For Money Loaned at Lowest Rates. Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Xo Charge for Showing Lands. 4 tf J. H. TO BREED WE HAVE A FEW FINELY BRED Short-Horn Bull Calves WHICH AVE WISH TO DISPOSE OF THIS FALL. JSf" Here is a rare chance to get good stock cheap. For further informa tion call on II. II. FLOYD, Abilene, Kansas. i 2m. ' FLOYD & BOARDSTAIT. Furniture HEADQTJAETEES AT VPSBAW9 CORNER OF FOURTH AND BROADWAY. Sign of the Big Chair. E Carries the largest stock in the west. I can and will sell cheaper than any other house in Dickinson county. I have no rents to pay, no expensive clerk hire, and 1'give my customers the advantoge of it. Don't buy without seeing my goods and getting prices. Xo trouble to show goods. 7 3VL-V. UFSHAW, 13m JN0. M. GLE1SSHEB. STATIONERY, &c. PIONEER. ITH'S D. G. SMITH. LEADING KANSAS. Farm, call and see him. All Lands In Dickinson Co. ' better Bargains now than ever before. BRADY, Enterprise, Kansas. of CATTLE. V. AGENT Carpe S) 4 V r v