1883 The Abilene Reflector : September 6, 1883 GREENBACK CONVENTION There will be a mass convention of the National Greenback party, of Dickinson county, to be held in the court house, at Abilene, on Saturday, Sept. 8th, 1 p.m. As there are matters of importance to be considered a full attendance is hoped for. C.W. Brooks, Sec'y. Samuel Wilson, Chairman. A democratic Convention for the 3rd Commissioner District of Dickinson county is called to meet at Solomon City, on Saturday, Sept. 15th, 1883, at one o'clock, p.m., for the purpose of nominating a County Commissioner. The democrats of the District are earnestly requested to be present, so that a free and full expression of the will of the voters may be obtained. Col. Swigart, Ch'm. ; H.H. McDonald, Sec'y COUNTY JUDICIAL CONVENTION A non-partisan county convention of the electors of Dickinson county, Kas., will be held at the court house, in Abilene, on the 24th day of September, 1883, at 2 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of selecting nine delegates and nine alternates, to represent Dickinson county in the Judicial District Convention, to be held in Junction City, on the 26th day of September, 1883, for the purpose of putting in nomination a candidate for Judge of the District of the Eighth Judicial District. By order of the Eight Judicial District Central Committee. A.W. Rice, Secretary ; J.K. Wright, Chairman GRAND BANQUET There will be a grand banquet given at McInerney Hall, Sept. 13th, 1883, for the benefit of the Catholic church. All are cordially invited. Committee on arrangements: D.L. Bennett, E.C. Dowling, J.T. Berry, T.J. Curry, John McInerney, T. Robertson, John Bennett. Basket Meeting A basket meeting of the Disciples of Christ will be held in W.M. Campbell's grove, Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th, 1883. Services to commence at 2 o'clock, P.M., Saturday. Preaching in the evening at Harmony school house. bring your baskets well filled, and everybody come. Soldiers Attention ! A re-union and jollification of old soldiers will be had on the fair grounds at Abilene, Kansas, on Friday, Sept. 28, 1883. All are cordially invited to come; bring your families and don't forget your baskets and tin cups; hot coffee will be ready on the ground. Good speakers will be in attendance. B.F. Nelson, Jacob Schopp, J.J. Brown } Com. City schools will open on Monday, Sept. 10th. Teacher's meeting at Central building on Saturday, Sept. 8th, two o'clock, p.m. By order of Director A.V. Jewett The editor of the Saline County Journal is in a bad way and should take good care of himself. He says: "It is claimed that buttermilk is recommended by physicians as being good for the dyspepsia and the kidneys. Somebody, please open an ice cold buttermilk stand." The City Council of Salina have determined to have a display of their water works the first day of the fair, Tuesday, September 25, and they have invited the Mayors and Councils of Abilene, Solomon, Junction City, Clay Center, Minneapolis, Brookville, Ellsworth, Lindsburg and McPherson to attend. - Junction City Union The sunflowers that line either side of the road between Enterprise and Abilene are an intolerable nuisance, and should be removed forthwith. There is just a wagon track through this annual forest that keeps off the breeze, making the heat insufferable to man and beast. The nuisance, we believe, lies in Grant township district and the road overseers on that line should be hauled over the coals. - Enterprise Register. Last Thursday afternoon Mr. W.C. Tuthill's little daughter was wheeling the baby close to the river bank, when the little girl lost control of the carriage and it ran into the river. The little girl rushing to the top of the bank gave the alarm and Mr. Chas. Tuthill ran to the rescue. He found the carriage turned upside down and the baby clinging to the side of the buggy nearly drowned. After some effort the baby was restored and now is as vigorous as ever. A most fortunate escape. - Saline County Journal Sherman Martin was before Squire Miller yesterday, on charge of stealing a pocket book containing $94 and some papers from a Kansas City drummer. Martin is a colored youth about eighteen or twenty years of age, and was a porter at the Dispatch Hotel. The money disappeared and the porter was suspected and arrested. Upon being interviewed by Sheriff Martin, he acknowledged his guilt and took him into the cellar and showed where the lost money was concealed. This appearing in the evidence, the culprit was committed to jail in default of bail to await the action of the district court. - Clay Center Times. Only a Pleasantry As Slade and Mitchell are looking around for a quiet and obscure place in which to hold their "mill," we would earnestly recommend Abilene as the proper point. - Salina Journal Our friend Sampson was trying to be funny when he penciled the above, but the attempt was abortive. The REFECTOR is a comparative stranger to this part of the world, but it didn't take it long to find out Salina's weakness. It doesn't, however, wish to say anything about its unfortunate neighbor so soon after its arrival. It might be guilty of a breach of courtesy. But Salina knows that Abilene does more business in a week than she does in a month. Abilene has the finest public school and school building in Central Kansas; she has a fine Opera House; waterworks; enterprise; money; fine business blocks, immense business interests; a democratic paper; houses springing up in every direction; ten brick store rooms in course of construction; and for the past three years she increased three in population to Salina's one. What and where is Salina? Has she been heard of since 1880? She is located somewhere in Kansas, but at present she is tired and is indulging in a Rip Van Winkle sleep. When she wakes up she will draw her rags about her and come over to the metropolis of Central Kansas for bread and wine. And the Journal man will be in the procession. Solomon Splinters - Solomon is getting notortous (sic). - East bound passenger train eight hours late Sunday. - Quite a crowd was in attendance at the dedication of the Catholic church Sunday. - A large number of our people are going to attend Bismarck Fair this week. - A new harness shop has opened up in town. - Considerable excitement was caused on our streets Saturday evening by one Eugene Harington Shooting a revolver on the street. He was arrested and put in the cooler, but about nine o'clock his friends thought they would take him out and succeeded. But he was taken again by determined citizens and put again in jail. On Sunday morning some unknown person slipped a knife to the prisoner and he cut his way out and escaped. - Morris Robecker was made Marshal Monday, Mr. Shanks resigning. To Whom It May Concern The undersigned have entered into a co-partnership under the name and style of T.C. Henry & Co., and under date of June 1st, 1883, for the purpose of continuing the Real Estate, Loan, Insurance and Abstract business heretofore carried on by T.C. Henry. Business will be continued at the usual place. Respectfully, T.C. Henry, G.W. Carpenter ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Dickinson county, Kansas, subject to the decision of the voters of November election. CHAS. H. WELMAN E.G. PUTMAN is a candidate for the office of Register of Deeds of Dickinson County, subject to the November election. Purely Personal - C.W. Liggett leaves to-day for the Bismarck Fair. - Dr. Hazlett left Tuesday morning for Chicago and the east. - W.P. Seeds will leave to-night for a few weeks trip to the East. - Clark Mahan left on Monday's noon train for Lawrence, where he will enter the State University. - Mrs. M.L. Baldwin left for Milwaukee, Wis., Monday, where she will spend some weeks visiting friends. 0- Mrs. G.W. Hurd and sons left on Monday for a few weeks' visit in Sioux City, Iowa, Galva and Chicago, Ill. - Mr. Levi Simmers and daughter, Cora, were among the departures on Monday's mail for Wisconsin and the east. - A.G. Buchanan and S.K. Strother attended the meeting of the State Democratic Central Committee last Monday. - Mr. Hargraves, of Washington, Penn., has returned from his trip to Mexico and is at present the guest of Hon. C. H. Lebold and family. - Sheriff Henry Litts arrived home from his California trip last Saturday evening. He is very much pleased with it, and enjoyed his short vacation immensely. - A.E. McCurdy left last Saturday for Hannibal, Mo. He was accompanied by his cousin, Miss Wilson, of Chillicothe, Mo., who had been visiting in Abilene for several weeks. - Dr. D.R. Shook and mother left for Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Shook had been the guest of her son for several years, but will now stop with one of her daughters in Iowa. - The Dr. will return in a week or two. - Mr. J.M. Brewer, of Osage county, formerly a Dickinson county farmer, was in the city last week, the guest of his son, Elmer Brewer. Mr. Brewer is a successful stock raiser and while here he sold his farm of 160 acres in Jefferson township to Mr. Taylor. - The many friends here of Mrs. Worthington will be pleased to learn that she and her daughter, Louise, are expected home Oct. 1st, and will hereafter make Abilene their home. They will be warmly welcomed by their church and the social circles of our city. Teachers' Examination At the Abilene public school building Saturday, Sept. 29th, commencing at eight o'clock. D.H. HORNADY, Co. Supt. Girl Wanted A good girl wanted to do general housework for small family. Good wages. Enquire of Mrs. Geo. Ogden. Simon Rothschild has gone east for the purpose of buying the largest and finest stock of Clothing ever brought to Abilene. Simon is a "rustler." PARAGRAPH COLUMN - Justice Curts has moved his office to the east room over Kelley's jewelry store. - The firm of Bitting & Crawford should "walk neat." They are both sons of ministers. - Miss Griswold has moved her studio to a room north of Stambaugh & Hurd's office above Kirby's Bank. - Mr. E.D. Humphrey has accepted a position in the bank of Lebold, Fisher & Co. His health will not admit of his remaining at the mill. - Mr. and Mrs. Zahner have "set up their household gods (sic)" in their new home across the creek. - Dr. Hazlett's herd of fine cattle, south of the city, has had an increase of a pure blooded Hereford calf - a little beauty. - Mr. Oliver Ball and sons commemorated the twenty-fourth anniversary of the former's marriage by surprising the wife and mother with an elegant new side-bar buggy. - MMessrs. Wann & Dryer who have been associated together in stock raising have dissolved partnership, to take effect Oct. 1st. Mr. Wann taking the Arnold farm north of town. Mr. Dryer retaining the home place. - A.G. Buchanan, member of the State Democratic Central Committee from this county, is the right man in the right place. He is doing a great deal of energetic, intelligent work, and deserves the confidence of his party. - Mr. H. Fritz, whom we noticed last week in connection with Colorado mines and mining, is not the sole owner of the "Texas Placer" mine, but is a member of the company to which it belongs. This statement is due Mr. Fritz. - Mr. Dahlhammer, of Buckeye, says that Dickinson county doesn't need any more emigrants; that there are plenty of land buyers already here among our own farmers, and that land will be worth fully $50.00 per acre within the next two or three years. - Our genial democratic friend of Newbern, A.J. Markley, has placed the office under obligations to him for a lot of nice sweet cider. It isn't necessary to say that such a gift is peculiarly appropriate to a democratic paper, for a number of our republican friends hardly gave us a chance to sample it. Try it again, friend Markley. - The apple orchard of Mr. T.C. Henry presents a phenomenon in fruit bearing, the limbs of the trees being so heavily loaded with fruit that they are unable to sustain their weight and turn downwards instead of up. Many of them have broken and hang only by the bark. The apples are perfectly developed and as a whole it is more suggestive of a picture than of dumplings and pie. Not Crazy Mrs. Maggie Crane, through the complaint of Dr. Curtis, was taken before Probate Judge Culbertson last Saturday to have her sanity or insanity passed upon. The case was adjourned by the Judge until nine o'clock, Monday morning, when it was dismissed. Mrs. Crane has not been living here very long, and has been guilty of no very dangerous outburst. She is probably of a nervous and hysterical organization, and that is all. Our Common Schools In dist. No. 26, Johnston Dist., Miss Ada McNaull has commenced an eight months term. Miss Ada always has the good will of all her pupils and thereby succeeds: Miss Lou Huff will begin in Funkhouser Dist. No. 39, Monday, Sept. 10th. This guarantees a No. 1 school for 39. In No. 10, Sherwood Dist. J.S. Ford has begun an eight months term. Mr. Ford's reputation as a teacher is so well and favorably known that it is useless to say anything more. Salary $45.00 per month. Wm. Peck will begin in No. 60, Abby Dist., first Monday in Oct. Where ever Mr. P. has taught he has had success. Salary, $42 per month. Elmer Crooks is engaged for Iliff Dist., No 29. He is a live worker in the school room. $38.00 per month. Miss Anna Gleissner, one of the graduating class of '83, will teach the Independence school, No. 106. Her ability to teach and manage a school has been tested by Prof. Jewett in Abilene schools. Miss Lillie Bonnell, another graduate of '83, will teach in Baker Dist. Miss B. has the ability and energy of a first class teacher and will succeed. The following Districts are building new school houses: No. 54, Shlagel Dist, cost $1200; No. 111, Snyder Dist., $800; No. 110, Hallam Dist., $1000; No. 107, Byrne Dist., $1000; No. 22, $800. Serious Accidents One day last week, while plowing near a hedge, Mr. John Books, one of the most prominent farmers of Liberty township, was unfortunate enough to have a very fine mare step in between the rollers and get both of her fore feet cut nearly off. She is a very fine driving mare, valued at $150.00, and her death, which was an inevitable result of the accident, is greatly regretted by Mr. Books. Last Friday, Mr. Jacob Gish, aged 77 years and father of Dr. A.S. Gish, fell from a bridge which crosses a ravine some 2 ½ miles east of town and sustained a fracture of the left thigh bone. The old gentleman is resting as quietly and comfortably as possible, but such an accident at his advanced age is likely to prove serious. Soldiers and Indians Last Saturday afternoon about six o'clock, a train of eight cars and two coaches, filled with Uncle Sam's blue coated regulars, passed through the city westward bound. The REFLECTOR man instituted a prompt inquiry, and found that 400 Indians had broken loose between Cleveland and Gibson, near the west boundary of the State, and were on the rampage. The situation was telegraphed to Fort Riley, some twenty-eight miles from here. A regular train, standing on the track at Abilene, was abandoned, and the engine, with eight cars and two coaches, was started for Fort Riley, for the colored troops stationed there. The soldiers seemed to be in good spirits at the prospect of an exciting break in the monotony of barrack life, but whether they have had a chance to "fight nobly" is not known at this writing. Real Estate Transfers Furnished by T.C. Henry & Co. for the week ending Sept. 4th, 1883. - United States to Ell Keyes, 800 acres in Hope twp - Deweese C. Nevins to George F. Chase 80 acres in Willowdale twp $800.00 - U.P. Railway Co. to heirs of Peter Bert, 160 acres in Sherman twp $642.54 - J. Billings to Thos. Issitt, 240 acres in Logan twp $2400.00 - A.H. Horner to A.J. Pettit, lt. 5. bk. 9, Kuney & Hodges Ad., Abilene $150.00 - U.P. R'y Co. to J.W. Scott, 160 acres in Holland twp $336.67 - Thos. E. Casselberry to Nathan Blevins, 80 acres in Lincoln twp $1800.00 John & Chris Johntz to C.W. Brooks, bk 43, Enterprise $ 300.00 - U.P. R'y Co. to Henry Ode, lts. 9 and 10 bk 19, Chapman $ 50.00 Sylvanus Pressnall to M.T.. Sheldon, lt. 7 bk 15 Chapman $600.00 W.H. Craddock to Nelson C. Dyer 160 acres in Grant twp $1600.00 Jas. H. Ryon to Andrew Atchison, 80 acres in Hope twp $1100.00 J. Augustine to Griswold & Buckingham lt. 51, 4th st, Abilene $ 350.00 All of the above The Abilene Reflector, September 6, 1883 LIZZIE WEYLER MARRIED There is really nothing in a name. Miss Lizzie Weyler, who lives out in Dickinson county, was happily married this week. (Sedan Lance, March 30, 1899, page 6) JOHN WEST SAYS HE WAS ON DUTY John West, an aged resident of Abilene, says he was on police duty in front of St. there. This is because he has been there but a short time. It is only after the passage of a number of months that an exiled Kansan begins to realize that there is a “goneness” in his life which can only be remedied by hiking back to the old home. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, February 22, 1901, page 4 – typed as was in newspaper) Submitted by Peggy Thompson THE POOR DINE ON RABBIT Kansas City Salvation Army Profits by the Killing of the Pests Kansas City, Jan. 22---Through the efforts of the Salvation Army and the kindness of the business men of Abilene, Kan. Kansas City's poor are being served daily with fresh rabbit, a luxury on most any table at this season. Over 4,500 rabbits were received at the army headquarters at Kansas City at one day and all were distributed among needy families before nightfall. "I received a letter from the business men of Abilene some days ago," said Maj. William H. Harris, "advising me that the citizens would make a round-up of rabbits in that vicinity and that they would send a load of them if they would be of any benefit to the poor. I answered the letter and this is the result." (St. Albans Daily Messenger ~ January 22, 1910) Submitted by Lori DeWinkler WIND MAKES UP FOR IT'S MISCHIEF Enterprise, Kans., July 25---Two small children in Enterprise are thankful tonight that the Kansas wind blows consistently. Keith and Kay Rutz were carrying a bag of mail containing a $100 check from their brother yesterday. Suddenly a wind came up and blew the bag out of sight. The kids appealed to the postmaster for help and he suggested they throw another piece of paper from the same spot and follow where the wind takes it. They threw the paper, followed it, and four feet away they found the precious letter. (The Times-Picayune ~ Monday ~ July 26, 1948 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)