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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1887
Page
5
A collage of short items includes candidates for Dickinson county offices and party conventions, local business updates, a birth and a new office makeover, oblique notes on public events, and a lengthy park excursion report documenting hospitality to visiting groups and multiple local reactions.
creditors report Mr Cormack in Mexico expressing penitence for numerous crimes. mail shows letters received by some creditors.,
The MacCullah boys, living five miles southwest, have threshed 2.54 bushels of wheat from 100 acres and expect to thresh 200 more acres at an average of thirty bushels per acre.
Union Pacific has issued orders to suspend all new construction for the present. Several hundred miles of lines were planned in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. The move is seen as likely temporary, as the company cannot afford to stay idle while competitors push into its claimed territory.
Lewis Armstrong of Banner Township and Nat and Frank Armstrong of Jefferson Township traveled to Mortis Whiteside County Illinois for Seeley Armstrong funeral after receiving a dispatch announcing his death. Cause of death not given. Citizens extend sympathy in their bereavement.
Two prisoners slipped from the county jail as the morning door lever was used to open the cell. One fled through hallways and collided with Nordyke’s boy feeding a cat before being caught. The escapees were Dexter of Pacific House fame and Samuel Grover, a Dickinson county horse thief. Officers pursued but failed to recapture them.
This morning John Newcomb the night jailer went out to draw water and Dobson failed to respond to the roll call. He has not been heard from since, raising concern for his whereabouts.
Neighborhood Notes highlights Genevieve A Cowles as a Democratic Convention candidate for Register. Cowles has four years in county public offices as a stenographer and writer, familiar with county records, with high regard from friends for potential popularity and courtesy in the role. Ajiga McNiff of Abilene visited Chapman County notes say Mrs Howe returned from Abilene.
A state association meeting in a Masonic Hall adopted a national constitution and bylaws, approved the treasurer H V Reeves report, and invited an annual meeting at Salina. A list of local committee members was appointed for various cities, with adjournment set for 7 pm. A procession formed after 12 15 at the Stanton House with carriages filling up.
Union Pacific offers cheap round trips to California from Abilene with six month validity. Trips depart Wednesdays at 3 50 on the 3 50 train from Kansas City. Fares are 6000 with stop over privileges along the route both ways.
Robbery at the Howland home on East Seventh Street last night saw 220.25 stolen from Mr. Rowland. Entry was gained by cutting a screen wire and thieves chloroformed the occupants who awoke stupefied. No clues have been found.
Hallam and Parker received two car loads of coal over the Santa Fe yesterday. New steel rails are being laid today over the Lincoln branch of the Union Pacific replacing the old iron rails. O P Byers left for the South this morning over the Santa Fe after spending Sunday with his family in the city. O ye traveling man for the Rock Island expects to visit Abilene frequently over his own road in the near future.
Squire Davidson on Buckeye avenue found bloody linen in his well yesterday morning. He and neighbors Leeds and Fisher pulled up more garments, prompting a cleansing of the well. No further clues were found the next day as a large crowd gathered and many theories circulated. The case remains unsolved.
At five o clock Sunday afternoon the corner stone was laid at Mt St Josephs college, a mile north of the city near Buckeye Avenue. A steady procession of carriages moved toward the dedication scene well before the appointed hour.
The Travelers Protective Association enjoyed a Saturday banquet at Stanton House with Mayor A W Rice Dr J M Hodge and A C Romig among the guests. A festive feast featured oysters turkey ham chicken and veal along with desserts and wines. Toouts followed with Romig as toastmaster and remarks from several speakers, ending with a musical tribute and social afterward.
A plain drunk, a 2 railroader, and an old customer were detained last night and remain jailed. They will be brought before J VP Quinn, police judge pro tem, this afternoon. Train 214 eastbound freight, due 1145 p m, ran late last night into Salina after 1 am. While on the scale track at Salina the locomotive and four cars jumped the track, breaking switch rods but causing no other damage. The train recovered time between here and Kansas City.
George Hoffman ships a carload of bogs and Abilene’s streetcar line nears completion with 35 workers. The Santa Fe train carried passengers while the Chicago, Omaha & Southwestern broke ground in Clay county. Mrs. Samuel Swartzwood dies of typhoid. Dr Goyer reports success in Day ton, Washington Territory. Bill Appleman visits Topeka, hears a local jab about campaigns. Tope must be a favorable area for candidates.
The Salina Journal lauds Abilene residents for delightful entertainment of visitors including the Knights of the Grip. It urges Abilene workers to visit Salina next May, promising a similar good time and asking attendees to leave their pocketbooks at home.
Lt. Faulkner departs on the noon train for Chicago Philadelphia New York and Boston to purchase a large fall stock. After the business trip he goes to the Lakes of Maine to pursue fishing, staying a month in Turner.
Last week Robert Nott sold his Spruce street property to Joseph Spangler and then disappeared, taking between 2400 and 2900 dollars in cash. He left his wife penniless. Wm. Johnson cites about 60 dollars in wages unpaid. Nott's parents in law arrived to aid his wife, who along with her relatives anticipates hardship since the couple recently married. Nott’s Canada home is cited as his likely destination.
A sheriff sale, under an order of sale from the Dickinson County district court, will occur on Saturday, September 8, 1887 at 1 pm at the courthouse front door in Abilene. Property includes Lots 1,2,3,4 in Block 3 of Beeren’s addition to Chapman, with additional seven acres described as a strip fourteen rods wide on the north side of the SE quarter of the NW quarter of section 14, township 12, range 3. The sale is subject to Thomas Kirby’s $600 mortgage and a first lien, with bids toward the highest bidder for the described real estate. Also noted is a later notice of a wanted mining management position in Plymout h Pennsylvania.
List of fresh dry goods and notions now in stock including corsets, lace, ruching, skirting lace, chemises, night robes, aprons, jerseys, pongee silk, satin silk tace, and assorted shirts. Prices shown for each item, with many under typical market rates. emphasis on low figures for quality pieces.
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