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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
5
The Reflector notes candidates for sheriff and register of deeds with party labels in Dickinson County. Names include Joan Wis e and Ep J Thisler for sheriff, and Alice Junk en Genevieve Cowles M D Goon for registers of deeds, with party convention decisions pending.
Miss Tuston returns home from visiting Glennie families in Ser ington. Glendale township bonds for the Rock Island extension pass 64 to 17. Abilene visitor Sewell flirtations noted. Solomon boys win 32 to 19. New bank leaders Barker and Humphrey welcome visitors. Hope hotel duties discussed. Electric lights urged for Third Street bridge ends. Episcopal Sunday School to picnic. transport provided. Stambaugh family burial today. funeral at six. Mattie Vickers potential at Abilene Opera House season opener. Cleveland re election support hinted in Anti Monopolist. Typhoid fever epidemic hits Swede settlement in Center township amid heat and poor sanitation.
County commissioners met this forenoon and canvassed the Lincoln vote on the Solomon Valley Gypsum Gulf railroad bond measure. The canvas returned a result of twenty one to none in favor of the bonds.
Probate Judge Leeds presides over a case where Edward Reed seeks abetters iy resulting from actions by Michael Cheatham. The bill totals five hundred fifty dollars with W. A. Johnson named as executor of the estate.
An old and respected county resident described as a hardworking man of excellent character not a politician. If nominated, he is expected to be a strong candidate and carry the anti Mon sentiment in the race.
Solomon Sentinel notes Henry Harnish of Abilene, a ten year resident with five years at Berry Bros., is a well known Democrat likely to prove a strong candidate amid local voter support.
Abilene residents boast of a new Tank Line Co facility as two acres were bought in Salina, already hosting two large tanks with a third on the way. Barreling machinery will be installed to make Salina the general supply point for the region, signaling a boost for local business and industry.
Fourteen year old Peter Clark visited the city asking for help to travel to his sister in Lawrence. He said his parents were dead and he had walked from Wallace. W. G. Cowles bought him a ticket and gave lunch money, remarking on the boy's bright intellect and expressing hope for his well being.
Lincoln voters approved a bond issue for the Solomon Valley Gypsum and Gulf railway by a slim 21 vote majority after a heated campaign. In Dayton and Solomon townships, voters opposed the plan, with complaints that residents lacked information on the road’s benefits and status.
The Republican column mocks Abilene’s invitation by G W C Rohrer and allies as overly effusive and insulting to critics. It cites Rohrer’s past attacks on the president and his new bid for a visit, accusing him of mudslinging for clout.
A late dispatch reports the Solomon Valley and Gypsum railroad bonds carried in Lincoln township by a large majority. Abilene’s leaders fear missing the eight to nine mile trunk line unless action is taken. The Rock Island line could connect Abilene to a major central railway hub, making it a suburb rather than a remote outpost.
Dr. C. H. Oakwood is named to the state medical examiners board headquartered in Abilene with Dr. Kirsch of Abilene and Dr. Mahan of Hays Two. The group will biweeklyly examine pension applicants, a merit noted by Carlton advocates. The Abilene Reflector lauds the Salina branch project and a Santa Fe time card restructuring.
The piece questions a demand for Terman Hassler of Enterprise to explain his experience in the watch trade, noting it was actually Herman Ierman's deputy with the experience and clearing a conservative government official of the charges. The tone defends Herman Ierman, describing him as frisky but not guilty and calling him “set ’em up Herman.”
A happy event occurred at the residence of Mr and Mrs R McCormack West Third Street last evening for their daughter Mildred s second birthday. Invited were Jean Marie Mead Edna May Lebold Annie N Hawk Laura McDearmon from Kansas City Alfred Graves Clifton Hewett and Geo M Shelton. An excursion from Grand Avenue to Seventh Street and back and an elegant lunch capped the celebrations. Presents were numerous and beautiful and will amuse the young hostess for days to come.
A Chicago Inter Ocean write-up features our city with a fine Third street engraving. George McClellan, book-keeper for Hodge Bros., is very ill with material fever at D L Visle’s rooms. Middleton, Berry Bros Mercantile Co.’s head book-keeper, resumes duties after two weeks sick leave. T H Learned of Neosho Falls becomes prescription clerk for Croll & Gulick at the Palace, replacing O P Bates who left for Indiana. The Chicago Omaha & Southwestern line reports 128 grading teams in Clay County. over 300 more will join soon. E S Thayer of Morris Ill. plans to settle as a permanent citizen. Salina youths ride horses with mistaken harness, implying a needed stock company for common sense.
Cambell and Keith of Merington petition Judge Leeds for a druggist's permit to sell intoxicating liquors under the Murray law. Hearing scheduled for September 17, and approval would mark the first such permit in the county.
A public query challenges the delay in price drops for flour and bread as wheat remains at twenty year lows. The question is respectfully referred to the Ways and Means committee for examination and action.
Wn M Frank and Emma Mangle of Ilope obtained Judge Leeds blessing after a long courtship and paid two dollars for the marriage license. They were married today following the judge's permit.
A faded poem on maternal love opens this item, followed by local notices. Dr Oakwood performed surgery south of Salina. Col Jarnigan of Dillon anticipates a good corn crop. Dick Waring shuns political strife. J J Cooper named administrator of Betsey Ebberts estate. Geo C Calkins settles his brother’s estate. Chas W Green of Kansas City discusses Wa Bash line tickets to the G A R encampment in St Louis.
Two enormous tanks reached Abilene by Santa Fe for the Consolidated Tank Company. The giant vessels will be positioned for immediate use, marking a significant expansion in local oil storage capacity.
Due to a delay in the arrival of their new safe the Abilene National Bank postpones opening to the public. The needed safe is expected on every freight and should already have arrived. Arrangements are complete for business once the safe arrives, featuring burglar and fire protection and a time lock.
Hearing held before Judge Leeds in the probate court granted the petition to admit the last will and testament of Tate James E Paul to probate. R A Hower of Logan township was appointed executor, with bond given and qualification completed at once.
Sheriff Miller seized Alvin Ladd in Durance Vile on a horse theft charge. The accused, said to bear the same name as the thief sought, awaits trial in jail. Ottawa County officials confirmed prior misdemeanor contact. a photograph aided identification. The stolen horse, traded to campers three weeks ago, may never be recovered.
Ann attache of this office visited the proposed park site owned by J. C. Bender, at the Mud Creek Smoky river junction. Bender plans immediate work to enhance the natural beauty with artificial improvements and hopes streetcar access within a short time. Lee Maxey is credited for the drive to the coming park of Abilene.
A vivid old Kansas City Times notice from August 1887 touts the Doris and Colvin Circus as the era’s finest show with a complete circus, vast menagerie, and a star parade of wild West acts including Custer battle recreations. It announces a September 2 exhibition in Abilene and urges all to attend.
Presentation of a gold watch and chain from his mother marks Ed Thomas McCollam’s twenty first birthday in 1887. The engraved inscription reads to a son from mother Aug 15 1887 and a long address urges him to duty, good government, and public service, linking family sacrifice to civic responsibility.
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