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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
3
The Abilene Reflector offers a reflective musing tied to the new year, invoking time’s passage, steady progress, and a call to press on with hopeful hearts. A poetic quotation from Finitha Corapanton frames the piece as a moral and seasonal reminder.
A sagacious girl Sabie travels in a bitter cold to fetch wild strawberries for sick Tony and his grandmother. She endures hunger, snow, and fatigue, aided by strangers, to deliver a New Year gift of strawberries and food, inspiring a heartfelt community gesture and a happier life for the trio.
The New Haven Register argues the charge that Carlisle’s Speakership was due to the Solid South is unfounded. It contends Carlisle won a national election with support from many regions, not just the South, and that tariff reform unity across regions drove his victory. The piece dismisses the Solid South claim as false rhetoric from political opponents.
The text critiques Republican internal divisions over southern leadership and policy, noting discomfort with a Kentucky senator and Missouri clerkship selections. It cites a Washington dispatch and the New York Times relation, then shifts to mining news about a bean-sized diamond found near Helena, Montana, and a Massachusetts widow’s endowment plan for Springfield.
In a Louisville Commercial tale a jail turnkey named Jake Graff recounts a 17 year old memory of walking through swamp land in Mississippi Court Arkansas after missing a riverboat. A vast black bear approached from the water as he stood waist deep, candle lit, and his brief survival ended with rescuers arriving and his hair turning gray.
The case of Joseph Baker against Rockford Fire Insurance Company in Rockford DL ended with a jury verdict for the defendant. The trial centered on whether a cyclone destroyed Bakers house and whether it constitutes a fire or lightning loss under the policy. Testimony from scientists and officials supported varied theories on cyclones, but the court instructed the jury to find for the defendant if no dominant force was proven.
A Javelins member told of motives behind fence cutting stirring Texas, likening cattlemen to large landowners driving calves and branding stock. He argues land ownership should not curb free grazing, insisting Texans will fight for a true free range despite possible bloodshed. Included are notes on a Galveston dispatch and a Baltimore Sun brief mentioning benefactors of an estate after a death.
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