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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1886
Page
5
The text notes a lively Thursday night amusement by the Jolly Pathfinders, with references to a beautiful springlike Sunday, church attendance, local visits, and social events. Several residents are mentioned including Croll, Miss Cora Strother, C. F. Mead, and others, with notices of sermons and community happenings in Abilene and surrounding towns.
The Baptist church members and friends enjoyed a social at Mrs. B. L. Strother’s residence on 7th street with elocution by Mrs. J. F. Fuller’s daughter and Ollie Scoggins, charades, and refreshments. Items note A. W. Hargraves renting East front of MacInerney’s block to open a tailoring shop, with McInerney occupying the west end and adding an iron front. Other notes include a humorous street scene exchange about General Grant’s tomb, a Wallingford, Connecticut accident involving a baby in an oven, and a proposed 20-year gas franchise for the city debated by the Abilene Board of Trade, which opposed exclusive privileges. The Bonebrake Hardware firm changes hands to F. H. Boardman & Co. with Boardman and C. K. Newhall taking over, plus public sale notices for February and March in the Abilene area.
A Friday and Saturday entertainment by the Original Alabama Minstrels drew a small crowd due to hard times and high ticket prices. Russell and Fancher improved their store rooms and prep for new goods. Local talk centers on railway propositions and circulating petitions amid unsettled expectations.
Prices hold steady as quail prairie chicken and rabbit vanish from markets. Butter 15c per pound, potatoes 75c to $1 per bushel, apples 40c a peck, eggs 15c per dozen, corn 1Se¢ per bushel, corn meal 25c for 24 pounds. Weather swings with snow ice mud then hints of spring. Local legal note mentions one suit before G A Tolbert. S R Hoag remarks on Abilene railway talks amid forecasts of upcoming work.
In Belle Springs the cold disrupted business but losses are minimal. R R Bonds praised while J A McKenzie contemplates selling his farm and moving to a warmer climate. Samuel Romberger resigns as postmaster and will rent a nearby farm. Jesse Engle loses two valuable cows to a fatal accident. J L Hoff man visits, and G B Sutton and family move from Ohio to Kansas intending to settle in Abilene. Mrs Geo R Herr and Lydia Herr visit Engle. J N Whistler hosts Ohio friends. Mumps affect Abbey school enrollment. Logan To. hunters J W Bomgayiner and J E Zimmerman report game totals over 24 months: rabbits 240 87, quail 205, prairie chickens 27. Geo J Eisenhower plans to build a residence in Hope. Schlegel's Mill on Turkey Creek undergoes repairs. Hamler moves in after purchasing a local farm. Educational column praise for plain talk by the Co. Supt. Valentine Day hints and sale of Valentine souvenirs at Sewell's. A wagon mixup at Keller & Tisdale's is noted. For billiards, visit Palace Barber Shop under Citizens Bank.
Sebold, Fisher & Co announce available funds to loan on farm property at six percent interest. Do not miss this opportunity to secure financing for agricultural needs.
For groceries or oysters in Dulk go to Korns and Clarke's at the corner four dollars each Spruce street. For groceries or oysters in camage to Korns and Clarke's at the corner four dollars and Spruce streets.
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