The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-27
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The Thr0op hotel has 1858 rooms
Tax payments havs been unusually
prompt this year.
The state agricultural society meets in
Topeka in two weeks
One minister in Topeka has married
four couples this week.
There was a cake-wa1k OF the genuine
sort in old Tennesse etOwn, Christmas
night.
"A set Of harness was stolen yesterday
from Morrow's livery stable on the
North side.
j. q. Waters will move his law Office
tomorrow to the third foor of the Colum-
bian building.
William Miller, Of fire station No. 2.
took his dogs and went up the river
hunting last night
Charles GILLIAN and j. g. Underwood
Of the Santa TIE fuel department. az Pueb-
10. are visiting friends in Topeka
The new drug store in the Throop no
tel building viii be com pleted this week
It will be one Of the finest in Kansas.
The new high school is an object Of
Interest TO the visiting teachers. It
wasn't built year ago when they were
here.
Today is ST. Johns day in the Episco-
pal calendar Yesterday was st. Ste
phen's day, and Tomorrow viii be Holy
Innocence day.
The Alumni students Of the Kansas
State university attending the state
Teachers association. will hold a meet
Ing at the ThrOoP hotel
Parkhurst 81 Davis have filed a mo-
ton in the district court to direct the
sheriff to sell at auction the personal
property Of G- r. Heiae. the grocer.
The board Of county commissioners
convened this afternoon They need TO
be reminded that they haven't adver-
tised for bids for coal yet this year
The five per cent tax penalty which
usually begins Decem Der p has been ex-
tended until closing time tonight The
penalty goes into effect tomorrow.
The prize wrestls between Johnny
Walker and Paddy Ogee, Christmas. did
not occur owing 70 the failure Of Ogee TO
appear The $25 forfeit was awarded to
Walker.
The signature Of Seymour Davis, the
state architect, on hotel register, occu-
pies two full lines the whole width Of
the page, and looks like the rough edge
OF a log-sa
John Spaulding, charged with assault
Ing doc Ward with intent to kill had
his preliminary trial set for yesterday
afternoon. The case was continued IN
I'll Saturday.
W. H. Culp claims 10 b0 able to tie q
better hangmRn's moose IT'D less time than
anyone else in Topeka. He may be in
demand when the murderer of Mrs. A.
D. Matson is caught
Az the result Of the presence of so
many school teachers in Topeka all the
hotels are crowded, and one hotel began
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
William III. Jones brought suit today
Tor a divorce from MOsie j ones. to whom
he was married ia Leadville. Col, fifteen
years ago. He charges that his wife de-
serted him in 1889 lie wants the Gus
d 8 rrfr II
The body Of Mrs A ID. Matson will be
buried az her old home in Illinois. f. ID.
MatsOn, her br0ther.will take the remains
hack with him. The day before he leaves
q funeral service will be held in Knights
chapel he coffin win not be opened.
Only friends viii be admitted. The fun
eral viii be held early next week.
There is a large and good family IN
Topeka where secrecy is big factor in
anti Christmas arrangements Each
member brought home Christmas bun
dies and hid them until Christmas morn
ing. When the bundles were unwrap-
ped with much pride by the giver and
expectancy on the part Of the family, it
was found that four out Of six OF them
had bought "Irilby" for the girls.
Isaac Laurence has brought a suit to
reform a deed made several years ago
20 his kinsman. Frederic G. Laurence,
which gave him possession Of lot No 80
Main street, RossviIle. Isaac Laurence
says the deed was made merely through
love and affection, with the understand
ing that he might Occupy the lots for
mercantile purposes so long as he lived
Now Fred Larrence IN trying 10 Dust
him from the property.
One very drunk man and two who
weren't quite 30 drunk were in the alley
back Of J. N. Knights undertaking es-
tablishment yesterday afternoon. The
very drunk man became too pliable to
walk and his friends put him in a rough
box" such as are used to contain caskets.
which stood at the rear of the place
The top was put over. Several hours
later the man sobered up, and when he
discovered his resting place he became
panic-stricken. He rushed uD the alley
and told everyone be met. s.They tried
81 bury me alive"
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