The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-10
LOCAL MENTION.

s. NJ Gardenhire, clerk of the district
court, has returned from-a business trip
to New York and Washington.
III. w. Curtis has been appointed
deputy assessor for Topeka township and
his bond has been approved by the
county commissioners.
Commander-in in Chief John G. B. Adams
of the N ational G. A. R, has announced
that David Smith, of Osawkee, Kans.,
has been appointed as his aid.
The county commissioners have ap-
proved the bonds of the three newly
elected constables, Josiah Ross, Fred
Stonestreet and w. II. Williams.
Rev. JAS Lawrence of Wichita, an en-
thusiastic Endeavor speaker, and Rev. f.
E. Mallory of this city, will address the
Friday evening at the First Baptist
church.
Prof W. H. Leib, of Kansas City, and
Mr.. James Moors, of this city, have gone
to st. Louis to hear Abbey and Grau's
grand opera, in which Melba, Emma
Earnes and others sing. They will be
gone about a week.
United States Marshal Rankin, of the
district of Wyoming, is in Topeka today.
He brought to this city G. .. Smith.
runaway postmaster from Jewell, who is
charged with having appropriated to his
own use about $3.50 of government
money.
Friday evening under the direction of
Prof. 5. F. Cravens. The Ottawa choral
club has the arrangements in charge. A
chorus of seventy-tive voices will sing
the oratorio by Sainer, entitled: "The
Daughter of Jairus."
Eugene Wolff the assistant postmaster,
has prepared quarterly statement of the
business done at the Topeka postoffice
during the three months ending March
31st. The report shows the net sales from
stamps and other sources to be $25, 598,
slight increase over last year.
The county commissioners in their
regular quarterly session have approved
the auditors report and ordered warrants
drawn on the treasury for the running
expenses of the county but the warrants
are not being paid because of the def
cheney in the general revenue fund of the
county.
Among those who will probably go
from this city to the Hutchinson musical
jubilee in May are Messrs. H. V. Hinck-
ley, III. L. Shirer, w. r. Carey, Frank
Anderson, Dana McVicar, Misses Marga-
ret Horne, Florence Hollister, Gertrude
Tracy, and Mrs. Geo. Parkhurst. Mr..
w. F. Roehr will go along as accompan-
list for some of them.
Charles K. Holiday who is still busy
as one of the National Worlds fair COM
missioners from Kansas, is in Topeka to-
day He arrived from Washington and
left the business of awards of the defunct
big fair long enough to do two weeks
business in the west. Mr.. Holiday looks
as if life at the national capital and hob
nobbing with his friend, David b. Hill,
agreed with him.
Members of Topeka Presbyterian Mis-
sionary society will be pleased to learn
that the president has secured the ser
vices of Mrs. Vim. Drysdale of Lawrence
for talk about the work in India. This
will be part of the afternoon programme
tomorrow. Mrs Drysdale is a sister of
W. j. p. Morrison, still in India Mrs
Drysdale was born in India and has
given years of her life to missionary
work in the Punjaub in northern India.
Hum bert and Queen Victoria
FLORENCE, April 1O.-King Humbert
arrived here from Venice this morning.
The presence of the royal family of TIA
ly in Florence and the fact that the
queen of England is stopping in the
neighborhood of this city has attracted
many thousands of visitors here with the
result that the hotels and boarding
houses are packed to overlooking and