The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The last Christmas drunk was run in
at 2:10 this morning.
A church fair is in progress at the
Shiloh Baptist church.
Work has commenced on the big cis-
tern at the new court house.
Every billiard and pool table at the 7.
A. A. was in use all day yesterday.
Seven Topeka boys attend Kemper
Military academy at Bonneville, Mo.
This is the day the merchants exchange
duplicate Christmas presents for some
thing else.
The reunion of students of the State
Normal is to be held in the senate cham
Der tonight.
The patrol wagon was kept busy
Christmas gathering up supplies for the
poor for Matron Thorpe to distribute.
Chief Wilkerson brought over barrel
of delicious red apples to the police
station as his Christmas gift to the force.
Clerk Sharrett of the United States
court may be found in his Office every
day OF the week, holidays not excepted.
All the DRINKS arrested last night
pleaded guilty this morning. Their
condition was too manifest to do other
wise.
Major J. Z. Hudson is to deliver his
lecture on John Brown for the benefit of
the Shiloh colored Baptist church on jan
uary 1.
There was a Christmas tree at the La
| dies Library hall on Kansas Ave. Christ
mas eve. The United Brethren people
] had it
In Atchison. Leavenworth and Kan
sas City, yesterday. poor children were
admitted to the theaters free. Not so in
! Topeka
]. H. Dearborn of Silver Lake died
Tuesday night of Bright's disease. The
/ funeral will be held at Silver Lake at 3
P. m. today.
Elder Barker of the North Topeka
colored Baptist church whipped Will
Davis who created a disturbance at the
services last night.
Elections Commissioner McMasters
says he will not buy a new set of books.
He will use some of the old ones which
are only partially used.
Miss Electra Page was married yester-
day afternoon to Mr.. c. G. Percy of Kan
sas City. The bride is we'll known among
the colored people in Topeka
Fanny Wright and Sarah Councillor,
colored girls who were driven out of To-
peka, are serving out a three months
sentence in the Kansas City workhouse
Twelve persons were arrested for
| drunkenness Christmas day. Three were
fined So, eight So, aud one $40. Those
who pleaded guilty this morning were
fined but So
The Young Peoples Christian Union
| of the United Brethren church meets in
conference convention tonight at L.
compton, Kans., and lasts over Sunday.
a large delegation is expected.
Rev. P. V. Jenness, who was a few
years ago prominent in Kansas City as a
Y. NJ. c. A. worker, is now pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Bay City, Michi-
gan. He used to be a Methodist.
Assistant Secretary of state T. S. Stow
er says he will not be a candidate for
state senator next fall to succeed Senat-
or Scott. he says it is Woodson county's
turn to have the senator, and he will& be
for Woodson county man.
A woman living four miles north of
town celebrated Christmas-time by rush
ing into the house when her husband
was away, selling the furniture that be-
longed to her and driving to her moth
er's home east of the Santa Fe tracks,
where she now is.
II. L Foster, cashier for the Pueblo
Smelling and Refining company, has
resigned his position and will leave in a
few days for Aguascalientes, Mexico, to
become cashier at the GuggenheIm
smelter at that place. r. H. Higgins. a
former Topeka boy, will succeed Mr..
Foster at the Pueblo smelter.