The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-31
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.


The valentine drummers are in the
city.
Six of the prisoners at the county jail
are on the sick list.
Joe Waters says that lullaby poetry is
sham and delusion.
Frank Foster, the new police commits
sioner takes his office today.
The coal tunnel at the state house is to
be enlarged to hold five TONS
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Shook at SIC Clay
street are the parents of son.
Thursday night uniform rank Gala
division K. of p will elect officers.
There are twenty cars used daily on
the lines of the city street railway.
1t takes over two car loads of coal a
week to run the state house furnaces.
There is some talk of bringing Lieu
tenant Governor Troutman out for gov
ernor.
Mrs. Mat Gamboski of GIT North Topeka
avenue.
Ex-Chief Justice Albert H. Horton
has again become a member of the To-
peka club
Otto Townsend was first in the I. A. A.
bowling tournament and carries the gold
headed cane.
There is a case of diphtheria in the
family of Mrs. Belle Macarthur at 1920
Harrison street.
The First NJ E. Sunday school has an
enrolment of 900 and has sixty-three or
ganized classes.
The annual meeting and exhibition of
the State Poultry association will be held
in Topeka next week.
Bert Lucas, the new under sheriff, is
engaged to te married to a daughter of
ex Mayor Bradford Miller.
Bill Hackney is now practicing law at
Cleveland Ohio. He says he finds get
ting started in new city rather uphill
business.
A destitute family at 1885 Van Buren,
street have been reported to Mrs. Thorpe
about 90 times. She can neither furnish
them food nor coal.
The Patrick brothers have brought
suit in the district court to enjoin the col
lection of city taxes on the ground that
the levies are illegal.
The Y. NJ. C. A. class in English liter
ature will meet this evening but all 9TH
er literature classes will continue their
vacatio MS until January 6.
C. E. Gault was the first man to sug-
gest Capt. J. B. johnson as Cy Leland's
successor The suggestion was printed
in the JOURNAL three months ago.
City Clerk McFadden has received
letter from Minnesota inquiring the
Whereabouts of Nicholas Enmer, who
is supposed to be some place in Kansas.
An old lady and gentleman named
Gooheu came "a miles through the mud
at Christmas to bring provisions for the
poor of Topeka They take the JOUR
! NAL.
DR.. U. B. McCurdy and Frank Thomas
are still keeping up their feud. The
doctor sold two of ME- Thomas horses
for their bard bill recently. He got SOL
for them and the bill was S45.
The Great Bend Evening News says:
Topeka people are now burying infer
nal machines with their dead. When
the grave is molested the machine goes
off and the robber isl beat at his own
game"
Joe johnson, colored, has been arrest
ed and put in the county Jail for va
grancy at the instance of Poor Commits
sioner Hale This is a new plan adopted
by the commissioner to rid himself of
! Migrants.
1T is to be regretted that Topeka will
have to pay $3.50 to see 'Trilby," but then
we had better do it''-not; at least when
every other town pays but 81; including
Kansas City, where 81 80 was charged
for only 15O seats. All the rest of the
! MARQUETTE was 81,