The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-13
LOCAL MENTION.

Jacob Leon. now of Perry, Oklahoma,
is visiting friends in Topeka.
The final hearing in the Black Bob In
dian land cases, has been continued to
April %.
L. S. Dolman and Otis Hungate have
formed law partnership, and have their
office at 415 Kansas avenue
The funeral of j. F. Burris, who died
yesterday. was held from the residence
at 632 Topeka avenue at 2 p. N. today.
Harry Lyman, the Topeka wrestler,
has resigned his position with Greenwald
& Co., and will go into another line of
business
Isaac Yancy, who was arrested some
time ago for holding up O. Boyer, and
was out on bond, has returned to tho
county Jail.
Mrs. Charles BIuejacket has. through
her attorney, opened up the Black Bob
Indian land case, which again prevents
settlement of that long fought case
Bert Woolger, for SO many years with
the Topeka steam laundry, has sold his
interest to his partner, and will go to st.
Louis to esta blish laundry business.
]. T. Ward, late independent candidate
for justice of the peace, has declared to
the county clerk that his entire election
expenses were $3.50, which he spent for
cards.
MI Charles Disney of Richland and
Miss Hattie Atchison of Ridley, were
married at the United Brethren parson-
age in this city by Rev. s. c. Coblsntz
on Thursday.
Patrol Driver Aye is trying to pursuade
the police board to buy him set of
swinging harness. The old way of hitch
ing is very slow The harness would cost
not to exceed $40.
The WaIdman band and Townley enter
tainers will close tonight. They travel
in their own special Car. The Shaker
Medicine company will occupy the Craw-
ford for two weeks after that.
The lecture of Gov Bob Taylor of
Tennessee on "The Fiddle and the Bow"
that was to have been delivered at Ham
ilton hall on Friday night of next week,
has been indefinitely postponed. 1t is
possible that he may come within
month.
l. A Gourdain has given notice of the
appeal of his case to the United States
court of appeals. He was convicted of
using the mails for lottery purposes. and
sentenced to the county Jail for sixty
days and fined 5000.
The citizens of Shorey are rejoicing
that they are to have free delivery OF
mail on and after the 10Th OF THIS month,
and are now getting their houses num-
bered to facilitate matters. The force of
carriers will not be increased any, and
the extension of the delivery will not
cost anything.
The regents of the state university
have positively refused to turn over the
work of putting up the new university
buildings to the state board of public
works The regents express their belief
in their ability to properly expend the
| appropriations entrusted to them by the
legislature.
In the executive appropriation bill
there is foot note following the appro-
priatiOn for the salary of the state labor
commissioner which reads: "The report
of the labor commissioner shall not ex-
coed 40 pages" The members of the
ways and means committee had seen ex-
Commissioner Todd's LOO page volume
CT EXTRACTS"
There was a meeting at the Unity
church last evening to establish in To
peka branch of the Divine Science. an
entirely new religion Mrs.. NJ. E. Cramer
and Mrs. Alden of California, who are
at the head of the new church, addressed
the meeting. They have been here for
ten days, giving three lectures a day.