The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-07

Postmaster Arnold it arranging for
another 'possum hunt
Taxes in Topeka were higher in 1884
and 1885 than they are this year.
Mr.. H L Shirer is sick with an attack
of what threatens to be pneumonia.
Willard Blackwell of Emporia has
been placed in the state insane asylum.
The court house has the rich rare odor
OF dead rats today. A gaspipe is leak
ing.
The cooked hat contest on the Y. NJ G.
A. bowling alleys will begin next Mon
day evening.
The supreme court finished up its
docket yesterday afternoon and adjourn
ed for the term.
The Independents have the assurance
of Anna Eva Fay that they will win at
foot ball today.
There was a reception at the Y. W. c.
A. last night given by the members of
the Bible class.
L. A. Thiel s. Co. of Chicago, have
been given frescoing contract at the
state house for 1875
Twelve men, three women and three
buns took their breakfast at the city's
expense this morning.
Tbs proposed bridge on Kansas avenue
will stand 1000 years and only the road
way would ever need repair,
over 400 tickets for the reunion enter
tainment at Hamilton hall next Friday
night have already been sold
George A. Smith escaped the police
with his load of whisky last night until
1880. He was fined today
An effort is being made to secure a
been convicted of hog stealing.
Mrs. A. B. Poole is circulating a petit
ton asking Governor Morrill, to pardon
her husband. Chicken Thief Poole.
], NJ. Wheeler was arrested for va
graucy yesterday, but was discharged
by Judge Ferry. as he appeared to be a
very mild one.
There is nothing more exasperating
than the clerk in the candy store who
gives you what you don't want when your
back is turned.
Miss Jean Hay, principal of Van Buren,
school, has been called to Junction City
again by the serious illness of her father,
Prof. Robert Hay.
A charter has been issued by the Sec
rotary of state to the North Central Kan
sas Teachers association, which has its
headquarters at Beloit.
The twenty ninth annual meeting of
the State HORTICULTURAL society will be
held at Lawrence Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of next week.
DR.. L. NJ. Powell says: 'Of course I
am in favor of the bridge. The commits
sioners ought to bridge over these peo-
pie who are raising objections"
The state executive council has let the
contract for the vault doors for the new
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Safe and Lock company, for $95 each.
Last winter A. F. Poole, now. under
sentence to the penitentidry, supplied
the poor OF Topeka with baking powder
and bluing. He gave them to Mrs.
Thorpe.
Sheriff Reed, of Neosho Falls, and Of
fcer John Haisch arrested Simon Jones,
colored, last night He was taken to
Neosho Falls this morning to be tried
for burglary.
One of the bucks of the Pottawatomie
band of Indians which was 10 Topeka
yesterday drank so much firewater that
he had to be hauled in an express wagon
from the Rock Island to the Santa Fe de-
pct.
A small fire in a one story house at
1011 Jefferson street, owned by Hale
Richie, called the department out at
0:4O last evening. Inc nr0 cdugnt from
a defective hue and the damage was
small
John Speer, who is here as a witness
in the Labor Commissioner Bird case,
says he has 223 pages of his new book in
type. The book will contain about 25O
pages when completed.
Miss Anna Eva Fay, the fake artist,
has not yet proved that she hasn't boy
under her dress. The dress is an absurd
looking affair Il appears to have big
bird cage under the back of it. Maybe
George is there.