The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-24

of de Fourt street gang" was arrested
yesterday for being drunk In the city
jail he quarreled with Jerry Merryweath-
struck him on the nose. MerryWeather
was then locked in the bad cell
Last Friday afternoon while Henry
Smith was being hurried from his home
in North Topeka to jail for the burglary
of a store at Hoyt. a child was born to
his wife. They are a young couple. The
wife is at home sick and destitute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas s. Lyon have
They have an expensive boy at the
Fair store on Kansas avenue between
Fourth and Fifth streets. Yesterday he
built a FIRE at the store and by mistake
burned up a sack containing S15
There VIII be three attractions at the
opera house next week if none of them
are cancelled: Donald Robertson in tThe
Man in the Iron Mask" Wednesday
night; f. j. Hanley in Deacon BrOdie, p
Friday night. and Sol Smith Russell in
night
The married employees of the Wells
Fargo Express company are looking for
their annual Thanksgiving turkeys with
the compliments OF Pres John J. Valen-
tine Each year the Wens-FargO com
pany presents turkey to each employee
who is the head Of a family To do this
doing this for several years.
Maurice p Gould, the Kansas City
young man who has just issued book
on advertising and is doing big business
as a western advertising agent. was three
years ago State Journal carrier and
the papers correspondent at Washburn,
where he was a student.
A farmer stopped in front of the Grand
Opera House Saturday night during the
performance of Rob Roy" and asked a
boy the prices. The boy told him
Where are the 25 cent seats" asked
the farmer I'm the gallery" said the
boy" What kind of a show have they
got up there2' asked the farmer.
Judge Foster says that if stock enough
cannot be raised by subscription he viii
build 900 building for the Foster HUI
land hotel IT viii have a store room be-
low and the society's hall above. The So
come from the store room.
After THANKSGIVING, said Mrs
Thorpe Il shall do no more charity work
than is absolutely necessary with the
work police matrOn and all donations
sent to me viii be used for that purpose
hereafter. I shall i'm no way interfere
with the work of the Associated Chart
ties and other charitable Institutions.
At the meeting of the directors of the
+ oSIef humane society at the Federal
building G. @. Gage was chairman and
consisting OF Miss Lucy kingman. $. IT.
Howe and A. 3. QuintOn was appointed
to draft a constitution and bylaws and
report at the next meeting to be held at
the parlOrs of the Copeland hotel We'd
nesday evening at Z 30 o'clock.
sold their handsome residence at 1893 Col
lege avenue to Mr.. and Mrs Frank D.
Merriam. The house is located at the
northwest corner of Euclid and College
and Mrs Merriam viii take possession of
their new home about December 60 Tho
present occupants viii move to the resi-
dence now occupied by o. f. Sawyer, at
1894 College avenue, one block north
Although there are two companies
touring the country as the Brothers
Byrne in IS Bells no man named Byrne
it is said. ever appears on the stage
with one Of them There is but one
BNrne. John F. who owns the companies
and travels with the one that didn't visit
Topeka last week and he doesn't act
The company Topeka saw was the No 2
and the No. ] is said to be just as bad.
Matthew Byrne who has been with one
or the other of the companies several
years IS not a Byrne at all