The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31

money in a crowd knows better now. A
man was in the crowd 70 whom he has
4 debt and he had to pay it.
The board of police commissioners meets
tonight to allow the pay roll of the po-
have been paid yet for their work Eall
/ Festival week There We're seven specials
on duty the day the Wild West show
( was here.
The raising of the sidewalks to grade
/ during the fit of Improvement in Walnut
+ Grove addition has left the streets in
some places two feet lower than the walk
They viii have to be filed in next spring.
This is Hallowe'e en- Keep your hands
on yourself
Twenty-Five births have been reported
to the city board of health during the
month OF october sometimes DOCTOR
forgets to report a BIRTH and therefore
tnere were probably a rev more than
twenty-five births in Topeka during the
past month
Dr. J. 2. NIinney says that he has in his
possession a letter which is from the Uni-
ted States pension department to an old
soldier named August Sesar. The letter
IS Of value to the owner and the doctor
eran upon application.
The Ministerial union will meet at the
Y NJ G. A. rooms Monday forenoon
1t IS denied that JacksOns band held q
certain meeting on certain night. If
band didn't meet and practice nobody in
I the vicinity has ever found it out
Eqar i Lopea4 young men w39 are nus
Messrs Frank F. Sheldon. Jos. w Krae-
will take a prominent part in the Kan
sas City Cycle club Ministries which win
be given at the Coates House early next
month.
1t is told that in a certain little town in
the vicinity of Topeka certain minister
against the sins of dancing. Upon this
the young men of the town got up big
dance and offered him the proceeds. Did
he take the money! The lady OF the IL
ger.
Miss DIarjory. 1fulIin, whose home is in
Enr mob al a Trrinn &c
Swift Ole Olson company is dangerously
sick at Lincoln Neb. As soon as she is
home. She viii join the company at a
later time. probably some time this month
Yesterday afternoon at one of the nm
ancial schools a Republican raised a nag
immediately raised q window brush on
another stick with the remark that since
Mark Hanna had adopted the flag it need
ed scrupblns brush 70 go win II. rms
was regarded as considerable argument.
There was a wedding at the Swedish
BAPTIST church Wednesday evening the
cOnt~actfner parties being Miss Christina
Anderson of this city, and John Kempe,
a farmer Of Usage county The ceremony
was performed by the pastor Of the
church in the presence of a large number
of friends. reception followed the we'd
ding
The death list this month has been
large. There have been fOrty-fOur deaths
Since last May there is an ordinance en-
forced requiring each undertaken in the
Guy TO procure Il DuLldt permit from -lt1
board Of health before the funeral takes
place This insures a full list of the
deaths
Two expressmen had a political argu-
ment today. 1t sounded like this: Tn
bet YOU two to one III take that Il
don't believe you've got the money
That's what's the matter with you
you're broke like Bryan" And you
haven't got any more money than Nc
kinley'' Adliteratun, ana the country
was saved
a Topeka man lost his job recently in
the cutting down of force and as he had
a family dependent on him he was much
pitied by his friends who wondered how
the man would live through the winted.
In few days he appeared with a team
and carriage which he had purchased and
has bought a lot and is putting up a house
on it. He had saved his money
A Mrs. J. Stamper of New York city,
has written Col sam Radges that she IS
DESTROYS of finding any lnfornla ton OF a
Mrs John Irving Irwin, she has for
gotten the exact name by reason OF .
former brain trouble Mrs J. lived in To-
peka in 1883 or 1881 and had adopted
daughter 81 years old at that time She
she may be dead and wants to find the
girl She says the matter is of vital inn
portance.
About three months ago an electric
light wire became crossed with one of the
fire alarm circuit wires and burned out
the repeaters but the apparatus is treach-
erOus at times. and the fire marshal has
had tests made on all the lines for the
past ten days The slightest cross cur
rent which touches the fire alarm wires
Injuries the repeating apparatus at the
cults is affected at present and that win
be in shane shortly