The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-09

Dick Cooley will referee the wrestling
match tonight
Wade Watts will handle Woods at the
wrestling match tonight
Over in Oakland thieves steal blankets
out OF buggies in the day time.s
The Republican Flambeau club cleo
ted i've new members last night.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in
stalled officers for the year Wednesday
night
An examination of the county treasury
yesterday showed $233, 066 45 cash on
hand.
The Meriden band came to Topeka
with all their pretty uniforms and then
didn't toot horn.
George D. Hale read a paper on the
Cuban situation before the Philosophical
society last night.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the po-
lice court skipped four sessions. There
were no cases up.
E. C. Wiggeuborn special pension ex-
aminer at Leavenworth, visited Pension
Examiner Kingsley yesterday.
Tho Elks have decided to give a farce
comedy, The Circus" by Will Haskell,
later in the winter. Haskell will coach
them.
The Modocs, about thirty of them, led
by Major Anderson, went to Lawrence
this afternoon to sing at q. A. Il. en-
tertainment.
The Topeka Philosophical society
passed resolution last night requesting
congress to recognize Cuba as an indie
pendent nation.
A tattooed man was held for a time by
the police yesterday on suspicion of
being the Clyde burglar, but he was tat
tooed differently.
Fanny Davenport will be in Kansas
City with "Gismonda" next week. 1t is
too bad Topeka cannot have it, How
about a theater train?
The county superintendent and others
are preparing for "day" at Rossville on
February s. in which both citizens and
teachers will participate.
The police board has ordered that ell
persons not connected with the force
shall be kept out of the jailer's office and
a gate will be put on the door leading to
it.
The county officers are to hold meet
ing next Saturday at the Office of the
county clerk for the purpose of arrang-
ing for a reception at the new court
house.
The Gamma Sigma and Washburn
College Literary societies will have :heir
joint debate at the college Friday even
ing. The glee club will sing. No adj
mission is charged.
County Superintendent ]. W. Stout
expects to beat all the other county Of
fcials into the new court house. He
says his suite of three rooms on the third
floor is practically ready.
W, G. Brooks will deliver a temper
auce address before the Epworth league
of Asbury N. E. church Friday evening,
and Sunday evening will speak at St.
Marks Methodist church.
Prof. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell uni
versity will lecture at the high school
auditorium next Monday evening on
"Brains of Men and Apes, Their Re-
sem blances and Differences"
The Populist league has elected the
following officers: ]. 81. Hart, presidents
Rev. DR.. Harrington, vice president;
treasurer; II. w. Parker, sergeant-at-
arms.
COL. Jeltz says there will be a "monster
mass meeting" of colored people at the
court house tonight to "denounce and
condemn" Rev. G. w. Olden's sermon,
preached nearly month ago. Col Jeliz
is very, very angry.
Miss Margaret Hill. of 1T North Mad
son street, began teaching Monday at
Bellview school in the place of Miss
Cora BARRETT, who has gone TO Illinois
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high school last year.
Morrison's Faust" plays in Fort Scott
tonight, and the advertisement states
that best seats are rs and 90 cents. When
| Topeka has the honor of witnessing
Morrison's Faust" best seats are $1.They
would be dear at 70 cents, without Nor
rison.
The Central National bank has fled
suit against L ii. Crawford in the dis
trict court Of promissory note for ST.
$50 given September 6, 1895, for ninety
days The note draws 10 per cent inter-
est and none has been paid since De-
cember 49,
Two or three of Topeka's leading So
ciety people are quietly talking of get
ting up an amateur circus in the Audi
torium at Oakland next spring. New
York society people gave one a year or
two ago and Omaha successfully carried
one through about six weeks ago
To Recover $4,000.