The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26


ABILENE-M essrs. John and Alex
ander McFadden, who have been lead
ing merchants of this city for ten years,
have arranged to move to Charles City,
in northwestern Iowa They will proba-
bly, go in about 80 days.
OTTAWA-Prof. Cravens has return
ed from Topeka, where he drilled the
chorus. He states that Topeka has a
fine chorus of $50 members. The even
ing before he was present at the Law
renee chorus drill, where they have
membership of 125. Prof. Cravens will
go to LeaVenWorth to organize chorus
there.
teacher in district No. rs, was removing
the fire from the stove to the coal scut-
tie, when her apron came in contact
with the live Goals and in an instant her
clothing was a mass of flames. Scholars
came to her help, and the flames were
finally extinguished, but not until the
young lady was horribly burned on the
back and arms.
NEWTON-Mrs. Della I. Agnew,who
for a number of years has been one OF
the best known and most popular teach
ers in the public schools of Newton, will
resign and take up her residence at
Omaha with her husband at the con-
clusion of the present school year
WELLINGTON buds on some of
the peach trees are almost ready to
burst open into bloom. IL the weather
remains warm the trees Will soon be
covered with bloom, but if very many
hard freezes should come now,the peach
crop would be very much damaged.
SALINA-The creamery is progress
ing fnely-nearly all the machinery is
already on the ground and in the build
ing. A huge churn capable of making
1000 pounds of butter per day, a Is
horse power boiler, large steel tanks. an
immense separator and various other
les.
OSWEGO-As Jailer Lopez was max
| ing his rounds in the county jail last
night three prisoners overpowered him.
! took his revolver and keys and locked
| him in a cell. Miss Jessie Kyler, who
was passing heard the noise and placed
| herself in front of the door, but the
| prisoners forced her away with a reVol-
yer and escaped.
WELLINGTON-A. E. Mosher. the
| milIwright who put the machinery in
| the Hunter and Aetna mills in this city,
is here today with a party of millers
| from Halstead and Newton, who are
| figuring on remodeling their mills and
| supplying them with machinery SINH
| lar to that in use in the mills here.
WELLINGTON school board
has renewed its contract with the pub
fishing company which is at present
| furnishing the city schools with books,
! for term of five years with the privil
! eye of annullment with ten days notice
; This was done in order to allow he
schools to adopt the new text book sys-
| tenn gradually.
Ell DORADO-In the four cases
| brought in the district court by citizens
| against D. NJ. Lower ct al, to quiet the
title to property in Lowers addition,
| Judge Shinn has rendered decisions in
| favor of the plaintiffs. Lower will ap-
peal.
OTTAWA-Dr. Paisley OF Pomona to-
| day made formal application before
! Judge Harrison for a legal examination
| into the sanity of Nellie and Mary Hunt
| two sisters of that place. The girls
| are 16 and II years of age, and have
| been considered feeble-ninded from
| youth They have finally been seized
| with a mania for attacking callers and
| passers-by, to such an extent that peo-
! pie of the neighborhood are fearful of
dire consequences.