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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
FARMING IN BUTLER co.
How an Industrious Man Prospered
Despite Hard Times.

Douglass, March 26.-The Tribune in
it's last issue says:
AS a sample of what farmer may
do on these Kansas prairies, even in
hard times and dry years, we call at
tentfon to the case of O. B. Lent of
Rock Creek township. He has 800 acres
of prairie land, and for nearly u years
carried an incumbrance of 81, $50 upon
il When times got hard and interest
money not easy to raise. he made up
his mind to quit paying interest by the
honest. old fashioned way of paying the
debt.
In 1894 he cut down his Indebtedness
81 400 and the first of last month he
viped out the balance. He is out of
debt with his $50 acres of land clear.
with plenty of good horses to till it, sew
eral hundred dollars worth of cattle and
hogs. and much other property, includ
ing 500 bushels of corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
Money Deposited Many Years
Ago i'm an Eastern Bank
HAS DOUBLED ITSELF.
Money Deposited Without Any
Record of Disposition.
The Amount Only 81, 400 But
Its History Interesting.

Independence, March 26.-Today Hen
~ Pennington received word that he
would receive 81, 400 from New Jersey
which has been on deposit for years
awaiting the owners. The finding of
the little fortune and the facts connect
ed herewith reads like a romance
About four months ago Mr.. Penning-
ton wrote a letter to Attorney Harry
Runyon of Plainfield. New Jersey. stat
ing that an old aunt of his living in
RahWay, y. j., had written to him ex-
planning that sum of money was put
into a bank many years ago for the
benefit of the heirs of John Pennington.
who. when alive, resided at Liberty
Corner, five miles from Plainfield.
When Pennington died he left three
children, Henry, Cornelius, and Martha
Ann, all too young to take care of them
selves. Richard Coriell was appointed
guardian and had about $500 put in his
charge to distribute among the children
after the youngest of them had become
81 years old The children were put
out in service and drifted apart. The
guardian deposited the money in the
Hunterdon County bank, now known
as the First National bank of Fleming
ton. and died without leaving any rec
ord of his disposition of the sum.
He asked the lawyer to find the mon-
ey.
Mr. Runyon hunted for the money in
banks in Elizabeth, Railway, Somerville
and several other New Jersey towns
One day he came across a man who
told him that the bank in Pennington
which was merged from an old state
bank, would be a likely place. On go
ing there he found the deposit The in
stitution was conducted under state
laws for II years after the deposit was
made. During these years the money
had drawn interest and had compound
ed itself amounting to about 81, 400
After that no interest was paid.
Henry Pennington does not know
where his brother and sister are On
a tom bstone at Liberty Corner Mr. Run
yon found a record of Martha AIMS
death. He has heard that Cornelius
was living in Pennsylvania four years
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

mems ward. In it there are three beds.
on the first floor there are reception and
dining rooms, and kitchen and laundry
On the second floor there are two
large wards for women and three pri-
vate rooms for special patients. There
IS also an operating room. 1t is being
fitted up and will be modern in its APP
pliances
One little room in the back of the
building on the second floor is empty.
1t is held in READINGS for the first case
of contagious disease which may be
brought into the hospital. No cases of
this kind which are known, will be
admitted, but often the symptoms de-
velop after the patient has been
The room is kept thoroughly disinfect-
ed and it is isolated from the other
wards. There are no cases of this kind
in the hospital. Another kind of dis
not receive, is that of tuberculosis
There are now accommodations for
IL patients at the hospital. The third
story of the hospital Will probably be
fitted up as quarters for the hospital at
PENDANTS and the laundry abolished and
the kitchen moved back, thus giving
three rooms additional which can be
used.
The Salvation Army hospital is doing
a grand work The citizens have been
liberal in their donations to it. But
there is one thing which becomes pain
fully evident to the visitor on being
shown into the reception room. If
some charitable person who would like
to see things look better, would give to
this worthy institution a carpet for the
reception room and some neat chairs
it would be well.
The hospital is run on temperance
principles. Not drop of liquor is used
as medicine in this institution, and
who would wonder at it, when it is
stated that the physician in charge is
a woman? It has been demonstrated
that stimulants other than intoxicating
liquors can be used in the care of the
sick. and this knowledge is made. use
of by the hospital physician.
DR.. Agnes Mckee Wallace is the
physician who has immediate charge of
the hospital She spends two or three
hours a day there in attendance upon
the urgent cases She does this work
gratis-for charity. She is just the per-
son for the place, for she takes an in
terest in all the cases, and all the pa
TENTS like her The hospital receives
charity patients of all kinds, but owing
to- the limited accommodations some
may have to be refused. One bed is al
ways in readiness for accidents, etc.
A good work is being done by the Sal
walton Army in this hospital, and the
poor people of Topeka, who are sick,
| are being greatly benefited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
FROG WITH SCALES.
The Border Grasshopper Tells of One
Found in a Block of Shale.

John Grimm brought a frog to the
Grasshopper Office today that is curl
osity. says the Border Grasshopper.
1t is pale yellow and has scales on
its back. He found it yesterday in his
coal mine in a block of shele, or what
is commonly known as slate. In car
rying the slate to a wagon 1t fell and
split in two, setting free the scaly yell
low frog that had ben in it so long.
The creature lay still a minute, gaSped
a time or two, then died. The cavity
in the shale is the exact size and shape
of the frog, showing that the animal
was there before the shale, which was
once mud, hardened into rock. How
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
OPEN CARS TO COMFY ISLE.
Big New Vehicles Put in Service by
the Nassau System.

New York, March 26.-The first open
trolley car to Coney Island ran yester-
day. 1t was on the Nassau line, and
will be followed by others before the
week is over. The sample car is the
largest in use in Brooklyn. exceeding
in length the big Brooklyn Heights cars
The carrying capacity of the new cars
is not so great as that of the Brooklyn
city cars, which are closed and have
more capacity for a given area
A new route TO Coney Island is IN
der contemplation by the Nassau peo-
pie. the injunction of the Brooklyn Ele-
waited against the five cent fare on the
old West End line rendering some other
outlet 1lecessa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
NOT & "wET" TICKET.
Pherson Declare Prohibition
is Not q Feature.
Mcpherson, March 26, 1887.

Mcpherson, March &C. 1887.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
attended the mass convention to nomfn-
ate a city ticket ct the article that APP
Peared IN the Journal OF me ;a 24th inst,
met and nominated J. F. Laderer for
mayor, F. p. Hill for clerk and G. w.
Scott for marshal. The article referred to
does great injustice both to the conven-
tion and the candidates nominated. None
of the candidates nominated are men of
Incorporate habits, neither are they in
favor of running the city wet
1t is true politics were not considered and
party lines were not drawn, and this is as
it should be in the government of a city'S
affairs. Mr.. Laderer has declined to all
low his name to be used as a mayoralty
candidate and another meeting will be cal
led to fill the vacancy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
MISSILE FROM THE SHY.
Whizzed Past Michigan Mans Head
Deep in the Ground.

Niles. Mich, March &C. F. Earle.
living near Sodus, had a narrow escape
yesterday from death by missile
which APPARENTLY came from the sky
He was working in the woods and
heard something wEiz by his head. AT
first he thought it q stray bullet After
a search he discovered a hole in the
ground, and, digging down several feet,
brought up a piece Of copper almost
red hot.
The piece is about three inches in d.
ameter and is so soft it can be dented
with a finger. Mr.. Earle thinks it is
some neteoric substance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
JUDGE BAsHoREs MOVE.
Sells His Interest in the Pratt Union
and Purchases the Wellington
Voice

Pratt, March 26.-Ex-Judge w. o. Bash
ore has purchased Lyman Naugles We'll
lington Voice and will take possession
about April l.
Judge Bashore was judge of the Eigh-
teenth judicial district, composed of Pratt,
kingman and KioWa counties. which was
dissolved by the legislature of 1895. After
retiring from the bench, he and s. P Geb-
hart purchased the Pratt Union and the
first of this year Mr.. Gebhart purchased
the judges interest.
Judge Bashore has sold his residence
property here to the Presbyterians, to be
used manse. and will move his fam
lily to his new field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

WICHITA-Mr. Verne Frazier and
Miss Coral Harris were married last eV-
ening at the home of the brides par
ents, sos North EmporIa avenue. The
floral decorat tons were magnificent The
young couple have elegantly furnished
apartment in the Sedgwick block, where
in the near future they will be at home
to their many friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
CHILD scALDED FATALLY.
Infant at Winfield Falls Into Vat of
Boiling Wafar

Winfield. March 26-The four year old
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Williams was play
ing near a boiler of. scalding water yes
terday and fell backwards head foremost
into the water and the whole body was
submerged with the exception of the feet.
The frantic mother made two efforts in
child was resuced-
The water was almost boiling hot and
when the clothing was removed from the
child nearly all the skin peeled off. The
child will not recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
COAL AT OTTAWA.
Three Foot Vein Struck at the Depth
of II Feet.

Ottawa March 26-Charlie Cutler, while
digging well on his place in Cutler town
ship, struck a vein of coal three feet thick
a a depth of II feet.
At first he thought it was a layer OF
common black slate, for it had that ap-
pearance, but afterwards he tried burn
ing some of it and found it ignited al
most readily dry kind1ing. 1t burns
quite freely and leaves very few cinders
1t resembles the beds of camel coal found
in parts of Missouri and Arkansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
AURORA BoREALIs SEEN.
Wellington People Watch a Beautiful
Shifting Light.

Wellington. March 26.-The aurora bor-
calls was visible last night about 10
O'Clock directly in the west. A half-circle
extended about 10 degrees above the ilori-
ION and out of the circle shot a beautiful
shaft of light into the air, rising and fall
ling at intervals
At one time two shafts of light extend
one and many people watched it as long
as it was visible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
GOOD WORK OF CHARITY.
What the Salvation Army Free Hos
pital is Doing.

There is a hospital in the city about
which the people of Topeka know but
little, but which fills a long felt want.
is located at the southwest corner of
Sixth and Buchanan streets, in the old
Booge residence.
The building is well adapted for the
use 1t Is now put to. The lower floor is
used principally for the business end
or the institution. There is a large
room on the south which is used as a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
GREAT BENDS LAKE.
Right of Way Secured to Flood the
Cheyenne Bottoms.

Great Bend, March 26-The citizens
of this city have secured, for Mr.. Koen,
the right-of-way for the ditch which
will make an inland sea of the Chey-
enne bottoms, with the aid of the Ar
kansas river, and work will soon begin.
Mr.. Koen, who is now here working
on the final arrangements, expects his
tools and machinery inside of ten days
and it is thought that inside of three
weeks dirt will begin to move.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

California Limited leaves Topeka
Thursdays and Sundays. 11:33 a. m,
via Santa Fe Route. 81 hours to Cali
fornia. Vestibuled Pullman sleepers,
buffet smoker and dining car through.
California Express, with Pullman pail
ace and tourist sleepers leaves daily at
4:35 p. me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
FROM KANSAS TOWNS.
General and Personal News From All
Over the State.

STAFFORD-A large quantity of
broom corn was sold in Stafford this
and last week, ranging from SIS to $40
per ton, about an average of SO less per
ton than the same would have brought
five or six months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

WICHITA-M r. Smith of this city
has received a letter from his brother
Ralph who left here last December for
Shanghai, as missionary. The young
man wrote from Kobe, Japan, where he
arrived on February %, after a voyage
of % days, II of which he experienced
the horrors of a severe sea sickness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

and II others saw an air ship at 10
o'clock last night over the city for half
an hour. Its movements were cratic
1t went rapidly north against the wind,
disappeared and returned in Is min
utes 1t seemed to have d headlight,
and gave out blush reflections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

much longer it would have lived had it
not been disturbed cannot be known.
The queer bactracian is in alcohol and
the pieces of shale can be seen in Johns
front store window.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

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
renee chorus drill, where they have a
membership of 1875. Prof Cravens will
go to Leavenworth to organize chorus
there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

ABILENE-Messrs. 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 30 days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
TRAIN LOAD OF BROOM CORN.
Twenty Cars Highly Decorated Go
From Sterling to New York.

Sterling March 26.-The largest single
shipment of broom corn ever made in the
world started yesterday from Sterling,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
WICHITA-About 3 O'Clock yeste

WICHITA-About O'Clock yesterday
afternoon a decorated train of broom
corn was at the Missouri Pacific depot
en- route east. The train consisted of
20 cars and it's destination will be the
Onondago Whisk Broom Works of Syr-
acuse, N Y. The shippers are Robert
F'indlay & Co. of Sterling, Rice county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

Edward P. Elliott, the inpersonator,
who was on the Washburn course two
years ago, plays a return date by re-
quest of large number of patrons,
March g."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
For Greater New York

Albany. NY, March 26.-The greater
New York charter was passed by the
senate 80 to g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

ATCHISON-Miss AIDA Stewart,
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.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
Nebraska Gives 100000.

Omaha, March ga special to the
Bee from Lincoln, says: Gov. Holcomb
has signed the bill appropriating $780,
600 for the transmississippi exposition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

CHANUTESThe Rev John Curtis of
Jasper, Mo, who has been engaged to
fill the Presbyterian pulpit, will move
his family to this city soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

GREAT BEND-Boys and girls to the
number of Is were received here yes
terday from the chiIdren's home at La
porte, Ind, and have been placed in
Barton county homes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

We do mendiIig and sew on buttons
free of charge. Fearless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

BELLEVILLE-An operator named
Rhea, a Waterman named Patterson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

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-
ciusion of the present school year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

WELLINGTON-Th buds on some of
the peach trees are almost ready to
burst open into bloom. If 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.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

SALINA-The creamery is progress
ing finely-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 25-
horse power boiler, large steel tanks. an
immense separator and various other
machines used in first class creamer-
les
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

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

Ell DORADO-In the four cases
brought in the district court by citizens
against D. M. 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.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26

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

WELLINGTON-Th school board
has renewed its contract with the pub
fishing company which is at present
furnishing the city schools with books,
for a 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-
TEN gradually.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-19
BRIGHT BIT :.

-Reporter-Well, got the great DR..
Slasher to sign that article for next Sun
days edition.
Editor-Good! But what kept you so
long?
Reporter-Why, the idiot wanted to read
it.-Judge.
-Munnysacks (sternly)-James,a after this
please uncork all of the bottles in my
presence. I notice that when you draw the
corks in the pantry the wine is extremely
decollete.
James dhe but;er)- Extremely decollete,
sir?
Munnysacks-Yes, James; very low in
the neck.-Puck.
-''Nr. Speaker" the new member qua
vered, Il should like to rise to a question
of privilege"
"The gentleman from Kansas has the
floor"
Il want to know if got right to men
ton that l got a lot of pure Jersey heifers
to sell in the speech I am going to have
put in The Record for circulation in my
district?"-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Twentieth century love scene:
Suitor-Ah, dearest Irma, what ecstasy
lies in this sweet passion of love which
makes the heart flutter and the pulse
beat faster.
1Tma (recent graduate of a medical
school. Selling his hand)-Ha, villaini
You are deceiving me! Your pulse is quite
normal-only p. gonew-Fliegende
Batter. en-
The Moral of 1.-THE Professor-You
will remember the fable of the attempts
of the sun and the wind to make the man
remove his cloak, and how he only drew
it tighter under the winds assaults, but
cast it off under the genial rays of the sun.
Now what moral do you draw from this
j. Fresh-It is necessary to roast some
people before they will loosen up.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
IF any one should call this afternoon
Mary, say that 1 am not WELL" said a
mistress to her newly engaged servant
I'm afraid l ate a little too much of that
rich pudding for lunch, and it, or some
thing else, has brought on a severe head
ache / am going to lie down"
A few moments later the mistress, from
her room near the head of the stairs, heard
Mary say TO two aristocratic women who
called for the first time: Yes m, Mrs.
B. is at home, but she ate so much pud-
ding for lunch she had to go to bed. -
Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-19
Dreadful News From Cuba.

Dreadful news comes from Cuba
Gen. Lee has been attending to official bus
mess in his shirt sleeves! At least this is
more than intimated by La Carta del Sa-
bado, one of the Havana papers, says the
New York Times. In an article entitled
'Pentapolin of the Barred Arm" the editor
tells, first in Spanish and then in English
we quote from the second narrative-of
"a high parsonage, that invested of diplo-
matte representation, has of diplomacy as
much as what l have of bishop" 1t seems
that for want of tact and of prudence in
his determinations this modern Garaman-
team, as a rule, hits once on the nail and
one hundred times on the horseshoe, .
which in Itself is bad enough, but his Gull
minating crime is thus described:
after asking for aims to soccur imag-
mary persons, ruined by the effects of a
desastruos war indirectly sostained by in
iquuos complexities, and toierencies of a
potency that titles herself friendly he has
the discOurtesy of assisting an official act
in lesser clothes, in a salon where the por-
trait of our noble queen model of all vir-
tues was ostentated, sitting in this light
apparel"
The next sentence it is better to leave in
Spanish-"No Sc despojo de los calzones
porque-como ell compassionate conoce los
calzoncillos." According to the learned
translator, eel composing means 1.-The
hayseed," and the rest interprets itself.
Continuing, La Carta asks with true Cas-
lillian courtesy if this bell-ringer diplo-
mat, in his attitude of a belligerent night
watchman,' wants to provoke conflicts
that may be are of convenience to his par
ticular interests" and declares that "even
if he perspires ali his flesh he will not OBJ
tain it," The article concludes:
If he has not the liability as diplomat,
the correction of a gentleman ought to be
demanded. The man that i'm an official act
remains ian his shirt sleeves, because the
heat or the shame of his actions soffo-
Gates hints not worthy of representing
in a town as large as Spain, a nation as
powerful as his. May his restitution
quickly come, as in this way we will all
be the gamers. What a difference with the
always most correct energetic and circum-
spect conduct of his antecedent!"