The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-11
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

The assessors are making their annual
tour of the city.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has organized a class
in physical culture.
The Topeka police department has made
SO arrests since March first.
Night Jailer Jones keeps a Bible on his
desk at police headquarters.
Archie F. Williams will go to Nevada
to see the Corbett-FitZsimmonS fight.
The booths to. be used at the primary
Saturday are being distributed today.
A parlor E. S A. meeting will be held
this evening at the home of Mrs. Alonzo
Wardall 307 Van Buren, street
The first Strawberries of the season are
in the Topeka market. They come from
Mupuata, Mexico, and they are not good.
w. H. Davis, president of the CONNER
cial club has bought the Price home at
the corner of Ninth street and Western
avenue.
At the meeting of the stockholders of
the Lake View Hunting and Fishing as
sociation yesterday the old directors were
reelected.
perance union is making tour of south
ern counties to find out the condition of
the temperance cause
a meeting for women will be held at the
Fifth Avenue hotel in the Second ward
at p. m; tomorrow. Mrs. Anna L.
Diggs will be present.
Patrolman Murphy last evening arrest
ed A c: Howe for riding bicycle on the
city Howe is IA years old
meeting of the German-Arnerican-
Russian league was held at the hail on
were made by various candidates.
The Washburn college students have
been practicing for the base ball season
panes of glass have been broken.
An Q: M. 3. lodge. of the city recently
sent $15 to Police Matron Thorpe which
was to be used for charity. She invested
it in clothing to be given to needy child
rem.
D. L. Sullivan of St. Louis. will give
free lecture on Health and Happiness
at Unity church Sunday evening. At
Street. - -7t0~'A Last ''-> :"
A person. interested in humane work
suggests that Humane Officer Wyatt
might find some starving. shelterless
horses on Van Buren, street near Eigh-
teenth.
Rosa McCarroll and Lizzie Buford have
for $500 3oEsd dam9ges for false arrest They
ing silk from Mrs. Dwyer.
Samuel H. Hill, who was struck by
THOMAS Wilson with an axe and knocked
peared against WILSON, who was bound
over and his bail fixed at $1,000.
a A special meeting of all the Sunday
ed to meet at the Y. NJ. c. A. parlors on
Friday evening, March u. to consult con
corning city Sunday school work and
spring conventions.
The Commercial club of Topeka asked
the Missouri and Kansas Telephone com
pany for a free telephone at their rooms
and the company replied by letter that as
the rates were now very low for phones
they could not grant the request.
The surplus in the inaugural reception
fund which amounted to 50, has been
turned over to Police Matron Thorpe for
charity. Accompanying the money the
committee sent an endorsement of Mrs.
Thorpe in her work matron.
The members of the Walnut Grove
Methodist church say that the statement
recently made by Mrs Ida NJ. Ferris in
regard to Methodist preachers salaries
not being paid. does not apply to them
as they have paid their preacher in full.
w. c. Pigg has been arrested on war
rant from Justice Growers court charg-
ing him with having stolen SO from Mrs
L. = Gray The woman claims that Pigg
took the money from her dresser in her
it is blackmail.
The Topeka Arion society will give a
minstrel performance ut their hail on
Monday evening. 1t will be an invitation
affair Preparations are being made for
a fne performance, and several local
bergs orchestra will furnish the music
Sergeant Owen yesterday made a tour
or the city notifying residents to keep
their chickens penned up. Over 100 com
plants have been made to the police de-
partment lately about chickens running
rose I-here is an ordinance prohibiting
this, and after the first warning the resi-
dents will be arrested, says Sergeant
Owen.
The Ladies' society of the First Metho-
dist church held a social last evening at
the church which was to celebrate the
raising of funds to liquidate the church
debt The ladies had each earned a dol
lar and they wrote verses about it which
were read. Miss Margaret Mulvane read
an address welcoming the pastors reap
pointment which had been written by
Mrs j. b. Bartholomew.