The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-12
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

The disappointed statesmen are depart
| ing.
street.
The Colored Santa Fe Mckinley club
has been organized as the Colored Rail-
| way union.
Robert Craig, superintendent of the
| Usage City Carbon company visited in
| this city yesterday.
County Superintendent Stout is arrang-
| ing for educational meetings at different
/ points IN the county.
w c. Ferguson late of the state treas
| urer's oftie, has taken a position in the
| office of c. ]. Devlin.
me state committee and secretaries of
| the Y. NJ c. A will banquet at the Ma
| tional hotel Wednesday evening.
The, time of the First NJ. E. Sunday
| school has been changed from $3.50 in the
morning to 2:30 in the afternoon.
The bridge contractors have driven "a
south abutment of the new bridge.
Columbus A. Goosey has been released
from the county jail by the commission
| ceny.
After Is years of service in that posi-
ton, Mr.. w. d. Gossett, has resigned as
superintendent of the First NJ. E. Sum
day school.
The Scandinavian. club has appointed
committee to see that the case against
Dick Ward for shooting Israel Lindblao,
is not sighted.
The Topeka Academy of Medicine aha
Surgery and the Eastern Kansas Medi-
cal society will hold a joint meeting in
this city tonight.
Hugo Quendow, the man who escaped
from the Topeka Social Purity league by
marrying the complaining witness has
been released from the county Jail
About nine-tenths of the people who
were in the crush at the state officers re-
ception, promised themselves that they
would never attend another if they got
out alive.
Fatrolman Jack King, last week bought
a a new hickory singletree and has turn
ed out Of 1t brand new patrol club.
The clubs from New York weren't good
enough for him.
Crane & Co, have been awarded the
contract for blank books by the county
commissioners. The Kellam Book 81
Stationery Co., was awarded the contract
The eight-year-old son of c. H. Reid,
residing at 1900 Van Buren, street, mash
ago. Recently blood poisoning set in and
the child will lose his finger as the result.
in the Arnold drug store in North Topeka
has taken position at the general de-
livery window at the Topeka post office.
Her place in the drug store will be taken
by N. B. Arnold.
Bob Pigg. R. c. Harris, Fred Johnston
and Chas. Boughton who put up securi-
ty at the police station for their appear
ance in police court yesterday on the
charge of gambling, failed to appear and
their securities were forfeited. Most of
the names We're false. The police knew
Geo. w. Crane and Cos injunction suit
against County Superintendent J. w.
Stout to prevent his making contracts
day dismissed by Judge Hazen. The ac-
ton was begun last fall in the midst of
the county school book fight.
The stationers of the city have filed pro-
positions with the board of county cCm-
missiOnerS for the furnishing of station
cry and supplies to the county offices.
Anthony Peecher, the colored man
whom Special Officer Watts shot while
making an arrest will be arraigned be-
fore Justice Grover, January 18TH to an
sWer to the charge of burglary.
The county commissioners have adopt
ed the proposition of the Topeka Mail
and Breeze to print road, bridge and
board of equalization and other notices,
and county reports at one half the legal
rate. Delinquent tax lists. lists of unre-
deemed lands and town lots at the rates
provided by law. The paper also prom
ises to print full reports of the board
meetings.
Thomas Dagg, the unfortunate man
who was tried yesterday in the probate
unsound mind, and he will be taken to
the Topeka insane asylum for trea tment
and care. He imagines that two women
at Auburn have promised to marry him
and he broods over it. He has been i'll
for some time His mind was weekend
when he was a small child by paraly-
tic stroke.
Prof Hudson's Dancing Hall will be
open for Saturday afternoon, dancing
for Ladies and Gentlemen, Masters and
Misses, from 3 to 5, commencing next
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