The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

roads That was not the worst of it.
affer the coal was hauled to Topeka
they had to sell it for s2-75 per ton.
KINGMAN-A strange sight can be
seen at Kingman these days Cars
come in from the west loaded down
with little section houses all in row.
They are tearing up the track west of
there and the little houses are preserv-
ed.
ELISA car load of soft white
stone of the appearance of tripol was
shipped from Ellis Tuesday. The rock
billed to Mount Pulaski, Ill, and is Ia
beled sand. No one knows what the
article really is or what it is for.
MANHATTAN-The leading churches
here, Methodist, Baptist and Christian,
all passed strong resolutions last night
tive in the legislature to work and vote
against any form of resubmissiOn
whether straight or under the guise of
a constitutional convention.
ATCHIsON-win Rigg is going to
Australia TO be gone a year selling
baking powder He is now travelling
through Texas and Old Mexico and will
go up through California and sail from
a Washington port of Australia. 1t
will take him a year to work the big
island.
ABILENE-Robert Grubbs and sew
eral others living near Sand Springs
had a lively chase after a catamount
yesterday, finally bagging the animal.
1t is a handsome specimen of the bob
cat" measuring three feet from the tip
of it's nose to the end of its stubby tail.
Jesse Elston bought the animal and
will make its pelt into a rug.
ATCHISON-J. D. Cox and his
daughter were the victims of a run
away accident yesterday. While driv-
ing near the school house in district 16,
south of town, the horses SHE'D at a
snow man, and Mr.. Cox was thrown
Ella Cox jumped and broke both bones
in her leg just above the ankle.
FORT SCOTT-Deputy Internal Rev
enue Collector John F. Watrous of
Burlington today seized several bar
rels of whisky at the saloon owned by
Jack Freeman, in Jail for receiving sto-
len goods. 1t is claimed by Mr.. Wat
trOus that the barrels were not labeled
as provided by law, the liquor being of
poorer quality than described by the la
bells.
BURLINGTON-Hen Arnet Bell,
the second son of County Clerk T. N.
Bell, has received official notice from
appointed as a cadet to West Point mil
itary academy, providing he can pass
the required mental and physical ex-
animation. The examination will take
place at Fort Leavenworth March l.
and if he passes he will enter West
Point the 18th of next June. The APP
pointment is for four years.
LAWRENCE-H. B. PEARS of Has
kell institute has been appointed sup
erintendent of the Indian school at AL
buquerque, n. M. Mr.. PEARS has been
assistant Superintendent at Haskell ever
since superintendent Sweet has been in
charge of the school, and has been
teacher and principal in the school for
the last ten years. His successor at
Haskell will be DIR. Heinemann, form
err supervisor in the Indian school ser
vice.
LARNED-The Populist county CEN
trail committee held a meeting here Sat
urday and appointed a committee of
five of their number to investigate the
charges made by A. A. Doerr, editor of
the Populist paper published here, for
county printing and job work. A year
go Doerr was awarded the contract for
the county printing at % per cent of le-
gal rates. An investigation of Doerr's
bills for the year 1896 revealed the fact
that he drew 1,213.90 from the county
treasury for the county printing, which
is said to be several hundred dollars in
excess of what it cost the county when
another paper was doing the work at 75
per cent of legal rates.