The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19
TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY.

During December there were flfty-One
deaths in Topeka.
The money offered as prizes at the
National Buttermakers' convention
amounts to $3,4OO.
The registration books for 1898 are
now open at the Office Of the Commits
sioner Of Elections.
The bridge celebration will be post
poned until the old bridge is removed,
and perhaps longer.
County Treasurer-elect Phillips has
resigned the Captaincy of Battery b.
Lieutenant Pattison is his successor.
Gen. John B. Gordon, of Atlanta, will
lecture on the Last Days of the Con-
federacy" at Crawford's, January rs.
Dave Burdge did not get the position
of Office deputy in Marshal Sterne's Of
flee because Judge Foster objected to
him.
The Masons are contemplating build
ing temple at the southeast corner of
Eight aud Quincy within the next few
years.
The Commercial club has appointed
l.. Wilder as delegate to NJ. H. Hanna's
national monetary conference to be held
at Indianapolis, January rs.
Rev. Z. L. Thorpe, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Bridgeport, Conn,
will succeed Rev. A. s. Embree as pastor
of the First Methodist church of To-
peka.
w. H. Davis, E. Wilder, E. H. Crosby,
s. T. Howe, VIM. Green, Otto Kuehne,
X. s. Brigham, A. A. Goddard and G. P.
Adams are the new directors Of the Com
mercial club.
Deputy Sheriff Bert Lucas has cap
tured Dublin and Squirrel Heath, who
were wanted in Illinois for breaking
Jail and murder. He gets reward of
more than $780,
The County Teachers Association met
at the court house Saturday. About
seventy-five teachers attended. W. H.
Wasson is President and Miss Harding
is Secretary. papers were read by Miss
Mary M6nteith, w. w. Fiske and Forest
Kutz.
Two men stole two hogs of W. E.
Corbett. who lives four miles south of
town, killed and dressed them and sold
the pork to Topeka butchers. The men
occupied a building near the Sixth
street viaduct. Mr.. Corbett has decided
not to prosecute.
The payment of $3.50 for the use Of the
lower story of the Hamilton hall build
ing for the buttermakers' convention
and similar payments make people study
and wonder why it would not be well
to hurry up the auditorium and avoid
such expenses in the future.
A horse trader offered his animal to a
farmer for his horse, agreeing to give
"ten" in exchange, out at Clay and Euclid,
the other day After the exchange had
been made the trader gave the farmer
10 cents, but he demanded $40. A fight
ensued in which several persons were
injured and the horses were returned
to their original owners.
Frank Brown, young Topeka lawyer
who has been unfortunate in the choice
OF associates and who has fallen into
bad habits thereby, is in Jail on
charge Of issuing forged checks. Fri
day night he managed to dig hole al
most through the wall Of the jail but
was discovered before he had completed
it. He is now out on bail.
G.. ]. Devlin, President of the South
western Fuel Company, has the plans
completed for the erection Of new
office block at the southeast corner OF
Fight and Jackson streets. 1t will be
22X115 feet, two stories and high
basement, making it practically three
stories. 1t will be built in the early
spring, Of pressed brick, and will be
elegantly finished throughout and sup