The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-23
Chicago Medical Institute, Topeka, Kansas.

at II o'clock tomorrow morning at the
First Presbyterian church Not 50 very
services in all the churches to accommo-
date the people.
The Gilsonite walk north of the state
again for the third time. It is said that
the gravel used the last time was too
coarse. 1t is hoped that the third time will
prove the charm.
Willie Collier in 1.-THE Man From Mex
ico'' comes to the Crawford theater in this
city next Monday evening. This, comedy
is the second written by Du Souchet, and
is said to be equally as entertaining as
My Friend From India
Some of the state officials who have been
the % plan bav Of gi 9ag neda good
place for rabbits. It is IN Attorney Sen Sen
boy has several tame ones.
The first inaugural ball held in the state
house was held in what is now the sen
vided in to two rooms l Dor i,, DoI IN t 5Ii
Drunk men almost always complain
about being arrested and taken 10 lhe
city jail, and yet that very fact OFTEN
saves them what money they have on
their persons, which would be stolen if
they were not taken care of by the police
stenographers will not wait for the Repub-
licans to take charge of the state bef4 f6e
a position which she considers a better
one, and the cards for the wedding will be
out in a few days.
It is a peculiar coincidence that every
attra ction that Sanford b. Ricaby, now in
advance of What Happened to Jones"
has been booked for the Crawford theater
in this city on Thanksgiving. He was in
advance of "Corinne' last year.
Topeka has very few girls who have
adopted affected names, such as Mae and
Maybelle, and others like them. The Atch-
ison Globe is roasting that sort of thing;
but Atchison has more girls who spell
their names that way than any other
town in the state--perhaps that is why the
roasting is necessary.
Wichita wishes to make outsiders be-
1ieve that the people down there are more
honest than they are anywhere else, and
in order to create that impression the
beacon prints an item about people 1eav-
ing coal out on the sidewalk all night ana
not having it stolen. The item was WEI
ten by Dave Leahy, though.
Major Shreve has been in the state
house off and on since 1871 He has serV-
ed under five governors-Osborn, Anthony,
St. John, Click and Leedy. He was IN the
auditors office under BOnebrake, McCabe
and Prather: in the agricultural depart
ment when Major Sims was secretary of
the state board of agriculture, and chief
clerk in the adjutant generals department
under Colonel Moonlight.
If D. K. Grimes. the man who fell on
an ice-covered sidewalk on East Eighth
street last January and fractured reg
wins his suit for $2,700 damages for the in
jury against the city, it will prove cost
Nv precedent. A number of people are in
jured every winter by falling on icy side
walks and -pavements. Grimes holds that
the CITY should have cleaned the sidewalk.
Judge Adams of the State Historical So
ciety says that John Francis, who has just
been elected to the leegisllat1ure from Allen
county, is often COMPOUNDED with John A.
Francis, who was clerk of the house in
the early days Of the state John A.
Francis founded the Olathe Mirror, which
was raided by Quantrin Afterwards he
went to Chicago, where he still resides.
member of the legislature in the early
days and afterwards served for a short
time as state treasurer.