The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25

Watchmen keep close guard over the
house during the night. For a year OF
more VIII and Al Hopkins have watched
the house, and every evening before they
ed to Mrs Sells and every night about
o'clock they rang the front door bell,
and awakened her, so that she might
know that they were on duty and that no
was in the house. This morning r
/. Bonebrake took the casket OF DIAMONDS
and jewelry to the Central bank vault for
safe keeping Mrs. Sells was kindly dis
posed woman, and very often on RAINY
nights early in the morning she would
send for policemen and watchmen who
were near her home to come to her house
to warm and take some refreshments
PAID 1850 TAXES IN SHAWNEE
COUNTY.
The reports of the county assessors
show that Mrs Sells owned 778 acres of
farm property in Shawnee county and II
lots in the city The figures of the as
SCISSORS indicate that Mrs. Sells was
worth SITS, 900, but does not include the
out of town property, Of which there
is considerable.
The following is a list of the city
property owned by Mrs. Sells: The
Parkhurst-Davis building, on three lots
on lower Kansas avenue; four lots and
the Chest terfield hotel; two lots on the
southeast corner of Kansas avenue and
First street; lots 202 and 204 Kansas
avenue, where the old John P Cole
barn is; a lot at 1903 Kansas avenue;
lots 26 to 30 Quincy street; 204 to 210
Monroe street; lots 524 and 526 West
Tenth street; lots III and 719 Quincy
street, the Sells home; lots 1105 to I'LL
Polk street. lots 730 to 734 Locust
street. lots 225 to 229 Quincy street;
lot on Kansas avenue. near Gordon
street; lots 1401 to 1425 Clay street, IN
Pierce's addition: lots 1880 to 1886 Bu-
chanan street: lots 14C0 to 1922 Buchan-
an street; II lots in ThroOp's second ad-
ditiOn on Buchanan street; lots 1907 to
1913 Fillmore street, and six lots in
Swygart's addition on Sixth avenue
east The assessed valuation of the
oft fc nd q a
1900 amounted to $Z,261.l6-
The country property included tract
of so acres. another of 80 and one OF 24O
acres in Tecumseh township; a tract of
so acres in Mission township: two
tracts of 16O and one of so acres in Mon
mouth, and Is acres in Soldier town
ship. The assessed valuation of the
country property was 2,46O and the
taxes $3s9.11.
Mrs. Sells personal property in the
city was given as having an actual val
ue of $1,000 and the personal property
on the Sells farm in Tecumseh town
10 shares in the Central National bank
at par value Of 500 each.
Mrs Sells total tax for 1900 was 81
65O.27 The total assessed valuation
about one-third of the actual value.
MADE FEW GIFTS.
Mrs Sells, although a wealthy WO-
n an. was not known is a giver, and IN
her life her donations We're few
At one time it was understood that
she promised DR. S B. Anderson. then
pastor of the First Presbyterian church,
that she would do something toward
clearing the church Of debt 1t was sup
posed that she would pay half the in
debtedness, but DR.. Alderson left town
for another charge and the bequest was
never made At numerous times those
interested in public Institutions in the
city endeavored to get her interested
She always listened to them but never
aided any of them financially