The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-25

several pairs among the boys mere last
night.
A stag social will be held at the
7. M. c. A. rooms New Years day in
the afternoon. At night general re-
ception and gymnasium exhibition to
which all friends of the association
members are invited. will be held
She stood beneath the mistletoe,
And she was neither rude nor bold,
Her dancing eyes were all aglow, She
wasn't plain, she wasn't DID, Her face
was beautiful, and, oh, Her figure was
superbi-Ah me, She stood beneath the
mistletoe Because no man was there
to see"
II see no reason why New Years
should not be fair as Christmas will
be- said Cider Smith Thursday Mr..
Smith declared more than week ago
| that Christmas would be pleasant, and
his prediction has come true. Incl
dentally he disagreed with the weather
/ bureau
+ DR.. D. M. Fisk will occupy the pulpit
of the Dover Congregational church
/ at both the morning and evening ser
vices of December 27. In the evening
ne VIII deliver his celebrated lecture,
Does three-story larnin' pay?" The
admission . be charged will be 10
cents.
A correspondent in Auburn says:
| THE people of this vicinity are jubilant
over the prospects for the interurban
railroad. We do not see how the COM
pany can afford to miss Auburn. It Of
fers the shortest route, best road bed
| and most enthusiasm; and with such
an untiring worker as F. M. Stahl as our
| delegate, we are resting easy
A Kansas City paper says: After
service of Is years with the Ferd Helm
Brewing company, 10 years of which he
! acted as master mechanic, William
/ Nottberg will leave on January 1 to
enter the employ of the Charles Wolff
Packing company, at Topeka, Kan,
| where he goes to accept the position Of
superintendent of mechanical depart
ment of that plant.-
care of by the police last night. The
first was at the negro boarding house
over the American laundry, on West
! Seventh street, where H. c. Farrar and
his Wife were having a family fight.
1 Farrar was arrested. J. P. Matthews,
| a junk dealer, was also arrested on the
charge of assault. He had some trouble
with a customer over the weight of
some old brass.
J. r. Chambers completed a deal in
which the Gladstone at Arkansas City
| was sold to Frank Williams of ViniJa,
| I. t., who has lately been running a
| hotel at Vinita. but sold out to come
to Kansas. He has had 20 years ex-
perience in the hotel business. Mr..
Chambers will come to Topeka. He is
not decided as to what business he will
| engage in. He was formerly clerk at
the Hotel Throop.
None of the state officers who live
out of town stayed in Topeka for Christ
mas. Governor Bailey is sick at his
home at the executive mansion. ]. r.
| BurroW, secretary of state, will spend
the day at his home in Smith county;
i the state treasurer, Mr.. Kelly has gone
to Paola; the state superintendent of
public schools, Mr.. Dayhoff, to Hutch
inson; the state auditor, Mr.. Wells, to
Erie, and the attorney general, Mr..
4 Coleman, to Clay Center.
Judge Hamilton has adopted a sys-
tenn which he believes will enforce the
attendance of policemen wanted as
witnesses in police court. He has be-
gun to dismiss all cases where the Off
GERS making the arrest do not show up
at court time. The first one to profit
by this system was John Campbell,
colOred, who was arrested several days
ago by officers Black and Mildfeldt on
the charge of vagrancy. Neither of
the off1cers showed up at the trial,
and the defendant was dismissed
Bishop Millspaugh has given Christ
hospital chapel a font for baptisms.
The font is made from a sea shell.
three feet long, two feet wide and a
foot deep, and was sent to Bishop
MillSpaugh from Manila by Col. and
Mrs. w. G. Caskey. The shell is mount
ed on an oak pedestal to form the font.
Batmans have a fine display of can
dies and nuts at their store, S21 Kansas
avenue. All of their candy is made in
Topeka, of the purests material and is
high grade in every particular Call
and examine their stock
The editor of the Shawnee County
News, published at Rossville, says in
his paper: 1--WE hope our readers will
pardon the lack of news in this week s
paper. Our printer has flown, leaving
US with the multitudinous duties of an
editor, job printer. photographer, city
clerk, entertainment committee etc.
Besides all this, we have q brand new
devil to subdue. When we emerge
from the little wave of advertising
prosperity that has overtaken The
News we may not be able to pay off
the public debt, but we will have more
time and snace to devote to news,