The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
LOCAL MENTION.

Harry Hill, travelling salesman for a
wholesale leather house of Cincinnati,
Ohio will spend Sunday with his aunt
and cousin Mrs. Anna Hill and Mrs. D.
b Mote, at 719 Madison street, Ell route
home after a business trip through the
western part of the state.
Married Thursday evening by Rev. T.
j. Pearson at his home, 1913 Morris ave-
nue., Miss Florence Tyler and Mr.. Chas.
William Moore. Mr.. and Mrs Moore
will make their home at 507 Van Buren,
street
d. L. Sullivan of Kansas City, vice
president of the New Thought Fedora
ton, will lecture in Topeka before the
The place for the lecture has not yet
been determined upon.
Mr.. and Mrs Giltner Hostutler of
Pittsburg have been spending the past
week with the C. U. Higginbotham
family at Rossville.
Fire Marshal Wilmarth has placed
danger signs on the walls of the old
starch factory east of the city, warn
ing people to keep away from the tot
tering walls.
A small fire started in the freight
car and repair shed at the Santa Fe
shops last night at S:25. The fire is
supposed to have started from waste
material. No damage was done.
George Gillies has taken out a
building permit for the erection of a
dwelling at 1880 Harrison street. to
cost $4,000.
A horse belonging to the Topeka
Auto Feed and Hay Press company
Missouri Pacific platform at the
freight depot to the freight cars stand
ing alongside fell and became wedged
between the platform and the cars.
After considerable trouble the animal
was removed. Aside from being
bruised the horse was uninjured.
Assistant County Treasurer John NJ.
Wright will leave tomorrow for New
York City where he is a delegate to the
National Negro Business League from
the Topeka Negro Business League. It
is probable that he will be accompanied
by A. G. Briscoe and G. D. Olden and
Ira o. Guy and William r. Carter who
are officers in the local league.
Ten cases were disposed of by Judge
McCabe of the city court this morning.
There were more cases on the docket
this morning than there have been since
l have been in the office" said Clerk
O'NeiI, land this is certainly our busy
day"
| The liquor permit case of Lee Jones
was carried over from yesterday after
noon until this morning when another
adjournment was taken until o'clock
! wednesday morning.
Sarah Fernnell, through her attor-
ney, Joseph Reed, asks to be relieved
| of her husbands name, although he
| is not bothering her to any extent at
this time. She alleges that she has
always been a good and dutiful wife,
but that her husband has been bad;
that in fact he became so bad along
| in the spring of 1901 that the state
authorities took notice of him and filed
a. charge of felony against him, for
which the judge gave him a meal
ticket good at the state penitentiary
for fifteen years.
The state dismissed its case against
Pearl Smith for an assault upon an
other girl, as the county prosecutor
found upon investigation that it was
very probable that the complaining
witness was the aggressor
In the case of the state against Ed
Mcdonald the action was dismissed
This is an old case that has been on
the docket for quite a while. Las
winter Mcdonald was arrested with z
number of other North Topeka ne
groes, charged with stealing coal from