The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-03
BRIEF BITS OF CITY NEWS.
. Collection of Important Para
graphs for Your Consideration.

graphs for Your Consideration.
At the regular meeting of the
Dougherty Success club on Wednes-
day evening Of this week, Rev. W. E.
GroSe, ID. D., of Kansas City, will give
his great lecture on 1.-THE Evolution
of Bob" This is a treat which it is
hoped all members and friends of the
club will take in. All are invited;
there will be no admission fee.
Topeka people are not slow in TAX
ing to a good thing, as has been
shown by the success of the Common
wealth Hand laundry. which has been
DOING business in Topeka for the past
few months. This strictly hand laun-
dry, which is what the name implies,
has been forced to move from their
present quarters into larger at Sol
Topeka avenue, where their quarters
will be more than doubled the old To-
cation, and which allows the Com
monwealth to do more work. A new
department in their new room will
be the lace curtain department, where
special attention will be given to the
laundering of fancy curtains Family
washings will also be accepted. and
these two new departing will re-
ceive the same consideration that this
laundry has given to all its work.
Judge Hamilton got in a SIS fine
this morning on John Hicks for steal
ing an Overcoat from Abe JacOb son,
who runs pawnshiD at Fifth street
and Kansas avenue. Hicks took the
coat on Saturday from in front of the
store, and meeting lobe Tobias
around the corner. traded his raise"
for Tobias coat. The latter did not
suspect anything, for he declared this
morning that he thought Hicks ap-
peared to be sober. Jacobson than
saw Tobias wearing the coat and
started an investigation. He captured
Hicks after the latter made an fnef-
fectual attempt to get away and turn
ed him over to the police He stated
on the stand this morning that he was
drunk when he committed the theft
and knew nothing about it. Hamil-
ton fined him $25. Hicks said that he
had served a term in the penitentiary
and has been arrested numerous
times by the police for drunkenness
The street commissioners force is
putting in drainage tiles for the drain
ing of the north side Immediately
north of the dykes which the county
is erecting along the bank OF the
river.
The unusual in printing is one of
the specialties of Chas. H. Trapp, TIA
Kansas avenue. He also does all
kinds of usual printing.
SunHower camp No. 536. Modern
Woodmen of America. the largest
lodge of this order in Kansas. will
start the New Year right Wednesday
evening when it sinstalls its new OFF,
GERS, and a scurt will be made in It's
cam paign for the thousand marx IN
mem bership. The books of the camp
now show a membership of over 500,
but it is proposed to secure one thous-
and before the meeting of the head
camp in Milwaukee in June next. me
blooming committee has prepared
a programme for the next meeting
that should interest every member OF
the camp. All work in the degrees
will be deferred that evening and the
session devoted to a jollihcauon. with
an Informal programme and refresh
ments following the installation OF
officers.
H. B. Joseph fled suit in the district
court this morning asking to. be d.
vorced from Frances Joseph. lie
charges gross neglect of duty.
If YOU would make her feel glad why
not get her d package OF the FAMOUS
Bell Mead sweets for her at Golfers
There is no other CONNECTION quite so
good.
A. H. Case of New York who backed
out on the purchase of the Fifth ward
sewer bonds has written in reply to the
city clerk who informed him that the
bonds would be sold to the knights and
Ladies of Security, that he was pleased
with the information. Case evidently
couldn't raise the money to make a
purchase and succeeded in putting up
a legal technicality as an excuse for
no purchase.
If there is anything that pleases the
Young ladies it is choice candies. ana
if you get the celebrated Bell Mead
sweets, you get her the very choicest
that the manufacturers produce. Col |
Iier has the agency
J. A. Ramsey who was reading clerk
of the senate during the last two ses-
sions of the Legislature has been max
ing an active canvass Of the members |
for the position of secretary of the sen I
ate He finds the sentiment to be in /
favor of giving places only to those
who will work, and that there will be
no place for Ioafers in the next legis-
lature. He has estimated that about /
As employees are necessary for the sen
ate. or about one to each senator. This |
does not include private and +
committee clerks.
For Rent-AIodern front room with /
aIcove. well furnished, rear state house, I
street car, and good boarding house |
1925 Tyler street.
Business was light about the police |
court today and Monday night On