The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07

Kansas, hence the exodus of sports
| men to the country.
| The annual supper given at Unity
church and followed by a sale of
aprons and needlework will be held at
the parlors OF the church Friday
evening, December 18th.
| Only seven more days remain of the
| open season on quail, and those who
have not yet taken out licenses to hunt
| are now getting them, in order to get
| chance at these small birls.
The condition of Chief Justice w. A.
Johnston has improved somewhat dur
! ing the past fewL,days but he is far
from we'll and is not improving as
rapidly as his friends would like.
The Civic University club will hold
a meeting this evening at 119 West
Sixth avenue commencing at 1880 for
| which an excellent musical and lit
erary program has been prepared.
George Hart, who was a childhood
playmate of George Walker of Williams
& Walker who will be in Topeka Thurs
day night. says that Walker was called
Nash Walker by his friends in Law
renee. ~
Reports are being circulated to the
effect that GaEen Nichols has disposed
of his fancy bull dog which he recent
ly purchased for nominal figure, the
latest bit of news fixing the sale price
at $500
The Shawnee County Medical So
ciety will hold its regular annual ban
quet and business meeting at the
Throop hotel this evening at
o'clock Business meeting commences
at and banquet at 8.
Sixteen sportsmen applied at the of
flee of County Clerk Zimmerman for
hunting licenses Saturday presumably
for use the following day and that in
the face of the fact that there is
statute prohibiting hunting on Sunday.
When the new cathedral is built by
the Episcopalians Bishop Millspaugh is
planning to include historic stone
from Hescham abbey in England. Some
glass taken from the Atterbury trans
cept will be used i'm the building of
special window.
During the month of November 496
people of all kinds and classes APP
piled at the ProVident association for
assistance and the fact that APO pairs
of shoes were distributed suggests
that but few of the applicants went
away empty handed.
The meeting of the executive board of
the Florence Crittenton mission has
been postponed until Wednesday, Dec
16, on account of the death of Mrs
GuiIford Dudley who was contributor
of the home and a sister-in-law OF Mrs.
]. G. Otis of the executive board.
E. w. Thompson admits that he
would like to be secretary of the sem
ate and if the choice dwindled down
to a point where it is to be the former
secretary or Mr.. Thompson, the latter
may feel assured of the support of
the newspaper reporters of Topeka.
Ewing Herbert has accepted an in
vitation to speak at the Mysterious
Stranger banquet of the Saturday
night club on New Years eve. Henry
Allen, Standardized J. L. Bristow.
Senator Curtis and Governor e. w.
Hoch have also accepted invitations to
be present.
"The fact that a number of US in
stalled coal stoves Immediately fol- |
lowing the shortage of gas last winter
probably accounts for the excellent |
pressure during the recent cold
SPELL is the explanation offered for !
the present condition by the man who |
always has a reason for everything.
Sentiment was thrown to the winds
by the committee from the city coun- |
ell which met Saturday evening and |
recommended that the name of /
Douthitt avenue be changed and if /
the council acts favorably on the re-
port 1T will be necessary for the old
residents of the city to again MEM
orize the names of the city streets
County Attorney John Schenck APP
peared before Judge Dana OF the dls-
trict court Saturday and urged that
the bond of Charles Cooper of silver l
Lake be left at $1,000 One of the i
arguments used by the county attorne'
is that if the defendant is released on
a light bond he may return to silver Il
Lake and meet with violence at the
hands of the mob which threatened
TO hang him during the preliminary
which was held last month. ~