The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22

THE TOPEKA DAILY
the big Bingffng Brothers circus at
/ the Central Y NJ c. A. Friday and
| Saturday evenings was held Wednes-
day evening.
A marriage license was issued today
from the office of Hugh mcfarland.
probate judge, to Fred K. Jordan. over
Fl, Topeka, and Maurine CIinkenhead,
| over Is, Topeka
The sheriffs office is illuminated to-
day by the smile of Hugh Larimer,
undersheriff- Mr.. and Mrs Hugh
Larimer are the parents of a girl,
| born Wednesday night.
[ Pat ENTHUSIASTICALLY of Irish de-
| scent-Was arrested early this morn
ing by Officer Wonderly and fined IS
! by Judge Yates in police court on a
charge of drunkenness.
| A number of young squirrels were
recently captured and exhibited at the
police station by Augustin Alba. dep
uty sheriff. Owing to the infancy of
the animals none of the cops was in
jured.
There are expected to be some un-
usually clever clowns in the Central
Y NJ c. A circus Friday and Satur-
day nights. They will be seen in the
street parade that will be given at
seven o'clock Friday night.
The county attorneys office contin-
ueS to get the goods on local boot
leggers- Ed Davis entered a plea of
guilty on two counts to liquor viola
tionS in the first division of the dis
trict court today before Judge Dana.
He was sentenced to 80 days in Jail
and fined 500.
For the last three days the Shawnee
county probate court room has been
| closed to all business with the excep-
| the installation of new fixtures and
| files in the vault and court room.
The vault was recently remodeled.
The court room will probably be open
| tomorrow or Saturday.
| Alleging that her husband refuses
to work, petition for divorce from
| Herbert Reynolds has been filed in the
| Shawnee county district court by Irene
| Reynolds. The couple were married
August 81. 1911, and. according to the
petition, are the parents of one child,
| Hilton Reynolds, age s months. The
! plaintiff asks a divorce and custody
| of the child.
The musical entertainment to be
given at the high school auditorium
Friday might in which all the school
musical organizations will take part is
/ expected to fill the hall. The high
school orchestra under Carlton
| Wood, the glee club under Sheriff. B.
Smith, and the chorus under Miss
! Bradford will all participate. There
will also be readings by Miss Esther
Freeman.
The case of the state against Joseph
Adams, colored, charged with stealing
apples from the orchard of W. S. Rob-
insOn of Shorey, consumed practically
| all today's proceedings in the Shaw
nee county district court The alleged
/ theft occurred last fall when Robin
! son claims that Adams, under cover
| of darkness, loaded several bushels of
apples that were piled in the Robin
son orchard into a wagon and drove
away with them
o. T. Woods, United States marshal
| left today for Liberal Kan, where he
will take Herbert G. French, under
arrest at that place to Garden City
for a special commissioners hearing
French is an ex-United States mail
clerk. He was indicted by a grand
jury last week for getting drunk and
shooting up mail car, wounding one
mail clerk The alleged offense oc-
CURED in Texas. From Garden City
French will be taken to Amarillo,
Texas.
The banquet which was given by the
social committee of the Senior Chris
tan Endeavor society of the First
Presbyterian church, to the members
Wednesday night in the Y. W. c. A
was attended by thirty-five members
of the society and friends The ban
quet was served in the breakfast room
of the building The decoration was in
green and the light furnished by can
dies Following the banquet Dr. s. s.
Estey installed the following officers
for the next six months: President
V. j. Dunton; vice president, Miss
Grace Dana; corresponding secretary
Miss Lydia Barnes; recording secre-
tary, Miss Grace Alspach; treasurer
Kelsey H Petro; pianist, Miss Helen
Estey; assistant pianist, Mrs. Don
Wellman; chorister, Miss Enid Strick-
Ter; assistant chorister, Miss Matte
Barnes