Radge's Topeka city directory : Shawnee County taxpayers and an official list of the post-offices of Kansas, 1885-6, Part 1

Author: Polk-Radges Directory Company
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Topeka, Kans., Polk-Radges directory company
Number of Pages: 780


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THE LARGEST LIST OF FARMS, STOCK RANCHES, SUBURBAN AND CITY PROPERTY IN THE WEST.


5003365


LOAN AGENTS


BARTHOLOMEW & CO.


REAL ESTATE


Our Sales in the last three years have been


OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS.


We Buy and Sell Real Estate on Commis- sion, Place Loans, Negotiate Mortgages and other Secureties, Collect Rents, Take Charge of Property and Pay Taxes for Non-Residents.


We Make a Specialty of Selling Stock Ranches


OUR CITY PROPERTY LIST


Is extensive; we are Sole Agents for sev- eral Additions and Sub-Divisions.


392 Lots in Stilson & Bartholomew's Addition. 96 Lots in Seabrook's Sub-Division. 80 Lots in C. W. Potwin's Sub-Division. 120 Lots in Williams & Dillon's Addition.


MONEY ADVANCED To parties who build on any of our lots. Come and see us At 189 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas.


J. B. BARTHOLOMEW, Notary Public, Draws Deeds, Mortgages and Legal Papers and takes Acknowledgments.


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JOHN D. KNOX & CO., Bankers & Loan Agents


202 KANSAS AVENUE,


TOPEKA, KANSAS.


Do a General Banking Business, Buy and Sell Domestic and Foreign Exchange. Draw Drafts in amounts to suit, payable in all parts of Europe.


Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Manufacturers, Merchants and others received on the most Favorable Terms. Collections promptly remitted at lowest rates.


INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.


Money Loaned for Investors at current rates, free of ex- pense to Lender; Collection and Remittance of Interest and Principal made without charge.


PERSONS DESIRING


LOANS UPON REAL ESTATE,


Whether Town or Farm Property, can, at this Bank, ob- tain Money at Lowest Rates. Call or write for terms. Money Loaned without delay.


SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.


This Department for Savings is organized for the purpose of re- ceiving on deposit the profits and savings of industry and economy from merchants, mechanics, laborers, farmers, tradesmen, clerks, wo- men, children and others. All deposits draw interest at the rate of 5 per cent. from the first day of the month next after such deposits are made. We will be pleased to have you call and obtain our by-laws and regulations. We issue


CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT Payable on demand, or bearing interest, payable at a specified time. Open daily from 9 A. m. to 3 P. M .; Tuesdays and Saturdays, from 7 to 9 P. M.


OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Embraces Improved Farms, Good Lands, Topeka Lots (200), and City Property, for sale cheap and on favorable terms. Some of our Farms can be sold for what improvements would cost. KNOX'S INVESTORS' GUIDE sent Free upon Application.


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If you want to buy the Reliable Agency


FARM OR CITY PROPERTY


why don't you go to of Watson & Thrapp.


W. M. DIGNON,


A Chamber and Parlor Suits of the Latest Designs.


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FURNITURE


PANTS CLEANED, 75 Cents, at CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Avenue .?


MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL.KINDS OF ! 232 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. 1


WATSON & THRAPP


have Lands for sale in large or small bodies, from $2.50 to $50 per acre.


E. BENNETT & SON, IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS OF


PERCHERON, CLYDESDALE NORMAN


HORSES.


STABLES ON EIGHTH AVENUE WEST,


Between Buchanan and Lincoln Streets,


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TOPEKA, - KANSAS.


Visitors Welconie.


SEND FOR PIANO, ORGAN OR SEWING MACHINE CALEB CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave., Topeka.


PRICE LISTS


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WATSON & THRAPP


Make Investments for Capitalists, and Insure Profits.


INTER-OCEAN FLOURING MILLS


PAGE, NORTON & CO., Proprietors.


Millers and Grain Merchants.


"BUFFALO" AND "WHITE LOAF BRANDS OF FLOUR A SPECIALTY.


Corner of "B" and Quincy Streets, TOPEKA, KANSAS.


OLD FASHIONED COATS Changed to NEW STYLES by CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave;


WATSON & THRAPP'S


Foreign Emigration Department is in charge of A. LANGFELDT.


I. J. KELLAM.


WHOLESALE AND RETAIL


okseller


Stati er


<1& DEALER IN &1}


Wall Paper, Ceiling Decorations,


CFRIEZES & BORDERS.2.


Pictures and Picture Frames.


AGENT FOR:


Pairchild's Gold ens,


Carter's Inks, Thomas' Inks, *


Hehtograph Copying Pads.


183 Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS.


FINE GOODS CLEANED or DYED without damage to the Material, at CHIVERS'


GEO.E .LILLIE.


W. E. MILLIGAN.


C.V MILLIGAN, THEO. HEITHAUS.


TOPEKA


LITHOGRAPHING 6.


269 KANSAS AVENUE


NITHOGRAPHERS


ENGRAVERS


ES OF DEPOSIT


NOTE & BILL HEADS


CARDS/ INYRATIONS &C. att & Dangus furnishit on shoptication


COUNTY & CITY MAPS


SPECIALTY


BLANK BOOKS MANUFACTURING STATIONERS


17690,- 6/2/85.


WATSON & THRAPP


Keep their own Teams, and show Prop- erty free of charge.


INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


NAMES. Page.


AIRD, W.M., Groceries and Provisions


ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE R. R. Co 239, 240, 241, 242


A. T. & S. F. R. R., Land Department 18


BAKER & ANDERSON, Flour and Feed. 95


BALDWIN, W. J. & Co., Boot and Shoe Makers 96, 368


BANK OF TOPEKA. Front cover.


BARNES & SIM, Druggists and Assayers 95, 253


BARTHOLOMEW & Co., Real Estate Agents. 2


BEAL, C. N. & Co., Money Investors on Kansas Real Estate .. 202


BECKSTROM, F. A., Painter and Paper Hanger. 86


BENNETT, E. & Sox, Breeders of Horses 5


BENSON, A. P., Ice Dealer 111


BROMICH, JOSEPH, Topeka Boiler Works. 112


BUHRE, C. E., Watchmaker and Jeweler 96


BURKHARD & OSWALD, Harness, Saddlery, &c 111


BURTIS, M. E., Proprietor New Gordon House 112


BUTTERFIELD, W. H., Insurance Agent .. 111


CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK .. Front cover.


CHICAGO LUMBER Co,, Robert Pierce Manager. 130


CITIZENS' BANK, North Topeka.


129


CLARK, J. M., Architect and Civil Engineer. 129


CLARK, M. C., Vaults, Safes, Time Locks, &c 120


CLEMENTS & CHAFFEE, Clothing and Furnishings. 198


COFRAN, R. L., Prop. Western Foundry and Machine Works .. 119 COLE, JOHN P., Wholesale Groceries and Provisions 1223


COLLEGE OF THE SISTERS OF BETHANY 197


COLLINS, J. S. & Co., Real Estate, &e 388


COLLINS, LABAN, City Scavenger. 111


CONGDON & CULTON, Groceries, &c.


130


CONNELLY, A. II. & Co., Lumber, Sash. Doors, &c. 120


Cook, II. I. & Co., Hardware, Stoves, &c. 120


CRANE, GEO. W. & Co., Blank and Law Book Publishers .. 81, 82


CROUCH, T. J., Boot and Shoe Maker 120


DARLING & JOHNSTON, Commercial Printers and Seals .. 291, 292


DAVIES BROS., Lumber, Sash, Doors, &c. 143


DAY & TROUTMAN, Attorneys at Law. 129


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CALEB CHIVERS Has NEEDLES, PARTS, ATTACHMENTS & OILS for all kinds of Sewing Machines. 123 Kansas Avenue.


If you want to know anything about Real Estate, call on


WATSON & THRAPP,


N. E. Cor. Sixth and Kansas Avenues.


14 RADGES TOPEKA DIRECTORY.


DENNIS, J. H. & Co., Dry Goods, &e. 143


DOUGLASs, JJ. C., Coffee, Tea, &c. 144


DieNos, W. M., Furniture, &c 1


DUDLEY & BUTLER, Sign Writers 144


EDSON & BECK, Flour, Grain and Hay 149


ELLIOTT & MCCLINTOCK, Queensware, China and Glassware. 149


EVANS, W. R., Groceries, &c. 144


EWART, A. J. & Co., Lumber, Sash, Doors, &c .. 144


FARNSWORTH, J. W., China, Crockery and Queensware 157


FIRST NATIONAL BANK .. Front cover.


Fish, W. R., Topeka Steam Coffee and Spice Mills 163


FLORETH, J. J., Hardware, Stoves, &c. 158


FULLER, A. M., Agricultural Implements, &c. 157


FURMAN, W. S., Boots and Shoes. 158


GANDY, A., Merchant Tailor. 163


GAVITT, W. W. & Co., Bankers and Brokers 140


GLEED & GLEED, Attorneys at Law 164


GORHAM, I. E., Real Estate, Insurance and Loan Agent. 169


GREEN, M. S., Kansas Coal 163


GREENWALD & Co., Clothing and Furnishing Goods 32


GUILD, E. B., Pianos, Organs, &c 164


GUILD & SCHENK, Kansas Marble and Granite Works 169


GUNN & STARBIRD, Attorneys at Law, 164


HAGAN, EUGENE, Attorney at Law. 181


HAMILTON, DR. W. C., Physician, Chronic Diseases. 174


HAMMEL, GEORGE M., Merchant Tailor 189


HAMMERBURG, CHAS. J., Workingman's Barber Shop 181


HANKLA BROS., Prop'rs Fifth Avenue Hotel 194


HARDT & McMILLAN, Hats, Caps and Furnishing Goods


182


HASKELL & WOOD, Architects and Superintendents.


182


HAWKES, CHARLES B., Attorney at Law.


190


HAWLEY, R. C., Manager Topeka Coal Co.


174


HAY, GAMMON & Co., Dry Goods, &c ...


173


HAYDEN, JAMES B., Watchmaker and Engraver


173


HAZEN, WM. M., Contractor and Builder.


181


HERDER, R. II., Prop'r Topeka Vinegar Works


182


HILL & Co., Prop'rs The Windsor


332


HINDMAN, SAM., Groceries, Provisions, &c. 181


HODGES & KNox, Real Estate Mortgages, &c 194


HOLMES, D., Drugs and Medicines 190


HOPKINS, C. B., Architect and Superintendent. 190


HOSSFELD BROS., Prop'rs Topeka Trunk Factory. 189


HUGHES, R. G. & SON, Groceries and Provisions. 190


INTER-OCEAN MILLS, Page, Norton Co. Proprietors 6


INVESTMENT BANKING CO. Backbone of cover.


JENKINS, WM. HALL, Abstracts of Title and Loans 201


JETMORE & SON, Attorneys at Law 201


JONES, HOWEL, Attorney at Law. 201


THE AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINE, AT CALEB CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave.


WATSON & THRAPP


Real Estate Agents, Topeka, Kansas, can and do sell property cheaper than any agent in the city.


RADGES' TOPEKA DIRECTORY. 15


Jusop, C. F., Confectioner and Caterer. 202


KANSAS INVESTMENT Co., HI. E. Ball President. 210


KANSAS LOAN & TRUST CO. Back cover


KANSAS LUMBER CO., JR .. R. M. Woodford Manager 207


KAUFFMAN & THOMPSON, Groceries and Provisions 217


KEITH, WILSON, Florist and Seedsman. 207


KELLAM, T. J., Books, Stationery and Wall Paper. 7


KIETZMAN, WM., New Center Billiard Hall


209


KING, E. & Co., Cigar Manufacturers, &c. 207


KINLEY & LANNAN, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, &c 213


KLAUER, HERMAN A., Cigar Manufacturer, &c. 214


KNIGHT & WATERS, Real Estate Agents.


217


KNOWLES, A. W. & Co., Hardware, Stoves, &c.


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KNOX, JOHN D. & Co., Bankers and Brokers.


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KOESTER & TRAPP, Merchant Tailors.


214


LARIMER & ORNER, Druggists. 223


224


LEONARD & MARTIN, Photographers.


LEVI, J., Clothing House. 224


LINDENSCHMIDT, C., Topeka Iron Works. 223


LINDSEY, H. C., Fifth Avenue Livery Stable. 224


LORING, E. R., Plumbing and Steam Fitting 376


MCCARTHY & SHEEHAN, Steam Heating, Plumbers, &c 232


MCCLURE & CLARK, Abstracts of Title. 231


MCLAUGHLIN, J. A., Guns and Sporting Goods 231


MARSHALL, M. J., Groceries and Produce.


231


MAXWELL, LESLIE & Co., Real Estate and Loan Agents. 246


MILLS, McPHERSON & Co., Dry Goods, &c. 246


MISSOURI & KANSAS TELEPHONE CO. 32


MOOD, ROBERT, Plumbing and Steam Heating 245


MORSE, J. S., Brickmaker, Coal, &c 245


MORTON, W. A., Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, &c. 253


NATIONAL LOAN & TRUST CO. Back of cover.


NATTSEN, CHARLES, Boot and Shoe Maker. 254


NELLIS & MCCUNE, Insurance Agents 254


OHIO & MISSISSIPPI R. R. Co. 387


PALMER, GEORGE B., Undertaker and Funeral Director. 262


PECK, O. A. & Co., Groceries and Provisions 261


PECK, JOHNSON & MCFARLAND, Attorneys at Law 261


PICKETT. PHILIP, Prop'r Topeka Mineral Wells 269


PIETY, Aus. H., Agent Hartford Life Annuity Ins. Co. 269


POINDEXTER, E. W., Ag't Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co ... 383


POPE, SAMUEL I. & Co., Steam Heating, &c., Chicago, Ill. 389


QUINTON & QUINTON, Attorneys at Law 270


RAIN, SILAS, Livery and Feed Stable. 31


REISNER, HENRY, Confectionery and Toys 270


RIPLEY, F. A., Prop'r Topeka Steam Laundry 282


ROBBINS, A. D. & Co., Real Estate and Loan Agents. 276


OLD FASHIONED COATS Changed to NEW STYLES by CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave.


MANSPEAKER, W. W., Grocer, &c. 232


If you want your property sold List it with


WATSON & THRAPP.


16 RAADGES' TOPEKA DIRECTORY.


RODGERS, A. T., Merchant Tailor. 281


ROSSINGTON, SMITH & DALLAS, Attorneys at Law 270 ROWLEY BROS .. Druggists and Railroad Ticket Agents. 275 SCHAEFER, JOHN, Picture Frames, Chromos, &c. 288


SCOTT & BRIER, Bankers and Brokers. Back cover.


SEATON & LEA, Prop'rs Topeka Iron Works. 287


SEERY, JAMES & Sox, Carriages and Agr'l Implements. 288


SENOUR, J. F., Paints, Oils, &c. 299


SHAWNEE ROLLER MILLS, Shellabarger & Griswold Prop'rs .. 139


SHERMAN STONE CRUSHING Co., HI. E. Ball Sec. and Treas ... 210


SMITH, SCOTT, Central Barber Shop and Bath Rooms 288 STANLEY BROS .. Fruits, Nuts, &c. 299 STEVENSON & PECKHAM, Dry Goods, &c 341


STOKER, M. E., Undertaker, &e 300


STONE, S. W., Topeka Underwriters Compact 299


STOUT, J. W. & Co., Marble and Granite Works 300


STOWELL, R. E., Groceries, Queensware, &c. 288


STRICKLER, J. N .. Real Estate Dealer and Loan Agent. 287


STRONG, HENRY, Lumber, Cement, Lime, &c. 309. 325 SVENSSON, C. L., Galvanized. Iron Works. 310


TAFT, E. A. & Co., Dry Goods, &c. 317


THOMAS, JONATHAN, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, &c. 323


THOMPSON, DR. A. II., Dentist. 310


THOMPSON, W. A. L. HARDWARE CO. 318


TOPEKA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, D. O. Crane Supt. 383


TOPEKA LITHOGRAPHING C'O.


TOPEKA MILL & ELEVATOR CO. 105, 324


TOPEKA OMNIBUS Co., James C. Eager Superintendent 282


TOPEKA PACKING HOUSE MARKET. 261


TOPEKA SASH & DOOR MANUFACTURING CO. 323


TUCHMAN BROS., Cigar Manufacturers, &c. 317


TUTTLE, JOHN R., Groceries, &c 311


UNITED TELEPHONE C'O. 32


VANCE & CRUMRINE, Attorneys at Law 331


VAN HOUTEN, J. L., Wall Paper, &c. 327


VESPER & Co., Confectionery and Bakery 327


WAND, JOHN, Druggist.


332


WASHBURN COLLEGE, Peter Me Vicar President. 342


WATERS & CHASE, Attorneys at Law. 299


WATT, POWELL & Co., Wholesale Boots and Shoes 337


WELCH, E. G., Agent Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Co 366


WHITAKER, J. B., Real Estate and Abstracter. 331


WHITING & WASHBURN, Druggists and Glass 337


WILLIAMS & DILLON, Attorneys at Law. 332


WILLIS, T. W. & Co., Hardware, Stoves, &c. 337


WILTSCHER, J., Drugs, &e 331


WOOD, GEO. W. CARPET & FURNITURE CO. 1


VESTS CLEANED, 50 Cents each, at CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave.


WATSON & THRAPP SELL MORE LANDS THAN ALL THE OTHER AGENTS IN THE CITY.


OPENING CHORUS.


IXTEEN years ago the undersigned gave to the public the first regular issue of a City Directory of Topeka, and, like the city whose name it bears, its course has been one of progress, its growth has kept pace with the marked pros- perity of the city, and its usefulness is being evinced by the largely increased patronage bestowed on cach succeeding vol- ume, for which the publisher here returns thanks.


The first work was issued more as an advertisement of the superior inducements that Topeka offered to those contem- plating coming here, than as a directory of the city, for there were hardly enough people here to make a respectable sized Sunday school. With every succeeding edition improvements have been made, until now the publisher takes pride and pleas- ure in presenting this work to the public, confident that its excellence, both in typography and general contents, will be fully appreciated, and as a reference book prove valuable to all who may have occasion to consult its pages.


A work of this kind is unquestionably needed, but practi- cally impossible to produce in perfection; not easily conceiv- able, and more difficult of actual accomplishment. Witness, this work, the product of earnest effort, perchance deserv- ing of commendation, as it may approximate sufficiently the desired end.


Heretofore an annual directory of Topeka has not been deemed necessary, but now that the city has attained a popu- lation of nearly THIRTY THOUSAND, an accurate and reliable directory of its inhabitants is indispensable to every business and professional man. Therefore the publisher desires to announce that after the conditions of his contracts for the present work have been fully carried out and complied with, the Directory of this City will be issued annually.


Very respectfully,


SAM. RADGES.


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PANTS CLEANED, 75 Cents, at CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Avenue,


VESTS CLEANED, 50 Cents each, at CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave,


THE


RAILROAD LANDS


OF THE


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Co.


Have proved among the


SAFEST AND MOST PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS In the West. There are still for sale


900,000 ACRES


Of Choice Irrigable


FARMING AND GRAZING LANDS, Situated in the Famous


ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY



SOUTHWEST KANSAS,


And affording opportunities equal to any that have pre- ceded them.


Correspondence invited from Stockmen and Investors.


A. S. JOHNSON, Land Commissioner. TOPEKA, KANSAS. 18


CALEB CHIVERS, Agent for the Celebrated 123 Kansas Avenue.


MARSH ELECTRIC LAMP


WATSON & THRAPP'S


Foreign Emigration Department is in charge of A. LANGFELDT.


THE HISTORY OF TOPEKA.


BY DR. JOSEPH G. WATERS, D. D. S. Q.


S THIE best illustration we can give of the character of our people, their gen- eral intelligence, and, as some might say, their culture, the State agent of Appleton's Encyclopedia was heard to make the statement recently-and I hope that the patrons of this directory will note the departure we make in this history from all former ones, as here- tofore it has been only plain "hog-and- hominy" statistics of the town which we have exhibited, and we now hope, under the benign influence of the Lone Art Association, which is now holding a séance at Library Hall over what, at a casual glance, would be thought to be the non-conformable stock of a ninety- THE DOCTOR. nine cent store, to talk about the æstheti- cal part of Topeka, her climate, her March winds, her brass bands, orchestras, Sam. Wood, the water works whistle, and to begin with, the lawyers.


The Governor had to appoint a judge for the new court, and he suggested that if the lawyers of Topeka could agree on one he would appoint him. They inet. I use the word they in the plural emphatic, as the nearest attempt to express a multitude in my power. They are plural to the extent of 120, of which, or whom, 103 met in the court house to help the Governor select a judge. I never saw so many lawyers together before, and, as I hope for heaven, never expect to see so many again, here or hereafter. If the people of Kansas could have seen that congregation of peace preventers, there would be no more law suits in the State. They came, agreed upon a point of law for once in their lives, named a judge, and separated, without anything special occurring. Suppose that all the cholera, itch, scurvy or measles had met in convention in one room to de- termine on a campaign, it would have been at least an eminent opportunity to dynamite them out of the country, or at least to 19


SPECIAL LOW PRICES AT CHIVERS' STEAM DYE WORKS, with First-Class Work.


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WATSON & THRAPP


have Lands for sale in large or small bodies, from $2.50 to $50 per acre.


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come dim-nigh it. The people need not complain in the future; for they have had their signal opportunity and failed to improve it. And that is what the friends of Dave Harvey are telling him: that a merciful Providence, in a roundabout way, has for the last four years been steering the bark of fortune towards him, and if he don't make hay while the sun shines, by charg- ing five cents for each statement for liquor bought of the drug- gists, he deserves to wear patched breeches the rest of his life. At last I discover an object in prohibition; it took a long time to discover it; and Dave, you work it for all there is in it. Don't let the druggists throw half the statements in the waste basket, but watch 'em, and "yank" their permits from them if they attempt to play the gouge game on you. What a happy man a probate judge in Kansas ought to be! Getting rich, you might say, from mere expressions of pain; furnishing their tables by reasons of other people's cholic, and clothing them- selves by the endless and varied indisposition of men who seek in "rotgut" its universal panacea! One man made the state- ment that he had cholera infantum, and obtained his " ben- zine," (and he has not benzine since; ) and up in Wabaunsee county, instead of chucking dice for the treat, it is now to see who makes the statement and furnishes the disease for a half- pint of "bug juice."


Topeka has (30,000) thirty thousand people, and if she had what she is entitled to, she would now have full fifty thousand. Ritchie's addition has been taken out of the city since our last, which lessens the population at least 1,500. General Ritchie once told the church of which he was a member, on being threatened with expulsion for some misunderstanding: "You can't turn me out; turn me out, if you dare, you scoundrels, and I'll come back and commune with you, anyhow!" We wish he was as kindly disposed toward the city as he was toward the church, and would come back to us; for it must be awful lonesome at the Lord's Supper in Ritchie's addition, compared to what it would be if it was a part of a city of the first class, as it was when it laid the sidewalks, furnished gas, and gave a person once every two years a chance to vote for Hentig for mayor.


Topeka grinds daily three thousand barrels of flour; enough, in the course of a year, if sprinkled on the earth's pathway, to whiten its orbit around the sun. We manufacture a large quantity of linseed oil. The Santa Fe shops are the biggest shops west of the Mississippi, and are one of the first places visited by strangers and candidates for office. As soon as a man is up for office, he tells as his first campaign prevarication that he has "got the shops."


We are going to have the cholera this year. Kansas City will have it sure; it is the filthiest city on earth; no stink has


SEND FOR PIANO, ORGAN OR SEWING MACHINE CALEB CHIVERS, 123 Kansas Ave., Topeka.


PRICE LISTS


WATSON & THRAPP


handle Improved Farms in Shawnee and adjoining counties.


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yet been invented but what you will encounter there. The cholera has already bought a through ticket for that place, and as in the past, so it will be this year. We don't propose that any great attraction, personage or epidemic shall be monopo- lized by that place alone. In about four months from now, when our people are dying by the score from cholera, let the reader turn back and read over again this prophecy. We want to mend our ways, clean our streets, become temperate, make fewer statements to the druggists, engage in more frequent ablutions, join the Methodist church on six months' prohibition, and trust in Jehovah, or flee for the heated period to the cold, bleak mountains of Hepsidam.


We have a line of street cars that has given efficient public service, and reaches all points of the city. We have the State Insane Asylum, with its cluster of magnificent buildings, and would suggest to our citizens, if they want to appreciate the good health and sound mind they possess, to visit this institu- tion. They will be benefited by the trip. It will widen, broaden and deepen the soul, or what soul they have got, and make them feel a gratitude for these boons never felt before. The State Reform School for boys, near the city, is full, a large share of whom comes from the city, and to which I do not be- lieve a single outcast, friendless waif of a city bootblack has yet been sent. The main edifice of the State House is being built, and the east wing will be remodeled to correspond with the other.


The Democracy are chawing each other up, with a fair pros- pect of the party leaders in this State dying with hunger, although the gong has sounded for breakfast, and the griddle cakes are steaming hot on the platter. We have been building at a rapid rate, and in the last year over one thousand buildings were erected. We are constantly adding some new enter- prises, and this year we will have what we never had before, a Democratic postmaster; and its incumbent is a man of mighty good eyesight, for he has seen it twenty years off. Mileham will make a good postmaster, in time, but he has been kept out of the office so long, and knows so little of Republican ways of doing things, that for the first six months, beyond drawing his salary and trying to keep up his reading abreast of the postal cards, we must make allowances. For once in my life in Kan- sas, I expect to enjoy the remarks of the Republican news- papers denouncing the Democratic postmaster for delaying and keeping back their papers; it has been a continuous monotony the other way ever since the State sprung ad astra.


It is with the sincerest of regret and sorrow, that the good people of Kansas deplore the death of Doctor Franklin L. Crane, the founder of the city of Topeka, who died since the last issue of this directory. A gentleman in every phase of the


CALEB CHIVERS


Has NEEDLES, PARTS, ATTACHMENTS & OILS for all kinds of Sewing Machines. 123 Kansas Avenue.


If you want to buy the Reliable Agency


FARM OR CITY PROPERTY


why don't you go to of Watson & Thrapp.


22 RADGES' TOPEKA DIRECTORY.


word, abounding in good deeds, and animated only by a large philanthropy and the best citizenship, he saw the unturned sward upon which he stood over a quarter of a century ago grow to the chief eity and capital of the State, and of the thou- sands that have come and gone, there is not a man, woman or child that desires or could speak ill of him living, nor one but what mourns the publie loss in his death. If earth's population were such men, there would be no heaven, nor need of it.


Topeka is the location of Christ's Hospital, the thought and benefaction of Bishop Vail, and our citizens should not only visit it, but help it. Here, too, is the Ingleside, a home for dis- tressed women, that has in an unostentatious way done a world of good.


In the southeast corner of the State House square stands, diangular to the compass, a strange and historie building. It is a donjon keep. It was built to shelter the State arms, con- sisting of a few busted breech-loaders, altered to flint-locks. It is an arsenal for the Kansas "Malish," a body of men that wear more uniform, do less martial deeds, get less pay, and have bigger titles and smaller authority than any other army the world ever saw. If ever a revolution takes place in this State that will not be quieted by a proclamation, may God, in His infinite power, have merey on the commonwealth! The Kansas military, as organized under the State law, may be uni- formed and disciplined; yet the humble historian ventures the prophecy that if in an armed resistance to law the State should need their aid, the revolt would die of old age before the State forces could understand how, and learn the drill of opening the arsenal doors. It was all the rage under St. John to join the militia and be a brigadier general; it is not so now, alas! Gone the plumed moustache and the big wars that made ambi- tion virtue!




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