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Pleasant View, south of Tenth ave- nue and west of Ella street.
Point Prospect, Tenth avenue and east of California avenue.
*Pollom's subdivision, North Topeka, north of Kious street and east of Central avenue.
*Poole's addition, south of Morse street and west of Kansas avenue.
Potwin's subdivision (Potwin Place ), north of Fifth street and west of West street.
Poynter's subdivision, south of Thir- teenth and west of Lake street.
Prairie Dale, northeast of North To- peka.
*Prospect Block, west of Lake street, east of city. Q.
*Quinton Heights, south of Twenty- first and east of Lincoln.
Quincy's addition, from Sixth avenue to Tenth avenue, in northeast quar- ter of section 35 and northwest quarter section 36, township 11, range 15.
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*Railroad Street addition, west of North Topeka.
*Rambo's addition, north of Park's addition, North Topeka.
*Reed's subdivision, north of Fifteenth street and west of Washingtonstreet (old Sac-and-Fox road).
Rickenbacker's addition, west of Col- lege Hill.
*Ridgeway's subdivision, lot 4, Rural Homes.
*Ritchie's addition, south of Tenth ave- nue and east of Jackson street.
River View Park, northeast of Pot- win's subdivision.
Rock Island addition, northwest of North Topeka.
Rodgers's addition to Highland Park. Rose Hill, south of the city.
*Rural Homes, south of Fifteenth and west of Buchanan street.
Russell's Meadowside, south of Lee's subdivision.
S.
Santa Fe addition, south of Twenty- first street and east of Kansas ave. *Schmidt's addition, north of Seventh street and east of Washington ave. Seabrook's subdivision, east half of the southwest quarter of section 3, township 12, range 15, west of Waverly Place.
*Seward's addition, south of Moore & Newman's addition.
Shull's (Sarah ) subdivision of lots 5 and 7, Lee's subdivision.
Snyder's subdivision, part block A, in Park's addition.
South Brentwood, part of lot No. 4, section 34, township 11, range 15, west of city.
*South Park, west of Kansas avenue, south of Shunganunga creek.
Southwest subdivision, southwest of Washburn College.
Steele's addition, south of Twentieth and west of Fillmore streets.
Steele's second addition, north of Shunganunga creek and west of Quinton Heights.
Stephens's addition to Auburndale.
Stevenson's subdivision, south of Eighteenth and east of Adams street.
*Stilson & Bartholomew's subdivision, south of Tenth avenue and west of Arch street.
*Stone's subdivision, block 24, College Hill.
Stone's subdivision, part of Hillyer's addition.
Storr's addition, Fillmore street, be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
Strait's addition, east of Strait and south of Indiana avenue.
*Strickler's addition, north of Kansas river and west of Topeka avenue. ;
Stringham's addition, north of Morse and west of Taylor street.
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Subdivision of lots Nos. 35, 37, 39, Highland avenue, Seabrook's sub- division.
Sunnyside addition, adjoining High- land Park, south of Canary avenue.
Supplement to Arlington Heights, joins Arlington Heights.
Swayze's addition, lot 8, block 2, College Hill.
Swayze's subdivision, lot 4, block 7, College Hill addition.
Swayze's subdivision, lot 4, block 9, College Hill addition.
*Sweet's addition, north of State and east of Walnut street.
Swygart's subdivision, north of Sixth avenue, east of Veale's addition.
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Terra Haute addition, south of city.
The Best subdivision, southeast of Rose Hill.
Thompson's addition, north of St. John street and west of Topeka avenue.
Thompson's subdivision, in southwest quarter of southwest quarter of section 4, township 12, range 16.
*Throop's addition, south of Huntoon and west of Western avenue.
*Throop's second addition, south of Thirteenth and west of Buchanan street.
*Throop's third addition, south of Hun- toon and west of Buchanan street.
*Throop's fourth addition, north of Sixteenth and west of Clay street.
*Thurston Place, south of Thirteenth, west of West street.
*Titus's (C. H.) subdivision of lots in Daniels's subdivision.
Topeka Cemetery, part of section 5, township 12, range 16.
+Topeka Heights, southwest of city.
*Tweeddale's addition, north of Sev- enth street and west of Shunga- nunga creek. V.
Van Antwerp's addition, lot 19, W. J. Fritz's subdivision. 1
Van Buskirk's subdivision of lot 6, block 16, College Hill addition.
Van Buskirk's subdivision of lot 7, block 10, College Hill.
Van Buskirk's subdivision of lot 8, block 16, College Hill addition.
Van Buskirk's subdivision, part of lot 7, block 10, College Hill addition.
*Vance's addition, north of Fifth and west of Buchanan street.
*Veale's addition, north of Sixth ave- nue and east of Lawrence street.
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*Walnut Grove subdivision, south of Seventeenth street and west of Kan- sas avenue.
*Walnut Grove subdivision of block B.
Warren's addition to Deer Park, in south half of northwest quarter of section 3, township 12, range 16.
Washburn Place, joins John Norton's addition on west.
Washburn Place addition, in west half of section 35, township 11, range 15, west of city.
*Watson's addition, south of Second and west of Polk street.
*Watts subdivision, north of Gordon and west of Tyler street.
Waverly Place, joins Seabrook's sub- division on east.
Webster Heights, south of city.
*Weinberger's addition, north of Grant street and west of Central avenue. Wentworth Place, north of Belmont and west of Oakland avenue ( Oak- land ).
West End subdivision, from Sixth to Eighth avenue, and west of Watson ave.
*West Park, Tenth avenue, north of Stilson & Bartholomew's addition.
West Side subdivision, Tenth ave- nue, and south of Martin's Hill.
West View addition, joins Highland Park.
Western Land and Lot Company's addition, east of city ; part west half of section 33, township 11, range 16. (Part vacated.)
White Oak Grove, west of Maple Grove.
Whitmer's addition, east of Kellam and north of Iowa avenue.
*Wilder's addition, north of Paramore street, west of Kansas avenue, North Topeka.
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*Wilder's subdivision, west of Monroe street, and north of Kious to Say- well street.
Willett's addition, south of Twenty- first street, west of Pierce's addition.
*Williams's addition, south of Huntoon and west of West street.
*Williams & Dillon's addition, south of Huntoon and west of Buchanan street.
Wright's addition, part of Oakland. Y.
Young's addition, south of Eighth and west of Western avenue.
*Young's subdivision, south of Chest- nut street, west of Williston street, College Hill.
NUMBERING OF LOTS.
THE lots on the streets and avenues of the city, south of the Kansas river, are twenty-five feet front by 150 deep, except where streets and alleys run parallel, and are uniformly num- bered, the number of a lot on one street corresponding precisely with the lot in the same location on every other strcet. The lots north of the Kansas river as originally platted are seventy-five feet front, the entire frontage bearing the same number.
The following illustration of the two principal thoroughfares will show the location of lots in accordance with the official plats :
Sixth Avenue, EAST of Topeka Avenue.
Topeka avenue to Harrison street, 1 to 24. Harrison street to Van Buren street, 25 to 48. Van Buren street to Jackson street, 49 to 72. Jackson street to Kansas avenue, 73 to 96. Kansas avenue to Quincy street, 97 to 120. Quincy street to Monroe street, 121 to 144. Monroe street to Madison street, 145 to 168. Madison street to Jefferson street, 169 to 192. Jefferson street to Adams street, 193 to 216. Adams street to Holliday street, 217 to 240. Holliday street to Washington ave., 241 to 284. Washington avenue to Peter street, 285 to 310.
Peter street to Hancock street, Numbered north and Hancock street to Klein street, Klein street to Branner street, south. Branner street to Chandler street, 311 to 330. Chandler street to Lake street, 331 to 352. Lake street to Lime street, 353 to 374. Lime street to Lawrence street, 375 to 396. Lawrence street to Locust street, 397 to 416. Locust street to Lafayette street, 417 to 440. Lafayette street to Leland street, 441 to 462. Leland street to Liberty street, 463 to 484 ... Liberty street to Lamar street, 485 to 506.
Sixth Avenue, WEST of Topeka Avenue.
Topeka avenue to Tyler street, 1 to 24. Tyler street to Polk street, 25 to 48. Polk street to Taylor street, 49 to 72. Taylor street to Western avenue, 73 to 96. Western avenue to Fillmore street, 97 to 120.
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Fillmore street to Clay street, 121 to 144. Clay street to Buchanan street, 145 to 168. Buchanan street to Lincoln street, 169 to 192. Lincoln street to Lane street, 193 to 218. Lane street to West street, 219 to 242.
Kansas Avenue, SOUTH of First Avenue.
First avenue to Second street, 13 to 36. Second street to Third street, 37 to 72. Third street to Fourth street, 73 to 108. Fourth street to Fifth street, 109 to 144. Fifth street to Sixth avenue, 145 to 180. Sixth avenue to Seventh street, 181 to 216. Seventh street to Eighth avenue, 217 to 252. . Eighth avenue to Ninth street, 253 to 288. Ninth street to Tenth avenue, 289 to 324. Tenth avenue to Eleventh street, 325 to 360. * As shown by plat of Walnut Grove addition, sonth of Euclid avenue.
Eleventh street to Twelfth street, 361 to 396. Twelfth street to Thirteenth street, 397 to 432. Thirteenth street to Fourteenth st., 433 to 468. Fourteenth street to Fifteenth st., 469 to 504. Fifteenth street to Euclid avenue, 506 to 546. *Euclid ave. (or Seventeenth st.) to Eighteenth st., 615 to 649.
Eighteenth street to Nineteenth st., 651 to 685. Nineteenth street to Twentieth st., 687 to 721. South of Twentieth street, 723 to 733.
Kansas Avenue, NORTH of First Avenue.
First avenue to Crane street, 1 to 36. | Crane street to river, 37 to 66.
NOTE .- North of Kansas river, lots being 75 feet front, they are subdivided Into three parts, known as the north, south and center of any particular lot, on streets running north and south, or the east, west and center, on streets running east and west.
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WARD BOUNDARIES.
First Ward - All that part of the city lying north of the Kansas river.
Second Ward- All that portion lying north of the center of Eighth avenue, east of Kan- sas avenue, and south of the Kansas river, except Metsker's Third addition.
Third Ward - All south of Eighth avenue and north of Eleventh street, west to Washing- ton avenue ; thence north of north line of section 6 one-half mile ; thence north of Seventeenth street, except Metsker's Third addition.
Fourth Ward - All that portion lying west of the center of Kansas avenue, north of the center of Eighth avenue, and south of the Kansas river.
Fifth Ward - All that portion of the city lying south of the Third ward, including Mets- ker's 'Third addition.
Sixth Ward - All that portion of the city formerly known as Potwin Place and Auburndale, annexed by ordinance No. 2012.
VOTING PRECINCTS.
The city of Topeka is subdivided into eighteen voting precincts, as follows :
FIRST WARD (3 Precincts ).
First- All east of the center of Kansas avenue.
Second - All west of the center of Kansas avenue and south of Gordon street.
Third - All west of the center of Kansas avenue and north of Gordon street.
SECOND WARD ( 5 Precincts ).
First- All east of Kansas avenue, south of the Kansas river, west of the center of alley between Monroe and Madison streets, and north of the center of Fourth street.
Second - All east of the center of the alley between Monroe and Madison streets, south of the Kansas river, west of the center of Washington avenue, and north of the center of Fourth street.
Third - All east of the center of Washington avenne, south of the Kansas river, north of the center of Fourth street, and east to city limits.
Fourth - All east of the center of Washington avenue, south of the center of Fourth street, north of the center of Eighth avenue ( exclusive of Metsker's Third addition ), and east to the city limits.
Fifth - All east of the center of Kansas avenue, south of the center of Fourth street, west of the center of Washington avenue, and north of the center of Eighth avenue.
THIRD WARD (4 Precincts ).
First - All east of the center of Kansas avenue.
Second - All west of the center of Kansas avenue (including the State-House grounds ), and east of the center of Tyler street.
Third - All west of the center of Tyler street north of Twelfth street.
Fourth - All west of the center of Tyler street south of Twelfth street.
FOURTH WARD (4 Precincts ).
First - All west of the center of Kansas avenue, north of the center of Eighth avenue, east of the center of Tyler street, and south of the center of Fifth street.
Second - All west of the center of Kausas avenue, north of the center of Fifth street, east of the center of Tyler street, and south of the Kansas river.
Third - All west of the center of Tyler street, north of the center of Elghth avenue, east of the center of Western avenue, and south of Second street and the Kansas river.
Fourth - All west of the center of Western avenue to the center of West Sixth avenue to Twentieth street, and all that portion of the Fifth ward south of the Shunganuuga.
FIFTH WARD ( 2 Precincts ).
First - All south of Seventeenth street or Euclid avenue.
Second - All north of Seventeenth street or Euclid avenue ( including Metsker's Third addition ).
SIXTH WARD (1 Precinct).
All of Potwin Place and Auburndale, as annexed to the city by ordinance No. 2012.
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The City of Topeka
Is the County Seat of Shawnee County and the Capital of the State of Kansas; was located on the 5th day of December, 1854. Incorporated in 1855, and made the State Capital in 1861. It is situated on both banks of the Kansas river, and covers an area of about 5,000 acres, or over 7% miles square, and in elevation averages 950 feet above sea-level.
There are 135 miles of streets and avenues, the width of which varies from 60 to 120 feet. On the principal avennes there is almost one acre of parks to each block. There are 60 miles of aliey; nearly all are 20 feet wide. There are 104 miles of sidewalks ; 84 miles are of brick, 10 miles wood, and abont 10 miles of other material. The walks are 6 to 12 feet wide on residence streets. Kansas avenne is 90 feet wide between curbs, with sidewalks 20 feet wide on each side, making the entire width 130 feet. There are 448,000 square yards of paving in the city, which would be equal to 25 miles of pavement 30 feet wide. The cost of same amounts to $1,070,000 without interest, all of which has been paid but about $50,000.
There are over 40 miles of sewers and drains, which drain about 1,300 acres, constructed at a cost of about $410,000, all of which has been paid but $35,000. .
The chy owns its electric-light plant, which lights the city with 264 are lights of 2,000 candle-power each, suspended at street intersections from poles 30 to 40 feet in height. Eight men are employed.
There are 318 fire hydrants and 44 miles of water-mains. The city pays $14,500 per year hydrant rental.
There are 25 miles of gas-mains and 32 miles of electric railway lines in the city.
The school census of the city is 10, 770; there are 128 teachers employed, and their salaries amounted to $68,352 for the last school year.
The number of officers and firemen in the fire department is 30. The number of officers and men in the police department, including the police judge and matron, is 27.
The city pays to assist the free public library about $4,900 annually.
The assessed valuation of ail property for taxation in 1898 is $8,855, 794.
The rate of taxation for city purposes for 1898 is .019 mills.
The real value of all property is about $30,000,000.
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THE MAYORS OF TOPEKA.
Pursuant to a proclamation issued by F. L. Crane and others, the first election for a mayor and councilmen was held at the store of Moore, Hill & Co., on Thursday, January 28, 1858.
LORING FARNSWORTH. 1858 to 1859
LORENZO DOW. .1859
( Election was declared illegal, and he resigned. )
C. K. HOLLIDAY . 1859 to 1860
H. W. FARNSWORTH. 1860 to 1861
HENRY T. OTIS 1861 to 1862
N. W. Cox .. 1862 to 1863
J. F. CUMMINGS 1863 to 1864
SAM. H. FLETCHER. 1864 to 1865
W. W. Ross 1865 to 1866
Ross BURNS 1866 to 1867
C. K. HOLLIDAY 1867 to 1868
ORRIN T. WELCH. 1868 to 1869
C. K. HOLLIDAY 1869 to 1870
J. B. MCAFEE. 1870 to 1871
ORRIN T. WELCH. 1871 to 1874
H. BARTLING
1874 to 1875
T. J. ANDERSON
1875 to 1877
M. H. CASE.
1877 to 1881
J. C. WILSON
1881 to 1883
( Resigned December 5, 1883.)
BRADFORD MILLER.
1883 to 1885
( Elected to fill vacancy December 23, 1883.)
ROSWELL L. COFRAN
1885 to 1887
D. C. METSKER
1887 to 1889
ROSWELL L. COFRAN.
1889 to 1893
D. C. JONES.
1893
( Resigned November 9, 1893.)
T. W. HARRISON
1893 to 1895
(Elected to fill vacancy December 21, 1893.)
CHAS. A. FELLOWS.
1895 to 1899
CHAS. J. DREW, (present incumbent) 1899 to -
OFFICERS.
Mayor, Charles J. Drew $900
Clerk, J. H. Squires
1,350
Street Comm'r, J. F. Snyder.
1,020
Deputy, Theresa Smith 600 Food Inspector, J. P. Farnsworth. 800
Police Judge, J. H. Guy. 600 Supt. Electric Light, H. K. Goodrich .. 1,000
Attorney, W. A. S. Bird
1,200
Assessor, Willis Edson . ... .... per day,
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Treasurer, M. M. Hale 600
Fire Marshal, Geo. O. Wilmarth
1,500
Comm'r of Elections, L. T. Yount. 1,200
Chief of Police, James Ramsey
1,000
License Collector, L. C. Bailey
600
COUNCIL.
President of Council, J. S. Warner.
First Ward, J. W. Blossom, I. B. Betts.
Second Ward, A. P. Benson, J. W. Mergan.
. Third Ward, John Elliott, D. J. Dickinson.
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Fourth Ward, James Burgess, W. S. Chaney. Fifth Ward, J. S. Warner, Fred Roundtree. Sixth Ward, F. G. Willard, J. W. F. Hughes.
Committees.
Ways and Means-James Burgess, J. W. Mergan, J. W. Blossom, D. J. Dickinson, F. G. Willard. Streets and Walks - John Elliott, J. B. Betts, A. P. Benson, W. S. Chaney, F Roundtree, J. W. F. Hughes. Claims and Accounts-J. S. Warner, W. S. Chaney, J. W. Mergan, J. B. Betts. . Police Department -D. J. Dickinson, F. Roundtree, James Burgess, J. S. Warner. Public Buildings and Parks - J. B. Betts, A. P. Bensou, W. S. Chaney, J. W. Blossom. Fire Department - J. W. Blossom, James Burgess, D. J. Dickinson, J. W. Mergan. Judiciary - J. W. Mergan, John Elliott, F. Roundtree, J. W. F. Hughes.
Gas and Electric Lights - F. Roundtree, A. P. Benson, J. B. Betts, W. S. Chaney. Licenses - W. S. Chaney, James Burgess, J. S. Warner. F. G. Willard. Health and Sanitary - A. P. Benson, J. W. Blossom, John Elliott, D. J. Dickinson. Sewers and Waterworks - F. G. Willard, J. W. F. Hughes, J. B. Betts, J. W. Mergan. 7.
POLICE COURT. Police Headquarters, 435 Jackson street.
Judge
. J. H. Guy
W. A. S. Bird
1,200
Attorney
James Ramsey
1,000
Chief of Police
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Clerk for Treasurer, Miss Hale 120
Physician, T. W. Peers 600
Supt. Public Schools, W. M. Davidson. 2,500
Engineer, W. H. Barnes
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THE COURT OF TOPEKA.
Court is held in basement of County Court House, corner Fifth and Van Buren sts. Judge, Arthur J. McCabc. Marshal, Fred M. Stonestreet. - Clerk, Edwin L. Good. Deputy Marshal, Josiah Ross.
BOARD OF HEALTH. Meets in the City Building, at call of the Secretary.
Dr. T. W. Peers, secretary.
Dr. W. B. Swan.
Dr. Agnes McKee Wallace.
CITY FINANCES.
(Furnished by ex-City Clerk S. S. McFadden, April 1, 1883. )
Valuation of Property for 1898.
Real estate
$7,121,120 00
Personal property.
1,352,920 00
Railroad property .
381,754 00
Total
$8,853,794 00
Tax Levy, 1898.
Sinking fund
1,2% mills. $10,517 37
General-revenue fund.
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52,586 85
General-improvement fund.
66
48,204 62
Interest fund
2 17,528 94
Water-works fund.
2 17,528 94
Library fund
0%
4,382 24
Special Improvement Levy, 1898.
City's proportion, principal. 12% mills.
$12,270 27
City's proportion, interest .
3,505 79
Property's proportion, principal and interest, streets and alleys
20.089 16
Property's proportion, principal and interest, sewers
12,767 55
Filling lots .
115 08
Sidewalk levy
26,175 97
School Levy, 1899.
General school fund.
8 mills. $568,135
Interest and sinking fund
3% mills.
469,050
Outstanding school bonds.
338,200
General Revenue Fund, 1898. Fiscal year ending March 31, 1899.
Balance, April 1, 1898
$25,782 26
Received from County Treasurer
58,238 59
Received from Food Inspector
2,520 63
Received from licenses
3,091 13
Received from other sources
23,874 52
$113,507 13
Disbursements.
Transferred to sinking fund.
$10,827 38
Warrants paid, general revenue
34,243 10
Warrants paid, Fire Department
25,872 40
Amount transferred to Police-Department fund to pay balances unprovided for.
17,749 35
April 1, 1899, cash balance.
24,814 90
$113,507 13
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General Improvement Fund, 1899.
Balance, April 1, 1898
$15.078 60
Received from County Treasurer
51,558 38
Received from other sources.
331 50
$66,968 48
Bonded indebtedness, city at large
$309,500 00
Internal-improvement bonds, paving streets
47,336 02
Alley-paving bonds.
4,249 72
Sewer bonds
34,412 07
BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS.
Amphion Mandolin Club. 501 West Tenth Avenue. H. S. Lawrence, leader.
Bailey's Band and Orchestra. Organized 1889. Offices 620 Kansas avenne and 709 Chestnut street. W. F. Bailey, leader.
Dispatch Band. Fred Ware, leader.
Heck's Orchestra. Organized 1878. Office 830 Quincy street. Louis Heck, leader.
Marshall's Band. Organized as a stock company in 1897, with 50 stock-holding members. Rehearsals Tuesday evenings, at northeast corner Kansas avenue and Third street. J. B. Mar- shall, director; Gen. M. Lescher, president and assistant director; P. D. Russell, vice-presi- dent; D. A. Kendall, secretary ; W. S. Peck, treasurer and custodian.
Modern Woodmen Band. J. Scott Turney, leader. Twenty-five members.
Morgan's Orchestra. Organized 1894. Office 614 Kansas avenue. G. F. Morgan,
leader.
Reform School Band. Composed of inmates of the institution, and is under the supervi- sion of the superintendent.
Steinberg's Orchestra. Organized 1893. 606 Kansas avenue. Harry Steinberg, leader.
CEMETERIES.
Catholic Cemetery. The last resting-place of persons of the Catholic faith is located three miles west of the city, on the Tenth avenue road.
Jewish Cemetery. Adjoining the Topeka Cemetery, on East Eighth avenue. It was located in 1860, and interments in it are confined to Israelites.
Mount Hope Cemetery Association. Located west of "Martin's Hill," about four miles -west of the city. It has not as yet been fully platted, but is destined for future development.
Ritchie Cemetery. This cemetery/is truly "God's Acre," and is situated south of the city. In early days the ground was donated by Colonel Ritchie for the purpose of supplying a last resting-place free to all desiring to avail themselves of its benefits.
Rochester Cemetery. Situated two miles northwest of the city. This cemetery is used mostly for interment of citizens residing in the country and in the first ward of the city.
Topeka Cemetery. The oldest cemetery in the neighborhood of Topeka; lies on the nearest high ground, in the southeast part of the city, between Eighth and Twelfth avenues.
CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
BAPTIST.
First Baptist, was organized in 1856, and is located on the corner of Ninth and Jackson streets. Rev. M. L. Thomas, D. D., pastor; residence, 712 Lane street.
North Topeka Baptist, organized In 1869; located on the corner of Harrison and Laurent streets. Rev. W. B. Hutchinson, pastor ; residence, 315 Laurent street.
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Mount Olive Baptist ( colored ), located in South Topeka; has no regular pastor.
First German Baptist, holds services in Madison Street Baptist church. Rev. Jno. Schuff, pastor; residence, A street, between Van Buren and Harrison, North Topeka.
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