The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
SNAP Shots At HOME NEWS.


next Friday.
There will be no meeting of the city
council tonight
The city election will be held two
weeks from tomorrow.
The Kesley league will have another
social tomorrow evening.
The voting booths will be stored at the
city building for two weeks.
1t was a great victory for Col Whoop,
Col Jeltz and Col. Won Langen.
The foundation for c. ]. Devlin's new
house on Harrison street is about COM
pleted.
Fred Freeman purchased the new bill
lard table which was placed in the Ath-
letic club rooms today.
All the Episcopal churches in Kansas
held memorial services for the late Bish-
op Thomas yesterday.
1t is spring. The people are begin
ming to extend their Sunday afternoon
walks to the cemeteries.
The prisoners at the city Jail have
evolved a most touching melody entitled
"Workin' on de OF Rock Pile"
Rev. VIM. Lundell, private secretary to
Bishop Vincent, preached at the First
NJ. f. church yesterday morning.
If the good women of Topeka mean to
keep our city politics clean why don't
more of them attend the primaries?
Harry Overholt assisted the choir at
the Church of the Assumption yesterday
morning. The music was very fine.
Sergeant Ellison of the police force
has returned to work from his race for
the nomination to the office of city clerk.
Captain Gardiner of the police depart
ment who has been sick for a week or
more WAS at the police sta ton this morn =
ing
Topeka displayed more green ribbon
yesterday than would have been thought
possible to follow Republican primary
election.
Nearly every one in Topeka who could
get a buggy and horse welcomed the
syring weather yesterday by drive into
the country.
Ing at his home north of the city. was a
brother of the president of the republic
of Bolivia. South America.
Many of our good people want the po-
lice board abolished. Do they want a
city police, subject to the result of such
primaries as we had Saturday?
Mrs. c. E. Hayes of Albany, Mo-, is
assisting her husband, Rev. Mr.. Hayes.
in conducting the revival services at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Jeltz, if we must persify, probably
joys over the nominate of his candidates,
but it will in no way deterior from his
social and politically raiment
Rev. Abiel Leonard, bishop of Utah
who was former rector of the Episco-
pal church at Atchison, is being talked
of as a possible successor of Bishop
| Thomas.
The funeral of Joseph Harker took
! place yesterday afternoon from the Third
! Saturday afternoon at his home 500 East
| Crane street
Rev. L. B. Smith is on a lecture tour
in northwestern Kansas. The pulpit of
the First Christian church was filled
yesterday morning by Rev. Hunter Nc
Donald OF Hclton.
A jay from Atchison got off the Atchi-
son train today and looked around va
cantly. The hackmen at the depot
rushed toward him shouting asylum,
sir, Asylum.
A Corey county woman who seems to
| to be insane has written to Governor
Morrill, for $1,000 which she says is due
her for raising thirteen children. Its
worth more than that.
| Jasper Earnest, who is in a hospital at
( Kansas City, mas written to his brother
that the report that ex-State Senator Nc
Louth was dying is mistake. He is in
a hospital, but is nearly we'll.
OF row Of twenty-six houses in the
south edge of Parkdale only seven are
occupied. The windowe have been
taken out of the rest to keep bad boys
from breaking the glass.
The Ministerial Union invited Mayor
Harrison to give them a discourse or
"Good Citizenship" 1t is to be pre-
sumed they voted for him at the primar-
les. Do they, in their teachings through
the year, enioin it upon the members OF
! their hocks. three-fourths of whom are
women, to attend the spring primariesi
Perhaps this would not be orthodox re-
ligion, but it would be good common
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