The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-26
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.


ing woman has already come.
Many of the sidewalks are doing
penance, if ashes count for anything.
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs
| T. W. Waggoner of 1918 Fillmore street,
Another day like yesterday aud the
| blacksmiths will be the real capitalists.
The 9-year -old daughter of J. P. But
terIy of 122 Tyler street is i'll with diph-
iberia.
The hearing of Frank Mileham and
Cy Ogee has been continued for two
weeks,
DR.. kirkpatrick, secretary of the state
board of health is compiling his annual
report
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Starns of 626
Western avenue, are the parents of
daughter.
The horses belonging to the fire de-
partment were sharp shod early yester-
day morning.
Mrs. ]. II. NichoI, who underwent a
| surgical operation sometime ago, is con-
valescing rapidly.
Some Topeka poultry fanciers will at
tend the Mid Continental poultry show
in Kansas City this week.
A Kansas avenue typewriter girl whose
fall down yesterday. That's what she
says.
R. R. Reese of Minneapolis and c. ].
Dobbs of Topeka were today admitted
10 practice in the United States circuit
court.
Mrs Julia Gordon of Topeka, has beer
appointed national installing officer for
the ladies of the G. A. r. in the western
states
There are 1000 young women in To-
Deka and of that number 1000 are church
members and about 800 belong to the Y.
VI. C. A.
De Wilkerson was not able to be at
police court last night, so he and "Peg-
leg" McLafferty will be tried Friday
afternoon.
A reception is to be given at the Y. W.
c. a. rooms tonight to Miss Emma Bur
CESS, the former general secretary of the
Topeka association.
The only man in Topeka yesterday
who was not afraid he would fall was an
Indian from the Pottawatomie reserve
and he wore moccasins.
George Ward. who was SO severely
burned in the fire on Tenth street ten
days ago, has almost entirely recovered
and is now able to leave his bed.
Several of the carpenters working on
the state house had tools stolen yesrer
day and a new three dollar plunger was
stolen from the engineers room.
There were reports on the street last
night that the police had been called on
during the day to kill eight horses which
had broken legs. OF course it isn't true.
Joe McElroy said that his team was
not under his control when it ran down
the Fourth street hill Sunday night, and
Judge Ferry last evening discharged
him.
Pauline Hall will appear at Fort Scott
in few days. Pauline is probably with
in reach of such towns as Emporia, Sa-
lima and Abilene, but not of Topeka.
| Still we endure it.
Janitor Grimes of the state house, who
| had his overcOat stolen, said the garment
was tailor made, and he bought it last
winter when he had money. Now he has
neither money nor coat
A horse driven to q Fair delivery
wagon tried to run away yesterday but
the pavements were 80 slippery he did
not run far. The contents of the wagon
were spilled on the pavement
E. c. Davis of Hampshire county.
Mass, yesterday began suit in the dis
trict court to foreclose a mortgage of
$3.50 on the house and lot at pa Yves.
Eighth street. owned by the Central In
vestment company.
Pension Commissioner Lochren has
approved the action of Pension Agent
! Click in refusing to take letters from the
postoffice on which the postage has not
| been paid and has ordered the other pen
sion agents to do likewise.
According to the stories told by the
hotel people Robert 8. Waters was JUS
| titled in knocking Bill Smith down with
a poker at the Chesterfield Sunday after
noon, and the city attorney dismissed the
| case against Waters. Smith was picking
on him.
Mrs. Frank Conklin, whose children
we're kidnapped by their father while she
lay dangerously i'll some time ago, has
| entirely recovered. and left yesterday,
much against the wishes of her relatives,
to join her husbandGand children in Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
Mr.. James Moore has received mum
Der of copies of the cantata "Wreck of
Hesperus," written by Arthur Foote,
which will be sung by the Amphion
club at one of their concerts this winter
This cantata was originally written for
the Cecilia club of Boston.
"Hooby Jim" Fusion ond James Jen-
nings were each fined $15 in police
court yesterday afternoon for fighting at
| Miner Freeman's home in North Topeka
Sunday morning. All the witnesses
| talked about Jim, aud the court had
much trouble to tell which Jim was
meant.
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