The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-08
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items of Interest from the North Side OF
the River.
E. 81. Wilcox of Kansas City was here
today.
c. W. Lukens has returned from
Paxico.
]. E Crockett returned today from st.
Louis.
Mrs. J. II. Todd is sick at her home on
Jackson street
W. c. Sly is opening spring millinery
at 842 north Kansas avenue.
Tomorrow is the last day the registra-
ton books will be in North Topeka
For one week only at
Arnold's Drug Store.
The kaleidoscope.
Rev. Mr.. Strong of Washburn college,
will preach at Shorey Sunday evening
The two little sons of Geo. II. Hughes
will perform on the banjo at Hamilton
hall this evening.
Mrs. w. I. Eckert will entertain the
Sweet Sixteen club this evening at her
home on jackson street
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Sieg of Central
avenue are rejoicing over the birth of a
boy who arrived Tuesday.
Miss Leo Morrow went to Leaven-
worth today to visit the family OF War
den Chase at the penitentiary.
The surveyor for the new dam COM
pany and his assistants were out getting
the facts about Soldier Creek yesterday.
More women registered yesterday than
in all the three days preceding-forty
yesterday and twenty-seven during the
three previous days.
Try ton of Camden coal and you will
use no other E. z. EwART,
1912 Kansas Ave.
See the kaleidoscope at Arnold's Drug
Store.
"When Gabriel plays his last trump"
is the way diminutive north side maid
en-, who has evidently been to hear Rev.
Mr.. Allen, expresses it.
The fence is being repaired around
the Laurent street tennis courts and the
ground will be put in shape for playing
if the weather remains fair.
An amusing sight this morning was
man moving his household goods with
his wife and family of four children
peIched on top of the load.
Two old men were fashionable this
morning without knowing ii. They sat
back to back, in true trap fashion, on an
old cracker box in rickety old buggy.
A. NJ. Cross has moved his jewelry
store from North Topeka to 427 Kansas
avenue, nearly opposite postoffice.
Clifford Lutes and Willie Bridge, aged,
respectively, sixteen and ten years, will
play the banj o tonight at the entertain
ment to be given at the Kelley institute.
After the first of March it is unlawful
to let chickens run at large. Owners
must keep them in, or run the risk of
having their arrest caused by some in
dignant neighbor.
Mrs. J. H. Queen, living two miles east
of Granville, died yesterday morning of
heart failure. Mrs. Queen was in her
forty-fourth year and had lived many
years in Kansas. The funeral will be
held at Thompsonville tomorrow morn
ing at II o'clock, and the interment will
take place at Perry cemetery.
The old electric light plant at lis aud
1T west Laurent street, has been fitted
up as carriage shop and will be occu-
pied by the North Topeka Carriage
Works. formerly located at the corner of
Kansas avenue and Curtis street. The
proprietors George ]. Graves g. Sons are
now better prepared than ever to do first
class work in general repairing, paint
ing and trimming.
Thieves are becoming troublesome in
the west part of town. Night before
last some one entered the grocery store
of J. C. Dolman, at 800 west Gordon
street. and made away with some sugar
and other supplies. They evidently en-
tered with latch KEY, as the lock was
not broken. Whatever they carried the
sugar away in leaked, and IA small trail
of it led from the sugar box to the door.
Hay and other things have been taken
before.