The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-11
NORTH TOPEKA.

Town.
9 Richard Russell, of the Meriden vicin-
ity is city visitor today.
MI. and Mrs. Howard Bailey of Perry
spent yesterday with city friends.
The river is still rising. 1t has gone
up one foot in the last twenty-four hours
Ed Speer and Miss Florence Mccarthy
will be married at Shorey this evening
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Kistler. of Quincy street, are sick with
fever.
Mr.. aud Mrs. William Yost, living five
miles north of town, are the parents of a
boy born last night.
MI. and Mrs. o. T. Shaeffer returned
yesterday from bridal tour of two weeks
to Colorado Springs and Los Angeles,
CAL
RoI Nichols was taken suddenly i'll
with cholera morbus at his home on
Quincy street last evening and was quite
sick today.
Ralph Wilson and H. johnson returned
yesterday from twenty four hours fishing
at Thompsonville. They caught two
whoppers
MIR. and Mrs John D. Small and Mr..
and Mrs E W. Knowles of the south
side are visiting at Delavan park, in
jackson county.
Mrs. ]. G. Fulton and Mrs. Anna Glib
left this afternoon for Kansas City where
they will remain until Monday and go on
10 Chicago for visit to relatives.
Miss Elva Limegrover who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. w. VIM on
Topeka avenue returned yesterday to
her home, Gypsum City, Kansas.
Mrs. A E. Weller of Wamego visited
Mrs. W. C. Sly on West Laurent street
yesterday on her way home from six
weeks visit to relatives in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Haywood and daughter, Miss
Kate, of Boston who have been visiting
relatives here the past week left yester-
day for Los Angeles, Cal, to make their
home there.
Albion Pratt, of Madison street, who
has been dangerously i'll with malaria
fever, was somewhat better today. He
has been sick ten days. DR.. H. F. Pratt
of Rossville, a brother, came down yes
terday to be with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Betz, of Silver
Lake. visited their daughter, Mrs Mel
son Davis, on Topeka avenue, today
Mr.. Betz was on the coroner's jury in
the inquest over the body of John Palm,
who killed himself yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Kincaid of Williams
town, Kan, returned to her home today
after visiting her son, NJ s. Kitchen of
| 1917 Monroe street, for five weeks. Mrs.
Kitchen and her infant daughter, Gladys,
accompanied her and will be gone for
| three weeks.
]. E, W. A., A. E.. j. T. and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Maze, with Mrs. Alvina Fry
and Mrs. Melissa Owens, all of North
Topeka, were called to Kansas City Sun
day to attend the funeral of a cousin,
Frank Bowes, a fireman in Armour's
packing house, who died from overhead
A Union Pacific freight train going
east had seventy eight cars, beside the
caboose, when it left town yesterday
afternoon, and one engine was equal to
it. This made train 5000 feet long, and
when the engineer sIgnaled for Grant
| Vile the caboose was at the Santa Fe
| junction.
Rev. and Mrs. w. B. Hutchinson re-
ceived MIR. Hutchinson's Sunday school
! class and few others at the parsonage
last evening. Croquet on the lawn which
was Illuminated and parlor games amused
| those present and several vocal selections
contributed to the entertainment of the
evening.
Several prominent Union Pacific off,
Gals passed through town yesterday go
ing west to look after the recent wash
outs on the line. They were General
Superintendent ]. o. Brinkerhoff, Super
intendeut A T. Palmer, Master Nj echanic
F. Mertsheimer and the supervisor of
bridges and buildings, S. Mullison.
A young tramp occasioned consider
able telegraphing yesterday afternoon
by scratching a Pullman coach on the
afternoon Union Pacific train, with a
knife. he was put off the train at the
junction and did this for revenge. The
conductor telegraphed back from Law
renee to arrest him, but he had already
left town on freight
If there had been prospect of good
yield OF wheat In Kansas this year. a
new elevator with a capacity of $4,000
bushels would now be in process OF
erection by the Mid Continent mills. On
account of doubt as to whether there
would be anything to put into it when
completed, MIR. Page is hesitating about
building it.
The best tennis playing of the year
was brought out last evening in a match
of doubles on tho Laurent street courts
Walter Wilder and Herbert Armstrong
against George Stoker and Lou Bronson
A large number of young lady and gen
tlemen spectators were present and their
applause urged on the players to bril-
liant rallies at the net and in the back
court. Stoker and Bronson won four set:
out of five, the score being 60, So SO
63 and "a These two players are pre-
pairing for the interstate tournament II
be held by the Hyde Park Country clut
of Kansas City, September 10. which de
cides the championship of Iowa, Kansas
Nebraska and Missouri Two other To
peka players Dana McVicar and Tom
Clements will play in both the singles
and doubles, as will Stoker and Bronson,
at that tournament.
Lodge & Colvin, 119 and 121 West Nor
ris street, proprietors OF the Capital Liv.
airy, Feed and Sale Stables. Horses board
ed at $40 per month Satisfaction guar
enteed.
For fly screen guaranteed against rus
, for five years, for new process gasoline
stoves, and for anything good in the
hardware line, go to Pratt Bros. n ORTIZ
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