The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-27
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest from the North Side OF
the River.

the River.
It's about time for a snow storm.
p O. Perkins, of Omaha is in the city.
Mrs. John Metzger of Meriden, was a
visitor in town yesterday.
Harry Nichols has gone to Lawrence
to visit friends until Friday.
Mr.. Chamberlain, who runs store on
Kansas avenue out near the park, is Sc
riously sick.
The new police are SO strict that
doubtless they would pull cork if they
could find one.
Spring is here. People sit out on their
front steps and read the JOURNAL in the
evening A sure sign
A. L. Northland's 12-year-old son
Charlie is very sick with measles at his
home on Quincy street.
A. NJ Baird is making extensive i'm
provements on his property on Quincy
street, near Paramore.
Mrs. c. l. Haywood. of 800 Topeka
avenue, who has been quite sick the past
week, was able to be up today.
Col Carter has assumed personal direc
ton of the U. T.. hotel, and is arranging
the business preparatory to giving it up
April L.
Merit Holman was somewhat better
this morning, after enjoying the first
nights sleep he has been able to have
since his illness.
Now that spring is here it is likely
that Mr.. Beerbohm Tree, the noted Eng
lish actor who is in this country, is
thinking of leaving.
l. R. Elliott of Manhattan was in the
city a short time yesterday afternoon and
spent the evening visiting with his
friend since 1854, Frank A. Root, at 829
Quincy street
At the National Reserve association
social tomorrow evening there will be
nothing to eat but pie. Those who have
been invited are expecting variety OF
that, however.
August Lewis was we'll enough yes
terdaY to be moved from his home, $40
Topeka avenue, to the south side. He
will hereafter reside on Tyler street in
South Topeka.
Charley Berry returned last night from
Creston, Ia, where he has been visiting
relatives. He says it is SO dry there the
oldest inhabitants cannot remember
when it rained last
A commercial travelling man who
shows one grade of goods and ships
another might be termed snare drum
mer. If you are real angry you might
call him base drummer
]. FL. FOUGHT, county superintendent
of Sunday schools, went to HIawatha
this morning to attend the Brown county
Sunday school convention. in acceptance
of an invitation extended to him.
A convention of all the city Sunday
schools has been announced for Palm
Sunday. April T. 1t will be held at the
North Baptist church, beginning at p.
m. A programme has been arranged
which will last until 5 o'clock.
A vicious dog owned by colored fam
ily on Van Buren, street was ordered kept
up by policeman, today on complaint of
the neighbors. The dog is of a large
size and was wont to wear his upper lip
parted in the middle, showing his beau
tlful ivory-Iike teeth.
He was very sick. His fall the night
before, caused by defective sidewalk.
had injured him seriously. "Doctor,"
he said and every breath was drawn with
pain, "do you think | can recover"
Eyes, but you must have absolute quiet
and =" sob, hang that l mean can
recover from the city?' The lights
went out So did the doctor.
Miss Vera Wallace had the misfortune
to break her left arm this morning. She
was out in the yard at her home on Kan
sas avenue, when the telephone in the
Office rang. In running to answer it she
fell on the office floor, doubling her arm
under her, breaking the ulna and frac-
turing the radius, the bones of the fore
arm. Mrs. DR.. Wallace Immediately set
the broken member.
Mr.. w. l. Clements had the pleasure
of meeting several old friends from his
former home, Marion, Ohio. Monday.
They formed part of party from diff
ferent portions of Ohio, which was re-
| turning from Salt Lake City after in
specting the mines of the American
Asphalt company there. Those from
Marion were John Dudley, mayor; Viii
| liam Flies, chief of the fire department;
Harvey Wilson, member of the council;
Edward UhTer, prominent dry goods
merchant and A. E. Chesney, connected
with the Marion steam shovel works.
! The party passed through on the c. ?.