The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-04
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest From the North Side of
The River.

Items of Interest From the North Side of
The River.
Soldier creek is alive with skaters.
The ice is il good condition.
Monday evening the annual election
of officers will be held by the NJ. E. Sun
day school
Mrs. Elmer Miller is entertaining her
sister from Kansas City, Mo, at her home
ON Park street.
The Old Folks High Five club holds
its Saturday evening session at the home
of Mrs viii Lacey on Park street TO-
night.
The railroad outfit of Samuel and Lee
Dolman has returned to Topeka for the
winter from work on the Rock Island in
the western part CT the state.
1t was decided at the meeting of the
kindergarten directors yesterday after
noon not to close for the cold weather
There were eight of the directors present
at the meeting.
A street car collided with a wagon so
forcibly on North Kansas avenue today
that all the passengers slid toward the
front end of the car. Then they began
jumping through the windows and run
ming ont the doors. Little damage was
done.
The body of Mrs. I. 81. Cellers, of
GAINESVILLE, Mo, was buried yesterday
near her former home, Tecumseh Mr.
Cellers accompanied the remains of his
wife from Missouri. and viii remain a
few days at the home OF w. A. Forbes, in
Shorey.
Mrs. Wise. of 10 West Gordon street,
has gone to Soudan, /. T., to visit her hus-
band. Mr. Wise is u civil engineer in the
employ of the Rock Island It is said
that he will soon be sent to Louisiana,
and Mrs. Wise will remain with him un-
til the time of the transfer.
Garments for the destitute of Topeka
were made this afternoon by the mem
bers of the Needle Ten society at a spe-
cial meeting held at Mrs. A. o. Rora-
baugh's, sos Park street. The clothing
will be given to Police Matron Thorpe
for distribution to worthy poor. 1t is
needed.
An accident which might have resulted
in her death was turned into nothing
more serious than an ice water bath bV
Miss Nora Short. of Shorey, this week.
She skated into an air hole on Soldier
creek and went through into the water
to her neck. She managed to get out
without assistance, though friends were
near.
]. Il. Heller, 1902 n. Kansas avenue,
grocery and meat market. Good treat
ment and fine meats and groceries; you
can do better here than elsewhere.
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, 4. j. Prudfit. $50 n. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. J. Graves & Sons, 115 and 1T
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
buggy tops, cushions, wagons, and bug
gies built TO order. Bell phone 1885,
A tramp miraculously escaped death in
the Union Pacific railway yards last
night. With two companions he was
riding on the trucks of the west bound
passenger train. Owing TO the excessive
cold they were all benumbed when the
train stopped at the depot. When it
started again one of the men, al most IN
conscious from the cold, rolled slowly off
his perch. Before the wheels struck
him the train, which had almost stopped
at the time. halted at the water tank
The mans frightened pals dragged him
from beneath the wheels. They then
built fire in box car and soon had him
thawsd out