The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-09
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest From the North Side o
the River.


the River.
The Modern Woodmen install officers
tonight.
Mrs. ]. c. Owen is visiting her father,
Lee Wait, at Howard, Kansas.
The Shorey nurseryman, J. H Skinner,
is confined at his home suffering with a
nervous complaint.
Miss Cora Bingham, of Wamego, is
visiting her brother, George Bing CHAM,
523 West Gordon street.
j. @. A Peyton is suffering greatly
with irflammatory rheumatism. 1t is
said that he is in bad shape.
There will be joint installation of Of
fcers by Blue post and corps G. A. R.
at their hall Friday evening.
E. w. VIM is receiving an extended
visit from his mother, Mrs. M. &. WinD,
of ST. Augustine, ILL., She has been Wis
iting at Forth Worth, Texas.
Walter Summers has entirely recover
ed from his recent severe sickness. de
had an operation performed on him for
the removal of tumor and it was sue
cessfuL
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Waterman and
Miss May Bennett returned to their
homes in Atchison yesterday afternoon.
They were here to attend the funeral OF
George Bennett yesterday morning.
Os IL hcllSE5 luz ANs NdHS0S
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, Z. J. Prudfit, $50 n. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. ]. Graves & Sons, 10 and 1T
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
buggy tops, cushions. wagons, and bug
gies built to order. Bell phone 1913.
Items and advertisements for the
JOURNAL should be left at the drug store
of A. J. Kane & Co, S26 Kansas avenue.
Will Smith arrived from Denver yes.
terday to remain some time visiting at
the home of his father, Joseph Smith,
near Menoken. He is living in Denver
now for the benefit of his health.
Since Miss Byrd Watkins has returned
to her position of day operator at the
Union Pacific telegraph office, J. G.
Bronson, who took her place here, has
been transferred to Kansas City. Mr..
Bronson was stationed at Kansas City be-
fore he came to Topeka.
Rabbit hunting is claiming the atten-
ton of North side sportsmen. Harry
Irons, David Elder and Charles Boiling
house spent today in the country after
the cottontails. Yesterday D. G. Kline
aud Oscar Perkins met with success.
Rev. A. ]. Coe, former pastor of the
Kansas avenue N. E. church. visited
North Topeka friends yesterday He
will be here again Friday and will
preach Friday night at the revival meet
ings now in progress at the Methodist
church. L. K. Billingsley will preach
again tonight
Public installation of officers was Civ
en- by Granville lodge of the Modern
Woodmen Tuesday night. The degree
team of the North Topeka lodge attend
ed. IA strong. and gave their country
cousins some work. 1t was o'clock
Wednesday morning before they reached
home.
The funeral services of H < Ferrin
were held yesterday afternoon at his
late home one and one half miles west of
town on the Gordon street road. The
body was taken to his former home,
Miuonk, Ill, for interment Ferrin died
at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon at his home
from cancer of the stomach. He was a
man of about 90 years of age who moved
here year ago from Minonk. He leaves
several grown children.