The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-15
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest From the North Side ,
the River.

Items OF Interest From the North Side OF
the River.
j. Eskridge. of Meriden, was city
visitor yesterday.
After dangerous illness Otto Seig is
slowly improving.
J. E. Clark. of Abilene. visited his
cousin, Nels Davis, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Tamblyn of Bell
vile. Kas., are visiting their parents at
1909 Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs j. E. Crockett are enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Congleton OF
Wichita, at their home.
Mrs. N. L. Tinker left for Baltimore,
Md, yesterday, in answer to a dispatch
telling of her fathers death.
The agents at the Santa Fe junction
say that create deal of corn is being
shipped out. They are kept busy.
The North side is proudly represented
on the grand jury. having the foreman,
j. ii. Marble, and the bailiff, w. 7. Mil
Ter.
a Dickinson county man in town to-
day says there has been no rain in his
county since August Is. The creeks
and wells are going dry:
The annual business meeting of the
Ladies Sewing Society of the North Con-
gregational church was held this after
AOOA az 3 " CA0CA dl LA0 CuuECu
The annual meeting of the Western
Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers
association began today at Kansas City,
and Will and Ed Griffith went down this
morning to be in attendance.
Rev. ]. R. Madison preached at the
Kansas Avenue NJ. E. church last night
and Rev. ]. NJ. Mason conducted the
after service, during which nine persons
were converted. There have been fifteen
conversions thus far sincs the special
meetings were commenced.
]. Fl. 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, A. ]. Prudfit. $50 n. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. ]. Graves s. Sons, 115 and 1T
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
buggy tops, cushions. wagons, and bug
gies built to order. Bell phone 33S.
Items and advertisements for the
JOURNAL should be left at the drug store
of a. J. Kane 81 Co., S26 Kansas avenue.
Letters have been received from Mr..
and Mrs. w. d. Rockafellar, of Abilene,
Kansas, who spent several days in North
Topeka on their way to Africa to be-
come missionaries. They arrived at
1angIer5 on Dec. and are In goO0
health at Mequinez Their address wilt
be Fee, Morocco, Africa.
"Oh, yes, manage to come out even
all right with my pigeons" said Ike
Sheetz president of the recently organ
lied Western Pigeon club, in answer to
question yesterday. II am in the bust
ness only for pleasure, but I make my
fad sustain itself and II is not an expense
to me. In 1895 the expense was about
$3.50 and the receipts were $175. SO I
really made $50 About $50 of the money
l spent was for fine birds from New
York, and as 1 shall not buy many
pigeons this year and will sell more, my
profit will be larger. l keep 80
birds on hand. Do you think that
is big expense? Well, sir, it costs me
only So month to feed them. The
highest priced bird l have is a black
English carrier, which cost me $25 four
years ago. 1 have been offered $50 for
him. As am in the business purely for
fun do not mind paying fancy price
for fine Bird MIR. Sheetz took 95
prizes with 90 birds at the recent poultry
show, only two pigeons failing TO take
premiums. Besides this they took sew
eral specials. 1t is a fad (which he has
had for e Y6ar5,