The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-25
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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| silitis.
! Peabody wheelmen have a big race
meet this afternoon.
i Mrs. Matt Weightman is visiting her
| sister at Winchester.
H. B. Fleharty has gone to southern
! Kansas on a business trip.
The Informal club will dance at Hud-
! sons hall tomorrow night.
The north and south entrances to the
| state house are nearing completion.
| Mrs. J. E. Crockett went home to
| Junction City yesterday afternoon.
Dr. John Work of Donovan. Kan, is
| spending Thanksgiving at his home in
/ this city.
! Secretary E. D. Coburn and daughter
are spending the day at their home in
! Kansas City.
Clerk sharitt of the federal court
| says that the docket is the lightest he
| has ever known.
Congressman Charles Curtis has re-
| turned from a tour through the First
! congressional district.
In about half the cases that are call
| ed for trial in courts, attorneys say
| they are not ready.
The Foster Humane society benefit
| is to be held at Library hall on the ev-
ening of December 3.
William Z. Bray of the state treas
urer's office has been called to Emporia
by the death of a relative.
EX-Chief of Police John w Gardiner
| IS acting as one of the bailffs of the
United States circuit court
John Speer has been elected president
of the state historical society. DR.. Pc
ter McVicar declined to serve.
Shawnee county raised this year "a
54S bushels of wheat, 1874. .286 bushels of
corn and 1926 bushels of oats.
Ed Perry, a colored boy. had one of
his hands severely mashed in a hay
press west of the city yesterday.
urer, entertained the employees of the
office at a Thanksgiving dinner today.
Mrs. w. r, Irwin of Emporia, was
shopping in Topeka yesterday, on her
way home from visit in Kansas City.
There are a few Topeka people who
believe that Missouri will win the
Kansas Missouri foot ball game today.
The federal building elevator is IN
ruly 1t often stops midway between
floors and takes it's own time to start.
Frank McGrath, who was once pres
ident of the Kansas Farmers alliance,
is on the United States circuit court
jury.
A $25. 900 personal damage suit
against the Rock. Creek Asphalt COM
pany has been dismissed in the district
court
The flowers in the state house grounds
have been transplanted in boxes and
are being cultivated in the various Of
fees in the capitol.
money on the football game in Kansas
City today. They remember the Kan
sas-Nebraska game too well.
Many valuable dogs have been stolen
in the western part of the city recent
ly. Jack Tasl1er of the Santa Fe gen
eral offices lost an Irish setter this
week.
Mrs. Geo. L. Stone, wife of Switch
man Stone of the Santa Fe, who has
been dangerously i'll al the StOrmOnt
hospital for several weeks, is now con
valescing.
Mrs. George w. Hunt and Mrs. Allen
have been soliciting aid for the remain
ing members of the Trigg family who
lost everything in the fatal fire Sunday
morning at 1880 Kansas avenue.
A special dinner was served today at
the salvation Army hospital for the
hospital officers and the cOnvalescent
patients The Salvation Army Will give
a dinner to the poor on Christmas.
Edward Carr the Santa F'e brake
man who fell from a train Tuesday
morning, is still dangerously i'll at the
Santa Fe hospital, put the hospital
physicians now believe that he will re-
cover.
Governor Leedy declined to accept
the invitation to attend the football
game at Kansas City. He explained by
saying: My wife has a habit of in
viting in a few friends to dinner. and I
am included in the list 1 have formed
the habit of eating Thanksgiving din
ner with my family and believe I will
adhere to the custom"
Last evening at S15 North Kansas
avenue a supper was given for the ben
eft of the poor. Miss Mary Brown and
Arthur COLON made the arrangements
for it. It was under the auspices of
the Epworth league of the Kansas Az
enue NJ. E. church. A neat sum was
raised Police MatrOn Thorpe furnish
ed a list of p North Topeka families
who needed help. Miss Brown and Mr..
COLON will make a distribution for the
poor as a Thanksgiving gift.
Weather Observer Jennings is making
the electrical connections in his office
with the se1f-recOrding instruments
which will indicate the direction, wind
speed. rainfall and sunshine from in
struments on the roof Of the Columbian
building On the same cabinet in the
office a self registering barometer is
kept In the weather box" on the
roof there is a self-registering ther-
mometer.
Supt. Chas HiXon. of the Topeka rail
way company, has been holding trolley
cars for the theaters- The last car for
the suburbs would be held at the opera
house until the entertainments were
over. The other evening the request
for more cars was made by the opera
house management and Supt HixOn
went down late to see how many cars
would be needed. He went TO the door
of the opera house and told the door
wished to step inside a moment to
size up the crowd in order to see how
many cars would be needed. The door
keeper refused him and now Mr.. HixOn
says that the next time he takes the
extra trouble for the opera house man
agement it viii be a cold dav.