The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-24
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWS
Lilacs are in bloom.

Lilacs are in bloom.
A big fruit crop is promised.
Topeka may have q base ball team.
Next Friday evening a calico ball will
be given at Arion hall.
The markets are supplied with new
strawberries from Texas.
The repairs on the asphalt paVementS
are progressing very slowly.
M. and Mrs. Bert Jones. North Topeka.
are the parents of a daughter.
A retaining wall around the court house
is still in the dim and misty future.
Mrs. Geo P. Ashton is very dangerous
ly i'll at her home. 931 Topeka avenue
A. NJ Robinson of the fire department
is a second cousin of Horace Greeley.
Miss Augusta Hayes is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Clara Leedy of Lawrence.
Mayor Charles A. Fellows returned
from a kansa-s City business trip today.
Harry Steinberg's orchestra played for
a fraternity hop at Lawrence last night.
Pat o. DOugherty Will soon go to Colo
rad Springs to enter the Printers home.
Austin Prescott he's retired from the
race for the nomination of county treas
urer.
peka.
The Topeka delegation to Chanute re-
turned looking somewhat the worse for
wear.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A Dougherty,
daughter.
A prediction only: washburn will win
todays ball game with the State Agri-
cultural college.
Frank NJ. Shane. member of the state
board of charities. is in the city. Mr..
Shane lives at OsaWkie.
One of the downtown barber shops will
soon put in Turkish bath house in con
nectiOn with it's business.
Lieutenant Harry Phillips of Leaven-
worth. is in the city the guest of ex-De~
tective Richard Won Zeller.
The promenade concert given by the
Mid-cOntinent band at Hamilton hall last
night was not well attended.
It cost w. A S. Bird $40 to be re-elect-
ed city attorney, and A. F. Chesney SIS
to be elected justice of the peace.
Two of the tallest, slimmest young men
in the city are now attending the district
court run for the Journal and Capital
Harry Stonebreaker, aged %, and Ray
Paustian, aged 10, have been granted p
license to marry by Probate Judge Dol
man
Some one should volunteer to repair
the asphalt pavement on Ninth street
where the old street car tracks were tax
en- up.
o. G. Young. the North Topeka horse
man who was arrested for making a dis
turbance near his home, will be tried on
Monday.
The clerks at the state house marched
to the depot today with the remains of
Edward Dupree, which were taken to Be-
lott for burial
W. c. Crawley, special agent of the
land depar tment, who has been working
in this city for several weeks, has return
ed to Washington
The ordinance prohibiting the throw
ing of paper in the streets should be en-
forced. On a windy day the streets are
full of flying paper.
John r Allen of Haskell institute at
Lawrence, passed through the city yes
terday going to HoltOn In quest OF i've
runaway Indian boys.
H. W. Huffman, who has been attend
ing the federal court as witness il the
turned home to Emporia.
On the anniversary celebration of the
order, the cOlOred Knights Templar of
this city will receive handsome banner
made by Topeka colored women.
Thomas Gray, who was graduated from
Washburn college in 1895, has returned
from Chicago where he finished his sec
ond year at the Congregat tonal Theologt-
cal school
respondent for the Kansas City World.
and now travelling for the Credit com
In the city.
Charles S. Martin Of Selma has re-
turned from Washington. He has not
fully recovered from the injuries re
ceived in the B. & Q. wreck recently,
while on his way to the national capital
Frank Grimes has returned to the city
from his home in LeOti and is ready to
resume. with othe.. members of the com
T1fttea the Ier-fsIafive invesstieat foT of Al
legged Doodle transactions, next Tuesday.
The condition of Superintendent Vim.
Davidson of the city schools is serious
which is considered dangerous and he
has been confined to his bed for over
month.
State Superintendent STRIKERS callers
this week have been largely representa-
tiveS of book companies, who come to
topeka to prepare to submit bids for fur
nisbine The state books under the new
law.
The woodmen of Altoona. Wilson cour1-
directors are John Sutcliffe, A NJ Ricn>
ardson, NJ I. SomerS, J, II; Ditto. T G.
and W. r. McMurray.
Couty Jailer Leech went to the house of
Mrs. Spurgeon, west OF the city, and
tried to persuade Maggie Hercules 70 re-