The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-23
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWs
Now for the auditorium.

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| Winter isn't very dead after all
| The Potwin caucus viii be held to-
| night.
AL Evans has been sick for several
Mrs. F. o. Popenoe's crocus bed is the
| prettieSt in the city
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel T. Howe are the
1 parents of a girl baby
| Washburn college will not have a spring
| oratorical contest this year.
| The island in the middle of the river at
| the bridge is being dug away
| Next Monday night Geo. P. Elliott gives
/ a recital at Washburn college
c. w. Squires the leading architect of
| Emporia was visiting the city today
| Insurance Commissioner Webb McNall
| returned today from visit at home
Doc Newman has again gone into the
! theatrical business as an advance agent
| Representative Chas. E. Lobden is in
! the city from Dighton on legal business
| The Modocs participated in enter
| tainment at the reform school last night.
| T. NJ. James says that he never con-
| scented to become a candidate for mayor.
A. K. Wilson and w. NJ. Shaffer attend
| ed a Masonic banquet in LeaVenWorth last
night.
The Elks are arranging for a minstrel
show to be put on at the Grand soon af-
| ter Lent.
! w D. Gossett Of the Santa Fe land de-
partment is in southeastern Kansas on
| official business.
! Humane Officer D. F. Wyatt had a dill
| apitated horse belonging to Harvey Bid
| well killed yesterday.
The Citizens Committee" has placed
R. Dietrich on the ticket for councilman
/ from the Fifth ward.
George FindIay who wants to be col
| lector of internal revenue has gone to
| Washington to see about it.
=, DR.. Henry NJ ochiltree, OF H I94,
tism'' at the Kansas Medical college last
| night.
| DR.. Robert L. Green of Kansas City,
Mo, spent yesterday in this city, and
| during his stay visited the Santa Fe hos
| L
| agent of the Missouri Pacific railway, is
| registered at the Opera hotel, City of
One of the first improvements to be
made at the state house and upon the
| grounds will be the construction of dia-
| gonal walks.
Representative Larimer will lecture be
| fore the Unity Club Wednesday evening
! on Charles Lamb which is one of his
| best lectures.
John s. Parks who will become state
| of his paper, the Beloit Call in the hands
| of his father.
H. A Heath who has returned from
| trip throughout Kansas says that Kan
| sas farmers are assured of a heavy wheat
crop this year
W, j. Black. general passenger agent
| of the Santa Fe went to Chicago today
to attend the meeting of the Western
| Passenger association
Bert McKibben, who was thrown from
| train Saturday at the Seventeenth street
| railroad crossing and suffered fracture
| of the leg. is recovering.
! George Keck and George Brown. the
two men who made their escape from the
stone yard at the county jail last week,
now pound rock in ShaclleS-
| Charles w Rhea who has been in
charge of the Union Pacific, Tea store for
| several years has resigned his position to
go into business in St. Joseph.
A prominent society young lady of this
| city has fitted up a private ward at the
| Salvation Army hospital with money earn
! ed as stenographer in her fathers office.
| The commencement exercises of the
| senior class of the Kansas Medical college
|
! 9Th. There are % students in the class
! Representative FairchiId of Kingman
tertained party of friends at o'clock
| dinner yesterday at the Ell1s lodge rooms.
day to take dispositions in the Greenwood
| divorce case, which comes up before
Judge Hazen at the April term of court.
| now going at some of the state house
| offices. No two administrations use the
| same desks and chairs in the same offices.
| Capital Legion, Select knights will try
| its hand at amateur minstrelsy tonight
! G. A. Terrence, w. A. Brooks, A. W.
| men.
General Superintendent H. U. Nudge of
| the Santa Fe is at Winfield making con-
tracts for additional ballasting to be done
along the line of the road in southern
The Santa Fe will have a party of
| Raymond and Whitcomb excursionists
| from Ell PaSO to New York Sunday morn
! ing. The party is returning from spend
ing the winter in Mexico.
The Grand Opera house will be dark
Friday night, when the second annual
contest of the state high school oratorical
association will be held there.
| The Port Arthur Land and Investment
capital of 81 900. 900 by James Lawrence,
John Bradley. Lyman Napgle. J. G. Reid.
| and John Tegder of Wellington.
Miss Lillian Vincent will go home this
| week. She will leave Clay Center the first
| of next week to assume the duties of
private. secretary to her father, Congress
man w. D. Vincent in Washington.
| On next Monday Judge Hazen will SEN
! tence Tom Wilkerson. convicted of sell
| ling liquor, and Charles Lyle, convicted
| on the charge of assault and battery.
Both men are now in the county jail
Some person who signs himself 1.-The
| Coming Singer writes the Journal that
he would like some one to place Hamilton
hall at his disposal so that he may show
s. ]. Barley has brought suit in the dis
trict court to foreclose mortgage of
500 on the stock of the Brokaw Bros. at
ment of a receiver until the sale of the
stock is made.
citation said: THE lamest excuse I have
heard for men who object to women
male members would have to escort them
home after the meetings.
Mrs R. B. Steele's friends say that the
Republican central committee is too nice
for anything. Mrs. Steele is the only cam
didate for member of the school board in
the Fifth ward and she was placed on the
ticket by the committee.
The Masonic school of instruction
opened at the Masonic temple in this city
yesterday. and will continue in session
during the week. The school is conducted
for the purpose of fnstructiny members
in the secret work of the order.
Pete Callahan returned to this city last
night and was soon afterwards arrested
and placed in the county Jail on his old
charge of selling liquor. His bond was
placed at $500, and he will probably re
main in Topeka for a while.
When Assistant Jailer Mcknight, at the
county jail took breakfast to the maniac
David S. Woodruff yesterday, the latter
threw a bucket of slop at him. Nc
Knight lodged the contents of the buck
ct, but Woodruff received most of it in
his face.
The two men who made their escape
from the stone nile at the county, Ii