The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
Central Branch Shop Force Increased


Central Branch Shop Force Increased
Atchison, Feb. 3.-On account of the
sudden increase in business three extra
men have been added to the force at
the Central Branch shops, one boiler
maker and two Wipers- The former will
be sent to Greenleaf and the latter will
remain here.
Superior Ice Stored at Newton.
Wellington. Feb t3.-Two train loads
of ice came in yesterday from Superior,
Neb. to be stored in the Santa Fe COM
pany's ice house on West Fourth street
in this city There We're IA car loads in
each train. Yesterday there were 81
cars loaded with company ice at Super
iOr.
FROM KANSAS TOWNS.
General and Personal News From AL
Over the State.
COTTONWOD FALLS-Mrs. E. A.
Kline has an orange tree at her home
in this city on which is now hanging
good sized ripe orange.
ATCHIsON-The Atchison Street
Railway company recently employed a
spotter named NJ. B. Sontiner. Yester-
day he skipped out with SIS of the COM
pany's money.
CONCORDIA-The appointment of
of charities meets the approval of all
parties in this county. 1t came as a
birthday present, Mr.. Wheeler being 81
years old the day he was appointed
HUTCHINsON-The Central Kansas
Farmers association will meet in this
city Thursday and Friday of this week.
1t is probable that the attendance this
year will exceed that Of any year in the
past, and the sessions will be interest
ing to everyone
BILENE-Burglars pried open a
window at the Santa Fe depot last
night and broke into the waiting room.
They did no damage beyond taking the
penny slot machine and it's stock of
gum. There is no clew to the depreda-
tors.
ATCHISON-It has been number of
years since the river was blocked as
completely as il is at present, and there
may be an interesting sight when it
! breaks up. One winter early in the SOS,
when the river broke up, the ice came
up on the river banks and pushed box
cars off the track in the B. 81 NJ. yards.
FORT SCOTT-The Fort Scott coun-
| Gil of travelling men has issued five
| hundred invitations to its annual ball
| ana banquet, which will be given on
| Friday and Saturday, February 10 and
! 20. The ball will be given on Friday
| evening and the banquet on Saturday
! evening al the Goodlander.
| ATCHISON-Th new board of police
| commissioners today ordered all gamb-
| ling houses, policy places and slot ma
! chimes suppressed, and declared that
no gambling would be permitted during
! it's administration. -Four gambling
! houses, one policy shop and many slot
machines have been running here
PARSONS Burglars made q raid on
| the business houses of this city last
night and the Steele Hardware COM
| pany and Lamberts tailoring establish
| ment We're robbed of about $500 worth
of goods. Several unsuccessful at
tempts were made to rob other stores.
| The thieves got away with their plum
| der
HUTCHINSON-The bank of James
st. John & Co. was today consolidated
| with the Bank of Hutchinson, the cap
| ital stock of the former being added
to the stock of the latter. James St
! John retires from active service and a.
! w. McCandless of the st. John bank
becomes cashier of the consolidated
bank.
FIT. SCOTIA father, mother and
son, who have been travelling in a COW
cred wagon, early yesterday morning
broke into Love Bros general store, a
| few miles west. but We're driven away
| by q clerk with q shot gun, a charge
| from which badly wounded the son.
| The trio were caught by posses. The
young man said that his name was
! Cooper.
| HUTCHINSON-At the meeting of
| the board of education last night Sup
| erintendent Winans submitted the fol-
! lowing report for the fourth month of
| the current school year. The month
ending January S.The total number be-
| longing to the schools at the end of the
| fourth month is 1773. OF this number
| S3S are boys and 935 are girls The to-
| tai number for the end of the fourth
month last year was 1,746-a gain for
this year of q. T.
LEAVENWORTH-A the regular
meeting of the board of education last
night Superintendent of Schools Miss
Dolphin reported that each school was
caring for more children than they had
proper facilities for, and that the en-
! rollment was greater than ever before.
She also stated that at each of the
schools 20 new pupils had applied for
enrolment, and that they could not be
taken care of. The board passed a res
olution that the principals should ad-
init no moro primary pupils under the
present crowded condition.
ARKANSAS CITY-The Y M. c. A
mas a membership of $50. It's growth
mas been steady during the past year
Last fall, in order to better the priv
leges of membership, they moved the
gymnasium to the top floor of the build