The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-04
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


The city board of education will meet
on Monday night.
D. o. McCray expects to occupy his new
home by September 10
Mr.. C. j. Smart left today for Los An
geles, where he will reside.
Arthur Majors is assisting in the publ
cation of the Kansas News, George Har- |
rison's new paper.
The family of George r. Smelling, as
sistant attorney general, has moved to
Topeka, from Anthony.
The Santa Fe office and shop base ball
mines will play match game at Athletic |
park next Saturday afternoon.
The Misses Grace and Mida Cross go to
Joplin, Mo-, tomorrow to join their father,
Stephen Cross, at their future home.
A. ]. Ryan, land clerk in the office of
the state auditor. has gone home to St.
Paul to spend Sunday with his family.
DR.. r. S. Magee has returned from
Alma, where he attended the Eighth dis
trict convention of Christian Endeayor
societies.
Rev. H. B. Fleharty has returned from
a trip to Seneca and Randolph. where
he delivered addresses before soldiers re-
unions.
Ward W. Silver, of College Hill, left
yesterday for Pendleton, Ore, where he
will be an instructor in the Pendleton
academy.
Rev. canon Miner, Archdeacon Hill and
Dean Bodley laid the corner stone of the
st. Thomas Episcopal church at Holton,
Thursday.
w. H. Sears. United States Senator
Harris private secretary, has returned
home to Lawrence after a visit of several
days in Topeka.
There will be a special meeting of the
executive committee in charge of the
IT,
next Monday evening.
Miss Julia Fitzgerald, stenographer in
the office of the state auditor has gone
to Kansas City, Kan, to spend two
weeks vacation at home.
The new pastor of the Second United
Presbyterian church at Polk and Hun
toon streets will preach his first sermon
in this city tomorrow morning.
A sand wagon owned by Thos. Drake,
while being driven near the south bank of
the river yesterday fell into ten feet of
water. The horses did not fall in.
The Ancient Order of Pyramids has or
dered 400 paper flowers from the flower
! committee for the decoration of their
| float in the Fraternal day parade.
The float of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
| company, which is to be placed in the
| Santa Fe parade Festival week, was
| built in this city by Dudley & Joslin.
| Out OIL fourteen men VINO i've IN the VI
! entity of Highland Park, Charley Hull is
| said to be the only who has courtesy
| enough to turn out and give a bicyclist
| half of the road.
| DR.. ]. P. Raster, chief surgeon of the
| Santa Fe left today for Albuquerque, N.
| NJ, to meet his family and return with
| them to this city. DR.. Raster will in the
| future make his home in Topeka.
/ All who intend to have floats in the
! L11,rl che
| Paul Torrington as soon as possible. If
[ this matter is not settled by Monday
| night another method must be adopted.
/ The second story will not be put on the
! Model Supply store this summer. 1t was
! found on examination that the walls
would not stand an additional story par
| ticularly if the second story was weight
| ed with goods.
Westminster Presbyterian church will
| tender reception to it's new pastor, Rev
A. NJ. Reynolds at the church, corner of
| Huntoon and College avenue next Fri
| day evening. large number of invita-
| lions are being sent out.
| Hay fever is in full blast among it's
| annual victims. The doctors can cure
| bubonic plague, and inoculate for cholera,
| but there isn't one of them that can do
a thing for hay fever Talk about the
progress of medical sciencei
| The FraternaI societies should all pre-
| pare to put their floats in the night pa
rade of Wednesday of Fall Festival week
| so that the Santa Fe visitors may see
them. Measures should be taken at once
| to properly illuminate them.
| Carl French, son of Farmer Chas.
/ French of Silver Lake, was severely in
| jured yesterday while returning from
| hay f1eld.He fell off load of hay and the
| wheels of the wagon passed over his body,
] causing it is feared. internal injuries.
Rock Island officials in this city have
| decided to get out a souvenir badge for
| the Fall Festival. The badges will prob
J ably bear the trade mark of the road and
| will be distributed among the visiting
Rock Island men in this city that week.
! Mrs. NJ. D. Jones returned from Par
SONS today, where she has been attending
| the colored Baptist convention. Mrs.
| Jones was sent as a delegate from that
| convention to Boston to the Baptist ma
| tional convention to represent the women
| of this state She will leave for Boston
| September IL.
Several companies of cavalry and
| tiIlery from Ft. Riley passed through To-
| peka this morning over the Union Pacific
| for Kansas City, where they appear at
the Kansas City Horse Show this after
noon. Since the Indian over,
| the military have more time to entertain
| the dear people.
| Mrs. Maggie Dean, who lives on West
| Seventh street. attempted to ride too rap
| idly with her son, Pearl Dean, last even
| ing on Topeka's smooth paved streets.
| Her skirts were caught in the sprocket
chain and Mrs. Dean fell heavily to the
pavement She was bruised and at first
| it was thought that her injuries were
| serious, but she was courageous and
| mounting her wheel rode away. Pearl
| Dean won a second prize at the recent
bicycle races and is fast rider.
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