The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

The country district schools closed yes
terday.
The city schools will close for the sum-
mer vacation Friday.
J. B. Furry will open a law office in the
Merriam building next week.
NJ F. Rigby has closed out his confec-
tionery store in North Topeka.
The commencement exercises at Beth
any college begin next Wednesday.
Nine new members were admitted to
the railroad Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday.
The North Topeka Gun club held the
first shoot at the new club house today.
The Sloan lodge team of Masons will
go to Harrington tonight to confer de-
grees.
At the corner of Tenth and Kansas ave-
nue. there are ID telephone and electric
light poles.
c. H. Patterson of the Kansas Cream
cry company is county treasurer of Dick
inson county.
Neil Douthitt. live stock agent for the
Missouri Pacific at Kansas City, visited
Topeka today.
Rev. NJ. F. McKirahan will conduct a
soldiers Memorial service at the reform
school tomorrow.
Otto Kuehne is in Denver where he is
house at that place.
A. K. Wilson, grand secretary of the
grand lodge of Masons, is in Pittsburg
Penn, visiting his parents.
Abe ]. August has returned from New
York city where he has been engaged in
business for the past several months.
William A Mcclure of North Topeka.
has gone to Guaymas, Mexico, and will
continue in the employ of the Santa Fe.
The sudden shower of last evening
drenched more than one cyclist and ped
estrian before they could get to shelter.
Edward Wilder described the frogs legs
served at the banquet last night as the
lower limbs of lilliputian human beings
Morris Cain. chief clerk in the office of
secretary of state is at home from Hutch
inson, having attended the musical jubi-
lee.
Several Topeka druggists will go to
Junction City Tuesday to attend the an
nual session of the Kansas Pharmaceu-
teal association.
This is the season of the year when the
man of the household comes down town
carrying a piece of a gasoline stove to
have it repaired.
During the shower yesterday a crowd of
small boys in old clothes and bare feet
waded in the fountain in the park at
Huntoon and Topeka avenue.
Representative A. H. Burtis of Garden
City was in town yesterday. He says
one of the new industries likely to To-
cate there is a pickle factory.
H. V. Hinclley says he feels sure that
the Topeka Festival chorus will win the
800 cash prize at the Ottawa Musical
jubilee, to be held June IL and II.
Governor Leedy has appointed John
Mccormick iuSficA q "a
mond township, Rice county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of S.
A. French.
The Washburn freshmen picnicked at
VinewOod yesterday and were caught in
the shower. A picnic is never really COM
plete without shower.
DR.. Fisher has gone to Highland where
he will preach the Memorial sermon to-
morrow. He will also lecture on Early
Kansas History and the Quantreu Raid
before he returns.
Through the efforts of his sister, L. A
Maybee, the jointist arrested 10 days ago, |
yesterday secured bond and was released
from the county jail. Maybee has secur-
ed work at the bridge.
Perkins Stetson. the famous suffragist,
will again visit Topeka, probably during
the month of June and it is hoped win
lecture under the auspices of the FEEDER /
alton of Women's clubs.
Graduating recitals in the Kansas state |
university fine arts department will close
June l. They We're begun May 10. There |
are nine students to receive diplomas in |
vocal and instrumental music.
A Topeka man suggests that when the
new bridge is completed the privilege of |
being the first one to drive over the new |
bridge be sold to the highest bidder and |
the money given to the auditorium
Lincoln Post and Lincoln Circle will |
furnish speakers to make short patriotic |
addresses at Jackson, Polk, Lincoln, |
Harrison, Euclid, Garfield and Parkdale /
schools on Friday. May 2s at 9 a. m.
Police Matron Thorpe has under her
charge a seven-weeks-old baby girl for
whom she would like to find a home The /
parents are living in the country. Mrs. !
Thorpe says the child is pretty and |
bright.
Many of the small telephone and cleo |
trio light poles which are in the line of !
the huge telegraph poles being put in on
the east side of Kansas avenue, will be |
removed and the wires strung on the |
large ones.
The Salvation army parade last even |
ing consisting of four men who marched /
up Kansas avenue singing to bass drum /
accompaniment. Captain Hawk beat the |
bass drum with hand. and in the /
other he carried an umbrella.
The telegraph poles which the Western
Union is erecting in Topeka were cut
from the cedar forests of Idaho and cost
IS a piece on the ground. Delivered at
Topeka they cost $55 and set up with the
cross trees nailed on they cost s125.
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