The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

| Turkey rafhes will soon be in order.
Congress convenes one month from next
Monday.
All warrants on the state treasurer are
being paid promptly.
Guy Adams has changed his mind about
moving to New York.
Congressman n. B. Mccormack of the
Sixth district is in the city.
The Elks held a social session last night.
| The Paiges were their guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Weir, 319 Taylor
| street, are the parents of a girl.
Weather Observer Jennings has return.
ed from a trip to Goodland, Kan.
There is a rush at the county treas
urers office now. 1t is tax paying time.
The November session of the supreme
| court was concluded yesterday after
! noon.
Charlie Knecht has taken a position as
travelling salesman for a publishing
house.
There is talk among the wheelmen of
organizing a new bicycle club before
| spring.
The bridge at Van Buren and Twen-
tieth streets is being repaired and is
| closed.
With such heavy frosts as that of last
night the autumn foliage will soon dis
| appear.
Mrs. John A. Bright was able to leave
! Christ hospital yesterday and return to
her home.
Mr.. A A. Hurd. general attorney for
| the Santa Fe en Kansas, is visiting his
| father in Galva. Ill.
Burglars were scared away from A. A.
the burglar alarms.
MI.
held its fifteenth annual reception last
night at the college chapel.
The board of directors of the state pen
itentiary made the monthly settlement
with the state auditor yesterday.
The Redpath Grand Concert company
win open the high school lecture course
at the Crawford theater next Friday
evening.
The three clubs of the African Baptist
church are preparing for the fourth an
niversary reception to the pastor, Rev
G. D. Olden.
T. w. Caffey and A. ]. Ryan of the
state auditors office have returned to To-
peka. having spent Tuesday at home saw
ing the country.
The Young Peoples society of the First
Congregational church will hold a recep-
ton at the Y. NJ. c. A rooms on next
Tuesday evening.
The Commercial club committee which
has charge of the work of soliciting funds
for the wooden mill has secured 5000 of
the 5000 pledged.
A B. Callahan has started a daily pa
per called The Legal News 1t is for
the use of lawyers and gives technical
court information.
The farce comedy "A PerpleXing Situ~
alton" will be presented by local tai
al
Thanksgiving evening.
j. Sully.who was stationed at Topeka
as major of the Salvation Army for sew
eral years, is now pastor of a Methodist
church at Cleveland. o.
Mr.. Geo. J. FIeisch. for a number of
years store clerk at the Santa Fe store
house, has gone to Las Vegas, N. M, to
accept a similar position
Justice Chesney now has music box to
entertain a tired jury. The machine was
taken in on an attachment and no one
has taken it away as yet
A Topeka paper recently said that the
judges of the justice courts sit night
and day, all the year round" One of
the judges dissents and says it is not So
The little folks who attend the Central
church kindergarten will be met at the
transfer station by one of the teachers at
$40 every morning commencing next
Monday.
Congressman w. D. Vincent or Gay
Center returned home this afternoon after
a business visit in Topeka. He will re-
turn to Washington the latter part of
the month
Miss Mabel Crawford. the former To-
peka young lady who has achieved such
a success as a vocalist, will visit this
city with the Sherwood Concert company
early in December.
Charles Harris. who was elected rep |
resentative by the Republicans of Lyon |
county to succeed I. z. Lambert, is in
the city attending the meeting of the
council of administration of the G. A