The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-31
SNAP SHOTS At HoMENEWs

monthly session Monday evening.
Lee Holtz of Cottonwood Falls is Wis.
iting his sister, Mrs. William Baker.
The state officers and employees are
being paid their monthly wages today
John NJ. Wright has given a scholarship
to the Edward Stevens Industrial insti-
tute.
Packing House market to ]. ]. Barnes OF
Pratt.
Department Commander Botkin of the
G. A. R. is visiting at his home in Hutch
inson.
Jim Wick will go to Junction City with
the base ball team Sunday, and root for
the boys.
The co1ored people of Topeka will cele-
brate Emancipation day on Monday at the
City park.
Rev. w. L. Grant will make the emanci-
patton day address at Paola today and at
PaXico, August 2
John Marshall is figuring on having at
least six large bands to participate in. the
Topeka Fall Festival
Mr.. C. w. Kouns, car service superin-
tendent of the Santa Fe, will return to-
morrow from Ell Paso.
Mr.. Charles Hubble, formerly of To-
peka but now residing in Kansas City,
The third wooden arch form has been
constructed and the steel Orders will be
laid next week on the new bridge
Mrs. A. C. Lord will preach to the re-
form school boys Sunday evening upon
the subject, 1.-The Boyhood of Christi
State Treasurer Hefebower has return
ed from a trip to Port Arthur. He made
some small investments in the new coun>
try.
Mr.. Ed Mcdonald of the stationery de-
partment of the Santa Fe, is seriously i'll
with typhoid fever at the Santa Fe hos
pital.
J. H. Howard, who has been the san
itary force in the First ward has resigned
and his place has been taken by Moses
Wins.
Many young people have already begun
to make preparations for their costumes
for this years Carnival. 1t Will be
great occasion.
Warren Akers of the general freight de-
partment of the Santa Fe, left today for
Chicago and Milwaukee to spend a two
weeks vacation.
The old arsenal in the state house
grounds has been demolished but the
foundation still remains. Didn't Mr.. Boil
mar buy the foundation, too?
Miss Alice Pyles of the auditor of
is seriously i'll, and Miss Minnie Bachelor
has taken her place in the office
Arthur Capper has purchased a Kansas
City job printing office and will move it
to Topeka. He will run it in connection
with the Topeka Mail and Breeze.
The T. A. A. members of this city will
probably arrange a dance at the wooden
mill for the visiting members of the l..
A. W. during the state circuit meet next
week.
Mr. r. S. Morrison of the auditor of
has returned to work after a vacation
spent in Colorado with the view of bene-
fitting his health.
W. F. Roehr's Fall Festival march
was played last evening by Marshalrs
band at Garfield park. This years march
will be pull Iished by him under the title
"Queen of the Festival.
The Scandinavians of the city are to
meet this evening at the residence of NJ.
A Nelson, 2O5 Madison street, to make
preparations for the Norsemen's partici-
patton in the Fail Festival.
Mr.. William Archer, supervisor of build
ings of the Santa Fe, has returned after
an inspection of the roundhouse and de-
pot buildings in course of construc-
ton on the Santa Fe lines in Kansas.
two horses for his fire buggy. The black
horse which was in use at station No. 4.
is used for day service and the chiefs
regular horse for night service.
The Bowman Memorial hall, attached
to the Central Congregational church. is
being finished rapidly in order to be ready
for occupancy by the Topeka kindergar-
ten training school, in October.
The force of young ladies at the Flower
Committee rooms will be greatly increas-
ed on Monday morning, and it is expect
ed that the work of making paper flowers
for the use of the committee will be COM
pleted by next Saturday evening.
The dust raised by buggies last evening
in North Topeka after the Garfield park
concert was decidedly trying. People on
street cars got their mouths and eyes
full of it. Kansas avenue ought to be
paved clear to the park-or sprinkled.
Archdeacon Hill of the Episcopal church
will officiate at the Calvary church at
Hiawatha next Sunday. On Tuesday
public reception will be rendered Arch
deacon Hill, Rev. Robert Mize and Rev.
I. E. Baxter of Fall City, Neb., by Mrs.
Foster of Hiawatha.
The Spring Hill Cooperative company
of Spring Hill, has been Incorporated
with capital of $4,000. The directors are
J. H. Berkshire, L. c. West, P. Stahl,
Thomas Cuddeback, Andrew Rudy, J. B.
Johnson, George Reese, Lambert New
ton and William Adams of Spring Hill;
State Treasurer Hefebower and J. c.
Lovett of BucyruS.
The fight in the first precinct of the
First ward between the Populist factions
resulted in the county convention throw
ing out the names reported for central
committeeman by both factions. A meet
ing will be held tonight at 914 N. Kansas
avenue to select a new committeeman and
if possible smooth out the trouble.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Nickel Plate school district Thursday
evening Mr.. J. H. Evans was reelected