The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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New York city.
The Apollo club will meet tonight at the
Grand Opera House.
The High School football team formally
disbanded yesterday.
David Overmyer transacted legal bust.
ness at Holton yesterday.
There are a dozen new applicants for
membership in the T. A A.
z1l.-- =. =. FoGt.-= is seriously sick a
her home on Harrison street.
Mr.. and MRS. N. II. ScJ1t. 9 Ii4it0T1
Heights, are the parents of a son.
Harry Bone becomes assistant United
States district attorney tomorrow.
The Progressive Spiritual society of
Pittsburg, Kan. has been Incorporated
Andrew Seller, assistant foreman of the
Santa Fe boiler department is seriously
sick.
L. H. Lewis. Santa Fe bridge contrac-
tor of Emporia, is in the city on bust
ness.
DR.. E. B. Eastman left yesterday for
Holton as expert witness in an insanity
case.
The bridge celebration committee meets
this evening at the Commercial club
rooms.
Mr. J. W. Gleed is in Phoenix. Ariz.,
looking after several large irrigation
cases.
E. W. Benedict is building new house
on the east side of Polk below Huntoon
street.
Work on the completion of the interior
of the state house dome has been COM
menced.
F.C.Dawes who would like to succeed L.
c. Boyle as attorney general, was in To-
pelza yesterday.
The students of the Kansas Medical
| college have resumed work after the
Thanksgiving vacation.
Some of the valleys and corkscrew
curves in the Washburn college trolley
line are being repaired.
An effort is being made to have Sam
Small here to address the annual conven-
ton of the State Temperance union.
Frank sheuabarger has severed his
connection with the State university and
is again doing local newspaper work
Prof. w. a. Harshbarger of Washburn
college, is an athlete. He has played al
most every athletic game but football.
Three loads of hay broke down yes
terday in the streets of Topeka. There
seems to be a demand for new wagons.
The Kansas Medical college has now the
| largest membership of any time in its
history. Over so students are enrolled.
A. B. Boylan of Victor. Colo. is in To-
peka visiting F. P. Lindsay. Mr.. Boy
Ian has large mining interests in Victor.
Some one stole James Larimers ward
robe from the clothes line yesterday, but
James did not have to stay in bed today.
Mr. w. H. Stillwen assistant general
superintendent of the Rock Island, left
yesterday for Colorado trip of in
| spection.
Ex-AIayor T. w Harrison will read
paper on Diversity or Adversely before
the Shawnee County Farmers Institute on
| December 9.
Cabinets for storing U. S. pension office
documents will be placed either side
of the large hall on the third story of the
Columbian building.
Mr.. Cam Webb. secretary of the Webb
! Advertising company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
is visiting his old school friend Mr.. H. B.
Fleharty in this city.
Mrs. c. c. Adams will give an Informal
| talk before the Y. W. c. A. tonight on
the subject From Topeka to London and
Through London Streets
The executive council has ordered an adj
ditional room fitted up for the use of the
State Historical society. which will be de-
voted to the exhibit of fruit.
General Passenger Agent Black of the
Santa Fe, left this afternoon for Chicago
! to attend meeting of the general pas
| senger agents of the western lines.
| Isaac Payton, who is now in Topeka
| with a repertoire company, was the first
man to open theater on the townsite Of
| Guthrie. He cleared $1,000 in ten days.
! Peter Cart, an employee of the Santa Fee
| shops, had one of his eyes painfully in
| iured by a piece of steel entering it. 1t is
thought, however, that the sight can be
saved.
Some people forget that it is cold weath>
er and attempt to sprinkle the sidewalks
/ in front of their stores when they sweep
| them in the morning. 1t makes it Slip
perry for pedestrians.
! Topeka survivors of the Second Kan
sas have been notified that portrait of
their colonel w. F. Cloud, has been made
by Mrs. J. w. Penny of Lawrence, to be
placed in the State Historical society.
The football season has ended and the
| young men comprising the various Tope>
| lza teams are having club photographs
! made. The Washburn team and High
School team submitted to the operation
| yesterday afternoon.
Mrs H. C. White is suffering from a
| stroke of apoplexy at the home of her
| daughter Mrs. A. c. Sowle, $40 Oakland
| avenue. Mrs. White is over 70 years of
! age, and is totally blind and speeches.
| as the result of the stroke.
The following quartette will sing at the
| First Presbyterian church next Sunday:
Mrs. G. W. Parkhurst, Mrs. F. E. Wear,
Mr.. H. V. Hinckley and Mr.. E. c. Strong.
This quartette will probably furnish the