The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-17

The young couple will reside at 1872 To-
peka avenue.
Mrs. Sadie W. Hatch, who was success
full in securing a pardon for her son,
Clyde MattOx, spent last summer in To-
peka. She has spent fortune to secure
the pardon, and while here was aided by
personal friends.
Weather Observer T. B. Jennings has
had to send his Strengthening barome-
ter west to the mountain regions on ac-
count of scarcity of government instru>
ments. A new one viii be sent him from
Washington in few weeks.
Twenty of the reform school boys will
be given the advantage of some good
music Saturday, having been extended an
invitation to attend w. Won Dahlen's re-
cital. At the next recital another twenty
boys from the school will be taken.
R. E. Town, Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Times-Herald, and who
was once a reporter on the Journal, has
gone to the Pacific coast. He has a gov>
eminent position as inspect. r of customs,
and hopes in a year to regain his health.
Mrs. Thorpe, wife of Rev. E. L. Thorpe,
who will be the new pastor of the First
Methodist church of this city, is doctor.
She has been in active practice in Bridges
port, Conn, and is said to be successful.
Rev. E. L. Thorpe and family will prob
ably arrive the latter part of February.
w. S. Eberle of this city has appeared
before the state military board with
proposition to mount and equip the To-
peka bicycle signal corps which he has or
ganized. The members of the board and
Mr.. Eberle had a long conference on the
subject but the board has taken no ac>
ton.
At Washburn college at the annual
meeting of the Panthygaterian society,
given entirely by young ladies, few of
the boys of the college appeared on the
stage in the midst of the entertainment
and gave a representation of an initiation
into the society. The intrusion made the
young ladies very indignant.
Chas. Haas, the Tecumseh airship in
ventor, has decided to construct the new
model of his ship with a tubular steel
frame He has begun work on it at the
fair grounds and he promises to make
an ascension in it as soon as it is COM
plete. which will be in about week The
size has been changed somewhat. 1t win
be 1Ox24 feet.
]. B. Doncyson, president of the new
club of Topeka wheelmen, makes the fol-
lowing announcements: There will be
meeting of the Topeka wheelmen at the
rooms of Marshalrs band, corner Third
and Kansas avenue, Monday evening at
o'clock. All interested in the new one>
third mile cycle track are urged to be
present Matters of great Importance
will be discussed. The track is now as
sured."
E NJ Sheldon, treasurer of the Trust
company of America, has one of the finest
Conservatives in the city. 1t is in the
rear of his residence lot at 1O25 Tyler
street. The greenhouse is heated with
modern hot water plant and it contains
all the up-to-date arrangements for the
care of flowers Mr.. Sheldon has been
most successful with his flowers and he
SAYS he has them just for the pleasure
he gets from raising them and having
them in abundance at his home.
Hanging to the wall of MarshalPs band
rooms is an old clarinet which has
great history. The clarinet is of prima>
tive manufacture and appended to it is
the following card of explanation: This
clarinet was purchased in Leipsic by a
youth with musical inclinations), by
hauling dirt for the first steam railway
built in Germany. The youth CcssrFVsrd
became solo clarinetist to the king, using
this instrument Later it was purchased
by Lee Jones' great grandfather, at fab
ulous price. and played by him at the
battle of Bunker Hill with such inspira>
ton as to cause the defeat of the British.
Later it came into the possession of the
"Only Lee and was used by him with
the great success with which We are all
familiar