The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-02
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Inc fNalSIOn Health CLUB held It's TeRQ-
lar monthly meeting Tuesday evening.
Mr.. L. H Wilson, county attorney of
Norton county, was in the city yester-
The sewing machine agents are COM
meneing their spring canvass of the coun-
Mrs. Captain John L. Price is lying
avenue.
modelled.
Judge C. A. Huron addressed a temper
ance meeting at Manhattan Wednesday
evening.
H. c. Stafford is the best informed man
IN Topeka on naval warfare and coast de-
Shawnee. camp Modern woodmen. will
celebrate its third birthday Thursday
Mrs: Julia T. V. Harris of wellington
yesterday.
The Topeka Philosophical society met
!!aSt nigh. and J. c. Cooper discussed
The Topeka Philosophical society will
oratOry.
The Shawnee County Horticultural So
clety viii meet tomorrow afternoon at the
court house.
The Woman's Republican association
will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
State Treasurer Hehebower returned to-
day from Miami county, where he went
10 inspect his farm
Mrs. Susan A. Bair, who has been dan
gerously i'll at her home on West Sixth
street, is cOnvalescing.
Prof. George W. jackson is again in the
good graces of his old band and it is about
to reorganize under his leadership.
Arthur Kane, formerly of this city, who
has been seriously i'll in Kansas City for
the past several weeks, is recovering.
One of the horses of hose wagon No. ?
fell in going to the Lindsey fire Monday
night and received a bruise on its knee.
Mounted rabbits feet are going out of
fashion and can be had now at reduced
prices, and they are just as lucky as ever.
Miss Julia Fitzgerald, stenographer in
the state auditors office has returned
after ten days visit at her home in
Kansas City.
Patrolrnan Murphy will probably go to
the Klondike. He has had experience in /
gold mining and he thinks he can strike
it rich in the north.
Q. s. Taylor whose name appeared in
the roster of officers of company NJ in the
Journal, is the first trumpeter of the COM
pany instead of the second.
Chief Steele's office has been newly pa
pered and the floor carpeted. Rumor has
it that the 20-year-old table in the office
will be replaced by new one.
Mrs. George L. Epps is dangerously ill
at her home in Potwin, and her recovery
is not expected. Mrs. Epps has been an
invalid for the past two years.
Messrs. F. Cole, F. Freeman and F.
Crane are three of the best billiard play
the alphabet seems to be lucky.
The asphalt pavement at the. corner of
Sixth and Kansas avenue is in bad shape.
large pools form in the depressions
Mrs. Sara e: Roby will discuss MY
Flower Garden before the County Horti-
cultural society Thursday. E. B. Cow
gill and S. E. Lux will also read papers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A w. Lacey Miss Jose
phine Dietrich and H. Q. Dietrich have
vacated the Hillyer residence at 700 To-
peka avenue and taken rooms at $40 Har-
rison street.
a Topeka undertaken says that the ma
jority Of people are without funds when
a death occurs in the family and that
they seem to think it all right to beat
the undertaken.
slide exhibit at the T. A. A. rooms last
night. The pictures exhibited We're from
Il New York club. Another set of slides
will be exhibited tonight
The jOIIification which was arranged to
be held at Washburn college this week
has been given up on account of the fact
that Washburn did not win the state ora |
tQrical contest. She got fifth place.
The dirt which is being taken out of
the Topeka railway car shed is being T
hauled to the trolley bridge, where a iii !
is being made at the south approach 1t /
will be filed out even with the south /
abUtment.
General Manager J. J. Frey of the /
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Sutton, /
on Topeka avenue. and will take it as |
soon as they move into their new home /
on Harrison street.
Richard Boyd, who was guard at the /
board of police commissioners to make }
room for POpulist has been given a po- /
street apparatus is kept.
The dust was so thick Tuesday morning /
that it was impossible to see a block at |
times; and a large part of this distance /
m ms PaEf if they cannot t be be- kept clean?
The Rev Chas. M Sheldon and A. 3.
Whiting are at the head of a movement
to improve appearances in Tennessee
town. They expect to interest the resi-
dents in planting gardens in vacant lots.
where weeds have been allowed to grow.
The ladies of the First NJ. E. church
gave an entertainment at the church
Tuesday night. Several living pictures
representing characters and scenes in
LOngfellows poems were shown and
music and recitations were given between.
Charles Holiday has requested that "A
Hot Time be sung just before Colonel
Fred'k Funston is introduced, but it was
thought that so patIlollc song Would
fire the war spirit of those present ana
trouble with Spain would surely follow.
1t will not be sung
A Topeka pastor said a few days ago:
eff the ministers of the city would preach
on the Spanish question as they should, !
designations immediately What do you
suppose he meant, that they should advise
peace on earth, etc.
Assistant General Superintendent Avery
Turner receives a large batch of PopuEst
newspap ers, intended for r. w. Turner,
secretary of the board of railroad COM
addressed Mr.. Turner, Railroad
Office" The office boy delivers the mail
to the right Mr.. Turner
There is a man in town by the name
of Dice. He had a wife, but he got di-
vorce In other words, he shook her
When man has squeaky shoes every
thing is recommended Soak them in
water oil them, have pegs driven in them,
have some of the pegs taken out. and
half a dozen more such cures, but the
shoes generally squeak until they get
ready to stop
Burglars at S. T. Howe's.
The residence of Samuel T. Howe at
1928 West street, Martin g. Dennis ad-
dition was entered by burglars Tues