The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-23
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

This sort of weather is hard on the coal
bins.
John Frey has gone to Washington,
The cold snap froze up a good many
pumps
The dying. wall of the turkey is heard in
the land today.
L. Palenske of Alma was in the city on
business today.
Betting is in favor. of washburn in to-
The United States court will convene in
Topeka next Monday.
The storm stopped the work of reIaying
the state house walks.
The city schools dismissed today for the
Thanksgiving vacation.
Will Governor Stanley have an inaugural
ball? He is a Methodist.
The hackmen have been doing a thriving
business since the snow fell.
Dan Garden is building a 81 400 home at
Second and Madison streets
The Ladies, guild cleared s135 on the per
formance of 1.-The Three Hats"
Washburn has won four out of five
games of foot bal this season.
Tomorrow will be an ideal day for the
Washburn-Ottawa foot ball game.
A team and cutter cost s.. so per hour. A
single horse and cutter, 81 per hour.
-, The Indian Territory is the, Mecca of
Topeka hunters who can afford it.
Some people are prophesying an early
spring because winter has set in early.
Some milkmen have been delivering their
goods on foot since the snow came.
Next to cleaning stove pipes. frozen
water pipes rank as profanity producers.
If turkeys were wise they would have
begun to fast about two. months ago.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor A. NJ. Harvey
once worked on a farm at So a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Merriam of Chicago
are visiting the family of e. B. Merriam.
Quite a number of people went out hunt
ing today. Many more will go tomorrow.
A calendar for 1899 with picture of Miss
Rose in her queens garb will soon be out.
A man who lives in Topeka has COM
menced breeding Belgian hares for profit.
A crowd of young folks had a merry
last
sled
The grocerymen are doing. a rushing
business today supplying Thanksgiving or
ders.
Sloan lodge No 225, A. F. and A. NJ,
will hold the annual reunion on Decem-
The express companies advertise that
Christmas packages will be forwarded to
There were some young sports in town
last night. They were sleighriding until
Covernor-elect w. E. Stanley had a con-
ference with the business men of Wichita
last night.
That which is shipped long distance is
not to be had
fee has returned from a visit to his home
at COncordia.
Assistant State Treasurer Williams and
H. A. Mosher are preparing for rabbit
hunt tomorrow.
Several parties have been arranged to at
tend the K. UNI. o. game at Kansas
City tomorrow.
The session of the legislature and the Of
ficeseekers will fill up all the rooms to
let" in Topeka
The "old citizen is now racking his
brain to think when there was just such
another storm"
The war was beneficial in one respect:
It has furnished new questions for college
debating societies.
Georgia Camp Meeting is the most
catchy of the rag-time tWo-steps out
so far this season.
The backbone of summer seems to be
pretty badly smashed-even the backbone
of Indian summer.
The plumbers say that the weather is
not quite cold enough yet to make their
business real brisk
Now that the snow has covered the
ground, large loads of bran are seen go
ing to the country.
MarshalPs band is rehearslng entirely
new music for the annual concert to be
given next month.
Mrs. A. NJ Harvey and her little son
have gone to Missouri visit to Mrs.
Harvey's parents.
The federal court officers are attending
the term of the United States court at
Fort Scott this week
z. S. Quinton has purchased two fancy
pointers He has the dogs with him in
the Indian Territory.
Charley AIcCabe and John Clancy used
to be the crack battery of one of Topeka's
best kid ball teams.
The residents of Honolulu will furnish