The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-09
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS
Lent ends at midnight.
Take off the VeStibuleS.

Take off the vestibules.
The federal court will convene next
week.
The house painting season has COM
menced.
The bicycle voting contest will close
April Is.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Mer-
rift, a son.
A. J. Paramore has moved his house
away from Garfield park.
The current question is, how much is
a knot. A knot is 6086.7 feet.
The last day of the Easter gown and
bonnet trade was a hummer.
The book beer season is expected in
the Topeka joints on April 18th.
The choir of the First Presbyterian
church gave a concert last night.
Judge Foster and family are expect
ed home from California tomorrow.
Charles Henderson is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Wallace Pitcher, at Lincoln,
Kan.
State Treasurer Hef1ebower and fam
lily will spend Easter at Bucyrus, Miami
county.
Charles C. Hoge of the state treasur-
er'S office has gone to ST. Louis to visit
relatives.
Jackson street is becoming a favorite
place for wheelmen to race during the
evenings.
The latest fad for young men who can
sing is to serenade their best girls over
the telephone.
L. A. Stebbins has been elected city
attorney of Potwin Place and f. Q. Will
lard treasurer.
Harrison Clarkson has returned from
Richmond, Ind, where he was called by
the death of a sister.
w. H. Kent, the former Topeka news
paper man, is now doing editorial work
on the Kansas City Journal.
Nippers, a short revolver and a bunch
of skeleton keys were found on the
highway robbers captured at Meriden
Topeka horsemen predict that horses
will go up in price as surely and as
quickly as they went down if there is
war.
The Topeka schools, which have had
a day and a half of vacation, will re-
open Monday morning at the usual
hour.
Assistant General Superintendent w.
H. Stillwell of the Rock Island is now
able to be at his office after a ten days
illness.
Mr. H. L. Robinson has decided not to
remove to California and will continue
his connection with the Swift & Holli-
| day Drug Co.
r. D. Anderson, who travels from To-
| peka through the east selling -four, re-
| ports business in first class condition
| this spring.
Stephen Cross, who recently removed
| to Joplin, Mo, to engage in mining, has
! made some valuable strikes which
| promise great profits.
The Topeka wheelmen, the club or
ganized to build the race track at Gar
| field park. will be the largest bicycle
club Topeka has ever had.
| Mayor C. A Fellows says that the
! buildings at the Omaha exposition are
| of better architectural design that the
| buildings at the Worlds fair.
| The alley from Seventh to Sixth. be-
| tween Kansas avenue and jackson, is
| in such a bad condition that heavy
| loads can not be hauled through by a
single team.
| The charter of the Bachelors Club as
| ISOLATION, a Topeka organization, the
| purposes of which are stated to be $50
| cial enjoyment and mutual improve
| ment" has been filed with the secretary
| of state. The club rooms will be at III
| Kansas avenue.
| One week from next Tuesday the Pop
uliSt state committee will meet to select
| a place for the state convention: Since
| the Commercial club has EXTENDED a
| formal invitation to the state commit
| tee Topeka's prospects for securing the
convention are improving every day.
Don Caesar De Beam was present
| ed by the Graham Earle company in
| creditable style for a repertoire compa-
| n.y. at the Crawford theater last night.
| The costuming was excellent fhe com
| pany is playing a matinee TINS a1ter-
| nooon and will close the week engage
| ment tonight
When the Salvation Army conducted
| a service at the reform school last sun
| day they made one conversion 1t was
| a colored boy. He offers prayers morn
! ing and evening and an older boy has
/ been assigned to read the Bible to him.
| 1t is the first conversion at the school
| as a result of Sunday afternoon serv-
| ices.
| Fopeka Commandery No. 5 Knights
| Templar will hold their usual Easter
| services at the North Topeka Baptist
| church Sunday at o'clock, Excellent
/ PreIate Rev. Sir John G. Maver offci-
| ating The knights Templar in full un-
form will meet at the Masonic temple
at 2 o'clock and march to the church
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