The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-16
SNAP SHOTS ArHOME NEWS

Kansas City.
= The he annual rush at the express offices
Burton Nudge is home from Chicago to
spend the holidays.
The drug stores are doing a rushing
business in vaccine just now.
Chas; l. Wood Of the National, went
down to Kansas City last night.
General Passenger Agent Black of the
Santa Fe, has returned from Chicago.
agent Of the santa Fre. is in Topeka.
The members of the Arion society and
night.
Governor Stanley will return from
Washington in time to spend Christmas
Next Wednesday will be the last day
that taxes can be paid before the penalty
| General Superintendent Nudge of the
( eral officials.
{ An eclipse of the moon is predieted for
bell will not ring.
Sol Smith Russell is now as far west
7 as Chicago: He will be seen in Topeka
The copper electric car cable was brok-
the cold weather.
The Christmas numbers of the illustrat-
y ed Weeklies have reached Topeka Some
/ of them are beauties.
The country correspondents of the
4 weekly papers say that the roads are in
a ''deplorable'' condition
/ The tuneful march from ''The Runaway
! Girl' is favorite selection with Tope-
/ ka's orcheStras at dances.
There is big rush today at. the county
+ country are paying their taxes.
! Lieutenant Philip Fox. son of Adjutant
! General Fox, is now commandant at st.
/ Johns military school, SaIina.
/ The Security building is to be equipped
( nished it by the Edison company.
'Maloney's Wedding" Christmas after
/ booking for the Grand opera house.
Judge Postlethwaite of the court of visi-
/ tattOn, made a George Washington ad-
| dress at Oskaloosa Thursday evening.
The merchants are looking for big
! lies tonight. Yesterday pay day.
/ People have not yet learned to call H.
y Nudge general manager instead of
| general superintendent and they need not
! It is feared that the illness of Deputy
County Clerk Swayze may develop into
Tb9idnai b9edi meningitis de IS confined to his
Umbrellas and gloves are popular
| Christmas purchases this year, judging
from the number being carried home by
| shoppers.
| killed Thursday by being struck by a
Santa F'e passenger train, may sac the
company
from the disOrderly women and that much
more is due to be paid before the end of
The Standard Shorthand school, $50
/ Kansas avenue, is giving its annual
Christmas discount to all enrolling before
| January 1st
The Kansas attendance at the national
by the fact that the convention goes to
| Philadelphia.
The city health authorities are now
saInlng on the Cuban chickenpo3X." More
week than were quarantined.
Rev. DR.. ]. T. Mcfarland delivered an
emorai exaToSeg bed ie bG tSe
| orders there Thursday night.
The state officers are inquiring if the
from sidewalks applies to the walks
| around the state house grounds.
The Knights of Pythias lodges of the
| city viii meet in the hall of Amity lodge,
n0Pef We 70 Rt63 2 o ny
The Y NJ Sioo1A G. A senate meets this
he is a member of the Y. NJ c. A, or not.
DeWolf Hopper, the big. comic opera
! comedian, who is a favorite in Topeka.
! will soon put on The Charlatan'' in Lon
don under the name of The Mystic
Tbs The horSeshoers e. have had plenty Of
| shoes found that the animals could
the police station yesterday afternoon and
tried 70 agree upon a division Of their
| household furniture preparatory to a di-
| Vorce-
| course, will be delivered by D r. EIite,
tracts
The Christian is booked for the
| be seen here this season. Effie EIlsler
is now playing Glory Quayle' in the
Sheriff Jarrett of Mcdonald county, Mo
! has taken James Courtney who was ar
rested by Sergeant Donovan Thursday
back to Missouri to answer to the charge
| Of grand larceny.
! When you come down town for all day
| to do your Christmas buying, you Should
99rrange to take your lunches at the
| meet your friends
| law course was delivered last evening by
! law course, was delivered las tevening by
=. O. !4arfmer His subject was the Con
sideratiOn of Contracts and it was han
died in a scholarly way.
| The tour of the Washburn CTlee club
has been declared off for the present. The
| members are afraid people might not pat
Cuban chickenpOx' town.
| Dorothy Morton, who came near strand
| ing with her opera company in Topeka
| role in a Greek Slave a new musical
| farce recently put on in New York
J. W. Naylor. chief clerk of the railway
Joseph. IS examining the proficiency of
| the clerks in the Topeka postoffice The
| examination is made twice a year.
The premium stamp Gaze is on the in
crease. A woman, and she was in earnest
too; got on an Oakland car this morning
| and after paying her fare asked Conduc-
tor Frank Stitt, if he was giving premium
stamps
| T. D. Hubbard. a Neosho corn raiser
! club corn prizes to Topeka since the time
for entries has been extended He took
/ last year.
E. D. Robb was arrested Friday on a
warrant sworn out in the city court
| charging him with stealing a load of sand
from the river bank. That particular part
| Of the river bank is claimed by J. H
/ Lam bertOn.
| board of health ordered every one to be
| Vacclnated within ten days. City Attorney
ed. He claims to be the only cftv OFFICIAL
who mas Obeyed the order