The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-18
NORTH TOPEKA.

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T. NJ. Forbes spent the day in Kan
sas City.
L. J. MeCrum of Alma was trans
acting business on the North side to-
day.
ing The main line has now reached
the avenue.
Mrs. J. N. Henry's condition Sunday
was very serious, but she is reported as
being somewhat better today.
The children of the Baptist Sunday
school Will have their Christmas enter
tainment next Saturday evening. The
programme will be entirely musical.
Verna Perronta, aged s years, died
Saturday of appendicitis at the home of
her parents. 1885 Harrison street. The
funeral was held this morning at 10
o'clock from the Baptist church and the
intermeut was in Prairie Home ceme-
terry.
Mr. William Mccormick formerly of
Menoken township, but now of Jackson
vile, H., came down from Kansas City
Saturday, where he is buying cattle,
and was the guest Sunday of his former
mOther-in-law, Mrs. Allen, corner of
Monroe and Laurent streets.
Saturday evening a number of the
friends of Miss Jessie Priddy gave her
a pleasant surprise party in honor of
her birthday Those present were:
Misses Clara Mitchell, Alice Stafford,
Alba Van Vechten, Lizzie Shellabarger,
al Dot nd 1aT
Ellis. Messrs. VIII Taggart, Norman
Jury, Fred McMaster, Harry JamisOn,
and VIII Swartz.
The friends of Mr. James Smith
formerly of North Topeka, but now of
Muncie. Ind. will be sorry to hear that
he is suffering from several severe alb
scesses in the neck, resulting from an
liberated tooth. Two of the Assesses
are very near the jugular vein, and the
only help viii be a surgical operation,
which viii be attended with great risk,
owing to the nearness of the Assesses
to this vein. Mr.. Smith Will probably
go to Chicago to have the operation
performed
The following from the St Louis
GlObe-DemOcrat relative to the death
of David T. Haines will be of interest
to Topeka. people: 'Muncie, Ind, Dec.
15-David T. Haines, aged 81, died to-
day, removing pioneer railroad pro-
moter and business man of wide exper-
ience. Mr.. Haines came to Muncie in
1S43 and was chief promoter in the con-
structi0n of the Fort Wayne & south
ern railroad. now the Fort Wayne, Gin
cinnati & Louisville branch of the Lake
Erie & Western system. During the
construction of that road he had a
shaft sunk at Eaton on the Mississt-
newa river just north of MUncie, in
search of coal. A roaring natural gas
wall was struck, but the people became
frightened and filed up the hole Khir-
ty years later a man from Eaton came
in contact with a well in Ohio field
Remembering the similarity of the odOr
he came home and reOpened the Eaton
well was struck, but the people became
developed, bringing millions Of dollars
worth Of property to this part Of the
state in manufacturing concerns Re
Gently Muncie lodge No "A of Odd Eel
lows, celebrated its dftieth anniversary
Mr. Haines organized it and was first
noble grand. He built the Haines
House. was owner of the fremont
House was interested in the Muncie
foundry and machine shops, grain and
mercantile business. and owned consid-
erable property in Topeka, Kansas,
where he lived a few years ago.