The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-20
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Senator Stone of Leavenworth county is
a graduate of Yale.
The thrifty suburban resident is begin
ming to clean up place for his garden.
A young man who is troubled with
stiffness IN his shoulders calls it lum-
bago.
There are no contests for membership
of the school board at the Republican pri-
mary.
Postmaster John Guthrie is now the old
est Masonic past grand master in the
The unfortunate individual who is af-
fiicted with laziness can now say it is
spring fever.
grand secretary of the Masonic grand
lodge of Kansas.
Special services will be held every Fri
day evening during Lent at the Church of
the Assumption.
The Washburn base ball team will com;
mence practice this week with material
for strong team.
A big man riding very small Shetland
pony was one of the ludlcrOuS sights on
the streets today.
A close estimate places the number of
base bali team t at 20 =" Inc
Joseph Hanna, who was. clerk in the
has moved to his farm
Mrs; w; e. Ward. wife of Representa-
tive Ward of Wallace county, is seriously
i'll at Stormont hospital.
This will be editors week in Topeka. The
editors will come to Topeka to watch the
legislature play horse.
bridge. state house and high school on
them are the latest souvenirs.
The knights of Pythias hold their ami
verSGrN exercises tonight in their castle
at the corner of Sixth and Quincy.
Almost every bankruptcy petition filed
request to keep it out of the papers,
The date for the Of Sol Smith
John Grigsby'' is Monday, March 6.
These big New York papers are printed
in such a ridiculous way that you can't
find the news on account of the type.
Representative Campbell of Fort Scott
will discuss woodcraft before the WOOD
night N'' " - - - -O- $1,000
Walter veale has filed petition in bank
ruptcy. He states that his assets consists
| of personal effects and shows that his LA
| lars.
Mr.. Fred Ware says the Dispatch band
will run an excursion to Leavenworth
from Cuba.
The students and school chilere2 who
| came to Topeka on the excursion Satur-
day managed to have a good time, judging
| from appearances.
Cap Curtis, who is regarded as one of
| the best political prophets in the state,
| says that Mr.. Drew will be elected mayor
| by big majority.
| instead of the water company, a rev Jer-
! sey corpora ton, fiocking to the sup
| There is a large crowd of candidates for
positions in the state institutions here
| it meets tomorrow.
Fletcher Helm, the deputy. sheriff who
| went wrong, was IN topeka saturday, out
he disappeared when he found the officers
| were looking for him.
day and are SID Pcher oay in
fSiI qo5inceo VII be when they get
| At the adjournment of the National Aid
! associa ton. Alonzo Wardall who has been
| of thanks for his work.
John Marshall is a personal friend of
John J.. Philip sousa, Soqsa once told the
| ateur band in the country.
James H. McCleary of this city was
the Serious illness Of his mother She suf
fered a paralytic stroke
Frank Brooks friends have wasted a
great deal of ink discussing the water
| works question, which they claim is not
| an issue in the campaign.
Governor Stanley has so far recovered
from his recent at relaPse Of Of the grip that
| church yesterday usual
City Attorney w. A s. Bird, who is past
grand chancellor of the knights of Py-
cises of the order tonight.
There is a large house on Topeka ave-
the front veranda.. Strangers in passing
always wonder what was the object in
Revival services began at the First NJ.
| p. church last evening. DR.: Thorpe is as
lock of Sioux City, Ia.
The Kansas 5na7- division bicycle meet will be
| to be bigger and more satisfactorV to
| wheelmen than any previous meet.
There is a man in Topeka who is the
| exact double of the old pictures of John
! Brown-the ones in which he had a long
bushy beard and pompadour hair.
| 'sVitosophy, the Wisdom of Life" at the
| Crawford theater Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings. The lectures will be free
! If Councilman Drew had not taken such
| a positive stand against the water COM
pany would he have had any opposition
| from the faction that is now lighting
| him?
Prof. and Mrs T w Roach of salina
| visited Representative Ward of Wallace
county over Sunday. Prof. Roach is man
| ager of the Kansas Wesleyan college at
Salina.
| F. S. Savage. advertising manager of the
Santa Fe in this city. will accompany the
members of the Kansas Editorial associa-
ton on the excursion to Kansas City We'd
| nesday.
| The churches were all well attended yes
| because the day was not like the Sunday
| previous and thought they had better show
| their gratitude.
| w. A. Evans of the Kansas City STAR
| who is doing the Missouri legiSla ture
| spent Sunday with his family in the city
| Wednesday is the birthday of the Father
| of His Country.
| Prof. Dyche lectured to a large audience
| composed mostly of school children. at the
| livered his last lecture to a small audi
| ence in the evening.
| DR. A K. De Blois, president of Shurt-
| left college a Upper Alton, Ill, will speak
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