The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-03
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

nre place Keeps the city court
warm.
The police did not make a single ar
rest yesterday.
Seven-inch ice is being put up at the
insane asylum.
Star lodge No. 331 installed their Of
ficers last night.
Governor Stanley has returned from
visit at Wichita.
The state poultry show will be held in
Topeka next week.
Mrs. John Coyne, wife of BaiIiff
Coyne, is i'll with pneumonia.
The members of the state board of
charities meet at BelOit today.
The county commissioners are in ses-
sion today hearing road petitions
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs. A. V.
Linden is quite sick with pneumonia.
Governor Stanley has appointed w.
T. Eckert. of Topeka, a. notary public.
Brick for the pavement on Tenth ave-
nue. west of Clay is now being hauled.
The slaughter of rabbits has ended
until another fall of snow happens
along.
The taxes on the Santa Fe office
building amount to a little over So, 900
year.
The Santa Fe shops are working ten
hours day in many of the depart
ments.
The State Poultry show will be held
in the Keith building, No. 814 Kansas
avenue.
NJ B. Light of Winfield grand re-
cefver Of the A. o. u. w, is in the city
for a few days.
It is estimated that there are 10000
sore arms in Topeka, the result of the
vaccination crusade
r. w. Turner of Mankato is in town.
Degree of Honor lodge No. 1872 Install
ed officers last evening.
Captain Walter Lumby, of the Saliva
ton Army here, has gone to Hiawatha
to establish a post there.
There seems to be continuous run
of Cuban chickenpox" cases around
First and Jefferson streets.
w. NJ. Wallace, who is making things
lively for Chester I. Long down in the
Seventh district, is in the city.
A Topeka young man has a horse shoe
that cost him $500. 1t is all he has left
of an investment in a race horse.
The excellent cut E. T. Fairchild pub
lished in last evenings State Journal
was made from a photo by Snyder.
Sorrowfully the school boy turned
from the study of skating to the study
of books today. The holidays are over.
The latest swell" vehicle in Topeka
is rig not only with rubber tires, but
with very light steel wheels and frame.
The bill posters have hard work keep
ing their paste soft this cold weather.
1t prefers to freeze rather than to
stick.
New Years resolutions are at a dis
count today. Any number of men have
job lots which they will dispose Of
cheap.
Two classes graduate each year from
the high school. One in January and
one in June. The June class is always
the larger.
Davies & Nicholson will give you 20
Blue Premium stamps for every S1-00
worth of coal you buy of them for a few
days yet.
Some of the theatrical attractions
which come to Topeka put up better
shows on the bill boards than they do
on the stage.
Glen Miller, formerly of Kansas, now
United States marshal of Utah, an
nounces that he will write a book on
MormOnism.
are dirty when coal is dumped on them
ready to be carried up stairs. What are
the alleys for?
High top shoes for men have not be-
come as fashionable as was expected.
Several shoe dealers have large sup
ply on hand.
There were 1888 divorce suits filed in
the district court during 1899. They
formed nearly one-third of the civil
business of the court
Some people still sweep the dirt from
their stores out onto the sidewalk and
then into the gutter. This is contrary
to the city ordinances.
School began this morning and school
books have once more been hunted out
of the corners in which they have been
since the beginning of vacation.
The laundries have now taken up the
premium stamp craze. The next thing
a man will receive a premium stamp on
hc hncnTT1 of shirt la11ndri6d
A Topeka furnishing goods house
made itself solid with it's customers by
allowing them to take the pick of any
tie in the house for a Christmas pres
ent.
Ben s.Bilious'' Blythe, as he signs his
name, returned to ST Louis yesterday
after spending the holidays in Topeka.
He travels in the northwest for a shoe
house.
A meat wagon was robbed while the
Western avenue yesterday. All the
other packages in the wagon were
stolen.
The light gray uniforms which have
been seen on the streets during the
holidays are disappearing. The Topeka
cadets are returning to the military
schools.
Considering the numerous recent
freezes and subsequent thaws the roads
are in fair condition and hay and corn
are being brought to market in large
quantities.
The federated clubs will have a picture
exhibit at Library hall in February for
the purpose of securing pictures enough
to complete the decorations of the
school buildings.
There were only 2.917 liquor sales re-
ported by Topeka druggists in Decem-
Der, against 3052 in November. And
this in the height of the Tom and
jerry season. too.
There are three contractors in the city
government, SO that the erection of the
city building will be carefully watched
whether a superintendent of construc-
ton is appointed or not.
Shawnee county people were not quite
so quarrelsome during 1899 as they were
during 1898. During the past year there
were 599 suits filed in the district
against 612 during the year previous.
Gen. ]. W. F. Hughes and Maj. Harry