The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-16
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Fires have been scarce lately.
Coal has taken another jump up.
The state treasury locks are being
cleaned
Mrs. H. ]. Allen is visiting Mrs. w. E.
Stanley.
City Engineer Wise is back from trip
The bowling contest on the T. A A
alleys tonight will be free
The latest thing in neckwear is a silver
coin woven in silk at Clements.
The clock on the First NJ. E. church is
frozen up-at least, it has stopped.
Rev. A. M; Reynolds, pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, is ill.
Chas. Adams went east today to buy
spring goods for The Women's Store"
D. W. Mulvane attended the county
committee meeting in Atchison last night.
The old fashioned man who walks with
today.
Sousa and his band are now on the way
west The date of the concert here is
March 3.
a year ago now the mercury was try
ing to hide in the bottom of the Their
mometer.
The state house janitors are organizing
a vigilance committee to wait on the
newspaper men.
Travellers from the west say there was
heavy snow storm in central and west
ern Kansas yesterday
Some men who are old enough to quit
are getting out old fashioned skates for
turn on the ice.
6. c; Clemens will speak at the Unity
CluD lnlS evening on the subject. Does
History Repeat Itself?"
The man who got out early this morn
ing and swept the snow from sidewalks
had chilly experience.
The only prospect of baseball in Topeka
next spring is the Washburn team, which
will play a short season.
Lawrence brags because it is credited
with having more smallpox cases than
any other town in the state.
There will be a song service at the First
Presbyt erian church Sunday evening,
commencing at 7:30 O'Clock.
Rev; w. L. Grant. the Topeka colored
preaGfheTs MADE Rtn7 an address to the colored
The Fifth ward Curtis club will meet
otlls EVENING at BroWn chapel corner
People who believe implicitly in the
ground hog theory are just at present in
position to laugh at the unbelievers
Physicians say that if the present cold
weather continues a material increase in
the number of smallpox cases will result.
a team from the Merchants Athletic
club of Lawrence will bowl with the T.
A. A. team on the Topeka alleys tonight
The members of the Twentieth Kansas
volunteer association will give a military
ball on the anniversary of Washington's
birthday.
The trial of the suit of ex-secretary of
State Bush against the Union Pacific has
Monday.
Ex-seeretary of State Bush came up
from Fort Scott yesterday, with, his
daughter, Miss Vida Bush. Mr.. Bush re-
turned home today.
Twenty members of the Topeka whist
club will go down on santa Fe No. 6 to-
morrow evening to play a match game
with Kansas City.
Mr.. J.. w: Mccartney has entered the
Rock island engineering department and
left Topeka this week for Oxlahomag to
join surveying party.
Ed. Harvey came from Kansas City to
Topeka yestercAy and took on too much
liquor He lined for not remaining in
Kansas City to celebrate.
Charles K. Harris has written new
waltz song which IS announced q { a
ond After the Ball The title is What
is Home Without Love"
The federal building will soon receive
its annual equipment of new supplies.
Among other things there will be 81 new
chairs for the various offices.
At a. meeting of the Swedish citizens of
the Fourth ward at 314 Kansas avenue
last night the candidacy of c. H Sam
son for councilman was endorsed.
At the Friday morning exercises of the
Topeka Business college, the students en-
Joyed a very instructive and entertaining
talk on Korea by Rev. William Baird.
A Topeka man who made a fuss this
morning because people had not swept
the snow off their walks. has not touched
a broom or shovel himself this winter.
Charley Holiday testified in a district
court case yesterday that he was engaged
in mining and the lawyers laughed He
is Interested in the Trego county mines. .
The continued snow furries have con-
yinced some ne people that the ground hog
and went back into his hole the other
day.
Inc Jesuit mission at the Church of the
Assumption Will close with the services
Sunday. Fathers Boarman and Magev-
ney will go to Chicago the first of next
week.
The appearance here of Francis Wilson
and Stuart Robson on February "a and
! u respectively, will form two of the most
notable events of the present theatrical
season.
"A landlady on the west side who keeps
roomerS takes the pump handle from the
clstern pump every day and keeps it in
the kitchen for fear the roomers will use
more water than she wants them to-
The T. A. A. bowling team will recruit
new members in the hopes of making a
better score in coming contests. Carl Os-
born of the Y. NJ c. A team will take
| the place of Terrence Ewart.
Judge Hazen has not yet decided the
! motion in the telegraph cases to compel
/ the Western Union Telegraph company
/ to produce its books and papers, and
meanwhile the case is at a standStill. The
motion was argued several weeks ago.
At the meeting of the Fourth ward Re
publican club last night the following Of
/ hcers were elected: President, w. A s.
! Bird; first vice president, r. 3. WEIGH:
/ second vice president. ]. II. Guy; third
4 vice president, Fred Jewell. secretary and
/ treasurer, John F. Stanton
John McCrow. the colored man who Sc
cured the conviction of Jump Williams
for running joint in TennesseetoWa in
order to secure the reward offered by
| Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon was arrested