The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

D. a. Valentine spent Sunday in Clay
Center.
George A. Clark has returned from
Kansas City.
Rubber coats and umbrellas are again
in order today.
Now the liverymen threaten to give
premium stamps.
The pleasant weather brought out the
livery rigs Sunday.
What has become of the proposed base
ball team for Topeka?
The roads are getting muddy on ac-
count Of the damp weather
Sloan lodge will have a special COM
munication Thursday evening.
Governor Stanley made address to
Lincoln Post Saturday evening.
Rev. J. F. Sloan preached at Mayetta
both morning and afternoon Sunday
Cyrus Leland says that Governor Stan
ley resembles Jim Lane in many respects
Skinny and golf. tin cans as the blocks
and balls, take all the spare time of the
small boy.
The State board of agriculture convenes
at Representative hall in annual session
Wednesday.
Congressman Bailey is the only unmar-
ried member of the Kansas congressional
All the merchants from the dry goods
to the candy merchants are wishing for
cold weather.
Several car loads of old bones have
been shipped out of Topeka during the
past two weeks
The Improved Stock Breeders of Kansas
are in annual session in this city at Rep
resentative hall.
Jake Shepherd of Fort Scott denies that
he wants the fusion nomination for at
torney general.
Grant Hornaday once lived at Newton
and Harvey county Republicans are for
him Tor congressman at large
Judge Charles Johnson of Oskaloosa,
spent Sunday in Topeka. He officially
retires from the bench today.
The T. A. A alleys have been chang
ed and rebuilt no less than half a dozen
times. They will be rebuilt again
The people of Potwin write a few let
or hGTa sol to ,n1d
worth of stamps during December.
The legislature appropriated a few hun
the state house chimney. This sounds
like joke.
Mr.. VIII Arthur who has been spending
the holidays in Topeka, has returned to
Kinsley, Kansas, where he is in charge
of a school,
Rev Dean Hayden of the Church of the
assumption has been confined to his room
for the past week with severe attack
of throat trouble.
with a dollars worth of work. This is
a plan one of these leech concerns uses
to suppress its competitor.
h E. Tate has resigned as clerk of
Mission township and Frank Eckert has
been appointed by the county commits
sioners to succeed him.
William & Walker. who are at the Or
pheum in Kansas City this week, will be
seen at the Crawford theater. on January
16 in THE Policy Players
The banquet to be given the stock
breeders, association by the CommerciaII
CluD Will De given dII6f the meeting OF
the club Wednesday evening.
Most of the prayer meetings in the city
will be postponed this week on account of
the session of the State Temperance
union which meets this week.
i, A Topeka girl who is studying German
has just discovered that when she thought
she had been saying thank YOU she has
in reality been saying a swear word.
Thiel who played second base on To-
peka S fast amateur ball team year before
last mas been signed by Jimmy Manning
for the Kansas City team next year.
The parking and improvements on Fill
more street in the neighborhood of the
home of NJ. A. Lowe are magnificent ad-
ditfons to the appearance of the street.
George NJ Stone the Topeka artist has
been given a commission to paint a Kan
sas scene for the city library. The paint
ing will be paid for by Mr.. F. o. Popenoe.
Charles Samson has been selected a
delegate from the Topeka City Troop. to
the National Live Stock association which
meets at Fort Worth January 18th to
C E. Faulkner, president of the Nat
lonai Conference of Charities and Cor
rection, made four addresses in Topeka
yesterday in the interest of the coming
conference.
DR.. Coryell Faulkner of this city, is
the National Conferences of Charities and
Correction, who is in Topeka during the
past few days.
P. L Bonebrake, James A Troutman
ana ana r d Fuller have been appointed as
church to the meeting of the State Tenn
perance union
The express wagons were kept busy
other pet stock from the express office
to the Keith block where the poultry
show is to be held.
The sermon by Dr. Fisk at the First
congregational church last evening was
Illustrated with sstereoPticon views The
World as the Background of Christian
Civilization"
A certain Topeka messenger boy is
much sought after by certain young men.
He has been trained to deliver the mes
sages to the persons they are addressed
training and consequently is kept busy.
The annual convention of the State
day of this week at the First Congre-
gational church, was announced yester-
day in nearly all the churches and in
many delegates We're appointed to attend
the convention.
Yesterday was a conspicuous day in
as you please it was a notable day, diff
ferfng from the corresponding day last
joy the sunshine. One year ago they put
in the day carrying coal.
Two gangs eff small boys started to
have free for all fight at the corner of
Eighth and Jackson streets Sunday af-
McElroy on the scene about the time
that hostfIities were about to begin, scat
tered the crowd, and stopped the fight.
A Philadelphia man visited Kansas City
stamps all the rage there. A year later
he comes to Topeka to find in that time
ltdt they nave lEdNeIeQ % HiiiSS- he
Quaker city had them two years ago and
discarded them. Puzzle: How soon will
they reach the Philippines?
A game of basketball between the Rob-
inson and Bowman teams a the Y. NJ
c. a. rooms Saturday afternoon resulted
in victory for the former by a score
of 1 to 0. The Robinson team is made
up of Orner Robinson. Gilbert Worley,
Phillips. Copeland and Henry Lewis; the
Bowman of Bowman, Harry Snyder,
Frank Snyder, Homer Sheldon and Rice
The Kansas Retail Hardware Dealers
will hoo rim n 1a1
in Topeka tomorrow. 1t was organized
last year and its officers are: Frank
Rudy, Paola. president; S. A. Gilbert of
Arkansas City, vice president; ]. A. Cole,
Topeka secretary and treasurer; execu-
tive committee, A. Buckley of Parsons
c. w. Singleton of Greeley. Solomon Ian
dis of Hoyt, J. F. Bergan of Anthony and
W. E. Culver of Topeka
MINERS ARE CLEARED.