The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-03
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Rev Charles NJ sheldon has postponed
his departure for England from May ? /
". F. Evans went down. to Kansas City
I yesterday
Short jacket ike coats viii be the fash
I ion this sumner
] Judge Thompson was up from Burlin- /
I game last evening
The city officers are smiling today It /
+ is pay Gay with them
There seems to have been epidemic /
I Of small fires recently
The teachers for the coming term viii /
I be selected about May a.
7 The omen street cars have appeared on /
I some Of the street car lines
! W W. webb Is an applicant for mem |
/ bership in the Commercial club.
Z State Superintendent Frank Nelson is
] convalescing from a serious Illness
Already some of the youngsters are ap-
I pearfng minus shoes and stockings.
The trees have been putting forth their
I leaves rapidly during the past day or two.
/ S. J. Osborn, speaker Of the house in
( the last legislature, was in Topeka yes
I terday.
The collection Of fines by the police
/ court for the month Of March amounted
Walter walker will be at the Crawford
I theater in The Nominee next Mon
/ day night.
There are several candidates for office
who have been enquiring the prices Of
/ cheap cigars.
]. NJ Mickey. solicitor of the court Of
visitation is suffering with a badly
sprained ankle.
! Topeka people some times resent the ef-
I forts Of public officials to force them to
/ support their man
There is d case of scarlet fever in the
family of DR.. J. T. Mcfarland of the
/ First NJ E. church.
As soon as the fire department vacates
I the present headquarters the buildings
/ VIII be used as a store room.
Governor Stanley has reappointed Reu-
oen vincent OF Washington as a member
| of the state board of charities
T. D. Coburn, secretary of the state
I board of agriculture. says there are Co.
oQo.00O bushels Of corn in Kansas.
F e Porter. a Topeka printer, left for
the government printing office.
Charles s Briggs, Of Garbondale, cen
sus supervisor for the Fourth DISTRICT,
and Shawnee county, is in the city
Commencing next Sunday. evening ser
vices at the Topeka churches viii COM
/ mence a hal1 hour later-at o clock
Charles Lindsey was arrested Monday
afternoon for running joint in the small
I stone house on Quincy street near Sixth
City Attorney Bird claims TO have let
tuce and radishes up This is a case
where the early Bird gets the garden
John 3. Jones the notorious coIored
ward heeler has re-eutered local Repub-
lIcan politics after serving term with
the POpulisrs.
with a meeting at the Branner school
building addressed by Edward Wilder
and A. D. Bauer.
The Kansas Issue, the organ Of the
state temperance union. is illustrated this
month with temperance cartoons from
the Rams Horn
Secretary Of State George A Clark has
resumed editorial management of his pa
per, the Junction City Republican, which
has been leased
A requisitiou has been made on the gov
ernOr of Illinois for George HuHaker,
who is wanted in Morris county for sell
I ing uOrtgaged cattle
NJ A. Curtis and Miss Lille Mcconnell
have been married by Judge Dolman-
I They live at Maple Hill The groom was
Il and the bride was Is.
Judge Hazen has Overruled a motion
Tor a new trial In the case of the state
against Charles brennan, who was con-
VIcted of assault several weeks ago.
Sells Brothers circus opens the season
of 1900 tonight at Madison Square Gar
, dens- New York where 1t viii spend
three weeks before starting On the-r road
, City Attorney Bird has been instructed
By the equne ssi to prepare rep an an ordinance to
on which stasnant water now accumu-
lates
The offices Of the Knights and Ladies
of Security viii be moved TO the second
! story of the old city building in a. few
5 days. The entire floor has been reno
) People persist in burning their spring
FuooiSn on the pavsrnsIts, not Withstand
D the contrary ana the citv ordinance pro
hibiting It.
3 The. Kansas City Journal is another pa
2
3 torney for the Rock Island. for the Demo
3 cratic congressional nomination in the
: First district
D Mrs Olive P. Bray. state president OF
2 the w c T. o., is attending a convention
OF that organization at Effingham- She
made an address at the Atchison orphan
home yesterday.
Emporia Gazette: c. s. Davis. who was
> graduated from the Normal in rs anc
3 Indian school. has been made proof reader
. on the Topeka Capital
Q The council has refused to allow th4
. claim OF Edward Esson for 800 damages
= because he was struck by a falling sigI
. at the northeast corner of Eighth ana
= ( Kansas avenues last fall
3 Governor Stanley received Colonel Net
. calf $ commission as hrigadier general bl
8 brevet from President mckinley yester
3 day. and Immediately forwarded it t
Colonel Metcaf at Lawrence.
. Mayor Drew has appointed James Gil
4 -; 80 =. +. e4s.se anu r NJ Splvey as az
= pFalsers TO hX the value Of the propert.
= to be condemned for the opening of kist
= Ter street in North Topeka
< Two terms have always been -considere,
3 the limit for a county attorneys 0fffcia
4 life but Mr.. Jeruore likes his admins
3 tratiOn so well that he would ike to con
Q tnue IN il for at least four years more
Q City Attorney Bird has been instructe,
70 prepare an ordinance creating a bene
NJ district for the purpose Of opening tn
alleys between West and Dillon streets
= and between Dillon and AIulvane streets
o The Moeser Ice and Cold Storage com
Q pany mas petttloned the city council 70
Q permission TO build a spur from the Roc
= Island track across second street west O
Q Tyler, TO the rear of its ice plant Their
q Is now spur on the west side Of tn
Q plant
. Anasa Akers has filed a claim for 81
= against the city for injuries TO hirnsel
and his horse caused by the horse fall
3 lng INTO q dlteh across Quincy stree
= south Of Eleventh a short time ago H
= claims there was a danger signal only q
3 one end Of the ditch.
q A number Of the federal officers an
Q postoffice employees have petftioned III
. city council to abate the fine imposed o
9 Ransom Pigg for fast driving. on tn
ground that he was taking mail to trai
2 and was in danger of a fine from tn
= government if he did not make it
< Harry ogden was arrested Monday al
3 Iernoon on a warrant sworn out IN tn
h. IL