The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
SNAP SHOTS an HOME NEWS


A concert was given at Arion hall last
night.
The state house flower beds are being
replanted.
These rains make gardens and blue
grass grow.
The dentists of the state will meet in
Topeka next week.
The Gentry dog show will BE in To-
pel1a next Saturday.
A Topeka man wears neckties i'm
ported from France
Mrs. A. Dickey and family left Fri
day to go to San Francisco.
The high school baseball team will
play at Burl1ngame on May l.
Some people are already beginning to
look forward to their summer vacations
Applications for space in the street
fair are now coming in thick and fast.
The fire department and city hall
building has reached the second floor.
The Butler County Telephone COM
pany, of Ell Dorado, has been chartered.
City Assessor Burgess has begun the
assessment of the real estate in the
city.
A Topeka man who doesn't care for
style, wears a silk hat with a sack coat
suit.
Joe Fugate. of Newton. is another
Kansas editor who will attend the Paris
exposition.
One block of the new paving on
Tenth avenue west of Clay has been
completed.
The state G. A. R. department has
made a net gain of 613 members during
the past year.
Spiritualistic meetings are held in the
hall at APP Kansas avenue every Thurs
day afternoon.
The Santa Fe and the Rock Island
have applied for space for exhibits in
the street fair.
Jailer Grubbs is quarantined away
from his home. His family has a case
of scarlet fever.
City Clerk Squires has a number of
handsome paintings hanging in the
council chamber.
The Great Western Business college
| of Topeka, has been Incorporated. with
a capital Of $4,000
! The executive council has tempo
rarily abandoned the use of flags for
/ the poles on the capitol.
The contract for the supplies for the
federal building for the coming fiscal
| year was let yesterday.
Mr.. c. G. Sholes, superintendent of
| telegraph of the Santa F'e, returned this
| week from California
The street car tracks and cobbIe
| stones are being taken up south of
Tenth on Topeka avenue.
The state house coal contract will be
!
executive council Monday.
A live turtle on display by a Kansas
avenue meat shop attracted consider
able attention yesterday.
There were thirteen prisoners in the
county Jail last night. Another proof
that the number is unlucky.
There will be an Apostolic revival at
Bethel mission, Fourth and jackson
streets, beginning May 10.
| Governor Stanley attended the per-
Torrance of THE Little Minister at
Kansas City Thursday night
The Washburn college baseball team
is playing a game with the Haskell In
dian in Lawrence this afternoon.
The railroads have granted a half far'
rate to the Topeka street fair from al
points within 200 miles of Topeka
It is not generally known but it is {
fact that electricity is used for cancel
ling stamps in the Topeka pOstoff1ce.
There are still a number of alleys il
the city which need to be cleaned up il
order to be in a sanitary condition.
The jurors and other out-of- town per
sons who were connected with the SWEET
lick case, have returned to their homes
People will not be bothered any NOR
about their poll tax until Judge Hazel
renders a decision in the test poll ta1
case.
The Topeka 'Boomerangs.' a bowl
ing team, went to Lawrence this after
|
, night.
Mr.. J. W. Gleed will give an address:
at Unity church Sunday evening at
o'clock on 1.-The Moral Opportunity o
. the Lawyer"
Mrs. George Henry of Nevada, Mo,
relative of Mrs. Irving Wellman Of thi
city, was operated on at the Stormon
hospital yesterday.
An orchestra has been organize,
which proposes to give semi weekl.
concerts on one of the corners of Tent
and Topeka avenues.
The committee in charge Of the Hol
/ Hday monument will meet Tuesda,
. night at the Commercial club rooms t
, make plans for future work.
A second "Quo Vadis'' production VII
be seen in Topeka next Wednesday a
the Grand Opera House. 1t is under tn
; management of H. H. Brady.
2 Capt. Charles w Rorhon, Of Maso
? City, Iowa, will deliver a "graphopon
= lecture at the Salvation Army hal
e 10S East Third street, tonight
Judge Horton returned today after
stay in Hot Springs and visit at Littl
Rock and St. Louis. He has entirel
recovered from his recent illness.
j Some Of the depots on the old an
abandoned Manhattan, Alma & Bur
lirgame branch of the Santa Fe are be
= ing used as residences by farmers.
B. T. Abmeyer, of Topeka, carried O
the honorS for Great Danes in the S
y Louis dog show last week. He wa
Z awarded three first and one secon
n prize.
e Chas. Mooney. who held position i
r. the secretary of states office, but VIII
e resigned and is now studying dentistr
e in Kansas City, is visiting in Topek
today.
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