The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-27
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

| H. j. Allen has spent the past week at
| Ottawa
| DIR. L. H Mum returned today from
| Chicago.
The birds are busy now building their
summer homes
! April showers seem to be coming in
| March this year
Pianos are assessed at 800 this year
| instead of $50 and SIS.
Charles Lobdell is in Topeka from his
| home in Lane county
| Attorney General GODDARD has return
| ed from Arkansas City.
Jailer Carl Lawson has been on the
| sick list for a few days.
The police have decided to order their
| summer uniforms at once.
The brick and stone for the Potwin
| pavement are being hauled
Oscar Bischoff will visit Germany and
the Paris exposition this summer.
| Work will soon be commenced on the
| Gage annex to Stormont hospital.
Frank Grimes is attending the sena-
tor1al convention at Great Bend.
The greater part of the work of the
| city assessors has been completed.
The Kansas grain men have returned
| from their excursion to Galveston.
| The Scandinavian Independent club
meets tonight at 314 Kansas avenue.
The asylum employees have construct
| ed a cinder road through Auburndale.
S. L. Seabrook formerly of Topeka,
| now Of Chicago, is in the city for a few
| days.
Police Matron Thorpe wants informa-
| ton about the whereabouts of Elsie
| Fry.
The April term of the United States
district court will begin in Topeka on
| April II.
The Commercial club will meet to-
night to discuss the Santa Fe shop pro-
| position.
Chief Engineer Dauchy of the Rock
Island was in Topeka Monday on his
| way to Chicago.
Hunters report ducks flying north
They fly out of shooting distance and
| make no stops.
People who have the lawn fever are
busy now putting down sod or sowing
blue grass seed.
General Manager Nudge, of the Santa
F'e, is in Texas. He will be absent from
Topeka all week.
Ex-State Superintendent Stryker. now
editor of the Wellington Voice, was in
Topeka Monday.
Assistant Attorney General j. G.West
has returned from a trip through the
southern states.
The ice wagons have appeared in
force. They followed the arrival of the
street Sprinlxlers.
MarshalPs band has decided to buy
red uniforms trimmed with black braid
for dress occasions.
People still want to register occa-
sionally, Notwithstanding the fact that
the books were closed last Friday.
There will be q meeting of the Third
ward Curtis club this evening at the
corner of King and Clay streets.
judge Hook was expected over from
Leavenworth yesterday afternoon to
| hold federal court, but he did not come.
| The British are probably discussing
the Sheldon newspaper today. The first
number was issued in London yester-
day.
The quarters of the Topeka lodge of
Elks are being enlarged to occupy the
entire third floor of the Masonic build
ing.
The boom which was recently started
for Col. Little for governor shows signs
of breaking bounds and cavorting over
the state.
State Superintendent Nelson predicts
that the rendition of THE Messiah at
Lindsborg this year will be finer than
ever before.
The sale of seats for the James-Kid-
der-Hanford engagement at the Craw-
ford theater Saturday night opens
Wednesday morning.
G. NJ. Walters is building two story
pressed brick building on West Seventh
street near VanBuren to use as a resi-
depce and a blacksmith shop.
The remodeling of Mrs. Sells Green
SPAN residence on Quincy street IS pro-
crossing. 1t will resemble a southern
colonial home when completed.
= FRANK L. dOllQay is nome for a few
l days after an absence of nine weeks in
the east on business for the Wholesale
and Retail Druggists associations.
A Topeka woman dropped her pocket
book containing $40 in a coal bucket
and forgot to rescue it. The next morn
ing she found the metal frame of the
pocketbook in the stove:
This is the time of year that alleys
should be cleaned up. People who have
been dumping their trash in the alleys
during the winter should stop it now
and get ready for hot weather.
Mayor Drew is constantly receiving
, circulars from all kinds of shows since
; 1t mas been announced that Topeka is
; to have a street fair. They all want to
make contracts for coming to Topeka.
Charles NJ. Loring, who will address
the park mass meeting at the High
school Wednesday evening, is president
of the American Park and Outdoor as
? ISOLATION and originator of the Mime
apolis park system.
It will take 10000 ballots for the city
election this spring, Notwithstanding
the fact that there are less than 1000
: voters registered The law requires
? twice as many ballots printed as were
used at the preceding election
Thirty-seven delegates have thus far
been elected to the PopuliSt state con-
: ventlon. Of the number 81 are instruct
ed for Breidenthal. 8 in Webb McNalIs
county are uninstructed. and 2 in Fin
, ney county are instructed for Dennison.
Miss Nellie Newman has been offered
: a permanent position on the southwest
! ern division of the Rock Island Miss
: Newman was formerly with the Rock
Island at Horton and Chicago. She is
now stenographer to Superintendent of
} Insurance Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown, colored,
were tried and discharged Monday in
police court on the charge of selling in
toxlcating liquors at 1909 Kansas ave
nue.. The witnesses upon whose festi 9.
mony a conviction was expected, failed
to give sufficient evidence.
Judge Hazen has overruled the mo-
ton of the Rock Island railroad COM
pany for a new trial in the suit brought
against it by J. C. Eversole, a brake