The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-27
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS

EDNA prescott or topeka mas been ap-
pointed a notary public.
The concrete for the foundation Of the
new city hall is being laid.
An entertainment will be given at
Turner hall tomorrow evening.
Bank Commissioner BreidenthaI is
out of town on official business.
Pick Smith is the only man in the
state house who wears a silk hat.
Secretary of State George A. Clark
has returned from Junction City.
Mrs. H. L. Peppmeyer who has been
sick for more than a week is recovering.
The T. A. A. members are anxious to
have boxing exhibitions at the club
rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Parks of Wichita
who have been visiting Topeka have re-
turned home.
Willie Sells is attending a circus auc-
ton in the east with the idea of buying
a show outfit.
Superintendent A. L. Studer of the
Rock Island at Horton was in Topeka
yesterday on business.
The Primary Sunday School Teach
ers' union met yesterday afternoon at
the Y. W. c. A. rooms.
Wiley Cook who lives in Labette
county thinks Parsons will succeed in
getting the new asylum.
Samuel Neal of Topeka has been ap-
pointed gardener at the Chilocco Indian
SchoOl IN Oklahoma
The Lawrence bow1ers defeated the
st. Joe bowlers at Lawrence last night
by the score of 1894 to $3.50.
The politicians for the Kansas Day
celebration and political powwows Mon
day are already arriving in town.
Eugene F. Ware was a guest of honor
at the twelfth annual banquet of the
Kansas City bar Thursday night.
A concert will be given Wednesday,
EahT1n9rX the MafhnHCf
The proceeds will go to the Y. w. c. A.
The duck pin tournament closed last
night on the T. A A alleys when the
Boomerangs defeated the High Rollers.
The Arions are arranging to give an
Irish play, entitled The Rascal Pat"
at their hall on the evening of February
Z.
Dr.Cronnell of the Baptist church will
speak at the Young Women's Christian
association rooms at AIS Sunday after
noon.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Bar association will be held in
Topeka, Monday and Tuesday of next
week.
Bishop John H Vincent will lecture
Sunday night at the Westminster Pres
byterian church on Ideal Christian
Homes
Councilman John Elliott will oversee
see work on the auditorium as the rep
resentative of the city. He is a practi-
cal builder.
The Kansas City and T. A. A. bow
lers will bowl the first match in the in
terstate bowling league on the T. A. A.
alleys tonight
The county commissioners have re-
elected Silas F. JOY as superintendent
of the county poor farm at a salary of
$500 per year.
Jump Williams, the notorious col
ored Tennesseetown jointist, was con-
victed in police court Friday afternoon.
He appealed the case.
A Curtis club which has just been
organized in Sarcoxie township, Jeffer-
son county, passed resolutions favoring
Curtis and Senator Baker.
DR.. G. W. Ellinger has been reelected
county physician for the coming year
by the county commissioners. The
salary of the Office is $3.50 per year.
Lee Johnson, secretary of the state
labor bureau, will be one of the dele
gates from Kansas to the national min
ing congress at Milwaukee in June.
1t speaks well for Topeka that almost
all those who drive horses, blanket
them when they are to be left standing
on the street for any length of time.
c. w Jones, division superintendent
of the Rock Island road with headQuar
tiers at Horton was in the city yester-
day on business connected with the
road.
The Wichita Eagle admits that the
Republican state convention will be
held in Topeka, and Wichita would have
liked to have had the convention her
self.
The Topeka Scottish society will hold
a meeting in Postmaster Guthrie's office
next Monday evening to settle all mat
tiers in connection with the Burns cele-
bration.
J. R. Burton has another claim to
fame. He has his picture on the lid
of the boxes containing a new brand of
cigars. and the brand is named THE
Orator.
]. R. Burton, accompanied by Mrs.
Burton, arrived in Topeka from Wash
ington yesterday. They viii remain IN
til after the political gatherings on
Monday.
A T. Mossman has been appointed
ship, Anderson county,to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of John Ad-
amson-
Mrs. W. A McCarter will talk on
Twentieth Century Writer'S at the
open evening of the Young Womens
Christian association, Wednesday, at 8
o'clock.
1t is estimated that the expense of
holding each of the big political con-
ventions viii be $3.50, including the
changes to be made in the Grand to &C
commodate the crowd.
The grocers and butchers of the city
will meet Monday evening at Weber's
hall, to talk over matters of Importance
to them. It is requested that every gro
Ger and butcher in the city attend.
The quarantine enforced by the state
board OF health against Kay county,
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