The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
NORTH TOPEKA.


ITEMS intended for this column should
be left at the Kimball Printing company.
S35 Kansas avenue
J. E.. Guild, of Silver Lake, was in
town today
in. DuRee. Of Perry. was in Topeka
| yesterday.
Mrs J. L. Cutbirth. Of Silver Lake.
was In town today shopping.
The Santa Fe surveyors surveyed the
new track to the proposed Woolen mill
plant Friday afternoon.
Joseph Aereland, of Worthingten,
Ind. is visiting his aunt, Mrs James
Cam pbeH of 1903 Jackson street
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Dibble VIII
return the first Of the week from Col2. 70.
rado, where they have been for the
past two weeks.
T. NJ. James. jr., has secured the con-
tract for painting and Raperlng nre
stations Nos. + and T. Work Wla ne
| comm enced next week.
Rev. Mr.. Wilson has returned to his
home in Morrill,, Kas-, after snors
visit to his sister, Mrs. Oscar 6asnr OF
Central avenue.
Three cars of brick have arrived
from Humboldt for the new Wooien
mill plant. Forty-seven car loads more
viii be required.
Henry BuckhoItz, with gang of men
is taking out the three old boilers at the
Inter-Ocean mills. They viii be repiac-
ed by three new large ones.
Two cars Of potatoes came in on the
Union Pacific last night from Williams
town and went out on Santa Fa No. So
at midnight to Fort Worth, Texas.
James Anderson's new house on the
northwest corner of Fairchild and Mad
ison streets is nearing completion. " nen
finished IT win be quite the finest IN
that locality.
G. ". Mum. travelling freight agent
of the Santa. Fe route, was at the new
woolen mill site Friday afternoon on
railroad business with President Hol-
man and Contractor Belts.
Mems and Ladies' Collars this even
ing for Sc: Mems Work Shirts and Oy-
eralls for 38c; Ladies' Shirt Waists,
CO6TLEY e. POST.
George L. Stone, switehman with the
North Topeka switch engine and treas
urer of the Oakland school board leaves
for the strip Monday. He win register
and try his luck towards getting a
claim.
Floyd Wetting of Oakland, formerly
at the Santa Fe junction depot is now
day clerk at the Union Pacific freight
house. Floyd is a clever young man
and his friends will be pleased to hear
of his rapid promotion.
Rev. T. J. Pearson, pastor Of the
Congregational church. Will go TO Alma
Sunday, where he will preach tomor-
row forenoon. The morning service az
the church here viii be taken by Rev.
church but now of Mineral Springs,
Iowa. There will be no evening sery-
ice.
Brigham Young is again In charge of
the North Topeka switch engine. Yard
Master Kennedy having return from
the strip where he registered for
claim. Harry Eversole, chief clerk, and
Herschel Rogers, cashier of the South
side freight Office went down yesterday
to try their luck In getting claims.
Nofs0u f,~a47aIfupr FREIGHT cya11f
of the Santa F'e route, was a the Union
Pacific hotel last night and went to
Kansas City on the early morning
train. He had just come in from the
lower Kaw Valley and reports the po-
tato crop badly affected by the severe
drOuth-
Amos Beeler and Conductor Clint
Coddington had engine III out between
Topeka and Meriden on her maiden trip
Friday afternoon. She has Just been
tips the beam at 81 pounds and says ne
is troubled with his obesity during this
heated term. He expects to take a
course of diet in the near future to re-
duce his surplus flesh.
The funeral of Mr.. William. Reeler
was held yesterday morning from the
family home near Grsntville The
services were conducted by Rev. Floyd
Seaman, of Topeka, assisted by tie
Methodist minister of Granville.
Music was furnished by Miss Dora
Brown and Miss Gertrude Palmer. of
Topeka, and Mr.. Wilson, Of Granville
who sang I'VE are Gathering Home
ward. One by One" and Jesus, Lover
of My Soul
Misses Permie Curtis and zella
Lukens gave large picnic Friday
evening at Garfield park. The crowd
went out about o'clock and took their
suppers, and stayed for the concert
They were chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs
2. M. James, jr.. and Miss Carrie
Haynes. Those present We're: Misses
Julia Larimer, Cora Goddard, Daisy
Vance, Alba Van Vechten, Alice and
Virginia Mead, Mabel Cutbirth. Esther
Raucfl, Grace Frost, Florence Bailey
Daisy Neal, Daisy Wellman, Mabel
Skinner. Adele Small Eleanor Lukens
Jessie Campbell, Jessie Priddy. Helen
and Hazel Haynes. Messrs- JAG Camp
bell, Oran Layton, James Fulsom,
Arthur Small. Dumner Everingham.
Earl Ewart. John Mortland, Arthur
Wolf, Russell Frost. Hugh Larimer,
Gossett, Walter Skinner, Monte Kist-
Ter, Ralph Tuttle, Tinkham Veale, Ross
Swingley, Ross Tracy. Theodore Nc
Kibben and julius Fritts.
The meeting Of the Presbyterian
Missionary union, which was held
Friday at the Second church, was
quite well attended. The church was
cool and comfortable, and an abund-
ance of ice water had been provided
At noon a substantial lunch was
served by the ladies. The morning ses-
sion was opened by devotional exer-
cises by Mrs. NJ. J. Heyden. An inter
esting paper, William Carey, the
Father of Foreign Missionary Socie-
ties which had been written by Mrs.
W. A. Johnston, was read by Mrs.
Stitt. Mrs. J. B. LarimeI gave a short
talk on THE Martyrs Of China which
closed the morning programme. In the
afternoon Mrs. A. J. Arnold read Mrs.
J. D. Countermine's paper, christian
Frederick Schwartz. the Morning Star
of a Missionary Century," and Mrs
Silver read a letter from her daughter.
Miss Emma Silver, one of the mis-
sionaries now in Shanghai and also