The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-07
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS.

The school children get sixteen days
| vacation for Christmas.
| Several boys in Lowman Hill have
| private telegraph lines.
The new LoWman Hill school house
| grounds are being paved
| There was an entertainment at the
Lowman Hill chapel last evening.
Bonnie Owen, coach of last years
| Washburn football team, is here today
The Kansas State Grange meeting in
| Topeka Will be on December 10, IL and
II.
Mrs. N. Randles of Chanute is at a
Topeka hospital to undergo an opera
| ton.
G. A: Bailey was in Leavenworth Fri
| day, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
| Olund.
If you haven't been told that this is
London weather you have been over
looked.
Letters to Santa Claus are now
children.
Attorney General GODDARD has refused
to allow Wellington to have an assist
ant attorney general.
The Rev. ]. M Whitehead of this city
has gone to Utopia, Greenwood county,
to conduct revival.
There has been a good sale of seats
for the comedy TOO Rich to Marry at
the Crawford Monday night
Nearly all the benevolent lodges in
town have held their election of officers
during the present week
Thirty-six years ago this week Major
o. 3. Gum, of Atchison, began surveys
for the Santa Fe railroad
The Colonies defeated the Colts at
basket ball in the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnas-
ium last night by the score of SO to 25.
Country correspondence from Twin
vile: Mr.. and Mrs. Colwell are the
proud parents of twin boys born No
vember 49,
Mrs. ]. K. Hudson has story in this
weeks issue of 'Leslie's Weekly emit
tied The Opening of the Prisa.' a story
of Old Mexico.
T. NJ Duncan has been named by
Governor Stanley as justice of the peace
of WakaruSa township to succeed r. M
Dunning, resigned
A Topeka man observes that if all the
newspapers which print the results of
there would be few left.
The Kansas Theological school, the
school of training for the Episcopal
church in this state is now in session at
Ninth and Topeka avenue.
Will Wadsworth will return to To-
peka on December 10, and will visit
here for week. He will reopen his en-
gagement at Lincoln. Neb.. on Deem
Der 25.
Atchison Globe: rs your palm tin 90
a Topeka woman asked the hostess at q
big party in Atchison recently. Which
set every one to wondering if tin palms
Congressman Curtis has recommend
ed Dr. Thomas, of Leavenworth, for
appointment as physician of the federal
prison at Leavenworth, made vacant
by the death of DR.. McGill, the former
physician.
NJ. A. Low is expected to return from
Washington the first of next week. He
has been here for the past two weeks
looking after securing rights of way
for the Rock Island through Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory.
S. S. Ashbaugh was up from Wichita
yesterday in conference with Attorney
General GODDARD and E. F. Ware over
the preparation of the brief of the state
of Kansas in the suit against Colorado
over the water in the Arkansas river.
Fred r. Bell, who is serving a SEN
tence of nve years in the penitentiary
from Anderson county for burglary, has
asked Governor Stanley for a parole.
He has served two years of his time,
and promises to be good if the governor
will let him out.
There will be a special anniversary
service at the Crittenden Home to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. to which
the public is invited. The regular
ayers of the home will be held on Mon
day afternoon at the 7. NJ. c. A. par
lors.
Washington Star: There are all man
ner of ways for getting money out of
congress-, but ex-senator PETER of Kan
sas has hit upon a new one. He has
prepared a topical index of all the de-
bates in congress up to 1861 and pro-
poses to make the work complete to the
present time. Now he wants to sell
the result of his labors.
The stockholders of the Mutual Ice
and Cold Storage company met at the
Commercial club rooms last night and
elected the following directors: A.
Troup, H. Clarkson, E. r. Jones, o. J.
Wood, A. Wardall, w. M. Forbes. Thos.
Page, ]. B. Billiard, L. A Stebbins, w.
S. Bergundthal, w. B. Robey- Another
meeting will be held Monday night to
elect officers. A charter will be taken
out naming the capital stock at $25, 900.
Harvey Bush, a helper in the Santa
Fe spring shop, was called to his home
at Richland Friday by the death of a
brother About three weeks ago the
boy, who is years old, had one arm
caught in the gears of a cane mill The
member was SO badly mangled that am
putation close to the shoulder was nee
essary. 1t was supposed that the wound
was healing properly until about
week ago it began bleeding freely.
Since then Bush had heard nothing I'M
til he was informed of the boys death.
Washington Post: Charley Curtis, of
Kansas, laments the loss of good seat
in the present house, and likewise the
loss of a good afternoon meal. When
the drawing began, waited a little and
had no luck" said he 81 was hungry.
and thought 1 would try to snatch a
bit of lunch 1t made me nervous to
think of what might happen to me, and
after consuming half a sandwich / ran
back up the stairs and, perched on the
iron rail. to await my turn / never
knew such a wait. Mr.. Babcock and
myself were the very last on the list,
and that is why we are sitting over in
the far southwest corner.
Three little orphan children passed
through Topeka Friday on their way
from Winfield to Council Bluffs, Ia,
where they have been adopted into the
Christian orphanage. They were in
charge of Mrs. Florence Ferguson, SUI
perintendent Of the city mission, with
whom they were left two weeks ago
by the mother, who had found it impoS-
sible to support them longer. Some
months ago the father had deserted the
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