The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-14

been laying on, It Is thought On account
Of sickness in his family
A. L Fisher, travelling passenger agent
for the Northwestern at Kansas City,
was in Topeka Tuesday
Emmett Woods of the boiler shop laid
of at 2 O. clock Tuesday afternoon to at
tend to some business matters.
Stephen Bauer, fireman at the boiler
shop Of the mill, has returned to his place
after a rest OF three or four days.
FL NJ swank and O. f. Thomas. travel
ing passenger agents for the Santa BE,
have gone east on a business trip.
The granddaughter of J. B. Davidson
o. the brass founary Is Slowly recovering
Bert Marley has entered the machine
shop as an apprentice He is a son OF
Engineer Marley, an old Santa F'e man.
r. H. Crozier. travelling representative
of the Burlington passenger department
at Kansas City, was IN topeka Tuesday.
#fhe wife of William Maloney, a shop
man is expected to return this week from
visit Of two months in Battle Creek,
A 10000 gallon oil tank is being finished
by the boiler shop men. 1t will be sent
to Point Richmond, Cal, for storage pur-
poses.
The family of Frank Roebuck of the
south shop left Tuesday for Colorado
where they Will remain for about two
Peter Anderson of the mill. who has
been off since last week because of the
death of his uncle. the late NJ P Palm
lund, is in again.
Fireman w. Fl. Brooks has moved his
household goods to 217 Madison street His
time IS slowly improving.
William Lysaght, who a few weeks ago
work as oiler, has given up that job ana
is now in the drill press gang.
Frank KILLER. who has been working
ferred to the big hammer of which he
will take charge at night shortly
Henry YOungbloom, who runs the big
engine that drives all the machinery in
the machine shop. Is sick and unable to
attend to his work Andrew Hartwick is
V. NJ Parkerson, who has charge of the
stationary engine in the boiler shop, has
q week. made necessary BY a swelling on
the lower part of his right leg
Hank Lowry q nachinist who has been
in the service of the Northwestern at
Boone, La, has been put on In the south
shop. Lowry is an old friend of Alfred
Clayton of the same department
George Barte1 and Frank Harris, ma
chinists in the south shop, will leave next
week for Denver and Colorado Springs,
where they will spend their vacation
They will be accompanied by their wives
A new machine. the invention of A. T.
Parf1tt. foreman of the boiler shop is be-
ing used for Hanging the heads of the new
oil tanks The machine IS located in the
sheds adjoining the boiler shop the
east
The Thursday noon meeting at the
coach shop will be addressed this time
by Judge a L Redden. assistant county
attorney of Shawnee county The 7. NJ.
c. A male chorus will render special mu-
Fireman David Scott, formerly Of the
Cottonwood divisions has taken run on
trains and ?, between Newton and To-
peka. He came in on No. Tuesday at
ternoon.
The wife of Peter Schoenfelt of the
blacksmith shop returned Tuesday from
Hays City where she was called two
weeks ago BY the announcement Of the
death of a brother, who had been sick for
q short time.
Engineer Orson Furze of Fort Madison.
Lusk on the through passenger runs be-
tween Topeka and Marceline: Lusk has
a vacation of several weeks.
Isaac schIegel, foreman of the car ma
a. short time Tuesday. Schlegel has been
sick for more than a. week. and although
better than he has been. will not assume
charge Of his gang before Monday.
Charles Kaiser. a former employee OF
Of Leo Kaiser of the spring shop, passed
he will enter the service of the Colorado
Southern at Denver
Fireman Frank B. Wahl. who had his
left hip badly bruisedSin the fast mail
improving and it was expected would re-
ceive his clutches today Fireman Wahl
doctors for some time yet.
Henry Holloway, who worked for nearly
a year in Neiswinter's truck gang. has
quit that job and expects to go on the
road as brakeman Previous to entering
the shops Holloway followed q way car.
His place in the truck gang will be taken
by Philip Slusser of the sheds.
John Freiboth. a boilermal1er who went
and after looking over the situation de-
cided to remain there, has returned to his
place IN the boiler shop here He was
called home to Topeka by the illness or
his father and will not return to the
west
Edward Stone. night switch tender at
the Second street cabin, is learning the
tricks of a bicycle. The other night tho
throwing him of ana Jumping on top Of
him, and that in the presence of the
90 tho. a 1r-gn 90
laugh.
Charles stone, a former scrap iron la
9 6 n pettits gang vas around 1I4 o the
farm near Wakarusa last spring and he
says that although the early part OF the
season was d1scouraglng 10 one Just start
ing on the farm. conditions have changed
decidedly for the better of late.
John Soderlund, a carpenter working in
Evans gang in the sheds, is laying off
caring for an injured eye. Tt is reported
that his roommate a few night ago be-
came benigerent while the two were
one finger in Soderland's eye. injuring it !
50 that a little extra care is necessary to
restore it to it, normal condition.
Secretary T. E Prout of the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A left this afternoon for Lake |
View, where he viii spend the two weeks
saeation sTecently granted him by the
Prout has rented new house at Lake |
View and. accompanied by his family.
Will devote his time to hobnobbing with |
the plutocrats of Topeka and Lawrence |
who gather there.
Robert Barnett OF the TN SnOp VIII leave
next Sunday for Indiana for q visit. He |
will staa at a town about 50 miles north |
Of Indianapolis, remaining there until the |
Knights Templar biennial conclave opens |
at Louisville, KY, when he will go to the |
after place Barnett viii be accompanied |
10 the Hocsier state by Councilman W. 8. /
of this place, who will make |
his visit in Muncie-
It never saw the pastures IN fine I
shape for this time of year as they are |
low: and 1 have been in Kansas for p /
years." remarked an old engineer Tues /
lay, who runs over a hundred miles OF /
he Santa Fe main line in this part OF /
Kansas. In places where the cattle had |
eatan the grass down bare during the dry /
weather. now it has sprung up and is ae /
iresh and green a 5 in the spring. 1t looks |
ike now there would be lots of corn and |
he farmers will raise great deal of 1
'ough feed for winter use. The finest /
piece of corn I have seen is in the bottom .
North of Reading. and there the ears OF /