The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27

right foot badly bruised by an arch fall
ing upon it, is reported to be improving.
T. E. Prout, secretary of the Railroad
Y. M. c. A. returned Monday evening
| from Lake View where he has been spend
| ing his summer vacation of ten days.
Joseph Mason of the spring shop IS sick
scrap iron gang. who has been down to
Guthrie, Ok. for a week, is at work
again.
George Atkinson. engineer at the mill,
was off Monday, having spent the hrst
Reed Sayler took charge of the engine in
his stead
Charles Goulding. foreman of the tin
ners WORKING on the east slde OF the the
after lay off of about a week on ac-
count of sickness.
ma chinist in Topeka shops, but now with
the Memphis Frisco at Kansas City. will
quit the latter road and will begin work
here next Monday morning.
P. r. Symmes. Fourth street fagman,
has been sick for week and is stil In
Frank Brown is holding down the place
at Fourth street in his absence.
Miss Birdie Lindblad. daughter of John
Joseph Mo, for a visit until school opens
here. Later Mr. Lindblad will take his
family to St. Joseph for a short visit,
the daughter accompanying them on their
return
John Reardon, who has been in the San
ia Fe service for nearly fifteen years at
I.athrop, Mo, went to work in the car
sheds here Monday He is a brother of
Martin Reardon. foreman of the gang of
laborers in the sheds.
slusser's yard gang has been making
pl rspa1lrS apouI & aoPsha yt E,+5 W" ralss +
crossing and the road has been leveled Up,
making the crossing much better than It
has been for som time
w. l. Allen, who has been braking out
of Argentine for a. little more than a
month has 59r taa aan y his ls fai |
an old football player and at one time
was assistant coach of an eastern team
The gas well which was striicz on the
Santa F'e property at Chanute one day
last week has flow Of about 2.5o0e0O feet
of gas per day The flow will be used Tor
heating and lighting the company build
ings at that place and for firing up the
engine.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. W. Donaldson of sAy-
mour Ind. have returned home after a
visit of several weeks at the nome of F.
shop Mr. and Mrs Donaldson came out
here after the excessively hot weather.
sas.
A drain box is being built between the
two large santa F'e ponds at Edgerton
ponds and will equalize the amount of
water in each. Just now there is nothing
run water train from Holiday to that
place.
B. f. Kinsey. a coach trimmer Tho has
worked at Topeka shops for = number OF
years left Monday for San 8ernardiTO
Cal. where he win enter the car shops
Of the company Mr.. Kinsey Ina kes the
change of location in the hope that the
health of his wife which has been poor
of late. will be benefited
c. j. Cherry of the handcar shop came
in Sunday from Springfield, Ill. where
he was called by the death of his aunt
Mrs. Katherine Barnes. Unexpectedly TO
Mr.. Cherry his granddaughter and his
fathers sister Almira Hucldeberry or
Clear Lake. H., We're buried the same
day, the deaths of the two women having
occurred only few hours apart. Mr.
Cherry drove over to Prentice and viewed
the wreck of the Alton hummer which
collfded with a freight while the latter
train was supposed to be on n siding He
says that the scene presented the next