The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-02

ago to have some carbuncles removed
from the back of his head, has so far
| recovered as to be able to return to his
home today.
John Ulmer. who works in Goulding's
gang of timers, has purchased a four
room cottage and three lots on North
| Madison street. 1t is not likely that he
will occupy the place this winter, or for
| awhile at least
President F. s. Murphy Of the Mari
| copa, Sierra Madre & Pacific road,
went west Friday in special 200 of
/! that system, attached to one of the
regular Santa Fe trains.
| Valner Clearinghouse, of the brass
! foundry, is duty. About ten days
ago a horse kicked him on one leg, in
ficting an injury which has kept him
away from work a good share of the
time since.
S. N. Peck, dead craftsman in the
mill, and his brother, r. K Peck, a
| cabinetmaker, are expecting the arrival
next week of their auntS, Mrs. Dora
Brown and Mrs. S. w. Pearsall. of
Schenectady, N. Y.
Harry Fraser, who formerly held
position in the general offices, has taken
the place in John Players office vacated
by Lem White. White has assumed the
duties of head shop clerk at LaJunta-
Joseph Wainwright, formerly
chinist in the shops here, but lately with
the Santa Fe at Albuquerque, passed
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Kansas City. He expects to get job
on a railroad there.
The wife of M. f. Hand, clerk to Elec-
trical Engineer Frost, returned Thurs
day from visit of two weeks in OF
tawa. She left today for Denver, Col,
where she will spend the coming two
weeks. Her husband accompanied her
on a portion of the trip
George Bradshaw, one of the boys
who has remained faithful to the plans
which he laid out four years ago, has
completed his apprenticeship in the ma
chine shop and is now a machinist in
full fellowship" as the Methodists say.
Edward Garner, of the spring shop
has been obliged to lay off to care for
his sick wife. Mrs. Garner became i'll
several days ago, but was recovering
when a relapse came which has rem
dered her condition about as serious as
it was at first.
Clerks in the Eastern division Offices
are talking strongly of organizing a
football eleven According to reports
similar movement is on foot among the
boys in the Rock Island offices, and it
is hoped that when both teams are or
ganized and get in proper condition a
match game can be arranged.
Mark Symmes, who for a long time
has been connected with the company
and lately with the bridge and building
department, has quit to take a job on
the Union Pacific. He is with a steel
bridge construction gang working for
that company out near Manhattan.
Symmes is son of P. r. Symmes flag
man at the Fourth street crossing.
Thirty-six Greeks and Italians passed
through here Friday on their way to
Cleburne, Tex, where they to be
employed by the company on track i'm
provements. They are to receive $3.50
per day, and will join a hundred or
more of the same race who have gone
down there recently.
David Thomas. father of James
Thomas of the boiler shop, will not re-
turn here for visit with his relatives
as was expected. He is now in Beacon,
Iowa, spending a few weeks and from
there will return to Wyoming where he
has charge of a large steam shovel do
ing work for the Union Pacific.
Some idiotic barbarians who don't
know the first rudimentS of what real
fun is, played a mean act with a one
horse buggy belonging to Brakeman |
Godfrey Wettling, on Thursday night. |
Wettling runs on the Atchison local !
freight and each day drives up before |
noon from his home in Oakland going !
out with his train after twelve O'Clock |
and returning late that night. He put |
his horse in a barn not far from the |
depot, leaving the rig stand outside. |
vandalS got hold of the |
vehicle took it to the top of the Second
street viaduct and started it down the
east steps 1t is unnecessary to say
that by the time it stopped there was
scarcely enough left whole to pay for
taking it to a repair shop. There is rea-
son for believing that the perpetrators
may yet pay for their amusement.