The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-19
Snap Shots at HONG News.

fall. The rush is on account of the hard
coal famine.
w. NJ. Gregory was pilgrim to Kan
sas City Tuesday.
J. w Gleed was in Kansas City on
business Tuesday.
Mrs J. r. Chambers was a Kansas
City visitor Tuesday.
d. H. Martin was in Kansas City
Tuesday on business.
1t was Cider Smiths weather that
you noticed early this morning.
L. C. Tillotson has gone to Caldwell
to lecture for the Modern Woodmen.
The Kansas County Clerks associa-
ton will meet in Topeka in December.
H L. Dwelle, who has been visiting in
Topeka has returned to his home in
Emporia.
Just Struck Town will be at the
Crawford tonight. The shock will be
felt tomorrow
A. T. Miller filed suit in the district
court Tuesday afternoon for divorce
from c. r. Miller.
There are 45 patients in BedwelPs pri-
vate asylum OF that number % are
from Shawnee county.
County Clerk John Wright has sent
out the certificates of election to the
township officers in the country.
Good mince pies that taste as if they
had a dash of hard cider in their make
up cost but 10 cents at a certain ex-
change in town.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Methodist church met this afternoon at
the home of Mrs. w. e. McVey, 626
Buchanan street
Last Thanksgiving several county Of
ficers received free demijohns of whisky
from Leavenworth. There is some ex-
pectancy apparent at the court house al
present.
Judge Hazen has returned from his
Il hun inc ri 70. I'd low
many ducks he got has not been stated,
but it is understood that he shot away
seven pounds of powder.
bevy of rather young and jolly peo-
pie gave an ''Old Maids entertainment
at the First Christian church last night.
The entertainment was a success, bun
the old maids were anything but old.
Rev. A. H. Kelso. pastor of the First
Cumberland Presbyterian church, will
| leave the first of next week for Wash
ington, Ind, where ne will be for few
1 days. Returning he will bring with him
his children.
If you have any complaints to make
about the Bell telephones call up the
operator at the other end of phone 600
1t is her business to receive complaints.
She is kept very busy in her position
and is well paid.
! About the climax of effrontery has
been reached when after giving days of
free news notices to an entertainment
]
the newspaper offices one ticket of adj
mission to the same.
There has been change in the date
of the lecture at the First Methodist
church by Rev. Matt S. Hughes, of
Kansas City It will be Thursday even
ing, November 20, instead of Friday, the
21st, as was first announced.
Before the Santa Fe gets through with
its Topeka depot improvements it Will
wish it hadn't waited so long. The job
right now is just fairly begun, so far
as appearances go, and the talk is that
! it may not be completed before spring
If the Washburn students who burned
/ the outbuilding on Halloween are
caught and cited to appear for trial they
will find themselves in front of q. bar of
! justice behind which sits one of the
trustees of the college, Arthur J. Nc
Cabe.
County Clerk John Wright served four
years as deputy under John Brown, four
years as deputy under Charles McCabe
and in January he will have served five
years as clerk. He has been in the office
for so many years because he is fitted
for the work.
w A White. of Emporia, will speak
at the meeting of the Missouri Repub-
| lican Editorial association, to be held in
st. Joseph, Mo, December ) and 6. LATE
| Young. proprietor of the Des Moines
Iowa, Capital, is also to appear before
the association.
Two Berkshire pigs have lately come
into possession of the colored industrial
institute in South Topeka Another will
be purchased as soon as funds permit
and the plan of the management is tc
raise all the meat to be used by the in
stitution this winter.
The Santa Fe has issued its new local
time cards, printed in shape to be hung
| up for easy reference. The new care
went into operation last Sunday, and
people who are expecting to travel OF
the Santa Fe should take notice, as the
old time on some of the trains has beer
made earlier.
paign against the insurance companie:
| will begin December 3. Nichols brough
suits against IS fire insurance compa
MES charging them with violation of tbs
antitrust laws. The suit against tn.
Aetna Insurance company, which viii
be the test case. is set for trial Decem
Der 2.
Bandmaster John Marshall, who has
just been elected register of deeds, says
that he is now ready to give a series OF
free Sunday afternoon concerts in tht
Auditorium. He would not give then
before he was elected as other candi-
dates and some people might have
charged him with illegitimate campaign
methods.
THE Princess Chic" will be at tn,
Grand Friday night. The company i!
to appear in Denver for a week com
mencing with a matinee Sunday after
noon Ihe Union racine is under con
tract to get the company to Denver bu
as no train leaves Topeka after
O'Clock at night on the Union Pacii,
the company can not play here Satur
day night and reach Denver for a matt
nee.
Conductor MCGOWAN and Motormar
Barger run a car on the West Sixth
avenue line of the city railway. Every
morning they rustic round and gel
enough cobs and kindling together tC
start a fire in the monkey stove anc
warm the car. Theirs is the only cal
on the city lines that is comfortable t.
ride in these mornings. Thier passen-
gers ought to make up a subscription
for them.
If the Commercial club can fix tn