The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

| Jennings claims todays snow.
J. w. Going went to Chicago Friday
| evening.
"A Merry Chase" will be at the Craw-
| ford tonight.
Major A P. Shreve is still confined
to his home with the yellow jaundice.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the First
| Methodist church at three o'clock Mon
day.
The Y. P. S. c. E. of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church is arranging for a
| social.
| few days in Lawrence visiting his
| parents.
There will be meeting of the W. C..
T. U. at the First Methodist church
next Monday.
Charles H. Trap, printer and rubber
stamp manufacturer, has moved to ia
Kansas avenue.
Bob-sled parties are numerous now
that the weather is warm enough to
make sleighing pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Sheldon and
son Merriam will go to Chicago next
Monday, to remain the entire week.
The secretary of state has issued 157
notaries commissions during the past
month, which is far in excess of the
average number.
The supporters of James A. Troutman
have decided that they would like to
have the Shawnee county primaries
nelu as early as Is feasible.
Vice President H. A. Parker of the
Rock Island passed through Topeka
yesterday en- route to Liberal and other
points on the new Ell Paso road.
Rev. ]. F. c. Hill has closed the meet
ings which he has been holding at
Plym outh Congregational church, south
of Valencia, and has returned to To-
peka.
Mrs Nation called on Mayor Parker
the other day.. but could not get much
Mayor Parker does not talk enough to
suit her.
The Ministerial Union will meet at the
Y. M. c. A. rooms Monday morning.
Rev. H. A. OFT will read a paper on
"How we can best promote reliable
Christian character.
Dan Leahy, a state house fireman.
who was incapacitated for work by
escaping steam some time ago. has been
paid bv the executive council for the
time he is compelled to be idle
The directors of the Midwinter Elk
position company will meet Monday at
which time the business of the asoscia-
ton will be finished. All persons hold
ing bills against the association should
present them to r. S. Brigham before
that time.
Del Valentine has been worked pretty
hard the past week Just soon the
strain of Kansas Day was over he had
to look after the meetings of the State
Bar association of which he is Secre-
tary, and had to attend another banquet
last night.
from a trip to New York and Washing
ton, where he went to collect material
for his lecturing tour over Kansas il
the interests of Washburn college. Mr..
Fisk will begin his lecture tour next
week at Manhattan.
H w. Joy, who wants to be appointed
sheriff of Ellis county under the bien-
NAL election law, called on Governor
10, low e. Gva1 ~rYf hot h nt1a10 f1Cc
are, but the governor told him he would
make no appointments until the SUI
preme court tells a few things about the
law.
Among the many numbers on the
Times concert programme probably
none will get greater reception than
Albert T. Reid's new march, Guardians
of Liberty" 1t was necessary for the
Banda Rosa to repeat the Topeka
composition when it was played for the
first time by the band last fall in the
Auditorium.
A portrait of DR.. Frank c. Armstrong
is on exhibition in Moore's book store
window. Major Armstrong was surgeon
of the Twenty-first Kansas volunteers,
and later was surgeon major of the
Thirty-second United States volunteers,
and was killed in the Philippines. To-
peka post of the Spanish war veterans
is named for him.
Funnel, Pierson, Brown, Bromelsick
and Kuhne of the Merchants Athletic
cluD Oh Lawrence VIII play ten-pi1i
contest with Morton, Stewart, Smith,
Wolf and Gossett of the Topeka Ath-
letic association at the opening of the
Elite bowling alleys Monday evening.
ia Kansas avenue. The public is in
vited. Admission to contest free.
Because of the large increase in the
number of scholars who are attending
the parochial school of the Church of
the Assumption on West Eighth street,
another teacher and new school room
have been added. The school building
contains four rooms, three of which
have been in use. A new teacher has
been employed and the new room will