The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-26
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S. Barnum has returned from a trip
to St. Louis.
The new Sumner school building was
opened Tuesday.
The first genuine thunder storm of the
season was last night.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon is building
an addition to his house.
A. Washburn is building new resi-
dence at ITO Clay street.
A. B. Hulit is in Chicago talking for
the Western Reciprocity league.
A Topeka Spiritualist is to give cir
cles" in Ottawa early in April.
The Prohibitionists' convention has
been called for Hutchinson July 5.
Mrs. S. NJ. Wood will entertain the
Golden Rule society Friday afternoon.
The golf links on the Keith tract are
in excellent condition, and are in daily
use.
The Cremerie restaurant is putting a
force of lady mattresses in its dining
room.
The presbytery of the United Pres
byterian church will meet in Topeka
April s.
Alex. G. Arid went to Manhattan
with George Burghart in his new auto
mobile Monday.
c. B. Ramsey is erecting 1,500 cot
tage near the corner of Seventh and
Buchanan streets.
the West Indies and Florida with
midsummer coat of tan.
The coIored talent of Topeka will give
Lady Africa" at the Crawford Satur
day matinee and night.
There is enough carpenter work in
progress on Kansas avenue to give To-
peka an appearance of thrift
Potato planting is in full blast in the
Kaw valley. Those who have observed
say the acreage will be exceptionally
large.
Frank Patrick who has returned from
a visit in Cuba says the island is a
beautiful place but he is still satisfied
with Topeka.
The English sparrows are now max
ing industrious attempts to fill the cave
troughs with straw and as a rule they
succeed pretty we'll
The slant and vertical systems of
writing are again at war. They do not
cause half so much trouble as the sys-
TENS that no one can read.
II A. McNeal of the Mail and Breeze,
will speak to the Santa Fee Shopmen
Thursday noon, under the auspices of
the railroad 7. NJ. c. A.
Ballots for the coming election are be-
ing counted out and put into paper
sacks for the election to be held on
April l. All this work is done by the
city clerk.
Much preliminary work, on the pave
ment building is being done. The first
blocks left over from last year at the
west end of West Sixth avenue.
A meeting in the interests of S. c.
Miller for councilman was held last
North Topeka. Speeches were made
by S. c. Miller, j. H. Guy and H. W.
Page.
Secretary Sam Radges, of the Foster
Humane society is looking for some one
willing to feed three dogs belonging to
Hermann.
get away from his house on account of
a quarantine for the smallpox.
Frederick T. Lyman, who has been
one of the proprietors of the Topeka
Local Express company, has accepted
an important position with Chas. Scrib-
ner & Sons, at Chicago. He will be chief
clerk in one of the departments of that
publishing house.
The great splotches of oil have not been
removed from the coping about the
west and south sides of the federal
building. 1t was placed there to pre-
vent lOaferS from sitting and loung1ng
about the building, but will permanent
ly deface the building, 1T is said.
Some of the friends of Frank M: Stahl
deny that he is to be the dark horse
candidate against W. F. Weber for
can law and order people in the ward
have given Weber to understand that
they are not making any fight on him.
1t will be remembered that they gave
Snattinger the same assurance
Capt Clad Hamilton has been inVes- |
tigating the Norwood school middle
at Ottawa for the attorney generals |
office. The state bought the bonds of
the new district created there some
four years ago, and the supreme court
afterward decided that the formation
of the new district was unconstitu- |
tional.
Roy and Sam Taggart, who were ar |
rested at Mcpherson by a U. s. mar |
shall and brought to Topeka, are out |
on bond. Their bonds were originally |
set at $1,000 each, but a petition signed |
by $50 people was enough to secure the |
of the bonds from $4,000 to |
$500 each They are now out of custody |
and have returned home.
Mr.. Clarence L. Scott, proprietor or |
the Cremerie, has inaugurated a rather |
expensive luxury for the Sunday pa |
irons of his restaurant, engaging an
orchestra of four pieces, but he believes |
it will be appreciated and that his bust |
ness will increase enough to offset the /
extra expense. People who failed to |
take their dinner there last Sunday |
missed a treat. However, it is his in |
tention to have an orchestra every Sun
day from IL to 2 His dining room has |
been wonderfully improved. Watch the |
Cremerie.