The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

J. c. Going has gone to Chicago.
T. E. Dewey of Abilene was in To-
peka yesterday.
Mrs HolIcraft has blooming plants on
sale at SIT Kansas avenue.
w. w. Mills has returned from
business trip to the eastern markets.
Robins are getting plentiful They
first began to appear about week ago.
Bets are being offered with no takers
today's primaries.
Sunfower team No $50 NJ w. A. win
give dance Monday evening, March 10,
704 and 706 Kansas avenue.
The directors of the Kansas Society
for the FriendleSs have decided to take
Oklahoma into the scope of their OPP
erations.
James Mcdowell filed suit in the dis
trict court yesterday for divorce from
Amanda Mcdowell on the grounds of
desertion.
L. NJ. Wood of Topeka has been
awarded the contract for plans for the
proposed Cowley county poor farm
buildings.
Rev. Walter Burr, of Galesburg, Ill,
has been engaged as field superintend-
ent of the Kansas Society for the
F'riendleSS
Mrs. ]. NJ. Butterfly, who has been in
Christ hospital for some time, has so far
recovered as to be able to be removed
to her home.
The unknown friend of Washburn
college who has promised $4,000 has
paid the first inStallment of $40 600 just
to bind the bargain.
The candidates are getting ready for
an assault Fort Scott next week.
The Second district congressional con-
vention will be held there on Tuesday.
finckney Blackwell, janitor of the
Nickle Plate school where the scarlet
fever epidemic has prevailed for more
than two weeks, is critically sick at his
home in North Topeka of pneumonia.
Miss Snock will lead meeting of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance Sun
day D. M. at the residence of Mrs.
Foss Wabash and Indiana avenue, Oak
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Squire will sing.
a special train will be run from Tc-
peka to Kansas City for those who wish
to hear Paderewski If no more go than
can pronounce his name an engine All
a bobtailed street car would make
large enough train.
t'BiH' Fu1ton's city central committee
yesterday allowed Ben Walton 81 in
consideration of his services to the COM
mittee for one year Walton looked af-
ter the rooms in the old court house
when the committee met
Miss Ellen Stone will lecture at the
Ottawa Chautauqua. She best be care
full while there for if the raging Marias
des Cygne suddenly rises she will be
cut off from the outside world again
and it will take more than a ransom
to get her back.
A letter has pursued Emma Kelly
from Alaska to Topeka and back to
Alaska a few times and is still on her
trail. That is not at all marvellous.
There are plenty of people in Topeka
who have had bills pursue them through
the mails month after month.
o. NJ Chilcott, county superintendent
of Jewell county has written State
Superintendent Nelson asking him to
come up there and help in the CONSOLE
dation of some rural schools at Mont
rose. Superintendent Chilcott is push
ing the rural school consolidation move
ment in Jewell county.
The mercury in the government Their
mometer got up to 50 yesterday 1t
might have gone higher but Observer
Jennings was afraid the people did not
have their spring medicines on hand to
guard against the usual attack of
spring fever and so he shut off the mer-
curry when it reached that point.
The politicians are busy studying
southeastern Kansas time tables just
now. They are trying to figure how to
leave ForSt Scott after the Second dis
trict convention closes on Tuesday even
ing and get to Emporia before the
Fourth district convention opens on
Wednesday,.
Every candidate for governor says he
is well pleased over the situation and
is chuckling in his sleeve over how fool
ed the other fellows are going to be
when the votes are counted Each one
hears only reports which are favorable
to him ana each thinks ne is the only
one who knows the inside of the sit
uation.
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock will be
held SI<at congress or contest at cards
between members of the three German
organizations of the town. the Sons of
Herman, Arions and Turner's. This is
the first contest of the kind that ever
has been held here, but it is an import
ant event in the German Fatherland
and it is hoped that it will become a
permanent affair here. There will be
four prizes given, and SO players will
contest.