The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-24
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWs.

GNAE SHUTS Al ii UME n II W b I
"Asleep at the Switch" will be at the
Crawford tonight
Tonight closes the first week of the
NidWinter exposition.
The government thermometer ranged
between q end 27 Friday.
Ehie Shirley. of Granville, has enter
ed as "a student at Bethany college
The Kansas Hermit. who gave the apple
60 Curtis. is scarcely an ideal Paris
The Kansas legislators are more
afraid OF Mrs. Nation than they would
be OF a cyclone.
There viii be a change in the vaude-
Vile programme at the Midwinter ex-
position next week.
A new dye house is being opened at
114 West Eighth. 1t is said A. 6rbour
IS the new proprietor.
Paul Torrington who has just return
ed from Siberia. looks like an exile and
talks like a LondOner.
Elias S. Cook has asked the district
court to divorce her from Thomas Cook,
on the ground of desertion.
The county commissioners will open
the bid Monday of the Edison com
pany for heating the court house and
county jail.
A special evangelistic meeting for the
scholars and friends Of the First BaD-
fist Sunday school was held last night.
Mr.. G. C. Grout led the singing
Mrs. l. n. PaCuin, of Kansas City,
will sing Eye Hath Not Seen" from
"The Holy City at the First Presby-
terrain church tomorrow mornings serv-
ices.
The w. A. L. Thompson farm at the
east end Of the Granville bridge across
the Kansas river. is one of the best
wheat growing farms in Shawnee coun-
ty
When a big policeman knocks down
little man Just to show that he can it
ought not to be necessary to hold an in
vestigation. It's q wonder he didn't use
his club.
Lew Shaw. who can do more with
billiard balls than most boys can with
marbles gave an exhibition at the I.
A. A. again last night, and will give
another tonight
Doss Long, the blacksmith at Big
Springs. is about to move to Topeka and
B. S. viii need a new smithy. What is
a loss for the springs is a gain for To-
pelza. Come along, Long.
Rev. and Mrs. Vinton, who have been
conducting revival services at the First
Presbyterian church. will hold a relig-
ious meeting at the Washburn college
chapel at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Husking bees are popular in the coun-
try at present in locations where there
are plenty of red ears. Red ears on
farm take the place of mistletOe in high
society and "postofice" in children's
parties.
Men are needed to work at the Willard
brick plant. Hands are scarce and
young men VINO are deVOung their time
10 physical culture might go there for a
time and handle mud and bricks for ex-
ercise and get paid for it.
Friday afternoon the county commits
sioners named the Topeka Capital as the
official county paper and gave the con-
tract for the furnishing of blank books
to Crane & Co The Plaindealer will
print the envelopes for the county.
The BaCCdlaureate service of the jan
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school viii be held at Grace Cathedral
Sunday morning. Miss Irene Homer
win sing Alitsens' Hymn of Thanks
giving for an offertory and Mr.. Harry
Knowles viii sing a solo.
The landlord of the hotel at Willard
has been without coal and it is reported
that to help him out the engineer of the
switch engine bumped the coal cars in
the Willard yards together until enough
coal was knocked off for the bOniface to
pick up and use in keeping the hotel
warm.
A colored man who is said to have
been slated for place as janitor saw
one Of the old janitors shoveling snow
off of the state house steps. rs a
5anitor spected to do that sort of
Work2" he asked. Yep said the 9th
er man. Guess don't want no iani-
tor job said the applicant, and he
left for home. He had supposed the
chief duties of state house janitor
were to pose as an ornament in the
corridors and give orders to spectators.
President c. c. Baker of the city rail-
way mas received a conscience letter and
donation of 81 from a man who used to
work as conductor for the company and
who knocked down" some nickels He
feels sorry now and sent the money to
the president. President Baker ought 20
start mutual conscience society His
conscience should smite him. and he
should send 81 to every person who rides
on the West Fourth street and West
Sixth avenue lines.
A banquet was given last night al
the Throop hotel by c. L. Cole and G.
NJ. Minney to the graduating class OF
the Kansas Medical college. Those
present were as follows. Drs. F. H
Martin. H. L. Alkire, L. S. Chamber
lain, w. f. Bowen and w. D. Storrs
The members Of the senior class who
were there are: G. D. Blake Marcus
Beach J. A. Overlander. d. D. Dillon
w. r. Frisby, II. L. Kennedy. F. Fl
Roberts, Mrs. Minnie A. Massey, c. d
Smith, c. Z. Cole, B. x. KilbOurne and
r. II. Smith.
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