The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-03
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS

| Some Shawnee county farmers are
| still threshing-
| The Meriden school has been closed
on account Of diphtheria-
How about the government fore
| casters guess on snow f1urries?
| The Street Car company may now
| turn on the heat in the street cars.
| County Treasurer Bowen took in up
wards of $1,000 in taxes yesterday.
| d. J. GreenwaId has returned from
| trip to New York and Philadelphia
| t x. Tomson, of Dover, has sold four
of his famous shorthorns to be sent to
Cuba
The corn buyers for the big elevator
companies are working in Shawnee
county.
Several of the men drawn on the
grand jury signed the petition praying
| for the jury
The Central Congregational church
held a bazar Friday at the home of
Mrs. Wilbur.
The merchants, both in fuel, dry
goods and wearing apparel, welcomed
the colder weather.
Have you taken your screens down :?
Summer is now positively ended
This is authoritative.
The colder weather has caused
many poor people to apply to Poor
Commissioner Hale for coal.
The cases in the present term of the
federal court are consuming an un-
Christmas is three weeks from Sun
day. Christmas on Sunday beats a lot
of people out OF a holiday or two.
One Topekan has referred to some
theatrical offerings as IAN Awful
Prayer and "A Bunch of Cheese"
The Salvation army people are get
ting out and hustling up money for
their Christmas dinner for the poor.
The corn crop on the upland farms
in the northwestern part of Shawnee
county will average Is bushels per
acre.
E. W. Poindexter and c. ]. Devlin
own farms south of Topeka on the
Burlingame road in the locality called
Sunnyside.
County Clerk Newman will have OPP
L. d. Hart, Of Pottawatomie county, is
in the race.
Governor-elect E. w. Hoch will
speak at the Shawnee county Old Set
tiers meeting Monday night at Rep
resentative hall
DR.. L. c. WATSON, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis, is reported better
and hopes are entertained for his
rapid recovery.
If the Topeka club has to seek new
quarters how long VIII 1t take the
members to get use to the new route
to the club house?
An even dozen of the fifteen grand
jurors, voting to return an indictment,
decide the course of the jury. The
majority of twelve rules.
A Topeka minister said recently
that he wished he would be lucky
enough to be drawn as a member of
the grand jury. He wasn't.
News note from Pleasant Valley:
Little Sloan Wright had the misfor-
tune to get kicked by a mule while
playing Sunday" Moral --
''Everyman'' plays in Kansas City
at the Central High school assembly
hall next week. 1t plays at the Craw-
ford in Topeka for 81 a seat
Captain Philips missed out in his
candidacy for county commissioner.
but it seems he will be pacified with
the position of state bank commits
sioner-
The county commissioners have esti-
mated that the North Topeka levee
will not cost the average property
owner more than $3.50 for his share of
the expense.
w. E Corbett, who owns a big farm
near Mission Center, took car load of
vania where he is selling them this
week.
Director Jennings hints that the cold
weather came simply to show the peo-
pie that the weather bureau officials
haven't forgotten the ingredients neces-
sary for a cold wave
1t is time for the Legal News to
take down the name of Justice Akin
son and hoist the name of Justice
Clark Smith in the roster of supreme
court justices now on duty.
The grand jury had to be drawn 80
days before the first day of the Janu- |
airy term of the district court The |
next term begins January 9. County |
Clerk Newman took no chances.
Now it is the right time to print it, |
and it follows herewith: The man /,
who didn't see the fair. has now a |
chance to gloat, you can spot him
every time, by his new overcoat."
Not single woman was drawn on
jury. Women can not serve as jurors f.
or juroresses but by mistake their |
names some times go into the jury box |
A Topeka liveryman has pair of |
horses which he intends to take to a /
horse sale at Madison Square Garden, |
New York, to sell for 81. 500 for the pair. I
He sold a team there some years ago |
for $1,000.
It might be well for the Washburn
debating club to decide whether they /
shall be called dykes or levees. The
people who will be benefited by them,
however don't care what they are call |
ed just so they are built
Wamego Times: The Rev. Albert /
a native of st. Marys. |
IL said to be the first full-blood Indian
to be ordained to the priesthood in this
He received a special blessing
from the pope at Rome
Inc ndD6dS COL PAo eases VI MING
Wood Fowler, Tobe Tobias
and ST Hurst. ex-proprietors and deal
ers at the Royal gambling establish
ment, are set for hearing by Judge
Iazen for next Thursday.
In the country pie socials are being
held, and the reports are that they are
we'll attended. It will not be long be-
fore Governor Hoch will have to hold
tpie socials," and every session will
be we'll attended by PIE hunters.
In an advertisement of SANDY Bot
.orn'' the Crawford management ankles
, line. Mote prices 10, 20, 80, so cents
THAT sounds cheap, doesn't it, but look
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