The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-10
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

The three horse ice wagons are busy
again.
Wild flowers are becoming plentiful
in the woods.
The ceiling Of the Copeland dining
room is being repainted.
Trees in the A L. Williams place suf-
fered from last nights blow.
Fishing is reported good in Min creek,
near Maple Hill, but it isn't.
The Topeka Athletic association now
lays claim to the best billiard room in
Kansas.
Is your 1awnmower in working or
der? II you don't know it's time you
are finding out.
A few small outbuildings iIP the SOUTH
west part Of town were overturned by
the wind last night.
The National hotel IS receiving a coat
of what a common every day eye
would call red paint
Strawberries have touched the bot
tom. The best berries were offered
at 5 cents box Tuesday.
The Rev. B. F. Boyle, of Atchison,
VIII deliver the Memorial Day address
at the Topeka Auditorium May 80.
In a month the school teachers viii
atcry to opening Of school in Septem-
Der.
The rainy season will begin in
earnest next Friday. The White Sox
begin playing ball at home on that
date.
Two large trees in the yard of G. c.
Clemens home, at Huntoon and Clay
streets. were twisted off by the wind
last night.
Shawnee county is rather short on
officers to keep the peace with Sheriff
Lucas and County Attorney Hungate
both away.
A chimney on the home of J. S War
ner, at 1927 Buchanan street, was blown
down last night. The house escaped
serious injury.
The sub-senior class Of the high school
will give The Merchant of Venice Up
To-Date" at the high school assembly
room Friday night.
John Q. Royce, who arrived in town
yesterday, reports that his wife is not
much better. She has been sick for
nearly eight months.
Post No. Il of the C. A. R is to
have charge of the Memorial day
services in Topeka this year. The
posts take turns managing the cere-
monies of the day.
It is rumored that a picture of Pro-
bate Judge Hayden's fine high school
saddle horse viii adorn the letter
heads of the probate court when the
next batch is printed.
The big cloth baseball sign which
advertised the Washburn-K. Z. game
at Eighth and Kansas avenue was al
most completely washed out by the
Tuesday night storm.
The. assessed valuation of personal
property in RoSSVille township this
year viii be $4,000 more than last
year and the assessment in Menoken
township will be $4,000 less.
The Kensington Mill company. at
kensington, Kas., has applied to the
state board of railroad commissioners
for an order compelling the Rock Is
land to build a switch to their mill.
The California Limited has been dis
continued on the Vinewood park line,
and the big, yellow cars with smoking
rooms and baggage rooms for lunch
and baby buggies and hammocks are
in service.
The people who visit the manual
training and the high schools should
then 60 to North Topeka, visit the new
/ Quincy school, and see the best lighted,
best built and best arranged school
building in Topeka.
In the advertisement for "The Ner-
chant of Venice Up-TO-Date" by the
high school class the posters say: Don t
miss the great Thanksgiving football
game between the Venice and the Bel
mont teams"
John H. Upton, examiner for the
state insurance department, has COM
I pleted the examination of the Farm
ers' Alliance Insurance company, OF
Mcpherson, and finds it in good con-
dition..
DR.. ]. W. E. Bowen of Atlanta, Ca,
one of the most prominent negroes in
the south, will deliver a lecture Friday
evening at the First NJ. E. church IN
Topeka. It is for the benefit of the As
bury NJ. E church.
There were rumors at the state
house yesterday that a large delega-
ton of preachers had come to plead
with Governor Hoch to close the Kan
sas City saloons. It was only the ad-
vance guard of the United Brethren
conference.
The Ottawa Herald says: w. P
and I. w. Felix left yesterday after
noon for Chicago, where they will
spend some time in the clothing mar
kets. Mr.. Eagle, of the Felix store al
Topeka, came down to spend yester-
/ day. The Messrs. Felix Will be absent
the greater part of the week.
Today and tomorrow the public may
try the automatic heat regulators, tht
/ patent gusher drinking fountains. tht
1 pneumatic clocks, the compressed ali
call bells. the telephone exchange. ths
| patent humidity regulators, the auto
| matte signal gongs, the carpenter
benches and tools, the wood carving
appliances, the blacksmith fOrges, tbs
electric lights, the gymnasium, tht
/ shower baths, the elevator, the paten
| ventilators and the few other features
| of the manual training and the higE
| schools.