The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
sNAP sHOTs AT HONE NEWS

Spring lettuce is on the market.
A few farmers have sown. oats and
speItz-
Many of the country schools close the
term in five weeks.
E. B. H. Remley was in Kansas City
on business yesterday.
Gen. J. w. F. Hughes is confined to
his home with a cold.
Graphophone concerts are being given
at the country school houses
The Kansas City Schmelzers win
play the Saints in Topeka on April 9.
The two snow storms of Friday may
have been the clearing up storms
The Continental Creamery company
viii install a skimning station at Rich
land.
Now is the time to make your
garden patch for early lettuce and
radishes.
General Manager H. U. Nudge, of the
Santa Fe. will return home tomorrow
or Monday.
Baseball practice is now part of the
regular afternoon programme at
Washburn-
Do you remember which way the
ground hog made his prediction on
February ??
The annual encampment of the Kan
sas G. A. r. will commence at Par
sons, May %.
The flower beds in the state house
GROUNDS are DGlnS maze. VIII
soon be in bloom.
D. D. Mcdowell has procured a build
ing permit to erect a two story frame
dwelling at 1865 Garfield.
Lumber is higher this spring than
ever. It is about time for somebody
to investigate the lumber trust
Speaker w. r. Stubs and his fam
lily will be in Topeka for some days.
Mr.. Stubs is looking after political
matters.
DR.. c. B. Van Horn will give an
address Sunday afternoon at o'clock
at Unity church on 1.-The Work of Asso-
ciated Charities"
The following birth report has been
handed in to the Office of the city
physician: Charles Crawford. 1924
Chase street, girl.
Street sprinklers and street sweepers
were brought from their winter
storage places on Friday night and set
to work on Kansas avenue.
Monday night Noami Rebecca lodge
will give a social and a farce entitled
Wanted Housekeeper." at odd Fell
lows hall. 521 Quincy street.
Judge J. T. Clark filed a deed yes
terday giving the property on lot 287s
on Topeka avenue between Seventh
and Eighth streets, to the Y. w c. A,
after his death.
The Democrats are planning to
make a big fight in the coming CITY
city attorney, police judge, one or
two councilmen and possibly mayor.
l.. H. Seaver, of Ellsworth county,
a member of the house of representa-
room in the Copeland for the past ten
days, is now able to return home. He
has been under the care of DIR. Berry
E. W. Walker of st. George, Wa
baunsee county. has been commissioned
a notary public by Governor Hoch.
Walker was first commissioned in 1869,
and when this commission expires he
will have been a notary for 40 years
continuously.
The Electrical Dry Cleaning Co,
of business at 113 West 10th. with all
new machinery. Gentleman's suit
cleaned and pressed for 81, ladies' skirt
so cents, waist so cents. These prices
are good for two weeks only.
Fred Vandegrift has a kick. He
says that the thermometer which
hung in representative hall is recog-
nized by statute as his property at the
end of each session of the legislature.
Somebody else got the thermometer
this year.
The session of the legislature just
closed enacted 543 new laws. The
session two years ago put SAT new
laws on the books. At each session
there was an Omnibus vacation bill
com bining over 100 local bills for the
vacation of streets or additions
Robert Frantz, of the Louisville
American association team, was in
Topeka on Friday. He has seen
Quigley, the new shortstop signed by
Topeka, play in eastern teams and
declares that he will be by long odds
the best shortstop in the Western asso-
citation.
A number of building permits calling
for additions were issued today from
the Office of the fire marshal. Addi-
ton costing $500, 3O4 Branner street
George F'urmans addition to residence,
cost $500. lots 50, 80 Clay street. J.
H. McCleskey; addition, cost $125, 626
Lime street, John NJ. Baumgartner;
barn by same, cost $125; addition to
residence, cost $500, 7O4 Jefferson
street, VIM. c. Sherman.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Auth rs' club is called for Monday
evening, March 10. at the residence Of
Col J. G. Smith. 421 Topeka avenue,
Topeka An entertaining program is
prepared, in which poems, papers and
short talks are to be rendered by Mrs
Atchison, Mrs. Garvey. Miss Eliz R.
Barr, DR.. J. E. Morrison. and others.
An election of officers for the ensuing
year is also to be held.
This evening the seniors at Wash
burn college will give their play, "A
Modern Rip Van Winkle.'' Indica-
record breaker. The play was writ
ten by members of the class, and is
sort of take off on some of the events
in the history of the college. It starts
in with a scene 20 years ago, and in
wolves a number of the old time pro-
fessors at the college.
The Saints will wear blue and white
uniforms this year. The uniforms are
to be blue and the caps white. The
stockings are to be blue with q large
white band midway between knee and
ankle The suits will have white
trimmings at the cuff and about the
collar and pockets. It is probabIe
that instead of spelling out the word
Topeka across the breast the letter
''T'' will be placed on one side of the
shirt.
1t is reported that there is a gang of
boys in Potwin whose special delight is
d 4 c..ns L. =.