The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-28
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All nrst-class grocers will furnish
you with Arizona sweet oranges
Rev. W. c. May, Of Holton, will
preach at the First United Brethren
church tomorrow morning.
1t is a noticeable fact that the packs
| of the mail carriers are decreasing in
size as Christmas becomes more dis
| tant.
/ The number Of deeds filed with Coun-
| ~. Recorder R. F. Hodgins during the
tne past Few weeks. indicates a falling
dealers.
W. "A. Harshbarger, professor of
! mathematics at Washburn college,
was yesterday elected president of the
Kansas Association of Mathematics
teachers
At the present time there are forty-
seven patients at the county poor farm
all of whom were remembered by
charitably disposed residents of To-
peka.
Among the hundreds of residents of
Topeka who are suffering from ag-
gravated attacks of grip is F. G. CO.
burn, secretary of the state board Of
agriculture.
The lights at the state house went
out last night when the horticulturists
were in session and as usual it occur
red right in the middle of the most
interesting part of the program.
The crowded lobby of the Copeland
hotel last night reminded the old timers
of days when the forces of the faith
full were marshalled under this roof to
devise plans for saving the state from
the Populists.
Now that Topeka gets the state
Republican convention, 1t might not
be bad plan for the city to fix the
sections of the auditorium ceiling
which are in danger of tumbling down
on some ones head.
Now that the teachers have left
Topeka the streets are beginning to
take on the appearance of country
town right after Christmas. There
are none to be seen on the streets ex-
cept a small scattering of politicians.
AS a reminder that he successfully
made his escape from the prison
guard few weeks ago BUS" Cross,
young negro is wearing a fifty pound
ball of iron attached to one of his an
kles while he cracks stone on the city
rock pile.
The professors who have analysed
Topeka's supply of natural gas report
that they have not found air In the
pipes, and the suggestion is made that
pose of locating the lost pressure which
is a necessity.
THAT is just like finding money"
chuckled IA year old George Chandler
as he pocketed a dollar, received as
bounty for scalp which he took from
the head of a coyote which he found
in an alley between Seventh and
Eighth streets.
Now that the Missouri Pacific has
agreed to re-establish train service,
the Topeka-Fort Scott train will prob
ably be running again week after next.
This will be great convenience to the
residents south of Topeka on this line
who do their shopping in Topeka.
The crowd of strangers which has
thronged the city during the past week
TT ,z1 tho n
that the state central committee will
hold a meeting this evening though the
absence OF millinery displays indicates
that the teachers of the state have re-
turned to their homes.
Sheriff John Wilkerson was obliged
to remove a crying baby from the Ma
jestic theater during the performance
last night. Mrs Wilkerson remained
and enjoyed the performance while
the sheriff walked the floor in front
of the ticket office in an attempt to
keep his offspring from annoying the