The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-22

offices of the county clerk 1t is much
needed.
peka, is laid up at his home with an at
tack OF the grip.
The Ladies of the Maccabees, Hive
NO. q, will give a lunch at Security
hall Thursday afternoon.
The White .Sox will leave Tuesday
lor an anteseason trip through the
southern portion of the state
| The ladies of the Free kindergarten
committee will hold a rummage sale
| this week at 2S2 Kansas avenue
A building permit was issued Satur-
aay TO swan Olson, who will erect 49,
800 dwelling at 125 Fillmore street
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Rain, who live at
Morris and Seward avenues are the
parents of a boy, born this morning.
Ed Bass, the gardener at the state
house, has commenced thes plans for
identifying the state house grounds this
season.
Ralph Clark, the new Cooleycrow
pitcher, knocked a home run yesterday
in the game between the White Sox and
the Yannigans.
1t was plenty warm enough yester-
day afternoon for persons to sit out on
their porches. and many took advantage
of the opportunity.
The Northumberland ball game
which was postponed Thursday on ac-
count of the inclement weather was
played this afternoon.
If you see any big Indian braves in
town today, don't be alarmed, they are
only ball players, who are trying to de-
feat Washburn this afternoon.
The Menoken and Hewitts' foundry
ball teams Of the county league played
Sunday, resulting in favor of the Me-
noken team by a score of Is to 1.
The Belle of Richmond is the name of
the play that will be presented at the
Grand next Friday night by the ORA
matte Society of Washburn College.
A special meeting of the CONNER
cial club is called for Tuesday after
noon, at $3.50 for the purpose of con-
siderfng the proposition of a fair this
fall.
Reports from the country indicate
that the wild strawberries were not
injured by the freezes which included
most of the fruit in the mortality
record.
will take the examination Saturday
which, if they pass will entitle them
to become students of the city high
school.
About the only thing in the pie
filling line to escape the late freezes is
rhubarb which suggests anything but
a pleasant thought to the lunch coun-
ter pie fiends.
The dog catcher complains that he
is greatly burdened by the complaints
which ne receives OF damages done 10
lawns by CANNES which are permitted
to run at large.
A Topeka man has a horse which
he values at $4,000 though there is
no danger that the city will lose this
valuable piece of horse flesh by a sale
to out of town buyers.
After wearing grouchy, shivery ex-
pressions for the past fortnight Tope-
kans are smiling once again and the
fine weather is the good reason for the
changes IN their dispositions.
The Odd Fellows of the four coun-
ties joining and Shawnee will hold an
anniversary celebration in this city
Friday, one of the features being a
parade of monstrous proportions.
F'lashy bands on cigars often deceive
a smoker in trying them, but real quail
ity needs no gaudy appearance to slim
ulate it's sale. This is particularly true
of Burghart's Aurora ten cent cigar.
Senator Milton Brown returned to
Topeka Sunday after having spent
several weeks with his son Chauncey,
a Washburn law school graduate who
has opened an office in Garden City.
A check for $1,000 was deposited with
Clerk of the Court Thomas Saturday by
the National Union Insurance company
as payment for a policy held by the
late Samuel Barnes. A suit to determine
the ownership of the money is now
pending in the district court and the