The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-10
ON THE NORTH SIDE
John. M. MurreII Dies as a Result
of Burns.
Injuries at First were Not Con-
sidered Serious.
GOOD FARM is SOLD.
w. L. Retter Purchases the VIII
sOn-AndersOn Place.
Considered One of Best on Upper
Silver Lake Road.

street died at the Santa Fe hospital al
| about o'clock last evening. His
| death was from the effects of burns
he received at the Santa Fe shops
about week ago. He stepped in a
hole in the floor and was burned on
| the left leg from the knee to the foot
| by steam from steam pipes under
meath. He was able to walk part
way home and the injuries were not
| considered dangerous at first. Later
he was taken to the hospital.
He was 66 years old. His wife died
SINE time ago. Since that he has
| made his home with his son, James,
who is employed by the Whiting Paint
& Glass company on the South side.
Mr.. Murrell, sr., has lived in North
Topeka for a number of years, and
has been employed in the coach de-
partment of the Santa Fe shops He
was also a member of the knights and
Ladies of Security, council No. 4. The
funeral arrangements have not been
made yet.
w. L. Retter of Kiro has bought the
Wilson & Anderson farm about one
the upper Silver Lake road for $500
an acre, and will move there in a few
days. Mr.. Woodford. who lives near
kiro, will occupy his old farm. The
one of the best improved lands in that
section. 1t contains two story house
and has system of waterworkS on
the place. Mr.. Retter is holding sale
of his household goods at his old farm
today.
Rome CoIvin of 915 Van Buren,
street, formerly in the livery business
freight depot west of North Topeka at
the Rock Island and Union Pacific
tracks crossing. From here he will
move the building to what is known
as "Cinder Alley and Curtis street,
and will convert it into a sales barn
for horses and cattle, as soon as the
weather will permit. At first he in
tended to remodel it into a fiat, but
later decided to use it as a large barn
for the selling Of horses and cattle.
At the meeting of the Harmony Re-
bekah lodge, at their hall last night,
the ensuing term: Noble grand, Miss
Frances Short; vice grand, Mrs. Hare;
secretary, Mrs. Carrie Barnes; treas
urer. Mrs. Herbert Green; warden,
Miss Sadie Withers: Conductor. Miss
Lena Hohnbaum; chaplain, Miss Flor
ence Anderson; inside guard, Miss
Jennie Conwell; outside guard, Miss
Lydia Havens: right supporter to the
noble grand, Miss Edith Haynes; left
supporter to the noble grand, Mrs.
Minnie Whitehead: right supporter to
the vice grand. Miss Inez Day: left
supporter to the vice grand, Mrs. VOL
verton.
Nat Taylor. bookkeeper for the Kaw
Milling Co, who once was postmaster
in little town in Arkansas, tells some
amusing anecdotes of this far famed
state. Among other things he describes
a well-drilling bee OF that region
Zone day I was taking a drive over
what is thought to be a road in that
country, although it would not be rec
ognized as such here. It is really more
path which seemed to have no par
ticular terminus. While was driving
along I came upon farm house. In
the front yard lot of people were
composed of three stakes about six feet
high. A pulley was attached to the top.
A rope which was fastened to short
stake. sharp at one end, was thrown
over the pulley. Each of the people
who were seated around this con-
trivance would take their turn at pull
ing the rope, thus raising the stake and
then letting it fall again. OF course
into the ground. My curiosity was
aroused After hitching the horse, I
approached the group-comprising men,
women and children-and after the Gus
tomaries 'Howdy, stranger was ex-
changed I asked one of the men in the
vernacular of the country what they
Might be doing The man shifted the
quid of tobacco in his mouth, spit over
his shoulder, and replied:
" Well. you-all haint been long in
these heah paints. Eff you-all had been
you-an wouldn't ask sech questions.
No, we'uns might be digging fer gold,
but we haint. We be jest digging
Well
Il thanked him for his information
and left. AS I did so heard one of
them say that he 'Reckoned that Teller
shore was a Yankee
Afterwards 1 learned that these well
digging bees were a regular thing.
Whenever one of the farmers got tired
of hauling drinking water in a barrel
from a nearby creek he would call in
his neighbors and the well would be
dug as described"
Four wolves We're seen at different
times at the wolf hunt near Menoken
The animals We're discovered near Rock
creek. the northern boundary of the
hunt but each of them slipped through
the lines before the hunters could close
in on them.
Great interest is being manifested in
the revival meeting which will be held
at the Baptist church at 7:30 O'Clock to-
night under the leadership of DR.. w.
E. Biederwolf the evangelist. He has
been preaching to crowded houses at
the Auditorium on the South side and it
packed tonight. This will be his only
service in North Topeka as far as is
known.
Miss Marie Robb of sOs Harrison
street has resigned her position as
stenographer and bookkeeper for the
Topeka Packing company to take a
three years course in trained nursing