The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Mrs. Johnson OF Silver Lake
Dies at Home.
Woman Was 70 Years Old-An
Old Settler.
EARLY DAY TIEUPS
Gertesein Tells OF TrainTrOubIes
in 1881.
Other Items of Interest on the
North Side.

Mrs. Timothy Johnson, an old set
tier of Silver Lake. died at her home
in Silver Lake about I o'clock Friday
afternoon. She was IS years old
stomach trouble and complications
caused her death. The funeral viii
he held at 1 o'clock tomorrow after
noon from the house. The body viii
be buried in the Silver Lake cemetery
Mrs. Johnson came to Silver Lake
from Valparaiso, Ind. about % years
ago. She leaves a husband and several
children. Her son is Minnard John
son, and her daughters are Mrs. c. J.
McCoid, Mrs. Eli Hansford and Mrs.
L. D. Johnson.
Charles Gertesein. agent at the San
Ia Re Junction depot, tells how the
railroad lines We're tied up in the win
ter of 1881, which is recalled by the
present cold weather He says that
the winter was followed by such an en-
OfmOuS crop that it was difficult to
obtain cars to haul the farm products
and IS accordingly optimistic about the
crops for this summer and fall.
In the winter Of 1881 the Atehison
line of the Santa Fe was tied up for
nearly two weeks. In that time only
few trains ran over the road. A force
of men to supplement snow plOws
were kept at work continually. It
would take three davs to go to Valley
Falls by rail- One day the snoWplow
killed a man who was working ahead
of the train. He evidently did not
hear the train coming and the en-
gineer did not see him in the clouds
OF snow shot up by the pillow. After
the engine had bucked the drift the
mans mangled corpse was found near
the track
THE railroad company was good to
the widow left, paid her $500 and kept
her in fuel and provisions for some
time.
1T was so cold and so much snow
that the drifts piled high enough that
a horse and team could drive over
places where fences were buried in
the snow.
ION the Union Pacific-then the
Kansas Pacific-trainS were so irreg-
ular that we did not expect trains on
that line until We saw them coming
Rev. J. W. WaldrOn. pastor Of the
Kansas avenue Methodist church, has
solved the church heating problem.
Thus children can attend Sunday
school a his church without fear of
sEf- sring from cold.
a large No II coal heater, has been
installed in the upstairs and a No. Is
heater has been installed in the lecture
room.
The official board believes this is
a wise plan" said Rev. J. w. Waldron,
this afternoon ON ordinary cold
mornings. they want a lecture room a
little warmer than the large room in
order to make it comfortable for the
little folk, and now the room can be
warmed in even the coolest of winter.
Let the children come and we will
have a good warm room for them"
The Hon. Walter ]. Gresham will be
the speaker at the evening service at
the Kansas avenue NJ. E. church Sun
day night, Jan. H. He will speak
about the trial of Jesus Christ from
a legal standpoint. Mr.. Gresham
comes very highly recommended by all
who have heard the lecture. One writ
er has the following to say: He has
splendid gifts as a public speaker. I
have had him address my audience at
the regular church service. He never
fails to please them. He gave a lee
ture this past winter on The Triatl of
Jesus from a legal standpoint which
was pronounced by the students and
mem bers of the faculty COT the Uni
versity of Missouri to be one of the
most interesting and profitable pre-
sensations of the subject they had ever
heard
cash balance of S1.O5644 in the
Garfield park fund is on hand accord
ing to the yearly report of John NJ.
Wright. city treasurer. This is gain
of $5SS.39 for the year of 1911. The