The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

| A grocery store is being built at tine
| corner of Seventeenth and Lincoln streets.
William Morrisby is having erected a
dwelling at ABB Adams street. James Nell
is building a dwelling at 3N Lime street.
! G.. T. Mattingly, city license collector,
reports that he collected S313.34 in the
month of March. The city plumbing in
spector collected SIS in this time
Nearly LOO dogs were registered under
| the cheaper rate for license tags. This
means that more than 1000 dogs will be
killed by the dog catchers this year.
| The big attraction in Topeka for to-
night will be the loving cup moving
picture show at the Auditorium which
will be given by the Aurora management
| Feeling that the dog owners were cheat
ed out of a day in their payments be
cause the last day of March was Sunday.
the city commissioners have granted the
old license rates today
The special levy ordinance to pave Cur
| tbs street from Kansas avenue to the
Rock Island tracks has been passed by
the board of city commissioners. 1t viii
be forwarded at once to the county treas
urer
Manager Treleaven of the gas company
was stuck in the mud in his motor car IN
the west end of the city recently. No
one knew who he was so there were
many willing hands to pun hln from Inc
nlire.
The Karniva1 knight meeting tomorrow
night will be held at $50 to enable the
members to attend the Republican caucus
minstrel show have arrived. They are
right up to the minute.
J. P CoyilIe, Dad Smith of Topeka
and DIR. H. B. Miller of Rossville leave
tomorrow morning for West Palm Beach,
Fla, where they will attend the allotment
of the Florida Everglades Land COM
pany, which begins April g.
Although the free MONDAY pipe organ
concerts did not commence at the Audi
forum April l. had been planned, they
will start in the near future. Already
enough money is on hand to pay for the
concerts for several months.
In order to protect pedestrians from in
juring themselves on guy wires extending
into parkings the city soon will draw up
pole line companies to protect their wires
with pipe or wooden frame
1t has been suggested that if collec-
ton box were placed at the door OF the
given Sunday afternoons some people
might be inclined to help out the organ
fund by contributing a silver piece.
Residents living south of Huntoon street
on Plass avenue and in that vicinity have
complained bitterly to the city comm1s-
sioners of the water standing In the new
ly graded streets and low lots IN that
territory. The low places will be drained
The smoker which will be given by the
X K club the Commercial club Tuesday
night will undoubtedly be well attended
as the time for holding the big minstrel
show-April Is and Isis drawing near
the performance are expected to be pres
ent.
The first four days this week special
30 o'clock services are scheduled for the
Grace Cathedral. Thursday evening at s
O'clock the anniversary of the institution
of the Lords Supper known as the
"Maundy," will be observed On Good
Friday a sermon will be preached at 10
o. clock. For the next few days holy COM
munion will be administered at 10 o'clock.
One of the men instructors in the high
school has been letting the young ladies'
severely alone while he has been attend
ing to his duties at the institution. Some
of the boys under him who have felt thai
he has been missing something made
date for him for Sunday night And still
the Prof refused to be drawn into the |
whirl of society. The boys were thanked !
kindly, but they had the duty of unmak-
ing the date.
Holy Week services will be held each |
evening this week at the First Congrega- |
tional church. DR.. A. S. Henderson will |
speak briefly as follows: Monday, Christ /
Authority" Tuesday. Para |
bles of Warming Wednesday. PARALLELS /
Of Judgment Thursday, THE Supper /
and the Last Talks Friday, Supreme J