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The Daily North Topeka Newsletter from Topeka, Kansas • 1

The Daily North Topeka Newsletter from Topeka, Kansas • 1

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The a Newsletter. Vol. I. NORTH TOPEKA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1890. Number 28.

Looal News. If you want to save money on Millinery go to Costley Pott. Mrs. A. J.

Ara Mrs. A. V. and M. M.

Hale are the dele Mr. Tibbals goes to Osaaloosa today. H. Foucht is selling Dekabchicken wire that never rusts. Go to Costley and Post for bargains in Shoes, Millinery, Dress Goods, and Notions.

Miss Ella has returned from Oklahoma. Judge Dolman Tuesday evening married at his residence, Miss Amelia P. Zartand Edgar F. Plato W. P.

Hogabooru has moved into the residence at 922 Harrison street. Minnie Nihart and Edwin Stanley, of North Topeka. were married on Tuesday evening at the Mission room, gates from the Second Presbyterian Church to the Twenty-third annual meeting of the Woman's Presbyterian board of Foreign missions which convened last evening in the Fir-1 church. Letter carrier Will Nuzum la doing 'i The Santa Fe will paint all of it cabooses red. J.

R. Pensyl is making some improvements on the Snettinger property on Kansas Ave. Las evening Harry Hopper and Miss Nellie Murney were married by Rev. S. Glendenning.

Mayor Drew, Councilman Betts and Street Commissioner Snyder were inspecting on the Johnson place with a view to putting a new crossing over the U. P. tracks between the cattle guard and Clay street. Dr. A.

Lewis of Abilene on Wednesday was found by police straying aimlessly about the Santa Fe station fn N. Topeka. Family trouble and failing health are supposed to have unbalanced his sc ind. He has considerable property and his wife has lately sued him for a separate maintainance. His attorney, T.

E. Dewey, arrived in the evening to look after his interests and found him at the Chesterfield, where Fourth and Jackson, by Rev. 0. Par-It am Jacob Albright has purchased the Mrs. Beelep property 1 4'28 Topeka Avenue, $1,300.

Found, a Secret Society charm; enquire at office of the Newsletter duty for Cass Matthews, who is busy superintending the agricultural department around his home. Mr. Butterly, the coal merchant, is president of the Hibernian Society. The Baird residence has been beautified by the evergreens, now planted around it, Scotch pines, Norway spruce and spireas. An ice cream social wil be held at the home of Mrs.

Harry afford on West street this evening. Six members of Marshall's hand will furnish music. Proceeds for the, church of the Good Shepherd. James Mitchell's first class short order chop house. Ham sandwich and coffee, 5 cents.

We are leaders in low prices. 52 1 Kansas Ave. N. Topeka, near the bridge. raittrimg, as of anchor cable going through a haiwse pipe, and the chain disappeared.

The rattting was caused by the icontaidt of the chain with the shark's teeth. A sailor 'Who saw the chain vard'shinig' grabbed the free end of iijt in time to save about ia faithoan. The shark bit off wo of il before ithe sailor could draig it out, The shark seemed' to hie somewhat in disposed there after. It was umahle to get ouit of the coil of rope. 'The ishdp rolled and pitched as it never had in any sea, and the shark finally gave nip the ghost.

It was out open by order of the skipper, who wan ed the two fathoms of chain. The shark had nothing else in its stomach, which may account for its appetite, if a shark's appetite needs to be accounted for. ITTadc 111 By Uim Overcoat Mutual friend's 'told me in New York the other diaiy that the illness of tiudyard OBiipiing was due to his habit of wearing- a. iheaivy furdlned overcoat in all sorts of wealthier amid h'-: impruideinoe to taking it off when he became heated. He was repeatedly warned that he was unnecessarily exposing hiimsielif and advised to get a' lighter garment to wear as the weaither becaimie milder, but he Would start out iin the morning with his fur coat, wear it until he 'was thoroughly heated and per-spiring, when he woudd take it off and carry it on Its arm until he.

was chilled. Then 'he would' put it on aigain and say uinlpleasanit things about our climate. He was taken sick last -Monday. He was to have 'been a guest that night at the anniral bamquet of the Southern Society in New York. On Tues-d'ay in'lght 'Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Umderwoiod Joihnison, of the ediitoral staff of the Century 'Magazine, had inivited a party inic'lud'inig Mr. and Mrs. Richard Watson. Gilder, Mr.

and Mrs. W. D. Ho wells, Prof, and Mrs. William M.

Sloan. IMrs. Custer, Nicolai Teslia and others, to meet him. The last time he was out was at a little dinner given- him by Mr. Burllhigaime, ed'itor of Scribnier's Magazine, and after wearing his fur-linied overcoat part way home and he had been taken.

SHARK CAME AE20AI1D II Hit. I Sampey this moaning found lady's hat pin at corner of Gordon and Kansas avenue. Enquire at his shop, south of fire station. Late arrival at the Adams House: E. M.

Greenwood, Kansas City Capt. Slllett, Willard H. S. Fletcher, Sali the Ate Two Fatlioing of Chain on Scottish Prince's 19cck. (A corroborative circumstantial evi dence 10 the truthfulness if this story na: B.

F. Snroj Leadville, Col Martin Kellinger; Perry; W. J. Gatcheli, Mc- the British tramp steamship Scbrttdsa Prince, from Brazilian perls, brought into New Ywk Sunday 'the tadl of thi shark. It may be in ferred that this is a fish story.

The isikipper, Capt. Dob- son, wishes it understood, However, ithait he does not regard the shark ais a fish. He says no fish would eat two fathoimis of chain. He insists that the shairk is purely an ehvsniobran oblate; a selachian, or a family Louth; F. E.

Poulton, Franklin, Ind. Last eights entertainment at the Baptist church was a success. Wednesday evening at Shorey, Miss Nora Short and Bert Shields, df the Santa Fe shops were married from the the home of the bride's parents. Justice Wright, Whctee office is just north of the end of the Garfield Park streetcar line, is "'dead in the swim," for sure. Six hundred and six cases were tiled in his court in one week-all of them suits brought against the W.

U. and Postal telegraph companies under the la passed at the special ses-ion of the legislature, This beats tin The residence of J.jh Marshall, the popular baud master of the is un-dergowing some improvements, winch if continued on tins side of the Kaw would add much to the evidences that North Topeka is waking up from her lethargy. Carpenters art busy shingling the roof. The fancy ridge board and terminal break the sky line in a pleasing way and when the painting is done, another example has been set to those who imagine that taking care of property docs not pay. Notice.

All members of Woman's lielief Corps, No, 5 are ri quested to be present on Friday next. 28th Inst. Rup- of a-Moioeoelons turhelkirinns, with no otoliths. Regarding this statement, the mate remarked thait he heheved in disci plime aboard 'tire ship, and would, therefore, not dispute the skipper. As for the Sailors, tbey agree that this shairk was just as long, and had.

for a moment, fust ais much iron in his blood as the skipper had declared in i Kansas record of any ner justice his log. Logs, it may be said, may he literary, hint they 'aire 'not, strictly speaking, otherwise than nautically The moved Phoenix Shirt Factory has to 003 Kansas Avenue; look true; It was on Wednesday last, some where in the neighborhood of Hat- teras, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon by the that the Scottish Prince ran into weather. Sane almost rolled finding it too heavy for comfort he impTiidently took it off and carried it on his arm, although his evening dress was of much lighter material than he wore in the daytime. A great deal has said lafbout Mr. Kiplinig's eccentricities and Mi rudieness to people who showed a desire to lionize him.

Those who know Mm well tell me this is dtue enlfcirely to diffidenice; that he is aiS bashful as a country boy and' is never himself in the prosenee of strangers. Two weeks ago a prominent society lady of New York, whose home is the haunt of literary people, invited him to a musical e. and he went with his wife, expecting- to be treated like ordinary guests. When he arrived however, to his horror and aimaze-iment, he found the programme was almost entirely composed of his own tor their advertisement in another column, and read what they say. Toe Topeka druggists in a meeiing a' which tl .1 Woivt rton presided, adopted the following resolutions In regard to the dtath of our well known and much lamented fellow townsman A.

.1 A mold her spar deck rails under in a frosty iness of importance to make preparations for Memorial Services on Decoration Day. The officers of No. 5 ue Corps, W. II. C.

are: President. L--titia Droiling-er senior vice Hester Hunt; anior vice Mary Allen; conductor Lewis; treasurer, Mrs. G.trdoner; secretary, Mrs. Coaklin; Chaplin, Helen Park-hurst. The Misses Anna and Lena Bronner after a pleasant v-Mt with their sister, Mrs.

John Sigriot, return to Emporia this morning. Mrs. Cor ley is visiting Mrs, E. P. Baker.

The Church of Col will have holi westerly blast. As issh went over to windward, or to port, a great sea curled aboard. Mingled with the sea was the shark. It Ml on the bridge deck oif the Scottish Prince "like a load1 of (It is so recorded in rthe log.) The skipper thought for a moment that a part of a wave might Whereas, lu the eventful conr.se of human fcxistance it seems necessary for have been froze in the act of tumbling the soul man to ripen' and in dm season take its departure for other aboard and that this miigth't account spneres, tm to more fully expana in to the perfi ct idea ol the Infinite Crea tor, and Whereas, One of our craftsman, Bro ther A. J.

Arnold, whom we all respect ed as a man of noble traits, of character poems, tnat maw oeen set to music, and that he was exTected 'to occupy a conspieioius position before the audience Wiile the einltertainment was going on. He emphatically declined to do so, audi with 'an abruptness which his hostess and' the Other guests eons idered very rude, bolted from the house and went home. Of course 'his behav-our caused a sensation, but h' infi-mate friends say he wa simply Strangers, however, 'considered it one of the eccentricities' Washington tele.grni'n to Reicord. Via finished his earthly labors and hat gone to hi wen gained quietuae and I peaceful bereaftei we his fellow c'afts I men of the naor4 and stie, will ever for the thump. When the air cleared a Ib'it, he saw a shairk.

variously estimated at from six feet to ten feet floundering on the deck. The ship was headed imfo the storm and all hands not below went for the shairk, which was apparently suffering from shock. They pitched rt into a coil of rope on the forward hatch and then attacked it with delaying pins, winch bars and other handy thing's. The shark didn't seem to mind the lambasting. It was lying on its back, and simply fathom or so, and looked bored.

Just them so the log saws, the fort halliards were caried aivay. While the men under direction of tbe bo's'n were reeving' new halliards, a sailor dropped a of chain as thick as my two fin gets," the skipper said) near the open coum rf the sliinirlu. Tlun wo nolo in fond rfcoeraoerance nis virtues ness meeting next Sunday; Sunday sehooi preaching at 11:00: preaching 7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday nights, aid ttagc meeting Friday night corn ant and Jackson. Late arr at t.h Goon Pacific hotel.

C. A Black, Hays, Kas: Gen. Ripke, Salina, J. W. Butt, Kansas C.t W.

Brown, Boston, E. 1) Dining, Concord Kds. Free Christain Science lecture by Mra. Annie M. Knott.

(3. ('. at tbe New Crawford, Sunday April 30.I1. The Grand opera house is open Saturday evening with the famous French farce of "The Turtle," as adopted by Joseph W. Herbert.

as a brother, a citizen, ami a Christain Kesisived, 1 we tender our svm- pahty and consolation to hid dear ones who are left behind, believing that God Aiu do merei mi so mem as time soet Then He Ohanged the Subject. Mr. Raribee "What a spectiacle that Ca'dgley wais, sitting there in the (box without a thing on her shoulders!" Mrs. Hartee "Without a thing on her I ntcsr.i' that your eves were on them iroost oif the Cleveland Leader. on and that they will fully realize tin great gaq that has come to the am they mourn as dead..

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1899-1899