The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-10
LOCAL MENTION.


]. G. Blanchard. special agent of the
general land Office, has gone to Lincoln,
Nebraska.
Manager Blood of the Santa Fe eating
house at Kinsley, has been replaced by
Mr.. Adams.
c. L. Wood has returned from his visit,
and has taken his position az day clerk
at the National.
Street Commissioner d. c. n aylor was
in Silver Lake yesterday attending the
funeral Of relative.
The Modoc club has moved its head
quarters from the third story OF the Stew
enson block to a nice room IN the third
story Of the Masonic building.
The Associated Charities will hold Il
meeting at Library hall on next Wednes-
day, to discuss plans to take care OF the
poor during the coming winter
The Modoc club will 60 to the Baxter
Springs 6. A r. reunion on the Bird and
will stay four days camping. About
twenty of the members expect to 60.
superintendent of Construction w. T.
DAucney of the Rock Island, has return
ed from d trip to Fort Worth, Texas. He
was accompanied by Robert McNeene Of
the general superintendent Office.
Both passenger and freight business
Is picking up on both the Santa Fe and
Rock Island. The Santa Fe IS now aver
aging three hundred and fifty cars Of
freight day into the Argentine yards
from the west
The Santa Fe officials declare that the
kick about the irregular train service on
the Wichita & Western IS uncalled for.
They say they have mixed train on that
road each way once day aud that is all
the business Of the road will warrant
Deputy United States Marshal Leon
De Bost is in the city today lie has just
returned from western Kansas where he
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papers, and as consequence he Is SUI
fering from infammatory rheumatism.
Major Anderson is making big prepar-
atoms to make the trip of the MasOns to
Fort Riley on Thursday a most pleasant
one The number will necessarily be
limited to three hundred The Modoc
club viii 90 along aud furnish the music.
Cooper & White of Abilene, lost two
full cars of cattle il the Rock Island
wreck at Alma, 81 head. Several head
were crippled in the other four cars they
were shipping. Eight cars were wrecked
on the train. The road Will pay the dam
ages.
The WOmen's Progressive Political
league will have another one of its open
air meetings next Wednesday night at
the corner of Eleventh and Washington
streets. This meeting Will be addressed
by g. G. Clemens and b. Il. Chesney, the
Populist candidate for county attorney.
Chairman Beck anu MI Wllson OF tne
mmittee of the high school board, were
shown through the high school property
Yesterday Dv Bowers & Martineau. The
work SO far as they could discern was
faultless. The official inspection by the
board will be held some time next week.
It is not probable that large number
Of the Topeka members of the q. A r
will take in the state reunion at Hutch
inson which begins next Tuesday. The
times are too hard. A veteran who is in
a position to judge says that not more
than forty or fifty will go in all, and they
will go singly.
Mrs. Mary E. Lease says that she will
leave shortly for the Pacifc coast. She
reels that she is not strong, and expresses
the fear that she will not De able to do
much before fall. She is troubled with
her lungs as a result of her recent ser
ious illness at Olathe, and her left hand
Is useless on account of rheumatism