The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

OAs WuSt uA6At!
If possible. last night was hotter than
the night before.
DR.. A. s. Embree landed in Ireland
Monday of this week.
Joshua Martins horse Pilgrim starts
today at Leavenworth in the '24 trot
The bath rooms at the 7. NJ. G. A. and
7. A. A. are being used to their fullest
capacity.
H.B Wallace of salina. who was the
clerk in the United States land office, is
in Topeka.
1t may be just as well to say that the
word female shouldn't be used except
in referring to animals.
Bicycling looks like hot work, but on
the contrary it gets up a nice cool pri-
vate breeze for the rider
A cyclone at Dover last Saturday tore
path two rods wide through q corn
field, but did 40 other damage.
1t is said the chinch bugs that fly do
no harm to crops. It is the young that
cannot fly that do the damage.
Al Mooney has secured the contract
for the plumbing on the new Santa Fe
depot at La Junta for $500.
1t was even too hot to dance last even
ing and Maj or Shreves' ball at Metro
politan hall was not success.
W. W. Curdy, who used to keep one of
Topeka's big dry goods stores, is in town.
He is now in business at PaOla.
Gormley's band gave a concert at
Olympic park last evening. It paraded
Kansas avenue in a street car first
The county commissioners have ap-
pointed John Dlckey special bridge
commissioner for Auburn township.
It is a source of general satisfaction
to the railroads that there are no delays
in Kansas just now on account of drift
ing snow.
Robert Campbell, ode of the notorious
Topeka jointists, has been released from
the county Jail after a confinement Of
3U8 days
Justice of the Peace Grover, who has
been short on criminal business since re-
elected the last time, says his civil bust
ness is all right
Bishop ]. H. Vincent has already been
engaged to deliver lecture before the
State Homeopathic society at its annual
meeting in Topeka next May.
The Rock Island road paid the Santa
Fe 50 cents a mile per train for the use
of its track from Dodge City to Pueblo
last week during the washouts.
| The Topeka police have been notified
that 500 reward has been offered for
George Shepard, colored convict, who
escaped from the penitentiary Monday.
Vina Smith, wife of Harry L. Smith,
who committed suicide because he
thought she intended to desert him, has
| joined the Dunkard church at Osawkie.
The county commissioners have given
William Bradbury the contract for the
construction of the new bridge across
| Wards creek in Potwin. The bridge is
to cost $3.50.
InnaKn M
won the first point in his debate with
Mr. Horr, in making Mr.. Horn admit that
the silver dollar is the unit of value 1xed
by the constitution.
Rev. T. J. Irwin, a Presbyterian
preacher from Pond Creek Oklahoma, is
here soliciting aid. He is on his way
west and will work through Colorado,
Utah, Arizona aud Texas.
1t is rather partial for the police to
raid crap games as if they were the most
blood-curdling of crimes, when there are
poker games going on every night. Why
don't they raid few Of thoseF
The fire alarm from box "a about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon called the
tiremen to the corner of Six and Swy-
CART streets, where a small barn was
burning. The loss was small
The j. C. Watson Bridge company has
been given the Contract for the erection
of $3.50 bridge in Auburn township, to
take the place of the Que which was
washed out by the recent high water.
"My, N.Y." said a young woman last
evening as she gazed at Il stock litho-
graph of a girl doing the serpentine
dance, show Cecil Spooner must have
changed since she was here last spring."
Henry Robinson of 1141 Clay street
died yesterday on cattle train between
Mounds, Illinois, and Chicago He has
been at Mounds settling up his fathers
estate, from which he expected to get
about $4,000.
1t looks absurd for Topeka to hold
mass meetings to boom a fair at Calves
ton while the Kaw river dam and other
Topeka enterprises are languishing II
we are going to hold mass meetings to
boom anything, We had better boom our
own town.