The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-29
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

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F. 0. Popenoe will sail for America
August TO-
These are just the sort of nights to
catch bad colds in.
How would it do to have pneumatic
tires on patrol wagons?
Mayor Fellows returned from New
York Sunday morning.
Diamonds will be trumps at the state
bike meet, August 16 and II.
No bookings have yet been made for
the coming season at the Bijou.
A new school house is to be built next
month in district No. 81, Dover town
ship.
Charles NJ. Sheldon of Burlingame
badly sprained his wrist while bicycling
last week.
It's mean man that will hold light
ed cigar against the bulb of thermome-
ter this weather.
John E. Frost Of Topeka is one of the
stock holders of new bank which has
been started at Halstead.
1t is said that few surveyors are at
work on the ground where the race way
for the upper dam is to be built
James Phillips, of mineral water fame.
does not approve of the habit of carrying
| razors by colored society young men.
There we're twenty-five arrests made
by the police Saturday night and Sun
day. Only one was for being drunk
A call has been issued for the Third
Annual State Irrigation convention to be
held at Garden City. September "a and %.
a recent evangelist snatched twenty
brands from the burning at Atchison.
| The 1860 others still drink beer and defy
the law.
There is very little danger now it is
| believed, that the Pottawatomies north
of town will massacre the inhabitants of
| Topeka.
J. E. Coyne has been elected chairman
and A. K. Upton secretary of the Re
| publican central committee of Topeka
township.
The executive committee of the tate
bike meet have appointed committee
on 'meterology" of which T. B. Jennings
is the chairman.
Rev. W. L. Byers preached about 1.-THE
Burning Bush" at the union services in
North Topeka last night It was an ap-
propriate subject
There seems to be a new COW as we'll as a
new woman. A Topeka man is advertising
| ''a pneumatic tire bicycle for a thorough
bred shorthorn cow"
Despite the fact that it must aggravate
/ the Atchison Globe, it must be mention
ed that another church was dedicated in
Holy Topeka yesterday.
Foley's followers and Roberts bats,
two mines from the Santa Fee Offices,
played ball Saturday afternoon, and
Foley's followers won by "a to 8.
Carrollton Wells, who was here with
| the Spooners early in the spring, has
been engaged as leading support for
Marie Wainwright the coming season.
Bennett Bros, the horsemen, have
| brought suit to recover $1,150 from
Sheriff Burdge for keeping 134 horses
under an attachment for twenty-three
days.
In an interview at Galveston last week
Lieut. Governor Troutman said he was oil
the opinion that an extra session of the
legislature will be held in Topeka THU
winter.
The executive committee of the State
| Teachers association is already at work
on a programme for the next annual
meeting, which will be held in Topeka
during the holidays next winter.
Street commissioner Ramsey says the
reason the bridge needs a new floor &c
soon is because the lumber used in the
present floor was Missouri red oak of :
poor quality instead of straight whit,
oak.
At the meeting of the Republican
county central committee Saturday after
noon Charles 8. Elliott was re-electe,
chairman, and c. D. Watson was re-eleC
ted secretary. George W. Crane wa
nominated for chairman. but the vot
stood: Elliott, %; Crane. 5.
The Santa Fe is supplying all of it
cars with grab irons in accordance wit
the recent law that requires the irons t
} be placed on all freight cars. The gra
iron is the rod that runs on the end c
the car which 10 grssped by one hand c
the brakeman or switchman in maxim
\ the coupling.