The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-12
SNAP sAors AT HOME NEWS.

Harry Hibben is seeking a situation
at the Hutchinson reformatory.
The wild ducks have left the streams
in this vicinity and moved south.
Dick Cooley had his picture printed
In the St. Louis Sporting News recently.
P. H. Holland has been confined to his
bed with sickness since the first of the
month.
Not business man has been found in
| Topeka who is not in favor of next falls
festival.
Conductor Young, of the electric rail-
way, had his pocket picked of So the
other night.
The world is growing better. There
is only one "Black Crook" company on
the road now.
Some of the local Sunday schools are
already prep airing for their Christmas
enterta inment.
Secretary of State Billy Edwards has
gone to Chicago again TO boom his Audi
torium meeting.
CITY Physician Mitchelps troublesome
| sign has again been displayed on the
street; but higher up.
The late Eugene Field and Sergeant
Jennings of the Topeka weather office
| were boyhood friends.
The board of health now has a record
of but three cases of diphthsria under
! quarantine in the city.
Two new member are to be elected at
the meeting of the Saturday Night club
next Saturday evening.
The Ladies' Music club will meet to-
morrow afternoon with Mrs. Frank P.
MACEDONIAN at 931 Madison street.
Mrs. Clara Monroe wants divorce from
S. L Monroe because he deserted her
two years ago, two years after marriage.
A Topeka young woman is writing a
story entitled "a Social SURPRISE or
"How Real Man Once 6trayed Into
Society,".
It is to be regretted here that Wichita
has a street named Topeka avenue
Dollars to dumplings its the incest street
in the town.
A Topeka football team has been organ
lied at last. This should have been done
the first of September, to play any kind
of good game.
Sanitary Sergeant Fowler says that he
is in favor of arresting any physician
who does not Immediately report a case
OF contagious disease.
The case against Labor Commissioner
W. G. Bird for corruption in office will
be continued until the latter part of the
present term of the district court
Otis Hungate has had two new hats
stolen from the district court room dur
ing the trial of one case in which he was
interested. He has paddock now.
Marriage licenses have been issued to
William Ruford, %, and Carrie Rucker,
81, of Topeka and to Ii. A. Hutchinson,
81, and Eva Wells, 30, of North Topeka.
The Young Mems Republican club of
Topeka has not held a meeting for sew
eral months. It will meet as soon az
one or more of its members decide to
run for office.
Mrs. Mary A. Wells, q woman n years
of age, who lives at Iecumseh, was yes
terday recommitted to the asylum by the
probate judge. She has been there
twice before
| Mildred Powers, a Leavenworth wom-
an, has filed petition in the United
States circuit court to compel the re-
ceivers of the Santa Fe to pay $4,000
| judgment she secured against the COM
/ pany.
An Ottawa woman died recently at the
age of 100 years. She had never been
married. A Topeka girl who was mar
ried last spring is wishing now that she
! just had y chance to beat that Woman's
record.
Secretary Frank Flenniken, of the
state board of railroad commissioners,
and Mrs. Flenniken will go to Clay
Center to attend the celebration OF the
golden wedding of Mr. Flenniken's
father and mother.
The argument for a new trial for John
Baughman was had before Judge Hazen
yesterday. Specimens of the handwriting
of the Fox family were submitted TO the
judge. He is investigating the anony-
nous letter he received.
a conference of the missionaries of
the American Sunday School union will
be held in Topeka November 1913 w.
l. De Croft has called the meeting, and
E. r. Drake OF Denver will conduct the
bible study during the conference.
There is already planning and comfy
ing among the Kepleyites to run Otis
Hungate as an independent candidate
next year against ]. G. Wood for probate
judge. ]. G. Wood has made a model
probate judge. The people never had a
more conscientious official in that posi-
ton.
A letter received in Topeka from Mr..
o. E. Walker, who is at New Kirk, Ok
lahoma, announces that Mrs. E. Il. Lit
tlefieId, wife of the former superintend-
ent of the Topeka city railway, is dan
gerously i'll and there is little hope of
her recovery.