The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-16
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.


Mayor Fellows leaves this week for
New York state.
Receiver J. c. Wilson of the Santa Fe
has returned from Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs Avery Washburn have
gone to Rochester, New York.
Poole. the chicken thief, has at last
been banked into the corner pocket
Rev. Jake stit now proposes to start
up his camp meeting at the city park.
The committee on health of the city
council is to hold meeting Wednesday
evening.
State Secretary Moody of the Y N. C.
A has gone to Ottawa to attend the state
Bible school.
Each employe in the United States
pension Office gets thirty days vacation
each year with pay.
The f. st lnstalIment of grapes has ar
rived anu IN little while appendicitis
will again be raging.
The man who wears a standing collar
these days is surely slave to fashion, or
his neck is abnormally long.
Prof. Frank Nelson who made Re
publican speech at the court house last
night went 10 Lindsborg this morning.
Col J. c. Gordon is called "Mr. Cope
land" about as often as anything else, but
he doesn't care. There's money in it
In speaking of the nomination of Dave
Burdge for sheriff. Andy Fuller says of
him, There's one more river to cross"
A union meeting of all the missiona-
ries in the city will be held at Garfield
park tomorrow commencing at 10 a. N.
A movement has been started at Gal
weston towards holding another deep
water convention in Topeka about Sep
TENDER II.
Congressman Charles Curtis is at home
this week taking care of the babies
while Mrs. Curtis is at a summer resort
in Colorado.
| Charles Niberg, the son-in-lav of
! Chief of Police Wnkerson, who was shot
at by his wife few months ago, has re-
turned to Topeka.
| If the suicides continue to increase in
| the present ratio for a few weeks. Cor
ouer Bailey will retire from his Office
with his fortune made.
The breeding of ]. ". Bells horse
| Reno who is showing such speed at the
| fair grounds is well known. He is by
BonifAce, dam Crazy Jane.
A union meeting of the woman's mis-
sionsry societies in the city is to De held
| tomorrow at Garfield park Miss Jennie
Sherman is 10 address the meeting.
Anyone wishing dog that can how
| all night without intermlssion, may have
one by calling at the third precinct o.
the Fourth ward between midnight anC
a. n.
Manager Mote of the base ball team
has returned from Kansas City where he
made arrangements for Kansas City
team to come TO Topeka to play three
games.
Each patient nurse and matron a
Christ hospital received very dainty
little bouquets on cards containing scrip
ture verse, Sunday morning, from Anni
NJ Davis.
R P. Rice. who sells paper for tbs
| Chicago house that has the state contrac
| for this year, was the first man to put hi
name on the new register at the Cope
land yesterday.
Suicides in Topeka are becoming 81
frequent that the police are thinking 0
posting notices on all the telegraph
| poles, containing antidotes for poison
and advice for emergency use.
Miss Jennie Sherman, of Ottawa, for
merly state secretary of the Y. W. c. a
and a returned missionary from India i
expected to address the missionar meet
ing at Garfield park tomorrow.
Ex- Mayor r. L Cofran does ot approx
OF the compromise OF the Decker, Mul
Inns and Berry suit, and adds that if b
had been mayor it would never hav
been settled on the present terms
An excellent sermon that was Sunda
night at the 81. E. church on '"Our Mis-
sion In Life" but empty pews bespok
that the good N. E congrega tion cor
slider church going in July is not a pal
| of their mission.
Ons of the candidates for count
Office at Saturdays primaries felt so sur
of his election he took a box Of cigar
to the Republican headquarters. Whe
the returns came in and ne found he wa
showed under, it made him SO mad b
took the cigars home without topenin
the box
Chief of Police Wilkerson once paid
S25 reward out of his own pocket for th
capture of Poole. the chicken thief. On
of Poole's bondsmeu had offered Wilke
son that amount to catch Poole, but afte
he was caught he refused to pay owe
the cash.