The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-31
swap SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

have some tul:
Somebody tips the sprinkler and lets the water
An it spons the incest car rides an Halloween
Though It does refresh the roses on the faces of
An it rains ON punkin lanterns an locks Frolic
of the street.;
But there's this small consolation-it's good
thing for the wheat.
The college yell is with US again
Mayor Fellows weighs 100 pounds.
The Scottish socisty will celebrate to-
night.
There is a football game in sight for
Topeka.
Governor Morrill, is learning to play
ten pins.
Blind Joe now sells wienerwurst and
hot tamaleS
The state house clerks drew their Oc-
| tober salaries yesterday.
This is the kind of weather the tele-
phones don't work good.
Take in your garden gate tonight if
you want to use it hereafter.
Clerks are busy getting the registra-
ton books ready for next Tuesday.
The Waterman at the pension Office
used to run saloon in North Topeka.
Dick Hodgins' trial for assault will
come up tomorrow in the district court.
a man mas D6e0 QISCOV6E6Q VINO ClalIuS
to know exactly how he caught his cold.
There is less talk on the streets about
the sheriff contest than there was a week
ago.
The Oxford club has already arranged
for Thanksgiving and Chris tmas par
ties.
The state architect has been instructed
to purchase doors for the new state house
vaults
Food Inspector Farnsworth says that
many of the local dealers send short
weights.
George T. Anthony will speak at
Republican meeting at Parsons, Satur-
day night.
Ex-Policeman Gaines is working for
Charles Wolff on the addition to his
packing house.
The red and white lights in the Santa
Fe yards look very pretty from the Sixth
street viaduct at night
Mike Dugan. an old soldier, walked all
the way from Parsons to Topeka to draw
his pension of Sc month.
The Shawnee County Horticultural
/ society is holding meeting at Bates
green house, west of the city.
The Topeka Equal Suffrage association
/ is holding a meeting in the parlors OF
! the Throop hotel this afternoon.
The last issue of the Advocate, the
| Populist organ, did not contain single
word favorable to the Populist ticket.
There is a lull in marriage ventures at
present. People are waiting for the
/ holidays, when there is always a rush.
David Coulter, the murderer of Ell
ward IIlston, says that he has dreamed
( about the boy every night since he killed
! him.
At a recent wedding in Topeka the
groom became so excited that he burst
three pair of white gloves before the
ceremony.
A. Nj Harvey of Topeka, is one of the
Popuiist applicants for Judge NJ. 3.
/ Nicholeon's place on the state reforma-
tory board.
Frank A. Root of Topeka has an arti-
Gle in recent issue of the St. Louis
Globe Democrat on Quindaro, a town
that used to be.
Sheriff Burdge has paid Marshal
Stockwell, of Valley Falls. the 500 re-
ward for the capture of the murderer of
Edward Illston.
James Clayton, of the attorney gen
erals office, has gone to his home at
Great Bend to vote and Wait his aged
father and mother.
Sacks of corn were used in the play
should not have been dropped on the
floor 80 carelessly.
The police have been called to the
transfer station once or twice recently to
dispense the disorderly characters who
! GO there to meet.
A number of Topeka people have al
| ready declared their intention of taking
in the K. = Us. U. l. football game at
Lawrence Saturday.
The district court was not in session
yesterday, the first off day of the term
The docket for the day all melted away
before the trials came up.
David Ovsrmyer must have made a
Democratic speech somewhere last
night Several people distinctly felt
shocks in ditferents parts of the county.
Dr. Peter McVicar and Mrs. McVicar
were the first Topeka people to ride on
the new Santa Fee flyer. They started for
California on the first train going through
Topeka.
August Lewis was fined $40 and costs
1896 in all-in Justice Growers
court yesterday afternoon, for striking
William Cortrite over the head with a
lantern.
Governor Morrill, has not yet appoint
ed a new police commission for Wichita.
The three men recommended for COM
missioners are ]. P. Allen, w. S. Corbett
and G. A. Walker.
A man said last night "If there were
saloons in Topeka Becky Sharp would
have taken in $500 more" Probably; and
there would be four times as many Or
phans in the Home.
There was an astounding condition in
justice court business yesterday-every
one of the courts was busy excepting
Furry's. Generally Furry's is the only
one that is busy.
The Capital wants the Santa Fe to run
special train west at Z o'clock in the
morning to deliver its papers TO subscrib-
ers in good season. The merchants need
a train i0tr TOnat-a II - he