The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-12
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

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Will Brewer will be clerk for Will c.
Chaffee s. Co.
There is a bath room in the basement
of the Rock Island depot.
Duck hunters find a plentiful supply
on the small streams now.
Three young men are building houses
IN the western portion of the city.
The elevator shaft in the new court
house is being prepared for the ma
chinery.
Ducks are coming south very fast now.
Several fiocks few along the river this
morning.
The county commissioners have spent
a week checking up the accounts of the
county officers.
The new policeman, Hobson, handles
the club with as much dignity as he used
to ring up fares.
viii &. Chaffee's new store is about the
most brilliant spot on the avenue at night
with three arc lights.
George Spaulding, e carpenter, fell off
Charley Hoiman's new house yesterday
and broke mis- ankle
Councilman Skinner has moved to the
brick house nearest the Kansas avenue
bridge on the North side.
A resident of Potwin, who rides on the
West Sixth street line wishes to know
what "osteopathy" means.
Leavenworth proposes to have an ap-
pie carnival the day the Million club
train starts on its eastern trip.
Bishop John Ii. Vincent has returned
to Topeka. He has been in New York
since early in the summer.
The Populist league will meet Tues
day night with a literary programme,
and possibly something to eat.
John Jones got $162. 80 for his services
as sergeant alarms of the state school
fund Investigating committee.
Mrs. r. F. Novels always visits her
husband at the county jail on both visit
ing days of the week, Tuesday and Fri
day.
Congressman Dick Blue was in Tope-
Ike several hours yesterday and said that
he was satisfied with the political out
look
Topeka boy has devised scheme
to prevent bicycle thefts. He securely
fastens gunny sack around one of the
wheels
A family quarrel taken into court oc-
cupies four times the time taken by
trial where an offen5e has really been
committed.
Governor Morrill, is talking about Civ
ing a reception to Governor odbury of
Vermont when he comes to Topeka the
last of this month.
The jailer at the city prison is making
an index for the books which contain the
records of arrests. Some names appear in
the index or times.
The big street sweeper has been alb
sent from Kansas aveaue for several
evenings, but force of men with brooms
have proven good substitute.
A Kansas lawyer lost big fee by ad-
vising a rich client arrested in the fed
erai court to plead guilty and still some
people think lawyers are mercenary.
Judge Emery ordered the receiver of
the Severance bank to put up bond for
$4,000, although he will proba bly, never
handle near that much money at any one
time.
There are about three Topeka people
who attend all the lower court trials ev-
cry day starting with the police court at
s o'clock and ending with district court
at 5:3).
The committee on sewers and water
works of the city council has decided to
allow Charles T. McCabe, Will Wilton
and c. L Holman to connect their resi-
dences with the sewer in district IA
The present race meet has not been
very largely attended, but between the
quarrels and the spectacle of horse run
ming away four times around the track
they have had reasonably interesting
session.
Al recent wedding in Topeka the
minister changed hats with the groom
and left his old one. The change was
not discovered until the party was
ready to start for the train. and the
groom was compelled to wear the preach
er's hat.
A case has been filed in the United
States circuit court from the district court
of Nemaha county asking that Newman
Erb be required to turn all the property
Of the WyAndotte 81 Northwestern rail-
road over to the purchasers. Erb was