The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-09
SNAP SHOTS At HOME NEWS.


For those who bet on the Valkyrie.
Good boat,
Good captain,
Coed race,
Good money,
Good bye.
Colonel 7. w. Harrison is back from
Boston.
Doctors Wall, Powell and Miner ride
bicycles.
Fred Jenness ia the new night ticket
agent at the Santa Fe depot.
The last few days make people think
of foot ball.
Washburn college will open Wsdnss-
day morning.
These daily and nightly rains are great
street hushsrs.
The city schools commence the fall
term week from today.
Whitman's evangeIists made SO col
lection Saturday night.
Yesterday was an ideal day to stay in
doors; but very few people did.
The police are giving fewer pound
parties since Gaines suspension.
It's just as well that MarshaIl's band
did not contemplate giving a concert yes
terday.
| Judge Hazen will call the entire civil
docket of the district court Wednesday
morning.
DR.. L D. Mckinley and his clan will
meet at the Southern hotel in ST Louis,
September Is.
Crook Wright is still in the city, hav-
ing given up the hope Of beCom ing q
Pullman car porter.
The Modocs sang two songs at the Kan
sas City union depot last evening and
bIockaded the platform.
A Topeka woman has "put up" 1926
cans of fruit this season, besides doing
the work for family of tive.
Seven hundred delegates are expected
to attend the Christian convention to be
held in Topeka October I'll.
The Topeka excursionists who went to
Kansas City yesterday did not get home
until o'clock this morning.
Secretary Lerrigo of the Y. NJ. c. A.
says that the association will be badly
crowded for room this winter.
The electric cars were delayed for a
short time yesterday afternoon by the
lightning shutting down the plant
The Sheriff of Kingfsher county, Ok
lahoma, has endorsed the appeal for aid
being made by L ]. Wenzel who is now
in Topeka
most disagreeAble Indian that ever
visited Topeka; even before there was
any Topeka here.
Every seat in the balcony and on the
floor of the Grand was filed for the matt
nee performance of the Pickaninny min
strels Saturday afternoon.
Donations at the Orphans home have
been exceedingly plentiful sincs June
Only three sacks of -four and as many oil
potatoes have been purchased.
Colonel c. K. Holiday has offered tc
contribute 500 to Thomas G. Shilling
laws plan to advertise Kansas in eastern
newspapers. The plan is all right
: Rev. w. L. Byers will lecture at the
First Congregational church "Wednesday
evening on "The Shadow of the ShiIIa
leh" 1t must be something about Gaines
Senator w. E. Sterne was the Topekar
most interested in the yacht race Satur
day. He watched with interest the As
sociated Press reports as the JOURNAL re
ceived them.
t Charles Upton and Jossph Kraemer
t of the Alhambra mandolin club, left yes
terday for Louisville, Ky, with the Mo
docs. They will visit Atlanta, Ga, be-
fore returning.
When the Model Supply store moved
I into their new quarters they donated
wagon Load OF melons, potatoes, apples
peaches, canned fruits and provisions t.
| the Orphans home.
, One of the Garfield park electric car
was struck by lighting on West Eigh
street and the lightning arresters burned
out. The conductor said sheet of flame
, shot out on every side
/ A Topeka man who isn't enough of al
sold salt to navigate a canoe acros.
Soldier creek, talks very glibly of 'star-
board tack and jib top sails' since tn,
4 Defender Valkyrie race.
Clerk Sharitt of the United States cir
cult court was an officer in the Capita
Guards, which was once Topeka's cracl
military company. Receiver Wilson wa
/ a lieutenant in the same company.
Bicycle riding on the sidewalks of tn,
back streets is becoming nuisance. l
causes the pedestrians to step aside il
the mud or among chiggers. Don't ge
off the sidewalks. Make the biker pe
off
When the prisoners at the city prison
: heard that the commissioners had let tn.
contract for ten cent meals, they groaned
They say it was poor enough at eleven
, cents. Provided the food is wholesome
what can Jail birds complain of?
The police commissioners have giver
Nick Childs the contract for furnishing
, city prison boarders with their meals for
, another year. Nick bid 93/ cents but