The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-13
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Senator Thurston is a member of the
Sons OF Veterans.
A coIored woman never gets too old
to attend a parade.
Topeka now has one of the best ball
grounds in the west.
The new drink, Mckinley glide, found
a ready sale this week.
For once the Salvation Army was I'M
able TO make noise enough last night.
Switzer, the ball pitcher, has been
released by the Topeka Base Ball COM
pany-
Campaign buttons and badges are
more numerous than they have ever
been.
There must be no tin horn blowing
during the FAN Festival except Friday
night
Sheffield ingalls, of Atchison, acts as
private secretary to his father, John
]. Ingalls,.
Senator Thurston does not look as
much like T. J. Hanklae as his pictures
make him appear.
Miss Cannon of the Standard short
I hand. school will have a float in the big
Fall Festival parade. -
Chairman c. E. Gault of the Repub-
lican county central committee was
never known to smile while on duty.
The police have recovered Mrs. 7. F.
Doran's gold watch which was stolen
from her home. 1t was valued at $3.50.
The Topeka theatrical season will
open a week from tomorrow night, the
21st. with Richards and PringIe's min
strels.
Mrs. John NJ. Thurston, who accom-
panied her distinguished husband is a
very small woman and a pronounced
brunette.
Judge Martin will not be out of a job
a minute. The Republicans of the
Atchison district will elect him their
district judge.
The number of beggars on the street
is increasing A large gang of tramps
are camped just outside of the city
limits northwest.
Justice F. NJ. Grover is to deliver a
free lecture on the subject, Duties of
Parents" at Westminster Presbyter-
! ian church tonight.
All the sanitary policemen, several
of the day patrolmen and four special
| policemen were on duty on Kansas
! avenue last evening.
! Visitors in Topeka this week said
some mean things about the condition
of our pavements. It will be different
when they return next fall.
/ The gong Indicator failed to register
/ the alarm properly yesterday after
! noon at the fire department headquar-
/ tiers when box 80 was sounded.
/ The amateur photographers of the
/ city have been taking pictures of the
! old Kansas avenue bridge the past few
| days. It will be no more before long.
| Wouldn't it be well to have the street
/ arc lights all lighted during night pa
/ rades. Many of the features of the
| parade last night were lost in the dark
| ness at some points of the march.
A. NJ. Harvey, the Populist candi-
/ date for lieutenant governor is not a
/ relative of Fred Harvey, the eating
house MAJ. That was the campaign
| story used against him to prevent his
| nomination.
/ There was fight over some free sill
| yer which fell over the sidewalk near
/ Sixth street last night after the pa
rade- A colored woman and a white
! man fought over a horn, and the wo-
man dropped a dollar. Another man
/ picked it up, and there was trouble IN
/ til it was returned.
J. Leeford Brady, the explosive edi-
/ tor of the Lawrence World, came to
/ the city yesterday to help ratify. He
wore a long badge which the Repub-
/ ncans of Lawrence presented to him
| two years ago on which were the
I words: *Republicanism and Success.
Presented to Boss Brady by the Repub-
lfcans of Lawrence
We do mending and sew on buttons
/ free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.