The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-08
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Kansas Medical college.
The steam heat at the postof1ce has
been started for the winter.
The sidewalk contractor is still work.
ing in the western part Of the city.
There are now thirty-fve patients at
the poor farm. The average is fifty.
The sidewalks and sewers that are
being built at Potwin are nearly done.
The St. Nicholas entertained 5.25s
guests at meals during Carnival week
DR.. Clarence DIcClintock has been
rusticating at Hutchinson for a few
days
city Treasurer q. S. Elliott is rapidly
recovering from his attack Of typhoid
fever
The Union Pacific ran a special train
to Kansas City this morning at IL
o'clock.
The last meeting of the Committee of
Fifteen for this fail viii be held this
evening.
Charlie Barnes has a sore shoulder.
caused by hard fall early Saturday
morning.
Dean Low has been made official UNI
pire of the Missouri Colleges Foot Ball
association.
Heir Medium. a horse belonging to
John Lonberg, is winning fame at the
St. Joe races.
All the street work with the new
graders ait Potwin and Auburndale is
about completed.
OF course nobody got a snap shot at
LORNA" It's a wonder every man in
town didn't think of it.
There have been remarkably few
accidents here in the past month"; said
Dr. Clarence NIcClintock-
Col w. H. Rossington has become an
amateur photographer and has Joined
the Topeka Camera club.
A burial casket was hauled across the
river yesterday on the freight car of
the Topeka railway company.
A new flag pole viii be put on Harri-
son school in the place Of the one shat
tered by lightning on Monday.
L. NJ. 3. Kennedy, an old man from
Silver Lake is in the county jail
awaiting a trial for his sanity.
The Watson banner near Sixth and
Kansas avenue is fading and it is pos
sible that Watson is fading too.
The special policemen who were
mounted during Festival week got 81
per day. The infantry got S1.65.
The Sixth street financial school is
hourishing once more and Gold Bug
Pease has reappeared on the streets
There are over 400 members of the
Ancient Order of Pyramids, the recent
ly established fraternity in the city
WiHHasken complains that at least
six of the floats that were reported for
the Carnival parade did not show up at
all.
Dick Cooley is expected home today
His showing on the base ball diamond
this season was not SO creditable as
last
The improvements at Christ hospital
are nearly completed J. NJ Knight
donates the iron bedsteads for the
ward.
The last meeting Of the ladies' Floral
committee of the Fall Festival is in
session at the court house this after
noon
simon Greenspan is supporting Col
Holiday for the legislature against Ed
A4cKeever. Here's another millionaire
for silver
The .R. H" buttons of the Karnival
Knights have spread all over Kansas.
We want something not quite so vulgar
next year.
Mrs. Mary Lease has a picture in the
October Peterson but Mrs. Annie Digs
has her name first in the list Of Popu-
list orators
The visitors weren't the only ones
that got stuck during Festival week
A Topeka man is out $3.50 by reason of
''bucHng the tiger"
Mare Robbins and Dan Mccoy were
spectators at police court yesterday aft
ernoon. They were not witnesses, let
it be known, however
The county treasury examiners for
the next quarter have been appointed
They are J. c. Bradley of Rossville and
Carey Snider Of Dover
Dick Rodgers, son of the police COM
missioner. has gone to Lawrence where
he has entered the state university,
entering the sophomore year
on jackson street between Fifth and
Sixth streets the pavement was 50 bad
~ worn out that it was necessary to
fill with three inches Of asphalt
The Little Blossom company had an
other fair sized audience at the Craw-
ford last evening. The company will
give a matinee Saturday afternoon
The jury in the assault case of J. H
Barnes against George Brindle of Oak
land. failed to agree. This is a cOntin-
uation Of the Oakland school trouble.
Society is discussing a standardization
is said to have occurred quite recently
fn which several prominent people par
took too freely of a punch bowl at a
party.
Two policemen are kept on guard at
the Kansas avenue bridge during the
moving to prevent the people from
crowding onto it and bothering the
WOrkmen.
Charles Kleinhans of Topeka, will
referee the foot ball game between the
Kansas and Nebraska state universe
ties at Lawrence The date has not
yet been set.
A member Of the ladies' Floral COM
nittee wishes to know whether any
one has a picture of the Topeka and
Kansas float Of the Fail Festival