The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-16

are but comparatively. few spirited
horses here.
A Salvation Army young man on a
bicycle colhded with a team on Kansas
avenue yesterday afternoon. The Sal
walton Army young man viii now have
to pass the tambourine to himself and
get a new bicycle.
E. NJ. Sheldon Of the Trust company
of America, is one of the most success
full private florists in the city. In his
conservatory at his residence, 1925 .Tay-
1or street he has some Of the finest tea
roses seen in the city
DR.. F. W. Bailey, ex-coroner, who
left Topeka recently, is said to be at
Sedalia No, where he is running a
grain exchange with Harry Talcott,
who used to be the operator in the
Chamberlain exchange here.
A certain Topeka young mans girls
family is in quarantine. OF course he
must see her so he has secured a place
for her at a friends house, has had her
fumigated and visits her there until the
quarantine shall be raised.
The Topeka Commercial club has re-
ceived an invitation from the manage
ment OF the new Philadelphia museum
to send delegates to the opening of the
museum, November Is. Grover Cleve-
land will make the opening address.
J. H. Goodwin holds the T. A. A. club
record for duck pin bowling for the
present quarter, having bowled 112-
He also holds the record for i've consec-
utive games, 4S4. Frank Crane holds
the cooked hat record so far, bowling
"a
Crane & Co of this city, have just
published a text book called the "Farr-
ian Arithmetical Drill Book by ]. w.
Farr, principal of the Farrian Bust
ness university, an institution re-
Gently removed from Hutchinson to this
city.
The Topeka camera club has made
arran gements for membership in the
lantern slide exchange. This exchange
| consists of different camera clubs
throughout the United States and choice
slides are exchanged and the clubs give
exhibitions.
A man from near Ottawa bought five
wagon loads of the largest hickory nuts
ever seen in this vicinity, and now the
grocerymen of the city are retailing
them at IS cents a peck. The nuts
were gathered from along the Marais
des Cygnes river.
Prof. M. A Pond, proprietor of Pond
| Business college, was thrown from a
/ buggy and his shoulder dislOcated in a
runaway about o'clock yesterday
evening. The accident happened as
Professor Pond was driving past Hun
toon park on Twelfth street
A lot of German literature was re
Gently sent out by the Republican state
central committee It was addressed
personally and at least one German
vote has been lost by it. t want you
T n
nsh," said the voter in question
It is estimated that over 100 Kansas
families who came to Topeka to see the
FAN Festival were so taken with the
appearance of the city that as soon as
arrangements can be made they win
move here. These are mostly men
whose place of residence is not depend
ent on their business.
Topeka Red" Laird, who is now in
Utah, viii spend the winter in Topeka
]. G. Lowe and S. T Howe of the
state board OF railroad commissioners
were at Eureka yesterday to hear the
complaint of unjust rate discrinina-
ton by James Murphy, coal dealer.
The case will be decided soon.
Owing to the large amount of cam
( paign literature sent for the postofhce
] to handle the Topeka Office is packed
up and you may not get that money
speech from your friend, the congress
man, for several days. The department
win not allow the office to hire help
and the present force is working night
and day with the end not in sight
The Ninde Chautauqua circle has or
! ganized for the winters work with
about so members. The officers are as
1 follows: President, Mrs. G. A Huron,
/ first vice president Mrs. Eli G. Foster;
1 second vice president, Mrs. s. r. Tut
tie. treasurer, Mrs. Geo. Smith; secre-
/ tary, Miss Santa Waters The course
of study for the year includes astronO-
my, French history and Greek art
Twenty Topeka men are attending
the state meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A at
| Leavenworth this week They are
| Joseph Thompson, Joe Augustus, Joe
J Reisner. DR. Powell r. Stone, ]. p.
Larimer, A. Smith, D. R. Evans, H.
Lantz J. H Brindsmade. L. Lellis, W.
/ W~hitson. c. Z. IIawIey, George E. Ler-
RICO. s. s. OFT, W. NJ. Shaver, F. Hop
per p. Davis, L. L. Roby and r.
! Squires.
A member of the cast of Vanity
Fair which is to be at the Grand
! opera House Monday night is Bessie
/ Stanton. who won the New York World
prize contest as being the handsomest
woman in the world. She viii be seen
as a bronze statue and the audience
\ can iudge for itself Vanity Fair is
vaudeville pure and simple 1t is full
of singing. dancing. acrobatic and &c
/ centric feats-
In an item published some days ago,
it was stated that Mrs. A. B. Picker
ing of 1905 East Sixth street, who had
/ clothes stolen from her yard last week,
was a Spfritualist and received infor-
nation from spirits that the clothes
were at the house of J. R. Newman
Mrs. Pickering desires to have the item
corrected. She says that she is not a
Spiritualist and that she did not direct