The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-16

ought to fix up their best rig for the
floral parade, put some pretty girls in
it, and see if they can't draw a prize.
Otto Hacks, nephew of A. A. Rob-
inson, is in Chicago taking the re-
quired examinations preparatory to
entering the Chicago university this
fall
The father of Os and Glen Perkins,
who is an extensive rancher of Wyo-
ming, is here visiting. He has just
sold train load of cattle in Kansas
City.
Mrs. J. M. slusher. of 1904 East
Fourth street, slipped on a broken step
and falling was badly bruised. Three
other members of her family are sick
also.
People living on Kansas avenue, south
of Tenth street, complain that on ac-
count of the large amount of travel on
Kansas avenue the street is in bad
shape.
The pavement patching will soon be
over on Kansas avenue and people who
want to go across the street will not
have to walk a block to find a safe
place.
Earl Brown, who studied law in To-
peka some time ago and was a great
favorite with young society people, will
come down from Concordia during the
Fall Festival.
Mrs. Rose Battey has been divorced
from her husband, Vim. Battey. She
lives with her mother at 124 Monroe
street and her husband deserted her
two years ago
Manager Rufus Blues come home to-
morrow and will open a series of three
games at Athletic park beginning to-
morrow. Hamilton, Mo, comes to play
with the Blues.
Lois Waisbrooker the aged free
thought advocate. who was arrested
by the federal authorities for sending
improper matter through the mails is
now in Oregon.
Tobias Hughes, a Santa F'e shop man,
fell from ladder while at work Monday
evening and Knights new ambulance
took him to his home at Fourth and
Chandler streets.
A prominent Topeka society lady has
sent to Chicago for elaborate and
unique decorations which she Will use
on her carriage in the floral parade
Fall Festival week.
The electric lights on the streets at
night attract myriads of small green
bugs, which make life miserable for
pedestrians who happen to pass in the
vicinity of the lights.
1NdpOl0On bOLa pdEle bQIBes SIeuOS-
rapher in the appellate court, wants to
bet a tailor made suit of clothes that
Bryan will carry Kansas in the cleo
ton next November.
MarshaH's band played the new
Atchison Globe march last night for
the first time. 1t is almost as good as
The State Journal march which is say
ing a great deal for it.
All kinds of schemes that can be are
being worked on an innocent public
with the Fail Festival for a fence
Be careful whom you give money to for
FAN Festival schemes. -
On an average, County Attorney
Harry Stafford feeds one tramp each
day at his home in North Topeka. Mr..
Safford's rule is never to refuse food
to any man who asks for it.
A grand ball, similar to the Priests
of PaIlas ball in Kansas City, is talked
of as a feature on one of the nights
of Fall Festival week. It ought to be
on Thursday, after the parade.
Mrs. A. Sophia Markee, who recently
made her debut as a, prima donna in
Chicago, is with the Chicago Festival
orchestra which will be at the Grand
Opera House early in October
A Topeka man who has to look at it
all the time says it would be a good
scheme to cover the unsightly old court
house with a spread of green calico like
a patch during the Fall Festival
A colored man named Grove, living
at 1853 Buchanan street. has had the
delirium tremens the past few days, and
it has required the efforts of four men
to hold him. He is attended in the
yard
Stockton academy at Stockton, Kan,
has not opened this year on account OF
a scarcity of funds. Ward W. Silver,
who was elected to the chair of Latin
in the academy, is at his home in this
city.
Lee Jones. who is just out after one
runaway accident, had another one yes
terday, but the horse was stopped be-
fore any serious damage was done. He
says he wouldn't try to drive a night
mare now.
Tom Weaver, a Topeka coIored man
who has been employed by the Palace
Clothing Company's Kansas City store,
stole several pairs of trousers and is in
Jail His preliminary trial will occur
today.
A Topeka young lady, who will have
a decorated carriage in the Fall Festi-
val floral parade, has promises from
ten young men to work all day next
Sunday in aiding her to decorate the
vehicle.
H. NJ. Phillips has learned the art of
making paper flowers, and now spends
his leisure time in making flowers for
the gatling gun of Battery 81 which
is to be made a feature of the floral
parade.
Twenty-Five new tramps by actual
count arrived at the tramp shack near
the Rock Island Y yesterday afternoon.
The gentlemen of this fraternity are
probably gathering for the Fall Festi-
val week.
The county commissioners should re-
move the old band stand from the
quarter stretch at the fair grounds. 1t