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

and Kansas will ride will be four
white horses led by four white men, and
four black horses led by four black
men. J. M. Knight will furnish the
horses and the men.
The Topeka undertakes are doing
their share for the Fall Festival pa
rades in the matter of donating horses.
Palmer and Stoker each have donated
their fine horses and knight will have
II head in one parade.
Dr. c. c. Allen of this city was the
first man to discover that TripOH stone
would absorb ink and could be used as
a blotter, but failed to patent his
discovery. The man who did secure
the patent is now a millionaire.
The HoIton Flambeau club of 60 peo-
pie will be in Topeka prepared to do
the right thing during Festival week.
Pretty soon we shall have a solid mile
of fiambeaux. Every famous man in
the United States ought to be here.
The members of the First Presby-
terrain church will hold a cOngrega-
tionaI meetingThursday night at which
a committee will be appointed to re
ceive applications from ministers who
desire to succeed DR.. S. B. Anderson
A special electric wire will have to be
run from the Edison works to the
give the alternating current necessary
in the operation of the x-ray machine
which has been placed in the college.
Topeka has the best of everything,
The Kansas bankers recently sent
their constitution and other literature
printed by a Topeka firm to a Chicago
banker and he answered by saying he
wished Chicago had such a good prin-
ter.
Poke Wells, the desperate who died
in the Iowa penitentiary this week,
used to operate in the vicinity of TOpe-
ka years ago. His most notable esca-
pade here was the robbery of the Nc
Carthy & Layson bank at Norton
vile.
A Topeka young man accidentally
discovered preparation recently
which will bleach out tan shoes and
make them look as we'll as when new.
He is now seeing visions of future for
tunes to be made in the sale Of the
preparation.
Some of the trees that obscure the
view of the new court house are to be
taken out. Topeka has learned some
thing about trees since the state house
square was beautified. Some fine res
licences in Topeka have too many trees
around them.
during the excitement NaTSuall
band room last night Major Anderson
put his hat on a window sill so he
could hear better. The window was
open and the hat fell out. Before it
could be rescued some boy had made
off with it.
Marshau's band held a business
meeting last night and formally de-
cided some things regarding the Fall
Festival that have already been pub
Iished. The band has already done
5000 worth of playing for Fall Festival
benefits free.
At the business mems baseball game
at Athletic park for the benefit of the
Fail Festival fund it will cost 50 cents
extra to kick, and 81 to assist in the
assassination of the umpire. c. NJ
Foulks, claim agent of the Santa Fe,
viii be the umpire.
The city of Horton will celebrate its
annual birthday Saturday. One of the
features Will be a three hour discus
sion of the money question in which
r. B. WEIGH of Topeka will present the
gold side and Capt. Joe Waters of
Kansas will present the silver side.
a Topeka man whose business, that
of a collector, gets him a good many
calls from folks who want to fight has
found that it is a good scheme to keep
several pairs of heavy dumb bells. In
dian clubs and the like about his office
The sight of them has wonderful eff
feet.
A series of short addresses on practi-
cal subjects by prominent men of this
city on Friday evenings of each week
has been arranged for by lodge No. II,
A. o. Z. w. John NichoI, engineer at
the waterworks. will make the first ad-
dress next Friday evening at the lodge
rooms.
On petition of 40 residents Of Will