The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


When guy blows in mont or two gettin'
An chAses roun' de cart to find place dat's
He sort O feels de marble heart to fin he's up
An De fun he chased so hard fer doesn't last
holy minute.
Fitz ain't no pollytician an he wouldn't run fer
De san was in de wrong posish fer Pete to be
slayer
So Bobby swung de frozen han'-not waitin' fer
no trlmmlns
An Maher won't fergit 1t soon.--the time dat he
Fit-ZSimmons.
Now Corbstt he comes skatin' roun' :a-ehallengin'
He knows dey amt no place to scrap--o' course
he does. de sinner.
Dey won't be any scrapin' but de public's rightly
leary
1t knows dey'l spell an spell until dey makes
The district court took a vacation to-
day.
Sergeant Ellison is again on duty
after a spell of sickness.
The sheriff's office is one county Office
which never closes on holidays.
Tony Brown has gone into business for
himself. He has a real estate office.
Miss Lola McMahan is convalescing
from very severe attack of peritonitis,
The indictment by the grand jury of
one OF its own members certainly stands
without parallel
1t was E. H. Crosby who signed DR..
]. E. Minney's bond yesterday instead of
Warren N. Crosby.
Colonel B. F. Van Horn, who asked
$4,000 damages from the Southwestern
Stage company for personal injuries, was
awarded $40 in the district court yester
day.
A defective due caused a fra in the
house occupied by John Schick at the cor
ner of Teuth and Chandler streets yester-
day at 10 o'clock. No damage.
Topeka sports are hugging themselves
because they didn't spend a mint of
money to chase the Fitzsimmons 81 aher
fight around and get to see only one min
ute of fighting.
Mrs. e. W. Guild is dangerously i'll
with pneumonia at her home, 719 Lin
coin street.
Ex- City Assessor George D. Hale re-
ceives many letters intended for the poor
commissioner.
J. J. Frey, Jr, youngest son of Gen
eral Manager Frey of the Santa Fe, is ill
with scarlet fever.
The new policeman, Jack King, car
ries a fine pearl handle Colts revolver
with an extra long barrel.
As many women as men inquired about
the result of the prize fight last evening
over the JOURNAL telephone.
Ray Collins, the 5-year old son of engi-
neer B. F. Collins of the Santa Fe,
mashed the third finger of his rig t hand
SO severely Thursday that amputation
was necessary.
w. D. Driver, who owned one of
Topeka's colored papers, The Black
man, two years ago. is one of the candi-
dates for judge of the appellate court in
the southern division.
formerly announced his candidacy for
judge of the appellate court
Superintendent Bayless, of the Bell
Telephone company, attached his phono-
graph to a receiver at the central Office
in Topeka last night, and the selections
were enjoyed by a Kansas City audience.
Two years ago General Manager Frey
of the Santa Fe led the grand march at
the annual ball of the o. r. e. in this
city. He is at present out of the city,
and the conductors will probably ar
range for some other Official to lead the
march at their ball tonight.
The city council should pass an ordi-
nance, provided there is not one already
in existence, in reference to the compile
ton of the work of cleaning the side
walks in front of business houses on
Kansas avenue by a certain hour in the
morning. If such an ordinance exists it
should be strictly enforced. Ladies and
other pedestrians have very often the ex-
tremely disagreeable experience of hav-
ing dust swept in their faces and over
their clothes while walking on Kansas
avenue in the morning.