The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
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16.
The ice men have reaped a harvest in
the past three weeks.
The Fall Festival will open six
weeks from Monday
A good many people in town were
able to sleep last night.
Festival week will be a good time
for state meetings in Topeka.
This is the time of year when plants
are stripped on slips for winter bloom
ing.
Lieutenant Carter of st. Louis. is
here to assist in Salvation Army SER
vices.
The last car to leave the park at
night is the one you think is going
first.
The date for the state bankers meet
ing has been fixed for September %, in
Topeka.
Rev. Melvin Miller of Garrison. Kan.
who is visiting in this city, used to be
on the stage.
The county commissioners and con-
tractors are making search for stone
for the new bridge.
David Overmyer and W. R. Hazen
will address a silver meeting at Elmont
next Tuesday evening.
There is report on the streets that
Fritz Durein, who is confined in the
county jail, has gone insane.
Miss Viola Troutman will lead the
7. W. G. A. meeting Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. G. G. Gage is seriously i'll.
T. R. Hyatt of the treasurer's Office
of the Santa Fe, can write humorous
letters, worthy of a humorist.
A mandolin club appeared at the
band concert last evening and played
during the fireworks exhibition.
County Clerk McCabe says that a
man who moves into a new house
knows something about paradise.
Gentlemen said a political speak
er last night after he had talked for
three hours, 1T is too hot to talk
Mrs. Nichols is seriously i'll with in
testinal trouble at the home of her son,
Schuyler Nichols, on Taylor street.
The picture of w. c. F. Reichenbaclz
of this city appears in the L. A. w. edi-
ton of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
It is expected that the Independence
base ball team will play in Topeka
three days the latter part of next week.
Policeman Jack King, the wrestler.
sometimes imposes upon his weaker
brother officers. He is as stout as an
OK.
Black Dick, owned and ridden by J.
c. Bratten, was considered the hand
soonest horse in Wednesday nights pa
rade.
A coIored man in Topeka is complain
ing because colored jointists are al
lowed to run while white jointists are
arrested.
DR.. E. NJ. Crockett of this city is in
Riley, Kan, caring for the practice of
DR.. B. F. Morgan, while the latter is
visiting in Colorado.
Tonight several foot ball aspirants
will practice for the team which is to
be organized this fall. They will prac-
tice at Twelfth and Kansas avenues.
Ward W. Silver, who graduated from
Washburn college last spring, has been
elected to the chair CT Greek in the
Stockton academy, at Stockton, Kan.
It would vote for T. W. Harrison
again for mayor, although he fired me
the day after he was elected the last
time" said an ex-city official yester~
day.
The Reunion committee yesterday
afternoon accepted the report of the
citizens subcommittee that Saturday
shall be the day for Bryan at the Fall
Festival.
At the trial of Mrs. Riordan yester-
day before Probate Judge Wood, not a
policeman was allowed to testify, and
neither of the jailers nor Police Matron
Thorpe.
An Atchison young man said recently
to a young lady who is visiting in the
city: IF had knowd you had wanted
to have went. I'd have came up and
took you
Realty sales are not very rapid at
present There are transfers but most
of them are for ''s1 and love and affec-
tom of which there is a great deal
more than money.
Isaac Anderson, a white man with q
razor and only three fingers on one
hand, escaped from the insane asylum
last night with a diamond ring belong
ing to one of the attendants.
The L. A. w. circuit bicycle races to
be held August 1s promise to be hum
mers. The T. A. A. W. have the ar
engagements in charge. The w. w. W.
VS. of Lawrence conduct a similar
meet August II at the Driving park at
Lawrence.
The midsummer edition of the Wash
burn Nid-Continent has just been is
sued. It contains half tone pictures of
the new president, Geo. T. Herrick.
and of the four new instructors, Misses
Caroline s. MaddOclxs, Kittie NJ Fisher
and Lucy T. Dougherty and Mr.. Ar
thur NJ. Hyde.