The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-21

LOA company OI n141lllc VIII attend the
Topeka Reunion if it can raise the
money.
The cold weather of Saturday came
near spelling the Wakarusa rally.
Fully a thousand people were there,
however
Shorty Hamin is to captain the x
s. U. foot ball team this fall. He is six
| feet two inches in height and weighs
22O pounds.
The Swedish Republican club will
meet in Justice Growers court room
this evening and will be addressed by
W. F. Schoch-
A Topeka man who has a horror Of
| campaign buttons wears a Karnival
| button for the sake of loyalty to the
Fail Festival
The public school at Granville will
not open until the 5th of October. This
will give Granville children time to see
the Fall Festival.
Department Commander Whitney of
the G. A. r. has returned from Arkan-
sas City where he attended the soldiers
and sailors reunion.
Thursday will be a big day at Au-
burn. Auburn ball team will play the
Carbonate team there and give a
dance in the evening.
Topeka Red" Laird has been heard
from. He is in Salt Lake and though
he never weighed more than 140 pounds
he now weighs but 112.
Two Pleasant Hill young men have
raised two crops this year on the same
piece Of ground. One of oats and the
other of corn and cane.
The words 'eWeIcome-G. A. r." will
be formed of flowers and suspended
from the arch of evergreen which is to
be built at Ninth street.
It now turns out that General Hughes
is just as gallant as ever but has never
received the invitation to be marshal
of the ladies Flower parade.
Four extra policemen are now on
duty to help drive out the suspicious
characters. The remainder of the ex-
tras will be put on duty this week.
The Santa Fe shops in this city will
make one of the best mechanical dis
plays ever made in the west in the La
Dor day parade Fall Festival week.
Harry S. Achenbach of Topeka, has
just completed his ride on his wheel to
Philadelphia by way of Syracuse, N. Y,
a distance of 1874 miles since June g.
Rev. G. D. OIden of the CoIored Bap-
fist church, has returned from the ma
tiOnaI meeting of his church at st.
Louis. He was elected vice president.
Billy Caniff, formerly of Topeka, who
was the only man WHO ever RUE OOWu
the steps of the state house on an or
binary bicycle is now living at Peoria,
III.
Rev. Alex Hubbard, a coIored minis
ter who is attending the A. NJ. E. con-
ference in this city, preached at the
First Methodist church yesterday
morning.
Kansas avenue will be as clean as a
newly scrubbed kitchen floor on next
swept every night after that until after
the big week.
DR.. Egelston has succeeded the late
DR.. Gibson as physician in charge of
the Santa Fe dispensary in this city.
DR.. H. B. HOgeboom will probably re-
main as assistant.
The managers of the Fall Festival
ball game have prevailed on the under
takers of this city to send their ambu-
lance to Athletic park tomorrow after
noon free of charge.
And the prediction has been made
that the world is coming to an end
soon. If the world will just consent to
wait until after October it can do any
old thing it wants to.
Frank Merriam and A w Dana
went to Wakarusa Saturday and heard
John J. ingalls,, and in the evening at
tended a meeting at North Topeka at
which J. r. Burton spoke.
If you think of something that should
be done for the Fall Festival don't
grumbIe because it isn't done but do it
yourself or at least see that it is sug-
gested to the proper committee.
Topeka people who wore their silk
hats to AtchisOn's Corn Carnival last
year viii not repeat the experiment
this year, especially not if they have
not bought new silk hats since.
The proprietors of the Capital Iron
works whose place of business has
been burglarized three times in two
months say that the police have never
paid any attention to their complaints.
The Berryton young people are very
much put out at the school board there
for allowing political meetings in the
school house after refusing them the
use of it for amateur dramatic rehears-
ais.
There will be no dancing on Kansas
avenue Carnival night. Reason: There
will be such a noise that the biggest
band in the world could not be heard
two feet. That will be a night off for
the bands.
The young men of Topeka are get
ting up a big military ball for the reg
ular and K. N. G. officers at Hamilton
hall Tuesday evening of Festival week.
Johnny Waters and Park Ewart are
pushing it.
Eugene Hagan wears on his coat the
handsomest and most expensive cam
paign button in Kansas. 1t is a pure
gold gold bug with rubies for eyes. A
Chicago friend sent it to him and it
must have cost $50.
The Y. W. c. A. of the city will serve
lunch in the association rooms at the
noon hour during Fall Festival week
Some people think that since Hank
Howell has grown a full beard he looks