The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10


"a Topeka artist has disrespectfully
smashed all artistic traditions by
painting a picture of a newsboy with
only one patch on his trousers.
Katherine Kidder will be at the
Grand Opera House on the evening of
October 26 in Madame Sans Gene"
This viii be an unusual attraction.
If Darkest Russia, - which is to be at
the Grand Opera House next Tuesday
evening, is as good as its advertising
paper it viii do. 1t is like Siberia
Richard Mansfield and his company
viii arrive in Topeka Sunday evening
and be in Topeka all day Monday. He
lives in his train and has no use for ho-
tells.
Harry DeMello, the athlete. is with
the Blossom company and gives con
tortion and trapeze exhibitions be-
tween the acts. He is well known in To-
peka-
d. G. Aud. the old gentleman from
Frankfort, Kan, who came to visit his
daughter in Shorey, Mrs. Geo. N.
Holmes. died the day following his ar
rival
Where" said a Topeka man today,
will I find the best PIANIST in town.
I desire to rent some palms for a
party we are going to have at our
house"
Art Massey is laid up with a Grip
pied hand. A dog that had a grievance
against Massey's bull dog Bill McKin-
ley, took a portion of AIassey's hand to
get even.
Mr.. Keepers, the new Melan bridge
contractor. says the bridge cannot be
ready for use before next summer We
can formally dedicate it for the Fail
Festival.
Dr. W r. Kirkwood Of the College OF
Emporia, will preach the sermon to-
morrow at the First Presbyterian
church He is not a candidate for the
pastorate.
Mr.. Steinberger and his Watson
PopuHst headquarters have established
themselves at COZ Kansas avenue, some
thing like half a block distant from
their banner.
An unsightly place is the northeast
corner Of Jefferson and Fifth streets
where the old building that was used
as a church was torn down last spring
and the mess remains.
Jake Bear says that some impolite
person stole three fine tea rose bushes
from his house the other night. They
are not tramps. either. I'm going to
watch for them" he said.
DR.. w S. Lindsay is moving into his
A-Gh O-AANG AOO-4Ao over culver q Bailey
hardware store. The upper story was
built for me- said he. and if it don't
suit me, I'll be to blame"
A Parkdale drug store does not have
a permit to sell liquor and its proprietor
won't have one. Tt breeds Ioafers and
spells other trade and there is more
money without it, he says.
The dressing rooms at the Grand
have been freshly papered for Richard
Mansfield and look superbly clean. The
stage walls have also been white
washed and the 1obbies papered.
The Topeka Free Silver club which
expects to give a hambeau parade on
the night Mr.. Bryan is IN Topeka. win
prepare for it by giving { ball at Ham
ilton hall next Friday evening.
Mr.. Marshall should by all means be
at the Crawford Opera House this
evening. The orchestra viii play Sc
lection which he may possibly remem-
Der entitled THE Forge in the For
est"
G. F. Miller. the veteran fine cattle /
breeder has just returned from q. six
weeks trip with seventeen head of !
prize Jerseys. He has been east and
south and in all received over 60 rib
bons-
Grant Cornish, a cOlored man known |
to the police department has a dog /
trained to catch chickens. Cornish HAD I
gotten several chickens in this way, 7
and Justice Furry fined him SIS and [
costs.
The Associated News Bureau of New |
York has written superintendent Of I
Machinery John Player of the Santa /
Fe for photographs of the Santa F'e /
shop floats displayed in the Labor day I
parade.
Toross x77io1~ +1,a ,,l,,-+ e+a,, zorro or
now occupies the architects cottage I
which formerly stood in the state house |
grounds, but which is now located at /
the corner of Twelfth and Harrison
streets.
Ticklin Harper. who made himself |
so we'll known to PatrOiman McElrOy /
at Gormly's band concert last summer, I
was taking a citizen home late at night I
and each were feeling good. Ticl1lin
was arrested of course, and fined s..
al Jefferson street man who was too
busy to rake up the leaves in his front
yard himself came home from work
last evening and was surprised to find
that the work had been done completely
by his two little daughters, aged 5 and
The Potwin Place Mckinley club of
which Judge Day is president and the
Nickel Plate club of which T. J. Ander-
son is president viii meet at Sixth ana
jackson streets Saturday evening, at
7.15 to march to the Hamilton han
meeting.
Dick Cooley has returned from his
season of ball playing with the Phila-
delphia club. He is on the reserve list
for next season and Will probably play
with the club He viii spend the win
ter with his mother in this city at AL
Jefferson street.
The Grand Opera House has a brand
new stage carpet and the first actor to
tread it will be Richard Mansfield,
Monday night It arrived yesterday.
The old one has been cut I'D and put