The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
SNAP SHOTS AT MOVEMENTS.

John WillzersOn says Bill West is GER
tainly a remarkable horseman-
Night Jailer Disbrow is at the city
jail again after short illness.
A portion of the furniture for the new
Santa Fe hospital has arrived
Capt Joe Waters wants to be one Of
the silver delegates to St. Louis.
The politicians are spending a great
deal Of their time in Tennesseetown-
Not s25 worth of supplies was bought
by the poor commissioner during April.
The backbone of summer seems to
have had a severe wrench this morn
ing.
The poles for the new electric lights
are being put in place by the street
force.
We won't have any weather at all
tomorrow; Mr.. Jennings is in Law
renee.
city Engineer Barnes has bought a
horse and buggy with which to make
his rounds.
a few timid Topeka people went to
their cellars last night when the storm
commenced.
Lottie Bowes has returned to her
home in Topeka after her first season
as an actress.
The VanDyke & Eaton company still
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10 cents head.
State superintendent Stanley is in
Newton at the meeting of the County
Teachers associa ton
The Washburn college students are
now preparing for their last OratOrical
contest Of the season.
Fl. r. Jones and J. A. Mcclure have
purchased the Princess grocery on
West Fifteenth street.
Five calls from poverty stricken peo-
pie are received by Poor Commissioner
Hale now on an average daily.
The Salvation Army viii hold an
open air on Fifth and Quincy streets
Saturday afternoon
A woman attended the Murphy lee
ture last night who heard him on the
same subject twenty-one years ago.
A Topeka man who is to be married
May Is has already commenced to cele-
brate the event by treating his friends.
A w Dana talked to the boys at the
reform school last night on My Kind
of Boys" His was one Of a course Of
lectures.
Harry Safford's idea of a sport among
the criminal classes is one who doesn't
squeal when the law begins to bear
down on him
The design for the fan festival letter
heads will not be completed for ten
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Prophets won't be in it.
President j. ". johnson of the state
live stock commission is at Wakefield
looking after the cattle industries in
that portion of the state.
President Fred Wellhouse of the
State Horticultural society is at Waka-
rusa today spraying orchards to rid
them Of canker caterpillars.
The strong wind last night blew down
a big portion of the high boards erected
for the Sells & Forepaugh circus post
ers near the Parkhurst-Davis Mercan-
tile company.
A. E.Jones, drum major Of MarshalTs
band is able to be on the streets again.
He has been sick at Christ hospital for
several weeks and when he got out had
to learn to walk again.
Plenty of people were caught in the
heavy rain last evening just at supper
time and as the street cars stopped rum
ming temporarily the down town eating
houses did a good business.
The Volunteers and the Salvation
Army met on Kansas avenue near
Fifth street last night and there was a
clash OF war. A steamboat explosion
couldn't have been heard in the vicin-
ity.
Bishop 1Eillspaugh Of the Episcopal
church VIII make his annual visitation
to St. Andrews mission, 500 East Fourth
street. this evening at 8 o'clock and