The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-08
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

Chanute.
The last of the blackberry crop is be-
ing picked.
CanteIoupes are now selling for five
cents apiece.
How's this for Kansas? People shiv-
ering in the middle of July.
A colored joint in Topeka has lace
curtains at it's back windows.
The foundation for the office of the
new gas plant has been built
The county commissioners have re-
elected A. c. Hale poor commissioner.
Congressman Charles Curtis is more
sought after than any one in Topeka
Dr.J P. Lewis is building new brick
barn at his place at 414 Harrison street
The town is dry today. Nearly all
the jointists were arrested last even
ing.
A divorce was filed and granted in 20
hours in the district court here yester--
day.
Capt. Joe Waters is to address a free
July 13
Judge and Mrs. Whitmore are going
to New York next week for an extend
ed visit
The management of the Topeka base
ball team is discussing the purchase OF
new uniforms.
Police Commissioner Charles K. Ho1-
| liday is attending the Democratic ma
tional convention.
The American Hop Ale people have
closed their Topeka concern and only
have an agent here. They ship from
Kansas City now.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial club will take place this
evening at o'clock at the club rooms,
| 625 Kansas avenue
One of the members of the American
Volunteers parade last night was
baby six months old. Its father car
ried it.
Mrs. Lydia Chase of Missouri and
( ~, IT
Z. state evangelists, addressed the W.
c. T. L. meeting here Monday after
noon.
The new man" has been discovered.
He attended q picnic recently and after
dinner identified all the dishes he had
brought just like the old fashioned wo-
man.
Edwin Barrett had a fight with Geo.
! rett pleaded guilty yesterday and was
! assessed So, but Miner will fight the
/ case today.
A Topeka young man who had his
| last Saturday is regularly receiving
! presents of flowers and pictures from
/ his sympathizing friends.
Frank Ellis, the little colored boy
! whom PatrOlman King arrested yes
/ terday for selling stolen property, ad-
| mitted to Acting Judge Furry that he
! knew the hammer had been stolen,
! and he was fined 49,
/ Arthur Lockwood was yesterday
/ fined $40 for petit larceny in the police
/ court He had stolen a revolver, but
! said that his act was simply breach
/ of trust. He is a cigarmaker.
Secretary Max Deiglmayr Of the Com
/ mercial club has many Photographic
/ views of flower parades in California
| which he will be pleased to show any
/ one contemplating the decoration of a
| turnout for the Fall Festival.
Owing to the failure of the complain
! ing witness to be present Justice Gro
I yer yesterday dismissed the case
/ against J. Z. Hughes. The charge was
! kidnapping his child which had been
/ given into the custody of Mrs. Hughes
Gormly's band, 80 strong. is in Chi
| cago to furnish some Democratic mus
] ic- This band was to have furnished
/ the music for the Topeka Exposition
| races, but now MarshalPs Military
/ band will do the honors. They will
/ play during the afternoon on all four
! days.
One of the Mohawk medicine show
men created some excitement last even
/ ing by declaring that he had taken 20
/ grains of morphine. His name is D. F
/ Roberts, and he said he had been
/ drinking heavily lately. When a doc
| tor arrived and tried to force a stom-
| ach pump into him, he Immediately re-
| covered, and admitted that he had ia
| ken but three grains of the drug