The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-15


a Topeka man bought set of garden
tools today.
Dick Cooley has not yet signed St.
Louis contract
F. c. Quinton has had his commission
house named for him.
AL HaysIip is opening a billiard hall
at 706 Kansas avenue.
If this weather continues the farmers
will soon find themselves putting in corn.
Police Commissioner Frank Foster is
fond of race horses and owns several OF
promise.
H. E. Gaines has subscribed for all the
Topeka daily papers. He intends to
keep posted.
Bishop j. h. Vincent will preach at
the Kansas Avenue NJ. E. church to-
morrow morning.
The w. C. T.. q. sewing school for
poor women has already made 125 gar
ments for charity.
Proctor Hitr, who used to be employed
in the Santa Fe offices, will move TO Do
yer in the spring.
Cheese making is a growing industry
among the farmers in the western portion
of Shawnee conaIy.
County Superintendent Stout has fad
for calendars and has at least two dozen
of them hung in his Office.
The weather makes one look at the
market stands for early garden truck;
only radishes were in sight.
There are several horse buyers from
the east in Topeka. They are buying
horses at ridiculously low prices.
Apples are now selling for twenty
cents a dozen. Last fall they were
bought for twenty cents a bushel.
A Topeka mlu has discovered that it
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valise than it does to buy what goes in it.
Elk State Superintendent Gaines says
that he finds the newspaper business
very congenial. He has paper at Sa-
lima.
The "long green" that has 30 often
been mentioned of late was in town yes
terdaY. He was six feet and 6 inches
tall and lives near Hoyt.
The police court is used to settle nu-
merous family quarrels. The way to
settle some is to put the man in China
and the woman in Norway.
Rev. V. H. Biddison, pastor of the
Methodist church at ST. Marys, was here
last evening at the meeting of the Popu-
list state central committee.
The county commissioners have elect
ed DR.. G. P. Howard county physician
in place of DR.. c. s. McClintock. DR.,
Howard is homeopathist.
Hen Bennett has been awarded the
conirac- Tor building a new amusement
hall at the Osawatomie insane asylum.
The contract price is $4,000.
Patrolman Jack King is making a rec
ord. There were eight people booked at
the police station in one night and King
assisted or arrested alone six of them.
County Superintendent J. W. Stout is
an old friend of James Whitcomb Riley,
and has gone swimming with Riley in
"The Ole Swimmin' Hole many times.
Assistant Attorney General A. A. God
ard is looking after the interests of the
state in the Alliance insurance case
which is up before Judge HAGEN today.
Deputy Commissioner of Elections
Sherman Williams has received word
that his mother who lives in jackson
county is dying. She has been sick
long time.
Volume No. So supreme court reports
will be ready for distribution next week.
The volume will contain eleven dissent
ing opinions by Judge Horton. two by
Judge Martin, three by Judge Johnston
and five by Judge Allen.
MarshalPs band is again talking up
the ten cent promenade concert idea and
it may be decided to try one at Hamilton
hall next month during Lent. If it is
success another may follow. The dane
ing season is just now largely in the
way.
II. D. Crosby of this city, chairman of
the state l. A. w. racing board, has
called meeting of that board to be held
at the Copeland hotel next Tuesday eve.
ming at o'clock, for the purpose of ar
ranging a racing circuit for the season
of 1896.
The junior department of the Y. n. c.
A. has Ceen divided into two sections for
the purpose of a new membership con-
test. The side which gets the most new
members between now and March II
will be banQueted by the association.
while the other side will be fed on bread
and water.
The ladies' society of the First NJ. E.
church gave a birthday social last even
ing to raise funds to pay for the boiler
recently placed in the church. Each per-
son presented at the door a sack con-
tanning the number of pennies necessary
10 make one for each year he or she had
lived Mr.. M. E. Thuselah was not
there' but he sent package containing
nine hundred and sixty-nine" pennies.
several donations of $40 were received.