The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-04
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

DR.. 7. w. Peers is spending the |
Fourth with his brother in Marion. |
Kan.
There will be no Marshan's band con-
cert after tonight till next Friday
night.
County Attorney Stafford cures a cold !
by drinking a quart or two of cold
water.
Five thousand new catalogues are be-
ing sent out by the Kansas Medical |
college,
The Commercial club has abandoned
the plan to run summer excursions into
Topeka. af
Wooden cross walks in the outlying
precincts were af1oat after the rain
last evening.
The family dog went under the front
porch early this morning and has been
there all day.
There were three funeral professions
in the Topeka cemetery at the same
time this week.
The Jumbo roller has begun opera
lions on the walks on the north side of
the state house.
The man who invented cannon crack
ers ought to be severely punished if
he can be found.
Mrs. Thorpe has in her care as a
charity worker a woman named Bright
VINO IS 1Oo years Ola.
The first man on the avenue to decor
ate his place of business with American
flags, was Con Chumos.
Prof. Lovewen of Washburn college
has accepted the chair of chemistry in
the Kansas Medical. college.
BY reason of the Fourth Of July COM
I ing on Saturday this year working peo-
| pie get two holidays in succession.
DR.. Peter McVicar is i'll at his home
/ at Washburn college. He and his fam
lily have lately returned from Califor-
mia.
Dr. Henry W. Roby. of this city has
/ story entitled THE Baby Charmer' in
/ the July number of the st. Louis maya
| zine.
Col Fred W. Lewis who was once
/ Topeka bandmaster and also bandmas-
/ ter at Fort Riley died in St. Louis this
week.
The trial of Allen Alexander. who is
held for violation of the age of consent
law, will be held before Justice Furry
July 9.
A few Topeka lawyers threw fame to
the winds and positively refused all in
vitations to deliver Fourth of July ad-
dresses.
There were some angry people in To-
peka this morning. They tried to sleep
after daylight in spite Of fusilade of
! cannon crackers.
The prettiest girls in Topeka will
take part in the horse show exhibits.
Good looks of the occupants of the rigs
count in one event.
OF course one ought not to get mad
at people who fire guns and cannon
I crackers, but the suresr way not to get
mad is to leave town.
! Major John B. Banister of Fort Leav-
! will lecture on military
| gerry at the Kansas Medical college
during the coming term.
The new Santa Fe hospital will here
after be open to visitors only on Tues
days and Fridays between the hours of
and in the afternoon.
The older a man grows the less
Fourth of July and Christmas means
! to him until he begins to have grand
! children and lots of time.
The finance committee of the commit
tee of fifteen now has on hand over ST.
900 of the $4,000 pledged. over $500 in
cash has already been spent.
There is a move on foot among the
| employees of the Santa Fe general Off
ces to petition President Ripley to fur
nish an electric fan for each office.
There is a young woman on - ave
nue. Topeka, who has what might be
called a robust contralto. When she
Grant Cornish, q colored boy who
failed to pay his costs once when he
was arrested, was rearrested yesterday
and put on the county rock pile for q
days.
Policemen received their pay yester-
| day Now it is that most of them car
~ a very fine roll of bills-a IS on the
outside, and half dozen 81 bills under
meath.
A colored man called at the Santa
Fe offices a few days ago and asked
for de auditor oh disturbances" He
meant I. s. Lauck, auditor of disbnrse-
ments.
There is a 104 pound dumbeu in an
East Sixth street billiard hall and Po-
Iiceman Jack King is the only man in
Topeka who can raise it at arms
length.
The Criterion Dramatic company will
be at the Crawford two weeks begin
ming Monday night and Mr.. Crawford
has equipped the house with six cleo
trio fans.
Ward W. Silver of this city, who
graduated from Washburn college this
year, has been elected to the position
of teacher at Stockton academy, at
Stockton, Kan.
The first operation performed at the
new Santa Fe hospital was a case of
appendicitis operated on by DR.. Lewis.