The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-04
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWS


| tonight.
| from severe attack of diphtheria
| a new real estate firm advertises over
| 100 pieces of city property for sale
| s. c. Heyrnan, president of the T. A. A.
| w, is attending the bicycle races at
| Lawrence.
John Richmond, the Topeka stock
farmer, has returned after a months
| stay in Michigan.
With base ball and bicycle races Topeka
| sports will find something to entertain
| themselves this week.
Mr.. George Beck of the general freight
| department of the Santa Fe, is confined
| to his home by Illness.
DR.. Thomas Kirkpatrick has removed to
his old office on Kansas avenue, near
| Ninth, from North Topeka
O. E. Hungate will begin the erection of
| a six-room cottage at Eleventh and
! Quincy streets next week
People who know Judge Hazen predict
| that he will return from his vacation two
weeks before he intended.
The Topeka base ball management is
| making little effort to get crowd out to
| the benefit game tomorrow.
H A Utterman is at work on one of
| the chain armors to be used in the tour
nament during the Fall Festival
Mr.. F. E. Holiday left yesterday for
Massachusetts to join his family. He will
remain in the east for month.
L. Blackman has completed the sewer
in district IS and has commenced on the
Fensky sewer in North Topeka.
Marshaus band held a practice and So
cial last evening at the band rooms, cor
ner of Third and Kansas avenue
The bicycle races at Lawrence will close
| tomorrow afternoon and the procession of
riders will come to Topeka for Friday and
Saturday
Over 100 of the cambric net decorations
in the Festival colors have been ordered
by business men on Kansas avenue for
Festival week
Miss Bessie Van Amburgh has returned
to her place in the office of the auditor of
freight receipts of the Santa Fe after 4
two weeks vacation.
During the term of the district court
just closed 292 cases were disposed of
The Karnival knights meet tonight at
the EIks' lodge room
Mr.. r. G. Connen of the general passen-
ger department of the Santa Fe, has re-
turned from Chicago and New York after
spending a two weeks vacation
E. W Tatman of Superintendent Nc
southern Illinois to visit friends and at
tend to personal business matters
E. P. Greer of Winfield is in the city.
Major General Chas. McCrum of Gar
nett is in the city and will muster in the
new Company NJ, K. N G., tonight.
Mr.. William Trautmann of the auditor
of freight receipts office of the Santa Fe
left yesterday for Albuquerque, N u.
where he will compile statistics for that
department.
At the Kansas Creamery on Jackson
street, sometimes when Farmers bring in
milk TO sell. dippers cups or skimmers
are found in the bottom of the cans. No
fish have as yet been found
VIM. De Cardy of Chicago, E E. An
derson CT St. Louis and Saeger of Den
yer, will ride at the bicycle races Fri
day and Saturday They are the fast
est men that ever rode on the Kansas
circuit.
a Topeka man has discovered that the
reason men wear long boards is to avoid
the necessity of a necktie. A long beard
is becoming to about one man in fifty
who wears it
The county commissioners have already
tired of their rule to not release any one
from the county jail They have ordered
the release of Thomas Mahaney, who was
in jail for beating his wife
Mr. R. s Morrison of the auditor of
freight receipts office of the Santa Fe,
has been compelled to return to Colo
rado on account of his health. Mr.. Nor
rison returned to his home from Colorado
but few days ago.
Chief Justice Doster returns to Marion
tomorrow. He is arranging to remove his
family to Topeka at once. 1t will be the
first time the Doster family has moved
in twenty-seven years, having lived in
one house during that time.
The Alaska Mining company of Joplin.
No, New York city and Alaska, has filed
a charter with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is 800. 600 and the direc-
tors are a 8 follows: VIM Foster, Joplin;
J. H. Smith, W. E. Stice, L. J. Hines and
E. Nathan of GaIena, Kan
Physicians say that nearly every case
of typhoid fever can be traced to the use
of well water. People are always COM
planning about city water. 1t is purer
than the filthy well water many people
drink All that ans the city water is the
iron taste from the pipes.
City JaiIer Jones has found discharge
papers which were issued to Michael |
Connen at Galveston, Tex. July G 1865, |
and signed by First Lieutenant J. s.
Baker of the Twenty-third Wisconsin in
fantry The paper states that Connell
enlisted in Company of the Eighty |
third Ohio volunteer infantry. August 19, |
1862. At some time in the past few |
months someone was brought to police |
station who had these papers on him.
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