The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-14
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

meet tonight at the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms
Railroad Commissioner Campbell is
suffering from an old malady, rheuma-
tism.
The parochial school of the Church of
the Assumption has over 200 scholars en-
rolled.
The rock for building the new wing at
the insane asylum is being quarried east
of town.
The city board of health has again in
augurated a war on hogs kept inside the
city limits.
Only twelve days until the Fall Festi-
val Have you the flowers ready for the
Floral parade?
The regimental band at Emporia is
practicing every night preparing for the
Fall Festival
Frank Beck, who has been stenographer
to the board of education, is now attend
ing the state university.
Topeka Camp No. rs, Modern Wood
men will give a free social tonight at the
hall, $40 Kansas avenue.
The state board of charities met in the
governors office today and closed up the
business of the past month.
The signs on the street cars have been
newly painted and in good plain colors.
This is for Festival visitors
Mr.. B. It. Lewis, assistant to General
Manager Frey of the Santa Fe, has re-
turned from an eastern trip.
Don MuIvane, son of J. r. Mulvane, left
today for Faribault, Mimi, to enter the
military college at that place.
Marsha1l's band will give no more con-
certs at Garfield until it rains enough to
lay the dust in North Topeka.
The Chicago & Great Western railroad
has filed its annual report with the state
board of railroad commissioners.
Tomorrow the executive council will let
contracts for putting in the doors at the
north and south entrances of the state
house.
A Lawrence photographer has printed
on blackboard in front of his place of
business the following: Bring that
baby
The Republican county central commit
tee is arranging for another big picnic. It
will be held at wakarusa week from
tomorrow.
The exceptions to the report of the
special master in the stockyards case
will be argued next Thursday before
Judge Foster.
Men are going around soliciting work as
special watchmen during Festival week.
People should be slow about paying mon
ey to strangers.
The Mems league of the Westminster
Presbyterian church will hold a social
session this evening at the residence of
Thos. S. Lyon, 1884 College avenue.
The rules and regulations of the Kan
sas National Guard have been revised
and printed and are now being sent out to
the various company commanders.
The money that is raised by charging
admission to the hallelujah wedding at
Hamilton hall will be used as a fund for
more beds at the Salvation Army hos
pital.
The members of the Topeka Academy
of Medicine and Surgery met last night
and listened to two scientific papers read
by DR.. J. c. McClintock and DR.. J. E.
Minney.
An amended petition has been filed in
the suit brought by Harrison Clarkson
against Webb McNall. He makes all the
companies that have used his rate sheet
parties to the suit
One week from Thursday the KarnivaI
Knights go in a body to Atchison headed
by Marshalrs band to attend the Corn
Carnival. Every one must carry a green
and red umbrella.
Up to noon yesterday the registration
at the state university at Lawrence was
60S This is heavier than it has been at
this time in previous years. 1t is estf-
mated that the attendance will be 1900.
Councilman J. w. Morgan of the Sec
ond ward was serenaded Saturday even
ing by the Santa Fe Brownie quartette,
which is composed of Daniel Lane Err
nest Esplain, Bart Nichols and B. Dud-
ing.
Lester G.. Brewer, a son of Mr. James
Brewer of this CITY, who formerly lived in
Topeka, recently took the position of
chief clerk in the office of Superintendent
Sample of the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
way in Denver.
The theatrical season in Topeka opens
one week from tonight at the Grand. The
Hermann company, including Adelaide
Hermann, the widow of the late magi-
clan, and Leon Hermann, nephew, will
appear on that date.
Girard's Inter-Ocean Vaudevflles will be
at the Grand Opera House in this city on
the first four nights of Festival week.
There will be no attraction on Carnival
night, but on Saturday night Fields S.
Colored Minstrels will appear.
The pattern for the evestibules to be
manufactured and placed on all electric
cars of Topeka for the coming winter
has been sent to a planning mill in Topeka
and the work will be pushed. The law re-
quires all street cars to put vestibules
the cars by November 1.
The latest fad for the sports of To
peka is a walking stick that contains
bottle. About six inches of the top I'M
screws and reveals a glass tube quarter
of an inch in diameter and running the
full length of the cane. The top that
screws holds the drinking glass. The tube
holds about three glasses of liquor.
Leavenworth has for the reunion a
souvenir badge which looks like an old
fashioned two-cent piece with a picture
of General Flapler on it and the words
G. A. r. Reunion and Carnival, etc. 1t
costs 50 cents 1t isn't nearly SO SNOWY
and attractive as Topeka's Karnival
knights button.
Geo. Gaydon, the colored man who used
TO be a deputy constable. was arrested by