The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-18
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWs

Judge ]. F. Culver returned to Emporia
yesterday afternoon.
A picnic party in an undertaking wagon
is new fad in Topeka.
The state L. A. w. meet will be held at
Lawrence August and 3.
Topeka people continue going to Ottawa
to attend the Chautauqua.
w. Y Morgan of the Hutchinson News,
went to Kansas City this morning.
There was big sale of crash suits to
Republican delegates yesterday in this
city.
The thermometer in the city council
chamber registered 90 at 10 o'clock last
night.
Marshans band will give the first of
the Friday evening concerts tonight at
Garfield park.
c. W. Kouns, the Santa Fe member of
the Committee of Fifteen attended his
first meeting last night.
You can always tell a man who has not
been raised in an office. He uses the
waste basket s a cuspidor.
There will be ten races on the pro-
gramme of the bicycle matinee atNthe fair
grounds one week from tomorrow.
Ex-Congressman Richard Whiting Blue
was among the visitors at the Republican
Frank Raynor the North Topeka joint
list who was arrested by the police, paid
into the police department five $40 bills.
David Asbury, the co1ored man who had
a fight with his wife for the possession
of their child has been adjudged insane.
DR.. John Morehead of the state insane
asylum, left yesterday for Nashville,
Tenn. to attend the Tennessee centennial.
Prof. F. w. Ellis, who resigned as in
structor in Greek at Washburn college,
left yesterday for his home in AnsOnia,
Conn.
The slot machine has invaded almost
every kind of store in Topeka. The latest
adoption of it is in a mems furnishing
store.
The T. A. A. W. will offer loving cup
for the bicyclist who win three
straight races this summer at the fair
grounds.
DR.. Will Walker, now of the Emergency
hospital in Boston, is visiting relatives in
this city. DR.. Walker formerly resided
in Topeka.
Boys about the city have already begun
discharging fire crackers. There is a city
ordinance against the firing of them at
times other than July Fourth.
M. C. AIagaw, who was graduated from
Washburn college this week, left yester-
day for Texas where he goes with party
of students to work for an eastern view
company.
A B. Morrow, a farmer living north of
the city, has reported to the police that
his wife is missing. She started for To-
peka to visit a friend and has not been
heard from since.
Dennis Owen, the small colored boy
who was sent here from Oklahoma, was
| adjudged insane in the probate court yes
terday afternoon. That proceeding cost
Shawnee county $40.
Patrolman Kidney says that the expos
ure he received while in the river two and
one-half hours searching for the body of
viii Henry, nearly killed him. He has
been weak ever since.
Rev. D. D. Boyle of the First Christian
church has been granted a three months
leave of absence and left yesterday for
Colorado Springs. The pulpit will be
supplied during his absence.
E. Butcher. formerly an employe in the
office of the general superintendent of
the Santa Fe in this city, but now with
the Mexican Central road at the City of
Mexico, is wishing in this city.
An effort was made to spring the name
of S. S. Kirkpatrick, ex-congressman in
the Third district, for president of the
state Republican league but his friends
heard of it in time to prevent it.
The partition in the Manspeaker build
ing has been torn down and both lower
rooms of the building thrown into one
large store room. The double store will
be open in the course of two weeks.
MarshalFs band now has double quar-
tette of large reed instruments, which i'm
proves the orchestration greatly. A new
member, named Mueller, who plays So
admitted
c. H. Roof, a groceryman of North To-
peka, had fuss with some of his Rus
sian neighbors Wednesday and is charged
with having drawn revolver on one of
them. He was arrested by the police.
George w. Fisher, who is to be appoint
ted register of the United States land
office, was a clerk in the Office several
years and received larger salary then
than he will after he is appointed regis
ter.
Topeka people have the thrilling pleas
ure of sitting on the state house steps
for amusement in the evening. This
seems to be the best thing provided for
public entertainment in this big sleepy
town.
The Topeka Athletic association wheel
men will hold a racing meet at the fair
grounds on June 26. These local meets
will be given quite often during the sum-
mer and prizes will be offered by the T.
A. A w.
They have some bright reporters on the
Chicago papers. One of them in The
Chronicle says that the hyena that is
loose in Graceland cemetery was cap
tured as a cub in the Black Forest Of
Germany!
Being on a Fall Festival subcommittee
and doing no work is like being Chris
tan and Sinking all religious duties
Such Christian ought to get out of the
church. 1t is better to be an open unbe-
lever than a hypocrit- Why stay on a
committee where you are doing nothing?
North Topeka residents are talking of