The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-23
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

| CT - A Oil SAAA4O street
One commission firm shipped 600 bar
| rels of apples to Denver today.
There are 20 children at the Orphans
home, of whom IL attend school,
Mayor Fellows is opposed to settling
the Topeka water works controversy.
Detective o. NJ. Capron was a deputy
| United States marshal in the Indian Ter
ritory for Is months.
The reform school boys will give min
strel performance in the near future to
raise none yfor new band instruments.
NJ. G. Updegraf has been issued a build
ing permit for an addition to the barn at
10 Harrison street, to cost $225.
The ninth semi-annual reunion of the
Scottish Rite Masons will be held in To-
peka November 9-12.
The rooms on the third floor of the Co.
lumbian building are being fitted up for
the pension office.
The West Sixth street track of the To-
peka railway is being repaired by a gang
of workmen.
The Salvation Army hospital now has
IA patients Most of the cases are Of
malarial fever.
Jackson's orchestra will play at the Re
publican meeting tonight at Jordan's
hall.
The new billiard room of the T. A. A.
is completed and the old room has been
vacated.
J. S. sproat, H. w. seery and F. S.
Morton are the latest additions to the
Lake View club.
Mrs. A. ]. Arnold was the first lady to
walk across the new bridge from North
to South Topeka.
T. F. Doran and Representative Ed
McKeever will speak at Jordans hall in
Tennesseetown tonight.
H. c. Streeter has sold his interest in
the Topeka Milk Condensing company to
the other members of the firm.
Sheriff Kepley is now spending all his
time among the voters. He has the rep
utation of being good vote getter.
J. F. McAfee, superintendent of the new
woolen mill, has moved his family into
the house at Belmont and Arter avenues.
1t is said that neither David Overmyer,
, J. S. Ensminger nor w. F. Schoch can
speak a word of German, despite their
names.
There are now three gangs of men lay
ing sidewalk and Contractor Blackman
hopes to finish the work before cold
weather.
Police Judge Atchison is one of the
fairest men in dealing with police court
cases who has occupied the office in sew
eral years.
The foot ball game between the Topeka
and Lawrence high school teams today
was declared off. The Lawrence players
backed out.
H w. Newcomb wants his lawsuit with
the Committee of Fifteen taken from JUS
tice McCIintocks court to that of some
other justice.
The police board will purchase new
team for the patrol wagon, probably also
a set of drop harness, two things which
are much needed.
The Ralston Health club will hold an
open meeting Monday evening at the res
idence of Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Rodgers,
corner Of Fifth and Monroe streets.
After November 1 DR.. Agnes Mckee
Wallace. who has charge of the Saliva
ton Army hospital. will spend each day
three hours at the hospital, from 10 a.
to 1 p. IN.
George Myers, young man who will be
q years old November 3. the day after
election, was registered after he had Sc
cured opinion from Assistant Attorney
General Smelling that he will be entitled
to vote.
The stucco arch which was put up in
front of the MiIls-Adams store for Fes-
tivaI week has been removed. 1t was one
of the handsomest store decorations seen
on Kansas avenue. 1t should have had
a prize.
Klaw & Erlanger the F'rohmans and a
few others are monopolizing the Ameri-
can stage. Their entertainments are as
near perfect as possible. In Gay New
York." at the Crawford Monday evening,
is by a Klaw & Erlanger company.
A. T. sigwit. Omaha's ex-chief of po-
lice, who here yesterday to get
Frank Bruce Gee, says that in Omaha
there are now 200 saloons, each of which
pays a license of ST. 600 a year, the whole
amount being turned into the city school
fund
For three years everything in New York
has been running to vaudeville, even
Clara Morris doing a turn on the variety
stage. The west is just beginning to get
the best of these attractions. In Gay
New York. which comes here Monday,
Topeka will see the best of this class of
shows which have been packing New
York theaters.
Mr. John Golodie, associate editor of
the Guthrie State Capital. who is in To-
peka with the car of Oklahoma products.
is close friend of Dave Leahy, the cor
respondent. He says he met Dave in
Topeka upon his arrival and before he
had talked ten minutes Dave said: IAN
right. I've got good story out of you
Speaking of Topeka. Mr.. Golodie said: Il
notice that prohibition does one thing
for you here. The men the streets
do not have the bloated appearance they
do where there are open saloons. think
the people have brighter, happier faces,
too
w. T. Williams, of Boughton. Ark.
says: Have suffered for years with
constipation, and Indigestion, and one
bottle of Beggs Little Giant Pills has
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