The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWs

u A. Clements mas Withdrawn from the
race for postmaster
H. E. Pierce has been elected president
of the Potwin council.
The street force is making a fill at
Sixth and Horn streets.
A contest rehearsal of the Festival
chorus will be held tonight.
There are over so men now employed
in the new bridge construction.
J. J. Hart of Chicago, fuel agent of the
Rock Island, was in Topeka yesterday.
Street Commissioner Ramsey is fond of
base ball and when not busy never misses
a game.
H. J. Whitcomb, claim agent of the
Rock Island, was in Topeka from Kan
sas City today.
Police Matron Thorpe suggests that
dog catcher be appointed to protect the
church congregations.
Eighty Shawnee county pupils were
awarded diplomas by County Superin-
tendent Stout this spring.
J. B. Larimer is authority for the state
ment that there is but one unoccupied
house in the city of Potwin.
Mr. Charles S. GIeed returned today
from Alabama where he has been for the
past ten days on railroad business.
Lawyer Matt Campbell says that he
cannot resist the temptation to buy every
thing that peddlers bring around.
Shawnee has its full quota in the Be-
lott reformatory for girls. There are nine
ineOrrigibles from this county.
W. J. Black, general passenger agent of
the Santa Fe went to Chicago today to
attend a passenger association meeting.
At Wathena yesterday morning be-
tween 200 and 300 feet of the Rock Island
track was washed out by the heavy rains.
Governor Leedy returned from Mankato
this morning, having delivered a speech
before the Jewell county Populists yester-
day.
One of the city prisoners wore the skin
off the ends of his fingers in cracking
stone and had to stop work for a short
time
Capt. P. H. Coney will deliver the Me-
mortal address at Silver Lake at a joint
picnic of Silver Lake and RossviIIe C. A
R. posts.
c. P. Bolmar says that he has made
money out of the old arsenal even if it
has taken him several months to take it
down.
Next Sunday the Topeka base ball team
will open series of games at Atchison.
Emporia comes here next Thursday for
three games.
MarshalTs band will not begin the Civ
ing of Friday evening concerts for some
time yet as the night air is too cool for
the comfort of the patrons.
A matinee of the German Volunteer
will be given Friday afternoon for the
city school children. The schools will be
dismissed at noon on that day.
The city school children will take flow
ers to their respective school buildings on
Saturday morning, May %, at o'clock,
for the decorati ton of old soldiers graves.
President Baker of the City Railway
company says he will connect the fair
grounds and Kansas avenue lines at
Seventeenth street before the Fall Fes-
tivaL
H. E. Richter of Council Grove is in
the city. His friends are planning to
place him in the race for lieutenant gov
ernor again on the next Republican state
ticket.
Major Tom Anderson and o. W. Fox
will deliver patriotic addresses at the
high school tomorrow morning and NJ. c.
Holman will lead the singing of patriotic
songs.
Festival chorus members who wish to
go with the chorus to Ottawa will be re-
quired to attend three out of four of the
rehearsals to be held between now and
June 10.
The Rock Island passenger train LETT
Mankato last night half an hour ahead
of the rain storm and arrived in Topeka
half an hour in advance of the rain this
morning.
Capt. P. H Coney, attorney for Mrs.
James Keenan, of 700 East Seventh street
was today notified that Mrs. keenan, had
been allowed a pension Of IS per month
with back pay.
George Baker. of Second and Jackson
street has some rats which he says are
Moscow" rats. He has lately returned
from a visit in western Kansas where he
procured them.
The case against Thomas H. Balm of
this city for using the mails for lottery
purposes will be tried at the Leavenworth
term of the United States circuit court.
The term opens on June z.
Treasurer Hehebower said today: 1.-The
flowers in the state house grounds will
not be of the best this year we had to
take what we could get. However, next
year we will have beauties"
John G. WeolIey, the noted temperance
lecturer, will deliver a lecture on Chris
tan Citizenship" at Hamilton hall next
evening. Mr.. WoOlIey is the
man who created a sensation in Chicago
by his expressions the sa-
loon question.