The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWs

| 6NAF SHUTS Al HUME n EH y
| DR.. w H Fighter has moved his office
j to 707 Kansas avenue.
| Paul Torrington and Ed Epps take the
| two comedy parts in the production of
! the Tempest
On account of the rain last night the
! wooden mill dance was postponed until
| Friday evening
Nearly all Shawnee county bonds are
held by the school fund. They can be
paid at any time.
Mr.. Charles ]. Webb, chief clerk in the
Santa Fe division office in this city, is
confined to his home by illness.
Elmer Stricklett. the Topeka base ball
pitcher, had his finger smashed in the
Junction City series by a ground ball.
Miss Alice Holdridge has resumed her
work in the car service department of
the Santa Fe, after a two weeks ill
ness.
r. S. Van SAINT has gone to the City of
Mexico where he will enter the employ of
the Mexican Central railroad as assistant
architect.
The bad sidewalk in front of Wagon
er's drug store has been condemned by
Sidewalk Inspector Withers. So it has TO
go at last.
The Topeka Advocate viii this week
move from the Crawford building at Fifth
and Jackson streets to the Jones building
on West Sixth street.
Furman Baker is experimenting the
work of laying the pipes of the heating
plant. He has sold his interest in the
North Topeka stockyards.
Several young ladies' societies of differ
ent churches are soliciting orders for the
manufacture of paper flowers for car
rage decorations Festival week
A runaway horse hitched to a milk wa
gon was stopped at Fifth and Lincoln
streets last night during the storm. The
rig was sent to the police station.
Abe j. August of this city has pur-
chased the wholesale clothing establish
ment of Joseph Calm & Co.. in Kansas
City. He will still retain his clothing
business in this city.
Jonathan Thomas residence has been
re-wired for electric lights under the
rules of the national board of underwrit-
ers. The fire in the house two three
weeks ago was caused by defective wiz
ing.
The loop to connect the Topeka avenue
and Kansas avenue lines of the city rail-
way will be put down on the north side
of Euclid avenue so as to not obstruct
the street.
Lightning struck the car barn office of
the city railway during the storm last
night. 1t ran along the electric wires
and burnt out all the fuses, but other
wise did no damage.
Mrs. George c. Thompson of st. Louis,
who came to Topeka and prevented her
husband from securing a divorce, was
called home yesterday by a telegram
stating that her son had died.
On account of the rain the meeting of
he nh
poned last night for one week. At this
meeting arrangements will be made for
a series of drills preparatory to entering
the Floral parade Festival week
While the hose wagon from No. fire
station is being repaired at the shop of
Kinley & Lannan, the firm has to carry
an insurance of $3.50 on it The wagon is
being remodeled slightly. An old hose
reel is being used in its place at head
quarters
The meeting of station, engine and train
employees of the Santa Fe. called last
night at the office of Division Superin-
tendent Mcclellan to discuss the Santa
Fe celebration, was postponed on account
of the rain The meeting will probably
be held the first of next week
All the officials in the bicycle races at
the fair grounds tomorrow and Saturday
will wear bicycle trousers on the track
This is done to. distinguish them from
other people. One cyclist proposes that
a red ribbon be tied round the left knee
to still further distinguish them.
George Taylor, the young man from
Florence, who was hurt at the Santa Fe
depot as he tried to jump from the top
of a passenger coach to escape from po-
lice officers. will be taken home today.
He is at the Salvation Army hospital
His injuries are painful but not as dan
gerous at first supposed
Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. French, now of
French is a Santa Fe engineer, and late
ly moved to Lawrence TO take charge
of the switch engine there.
E. F. Burnett, travelling passenger agent
of the Santa Fe. stopped off in Topeka
yesterday on his way from California to
his headquarters in New York
The statement published several days ago
that Miss Maude Burson of. Dodge City,
who was operated on at Christ hospital,
had the distinction of being the first per-
son in the state TO have a glass sphere
inserted in place of the eyeball, is ap-
parently a mistake A similar operation
was performed on Eddie Robbins by Drs.
Alkire & Clarke of this city, on the 9Th Of
last April, and the same operation has
since been perf0Tmed by those oculists
several times. In each case the glass
sphere was inserted in place of the eye
ball to preserve the fullneSS of the eye.