The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-05
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS
Early peaches are ripe.

/ ABOUT farming.
| The school board will meet this evening
| in regular session.
| The base ball management feels some
| what encouraged
| People who go to Garfield park are still
compelled to stand up.
d. o. McCray is visiting his father and
| brothers at Cowgirl, Mo.
Many farmers celebrated the third of
| July by cultivating corn.
Physicians say that there is great
| deal of ague in Topeka.
The candidates are now putting the fin
| ishing touches on the campaign.
The T. A. A w. races will be held at
the fair grounds Saturday of this week.
The Holiness camp meeting will open
| Tuesday evening at the fair grounds.
Chief Justice Doster of the supreme
court spent Sunday a his home ir1 Marion
w. w. Gossett of the Santa Fe land de-
partment, is in New Mexico examining
lands.
A. B. Hulit is now one of the managers
of the Free Silver Literary bureau in
Chicago.
Several Topekans went to Lawrence this
morning where a Fourth of July celebra-
ton will be held.
The Populist county convention will be
held one week later than the Republican
primary this year.
Captain ]. G. Waters does not believe
that any one drinks too much ice water
in warm weather.
Lieutenant Governor Harvey the
orator of the day at the Fourth of July
celebration at Overlook.
o. P. Updegraf, the Topeka horseman.
has engagements as starter in races from
now till the middle of October.
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celebration a failure this year be-
cause it was held the third.
The annual picnic of the Sunday school
of the First Presbyterian church, will be
held at Garfield park, Wednesday.
Glen Hatfield, of the firm of Bateman
& Hatfield, had his right hand badly torn
by the explosion of a cannon cracker.
The Topeka post office has been allowed
81, 700 for extra expenses, of which $1,400
is for horse hire. and $500 for car fare.
The Kansas teachers are leaving today
for the annual meeting of the National
Educational association at Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Matthews, 1705 Kan
sas avenue, are the parents of a son. Mr..
Matthews is a conductor on the city rail-
way.
A Topeka drug clerk takes the soda
fountain electric fan to his room every
night and lets it run at the head of his
bed.
Governor Leedy desires to have the
port of the Texas Railroad committee
printed and circulated throughout the
state.
George Alexander, a colored boy who
lives in Tennesseetown, had the end of
one finger shot off Saturday night by the
explosion of a giant cracker.
AT the First United Presbyterian church
last evening r Welch delivered an
address, his subject being THE Ideal Citi-
zen. Bailey's orchestra led in the sing
ing. rcs
Atchison celebrated the Fourth of July
today. There were three bands and
man jumped off a tower 80 feet high into
the water.
Rev S. W. Naylor filled the pulpit of
the First NJ. E. church yesterday in the
absence of DR.. A S. Embree, who has
sailed for Europe.
DR.. Clarence McClintock has gone to
Colorado Springs to look after the inter-
ests of the Order of the Pyramids, and
incidentally to keep cool.
During the high water yesterday after
noon, at one time there We're $50 people
standing the center of the old wagon
bridge, looking at the log-drift.
With the recent heavy rains the track
of the Topeka Railway has spread in sew
eTal pldCeS- Inc WOFh gangs nave " De
out every day repairing the roadbed.
There is grief among the jays The new
style of belt is only half inch wide,
so that it will be useless to wear it with
their suspenders to conceal those awful
buttons.
Oscar Lander, operator at the Postal
Telegraph office in this city is at Wich-
tia relieving the manager of the office
who is away for a month. 8. S. Lacey
is doing Mr.. Lander's work in the Tope-
ka office.
When the ball game was over at Athle-
tic park Saturday afternoon, no extra
trolley cars We're at the Potwin station
for the crowd. All the extras were being
used on the Garfield park and fair
grounds lines.
After the meeting of Upchurch lodge,
No. pa, A. o. U. W. Friday evening, the
wives and lady acquaintances of the mem
bers surprised them at the lodge room
and a social good time was had. Refresh
ments were served by the ladies.
The A. o. U. w. lodges in this city are
planning a contest in team work between
teams from the four respective lodges of
the order and teams from the three lodges
of the ladies' auxiliary. the Degree of
Honor. The contest will be held some
time next month.
Lodge No. II, A. o. U. W., have in
stalled the following officers: c. F. Ca
vert, past grand master; DR.. G. P. How
ard, master workman; L. c. Wilson, fore
man; ]. F. Porter, overseer; Frank
Blanch, recorder; H. w. Davis, financier;
NJ. Holcomb receiver; T. r. Hyatt, inner
Waterman.
E. ]. Callahan, of Guadalaj ara, Mexico,
a nephew of DR.. Callahan of this city, is
in Topeka for few days. Mr.. Callahan
has been engaged in gold mining for
number of years, and has visited all coun-
tries where gold has been found in guam
titles He was personally acquainted
with the late Barney Barnato.
At MarshaIFs band rooms handsome