The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

Howe, Wilder and Griggs.
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS
H J. wingart and family are in New
York.
Quarterly pension payment begins. to-
morrow.
ness trip.
Major J. K. Hudson has returned from a
visit with his brothers in Kansas City.
B. F. Pankey left today for Eskridge
to inspect his cattle herds in that vicinity
Work was commenced today on Mrs A
A. Hurds new house on West Sixth
street.
The old Rock Island building on the fair
grounds has been torn down and hauled
away.
The board of education reorganized last
evening without the usual treat of lem
onade.
Miss Fannie Burge and her mother have
gone to Colorado Springs to spend two
weeks.
General Caldwell, accompanied by Mrs.
Caldwell, left Topeka yesterday for his
new post in Costa RIGA.
An architect who is making plans for
the "Fraternal Arch over Kansas ave-
nue., nBureS JhaI II Will cost 81,
A Topeka man has several thousand
bushels of corn stored away in cribs and
he is resigned to the hot winds.
There is rush among Spectators to
purchase corn in view of the reports that
Kansas will have but half a crop.
James a. McDermott of Winfield has
become stenographer for Andrew Baird,
state secretary of the Y. NJ. c. a.
Mary Olson, the woman who went to
the police station last week and begged
for strychnine has been adjudged insane.
Congressman Curtis, when at his office
has constant stream of callers. They
are nearly all people who want pensions.
The Topeka lodges of Pyramids will
make arrangements for their part in the
Fall Festival at meetings tomorrow night.
This evening at the Commercial club
rooms committees from the fraternal or
ders of the city will meet to arrange for
Fraternal day of the Fall Festival
Jesse Leach of this city has gone to
Kansas City for two weeks to do court
reporting on The Journal in the absence
of the regular reporter on his vacation.
Those who are preparing to make out
door decorations with paper flowers DUR
ing Festival week, should make arrange
ments for an extra supply for re-decora-
ton in case of rains.
Prof. G. w. Jackson's chorus sang last
evening at the st. Johns A. NJ. E. church.
AT the celebration at the fair grounds this
week the chorus and orchestra will give
the Soldiers chorus from Faust.
A magazine article in Munsey's for Aug
ust uses the expression in evidence five
times. Even newspaper fiedglings have
dropped it. Some of the magazines are
getting commoner than the newspapers.
al, no
ganized by Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Burton,
will meet tomorrow evening at the subur-
ban home of Mr.. Burton east of the city,
to adopt bylaws. The club will take part
in the Fall Festival parades.
The song composed by w. NJ. VanNess
with words by Mrs. c. s. Baker, which
will be entitled, Floral Queen song, will
be sent to the publisher this week. 1t
will be sung by a large chorus of children
during Fall Festival week.
Weather Observer Jennings office is
popular resort these hot days for people
who want to learn the temperature. Mr..
Jennings usually says: Il havn't looked
yet but there will be a newspaper re-
porter around pretty soon. and then you
can find out what it was in the paper
All the Topeka fire department appa
ratus is being put in shape for the Fall
Festival Most of the trucks will be
painted and vanished, and the hose wa
gon at headquarters will be remOdeled.
The firemen have begun making prepara-
tions for a big times during the Festival,
They will entertain the visiting hremen
with fancy fire drills, etc.
Mr.. Tanner of Pottawatomie county,
who rented his farm with the understand
ing that he was to be steward at the To-
peka insane asylum, was comforting with
the governor yesterday, making an effort
to find out when he would go to work.
There is not much hope for him at the
present time Austin Prescott expects to
serve out his term under the provisions
of the tenure of office decision by the SUI
preme court.
A great big picture of Mrs. Lease with
a dinky crown on her head adorns the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch as a representa-
tive of the queen of the harvest demon
stration at Topeka next fall" This comes
of that fool fake telegraphed out that
Mrs. Lease had been chosen when she
wasn't even thought of. The Festival
isn't any more a harvest demonstra ton"
than ST. Louis pasteboard collection of
chestnuts called the Yelled Prophets.