The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-07
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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R. s Brigham is in Illinois on bust
ness trip.
The paved streets are sadly in need of
q good flushing.
A new glass was put in Crosby Bros
window yesterday
Mrs. a. A. Majors has gone to Shelby
vile, Mo, on a visit.
L. W. Wilson has returned from a trip
to Wabaunsee county.
f NJ Compton of Weir City is attend
ing the supreme court.
S. H. Wright of Chicago, an insurance
attorney, is in the city.
Some of the trees in the country are
putting on their fail coIors.
Politics has been taken up in Topeka
since the great F. F. has passed.
The mail boxes need repainting and the
hours for collection printed thereon.
H. A. Uterman is s5s.34 out on his six
teenth century knights tournament
The free kindergarten has opened in the
Third Presbyterian church in Parkdale.
Most of the Jewish stores closed yester-
day ON account of the Jewish holiday.
The cement mixer at the new bridge
wears a wet sponge to breathe through.
Dr. Weeks, who has been seriously i'll
at his home in ParlSdaIe, is convaIescent.
Charley Chadwick who has been dan
gerously i'll, is reported as much improv-
ed.
Seventy houses and places of business
have been connected with the Edison
heating plant.
Mrs. Lowry, wife of Captain Lowry of
1895 West Sixth street, is dangerously ill
with apOplexy.
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been discontinued on account of there be-
ing no orchestra.
Charles D. Caldwell of Elmont and Miss
Martha Martin of Meriden have been Ii
censed to marry.
Several local organizations are already
figuring on having home talent shows
during this winter.
"NIcKinley's Triumph March," by Will
ma Mills, the little blind girl of North
Topeka, is on the market
Captain Joseph Ost has resumed his po-
sition at the Santa Fe storehouse after
an illness of several weeks.
A prospectus Of the physical culture de-
partment of the Y. NJ. c. A. has been
issued and is being distributed.
Jacob Mann of North Topeka is under
arrest on the charge of having stolen a
watch from Miss Anna McNeal.
The Modern Woodmen viii have log
rolling at Leavenworth on October IS.
The SunfOwer team Will give a drill.
Special bulletin: Charlie Eagle can be
seen at his store if you furnish letter
of Introduction or carry flag of truce.
The postal receipts of the Topeka post
office for the third quarter were S24 652. .l8.
The receipts for September were sS.65s.12.
A man invested $40 in rent for a build
ing for Festival week and sold the win
dows and stand privileges in front for $50.
The OskalOOsa Times says the Topeka
Fall Festival was the greatest and most
successful show in the history of KAN
sas.
Rev C. B. Howard has returned from
the Wesleyan Methodist conference. He
was reelected president of the confer
ence.
Twenty-four Topeka men have sub
scribed S25 apiece towards getting Topeka
into the Western Base Ball league next
year.
DR.. Agnes Mckee Wallace viii move
her office to the Jewell building on Kan
sas avenue, between Seventh and Eighth
streets.
J. F. Lawson of Hutchinson won the
800 prize offered by the National Irriga-
tion Congress for the best paper on irri-
cation.
The negroes of Sedgwick county have
divorced themselves from the old parties
and have nominated an independent coun-
" ticket.
The executive committee in charge of
the Santa Fe celebration raised sufficient
funds to pay all bills and have a small
surplus left.
John Gilbert and Katie knight, both of
Topeka and aged respectively % and IS
years. were united in marriage by Judge
Dolman yesterday.
Mr.. James r. Pigg of Topeka and Miss
Ada Murphy of OskaIoosa. Kan, were
married by Probate Judge Dolman at his
residence last night
DR.. B. D. Eastman left today for Sa-
lima, where he will read a paper. Effects
of Heat on the Brain before the Golden
Belt Medical society.
The meeting of the state executive COM
mittee of the Christian Endeavor has
been postponed indefinitely. The meeting
was to have been held yesterday
Reports to the secretary of the state
board of agriculture indicate that there
Will be an increase in the acreage OF
wheat in western Kansas this year
The Republican state committee has
invited Senator Baker to devote the last
two weeks of the campaign this fall to
speeches in various parts of the state.
Mitch Bundy, a Topeka motorneer who
was reported a few weeks ago to be dy-
ing was able to be out on the street yes
terday for the first time in three months.
The auditing committee representing the
Committee of Fifteen is busy today going
over the bills which will be considered by
the committee at an official meeting to-
night.
Ella Bucl1ner and George Buckner, the
two notorious colored characters, have
decided to separate. and Ella has insti-
tuted divorce proceedings in the district
court