The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-06
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWs

the fair grounds today.
Webb McNan has returned from Gay
lord and takes his pen in hand, etc.
The supreme court convened today. Ad-
journment Friday will be until October.
A pair of prairie dogs have taken up
their residence in the Washburn college
grounds.
The council will expend SIC repapering
the hall and two other rooms in the city
building.
The greater portion of the time of
Judge Hazen is now taken up in hearing
motions.
The regular meeting of the Tax Pay
ers' league will be held tonight at DR..
Hamilton's office.
Sixteen new members Joined the Peo-
pies Party Flambeau club last night
The membership now reaches 200.
Mr. Fred Colver, manager of the
! prano, Madame Genevra Bishop, is visit
ing Mr.. c. S. Sutton in this city.
John Madden says he has no informa-
ton that H. B. Fleharty is running for
congress in the Fourth district.
Auditor Fagin has become an authority
on county fees and no officer ever re-
ceives cents more than is due him.
Topekas pet baby lion has been placed
in the window of George Stansfields
drug store. The poor thing looks sick.
Special Policeman Chitwood is a brave
man. He arrested the notorious Min
Saunders while she was drunk. She was
fined IS.
Nearly all the witnesses and jurors in
the justice courts sell their fees. The
buyers make about so per cent by the
deal.
c. J. Prescott has returned from New
York where he attended the national
vention of plumbers of the United
| States.
The tickets for the T. A. A. w. races at
the fair grounds which were issued for
June 20 will be good on Saturday when the
races will be held.
Mr.. R. S. Morrison of the auditor of
freight receipts office of the Santa Fe,
left today for Green Mountain Falls Col.s
on two weeks vacation.
This evening a free lawn social will be
held by the young people of the First
Baptist church at the residence of Mrs.
E. B. Meredith. 100 West Tenth street.
Topeka has signed the Minneapolis
pitcher, Cochran. Manager McCabe says
that a pitcher who strike out twelve
of the Abilene players is good enough
for him.
The Emporia Times, which has not been
altogether friendly to Governor Leedy,
is bad sign. Governor Leedy ought to
protest against it.
With the base ball game with Abilene
Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the
T. A. A. w. bicycle races Saturday after
at the fair grounds the amusement
seeking public should be well entertained
this week.
This evening at the commissioner of
elections office in the city building the
committee of twenty-eight of the G. A.
r. will meet to arrange for the celebra-
ton of Old Soldiers day during the Fall
Festival
Topeka theater goers will see the funny
little comedian, Frank Daniels, again
this coming season. He was booked for
the Grand by Mr.. Brigham last week. 1t
is probable that Daniels will retain his
success of last year, 1.-The Wizard of the
Nile
Jimmy Driscoll. who decamped from
Topeka and left the base ball team weak
at second base is now playing with Ham
ilton, Mo. At Atchison Sunday the
bleachers amused themselves by yelling:
PAY me, Jimmie; why don't you go back
to Topeka?''
Governor Leedy has issued an applica-
ton for a requisition upon the governor
of Missouri for Elmer Hamilton, wanted
in Coffey county for forgery. w. H. Dins-
more OF burlington, secured the document
and has gone after his prisoner.
A. w. Moore, who resides at 1161 Polk
street, Lowman Hill, is said to be the
Oldest printer in Kansas. He came to
Kansas from Pennsylvania and assisted
in getting up the first issue of the Herald
of Freedom. He has published papers in
Topeka Holton, Valley Falls, Newton and
other points.
Bale Waggener is considerable of a
humorist. In complaining to the Atchi-
water company of the character of
the fluid furnished, he said it was too
thin to cultivate and too thick to drink
Kansas City Journal. Which joke was
born about twenty years before Bale
Waggener.
One of the series of dancing parties for
the benefit of the Floral parade fund will
be given at the wooden mill tomorrow
night. Steinberg's orchestra will furnish
the music and the tickets have been
placed at so cents. Tickets can be pro-
cured the wooden mill tomorrow night
at the Flower Committee rooms in the
Curry building up to tomorrow evening.
There ought to be a protest against
the school board going to, Kansas City to
buy a piano, when there plenty of
piano dealers who can do as well by the
board in Topeka. 1t is bad enough for
Topeka people to rush to Kansas City to
buy what they obtain just as good
and just cheap in this city, without
the representatives of the city INDUCING
in that sort of slaps at home industries.
Rev. w. J. Dalton, pastor of Annuncia- !
ton Catholic church in Kansas City, |
who celebrated his silver anniversary |
last week and was the first Catholic |
priest to establish a parish in that city, |
will address Spaulding Reading circle in /
this city Wednesday night. Father Dali |
ton is an eloquent speaker, and his audi !
ence will not be limited to the members |
of the reading circle. +,
The church of the Assumption was |