The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-19


time at his office before the election. He
is making a speech every day and will be
so engaged until November L
J. II. Brigham, assistant secretary Of
agriculture, will come to Topeka and ad-
dress the annual meeting of the state
board of agriculture in January.
A drunken man who reeIed helplessly in
walking yesterday crossed the bridge and
passed two policemen. They laughed and
paid no further attention to him.
E. P. Griffith. a stenographer at Fort
Scott who claimed Topeka as his home.
has left that city leaving unpaid bills, ac-
cording to the Fort Scott Monitor.
1t would be hard to hunt 'possums on
strictly prohibition basis. All those who
didn't have any fun in a 'possum hunt
didn't get near the commissary supplies.
The grocers and butchers have decided
to hold another picnic next year and a
larger place will be selected for holding
it. It will probably be in the fair
grounds
The steel cable at the new bridge. from
which the travelling crane is suspended,
has a capacity for holding 1900 pounds.
The heaviest load 50 far carried weighed
5000 pounds.
At the First Baptist church Sunday
evening a ''Recollection meeting was
held, in which some of the older mem
bers told of the past history of the
church and Sunday school.
So the doctors have discovered that
the colds in the head. the sore throats
and lot of other things come from street
dust 1t will be a fine thing when horses
in the city can be abolished.
Dirty hand rails of the trolley cars are
still responsible for running dresses and
other articles. A new light overcoat was
badly splotched with black grease a day
or two ago. Whoever is responsible for
this carelessness at the car shops ought
to be punished
The Bunglers met last night and elect
ed the following executive board: George
Hackney. B. T. Lewis and A. A. Scott.
The series of dances for the coming win
ter will commence October % at Hudson's $
hall.
VIM. Jordan, the old man who fell at
the corner of Kansas avenue and Railroad
street with dropsy of the heart and was
taken to the Salvation Army hospital,
died there. He was quite old and very
feeble.
Dispatches from Guthrie. o. T., state
that Clarence Myers, aged % years, of
Topeka, Kan, was caught in cotton
gin at Blackburn, o. T, and SO badly
mangled that he died in two hours. His
identity in this city does not seem to be
known.
The fund turned over to Police Matron
Thorpe by the Grocers' and Butchers
picnic management was $262-S a. OF this
Police Matron Thorpe has given $50 each
to the Orphans home, Salvation Army
hospital and Ingleside. This leaves
balance of SS2.S4 which Mrs. Thorpe will
use in her charity work.
The Salvation Army hospital has proven
such a success that additional beds will
be placed in it. There are now u pa
tients at the hospital and many applica-
tions filed which cannot now be admitted.
Ensign Hawk says that the hospital great
ly needs sheets, pillOwcases and towels.
This hospital is a charity institution, the
small expenses being made up by private
subscription and by entertainments given
by the Salvation Army.
The Orphans home has applied to Pro-
bate Judge Dolman for $50 as an allow
ance for keeping Lawrence and Bette
Hurst. two orphans who were in the
home for about three years. They were
the children of James Hurst, a soldier,
and were allowed a pension a short time
ago. They have been adopted into faml-
lies and the ladies of the home think they
should be allowed something for their
trouble Judge Dolman has not acted
on the claim.
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who travels for a Goshen, Ind, house,
was riding in a passenger coach on the
Union Pacific. eastbOund, and was two
miles west of Wamego when boys threw
apples at the cars. A large apple crash
ed through the plate glass window oppo-
site Mr.. Latta and severely injured his
right eye. He came to Topeka, where
he was attended by physicians 1t is
thought that a piece of glass pierced the
eyeban. Officers were sent to search for
the boy who threw the apple
The bicycle which was owned by W. F.
McHenry of the Capital Cycle company
and which was taken Saturday by fel-
low named Fred Friend, has been found
at PerryviIle. Yesterday c. H Howell of
Lawrence rode from his home to Topeka
on his bicycle In passing through Per-
ryville he saw a good bicycle sold for SO
When he arrived in Topeka he notified
Sergeant Tim Donovan of the sale and
upon investigation it was found that the
wheel belonged to McHenry. 1t was re-
covered last evening, but Fred Friend,
who took it from Topeka, was not to be
found.