The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-25
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The Topeka Equestrian club will elect
officers this evening
The latest thing for sportsmen to use
in hunting are orange eolored glasses
The 8Iid-Continent band appeared to-
day in the parade with new uniforms
The recent auction sales of bicycles has
paraIyzed the bicycle business in Topeka.
Arthur Callahan is visiting his parents.
He is now a praeticing attorney at Weir
City.
Warren Akers of the Santa Fe offices.
is an amateur artist. of considerable tai
ent-
DR.. r. E. Hogeboom has taken posi-
ton temporarily in the Santa Fe dispen-
sary.
The bicycle track at Garfield park was
put in good condition for today's bicycle
races.
Part of washburn's last season foot
ball team has begun practice for the
game.
Bank Examiner Waterman is in the
city after a tour in the western part of
the state
zabud council had their annual water
melon feast last night at the Masonic
temple.
What has become of the plan to build
diagonal walks through the state house
grounds?
Col j. W. F. Hughes has purchased
valuable stamp. collection from c. w.
Douglass
Mrs. ]. R. Hague, the Topeka florist.
yesterday entered a subscription of s. to
the Floral fund
E. c. Little returned last night from
Erie where he made a speech before the
county convention
The executive committee in charge of
the Santa Fe celebration will meet at the
general offices tonight
Hundreds of people went to Garfield
park last night to witness the prepara-
tions for today's demonstrations
H L. Studevant. the drill master of the
X of P degree team. acted as drum ma
1or of the Mid-Continent band today.
The assessment made by the Republican
central committee is SO for the surveyor
and SIS for the county commissioner.
The ancient rudder found under the is
land in the Kansas river has been placed
in the State Historical society-s rooms
The health of Capt. J. B. Johnson, who
was recently brought home from the
northern lakes. is said to be in a precar-
ious condition.
Burglars have not molested Jim Wick
for two days. They are mistaken if they
base ball team.
The Republican county campaign will be
opened at Silver Lake week from next
Saturday A special train will be run on
the Union Pacific.
The membership of the Topeka Eques-
trian club was increased by the addition
of several new members at the annual
meeting held last night
When the shower fell last night no
doubt many grocers and butchers thought
their picnic would be spoiled. but the
shoWerdidn't lay the dust.
After next Friday evening the new
company NJ of the Kansas National
Guard will drill every evening at the old
court house in full uniform.
Chief Justice Doster has returned home
to Marion and expects to move his fam
lily to Topeka early next month. He is at
present enjoying brief vacation
a familiar daily sight on south Polk
street is Tom McNeal playing ball with
the children the block 1t is hard to
tell which enjoys the sport the most
When the small boys learned that Mrs
Thorpe had been given several military
hats by the state department, they called
in large numbers and offered to work for
a hat.
The attendance at the wooden mill
dance last night was unusually large, and
Mrs Sutton has decided to give another
dancing party at the mill two weeks from
tonight
The executive committee of the National
Creamery association will decide whether
to hold the next convention in Topeka at
their meeting on September 6 at Daven-
port, Ia
On washburn college car yesterday
what is known among the carmen as the
pony team had charge. Motorman and
conductor were each five feet, two inches
in height
a one-legged bicyclist passed through
Topeka on his way from San Francisco
and perhaps he was only another form of
the globe-trotting loafers-
The Shawnee County Resubmission
club last evening began the issuance of
stock to members. The club is located in
the Crawford Opera House building and
it is a reorganized o. NJ B. lodge.
The state house ball players have agreed
to play a game with the newspaper men
1t has not been decided when, or whether
the latter team will be made up. of play
ers from The Journal nine alone or
whether they will be chosen from the
correspondents of Kansas City papers and
local men on Topeka papers
A card of thanks recently published by
a Topeka paper contained the names of
the wife, her 12-year-old daughter and the
baby. She probably did not have hired
girl or her name would have been added.
-Atchison Globe. You can't cure people
of the vuIsarity of publishing cards of
thanks any more than you can cure
them of spelling bouquet "boQuet-"