The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-06

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of his duties.
The business at the postofice is very
large. A few days ago 500 worth of
stamps were sold in one day.
S. S. Snyder, a Topeka printer, has been
a farmer, for hunting on Sunday.
George Sharitt, clerk of the United
mony in the court If he can avoid it.
A man in Buenos Ayres, Argentine Re
P9PIe has wTt5en to s9er9t I3 G9p1 o
him.
City Clerk McFadden always spends the
lation.
Myron Waterman thinks that if that car
toon elected Frank Grimes, as Grimes says
it did, Grimes ought to cough up gen
Secretary Upton of the Populist state
central committee claims that he has
gained IA pounds since the campaign
Gas is still used in the state house most
OF the time. The electric light plant has
not vet been accepted by the executive
Rev. NJ. Daniel a colored preacher from
Ardmore, 1, T, is holding revival services
ton street.
The executive committee of the Kansas
the annual meeting of the union, to be
held next month.
It is seldom that a spring. campaign
ready doing a great deal of talking about
next springs election.
J. w Gleed has been elected a delegate
from the State Temperance union to the
A44 Ant league convection to be held
The clerks in the state treasury are
busy at present sending out notices of
bonds and interest due on January to
the various county treasurers.
The state house was cold again yester-
gay ,,,, IN S6aIe hoISe people 1I
thorities for not sending more coal.
Linn county is the first county in the
ent year. The amount was 1893, and
it was received by the state treasurer yes
terday.
One Topeka man has been found who
read the presidents message clear
through. The president ought to write
two messages-one of them short one to
the people.
Chairman Scott Kelsey of the board of
member of the board of pardons. He be-
Heves in allowing a prisoner to serve out
his sentence.
Whenever a stranger asks where the Of
fee of the live stock sanitary commission
is now, he is told that it is up in the
the fourth floor.
its a Lawrence young lady. about once
week has been shy about going down
burned in Lawrence.
A boy will work half a day making,
snow man and never think of taking cold,
but if he is given a half hours work show
cling the snow off the sidewalk he is sure
it will make him sick.
This is the time of year when the man
who carefully closed your office door when
he entered it on the hot days last summer
open, particularly If the wind viii blow
in.
A lot of Topeka men who want appoint
ments under the new administration are
mad because they did not find out that
terday until after he had gone again.
It has got so now that if a man of any
from some other part of the state on other
than political business the first thing he
tells a reporter is that he is not after an
Noble Kent. who was once arrested in
Topeka but allowed to escape. has been
arrested in Topeka he was a fugitive from
at whose hands he met his death.
W. T. Upton, secretary of the Populist
from Sedalia Mo, where he was called
railroad fireman, and who was thrown
from his engine at Temple. Tex. few
As it began to get dusk last evening
several sparrows conceived the idea Of
rOosting in the globe of the electric light
a the corner of Quincy and Eighth. When
the light was turned on there was a great
cOmmOtiOn in the globe, but the birds
manned in it for several hours, apparently
uninjured.
The office of the live stock sanitary COM
mission has been moved to the fourth floor
office which the commission has been oc-
euPyin ing, near the entrance r to the second
and by the superintendent of the state
house grounds.
Secretary of State-eIect Clark. who was
a member of the state board of charities
under Morrill,, says that he could not be
hired under any circun1St anceS to accept a
place on the board again. He says he
hadn't a gray hair in his head until he
got on that board, and then they began
turning gray fast. However, there seem
to be plenty of others who are willing to
get gray hairs.
Lannie Nelson, son of W. H. Nelson of
the Smith County Pioneer, is visiting his
sister at WaShburn college. Mr.. Nelson
is connected with the hospital corps of
the Twenty-frst Kansas. He was taken
sick while the regiment was at Chicka-
manga and was sent home. He has just
recovered and is now on his way back to
the regiment He does not expect the
hospital corps of the Twenty-first to be
mustered out, but thinks it will be de-
tailed to go to Manila with the Twentieth
regulars.