The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-16
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

J. F Buck will build a $500 residence
| on North Jackson street.
Charles Sessions correspondent of the
Kansas city Journal. left today for Colo
Rev. NJ. c. Long has been called to
DanYille. Ind. by the serious illness OF
his mother.
There are two camp meetings now in
progress within block Of each other In
Auburnda1e.
The casino at Garfield park will be
opened this evening with the production
The Republican Flambeau club will meet
Wednesday evening in the Office OF County
Clerk Wright.
The remodeling of the entrance of the
| Crawford theater will probably be com
pleted this week
Mr.. Harry King of the passenger de-
part of the Santa Fe. is in Omaha and
will later visit eastern points.
A tournament in tennis singles was
courts, in which George Miller won.
Mr. D. T. Nicon, stenographer in the
office of the general manager of the santa
! Fe, is spending vacation IN Washing
The work Of, curbing the state house
drives and walks was commenced yeSter-
day. Bob Kepley is looking after the
| work personally.
Earl Case of the office of the general
| superintendent of the Santa Fe, will leave
| this week for Lake Michigan points to
spent his vacation.
Mr. Avery Turner, assistant general su-
! perintendent of the Santa Fe, will leave
! a two weeks vacation
ant at General s1perintendent Avery Tur-
| a visit in San Marcial n. NJ.
Ed Cartilage, stenographer in General
Manage, rFreys offiee has gone l9l to the
| with the Mexican Central railroad.
T. B. Sheplor, a harvest hand. was ar
| rested at 3:2O a m Monday ana cnarge9
! with carrying concealed weapons He had
| a revolver, which he left at police station
with three dollars and went his way
| At the convention of the Ex-Slaves'
| Pension association held last evening at
REPRESENTATIVE hall addresses were made
by Governor Leedy, Congressman BOtkin
and Colonel Jones of Massachusetts.
Mr.. VIII Wadsworth, who has been Wis
gagement at Elitchs gardens in Denver,
viii leave this week for Pittsburg, where
stock company next season
Chas. R, Brown of Buffalo, n VI a
commercial traveller, is visiting IN the city
He plays IS different instruments and re
Gently Won q prize otered by R1charo \,
largest number of instruments by ear IN
New York state
The police at $3.50 O'Clock Monday morn
ing raided the disorderly house OF Jessie
Thomas The woman is white, and she
had a colored girl in the house and two
locked up and the soldiers turned over to
the camp authorities.
Street graders yesterday were at WoIk
at Twelfth and Taylor streets and push
ed a lot of hard dirt on the trolley car
tracks. A Washburn college car running
at full speed was delayed and started for
the sidewalk. The wrecking car was sent
for and it was placed on the track
The good cantaloupes at Rocky Ford are
raised under peach trees, which AFFORD
just sufficient shade to make the melons
perfect. If Kansas cantalOupe raisers
took as much pains as the Rocky Ford
people do, they could raise just as good
fruit But they are content to raise min
iature pumpkins and pass them off for
cantaloupes and the hotel and boarding
house keepers let them do it.
Mr.. Hayden Morecraft and Miss Esther
Martin of Woodstock, o.: We're married
Yesterday morning t the home of Charles
Sessions in the Keith building. 1t was
an elopement. The brides father OBJ
jected TO the marriage two years ago,
saying that the groom did not have money
enough. MOrecraft came west and in
vested his money in cattle in Ford county.
| He was successful He came TO Topeka,
and Miss Martin ran away from her home
in Ohio and met him here, where the mar
riage took place. The bride is IS years
of age and the groom is 25- Dr. Counter
mine of New York, brother of Dr. J.
D. Countermine of this city, performed
| the ceremony.