The Topeka state journal., 1898-03-19
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

A SIS chainless bicycle has struck the
town.
Tom Doran now drives one of the best
teams in Topeka.
Maj. Geo. w. Burdge, who has been
quite sick, is better.
W. E. Topping of the state auditors
office, is a horse fancier.
over 1000 tickets to MarshalPs band
concert have been sold.
It was DR.. H. c. Streeter who bought
the famous Great Dane, OsceoIa Bey.
Maj. Shreve is so filed with the war
spirit that he is wearing army clothes
every day.
Elder F. NJ. FISHERMAN is conducting
revival meetings at the North Topeka
Baptist hall.
Z. B. Meredith, the Baptist mission
ary, has leased ], 900 acres of land near
Empire, Kan.
One of the presents John Coyne re-
ceiVed from his friends on st. Patrick's
day was a fine sidebOard.
l. A Bigger of Hutchinson is in the
city offering bonds for sale to the state
school fund commissioners.
Mayor Fellows will soon go to Wash
ington to ask the government to estab-
nsh a SUPPORT at Port Arthur.
Mr.. L. NJ Crawford will return to To-
peka next week. He has been away
from this city since last December.
There are a few people in Topeka
who would give weeks of time to secure
position on the city central commit
tee.
Frank Merriam is a great rabbit
hunter. He owns several beagles
which he uses on his hunting expedi-
tions.
Mrs. c. S. Sutton is remodeling her
house on Harrison street. 1t has been
raised and new foundation is being
built.
An eastern man who visited Topeka
said that the thing that impressed him
most, was the absence of vacant store
buildings.
W. S. Belden, who graduated from
Washburn, has gone to Washington
where he has a position in the weather
bureau.
The next attraction at the theaters
will be Monroe and Hart in the Gay
Matinee Girl at the Crawford theater
next Thursday evening
Capt Joseph G. Waters will deliver
the commencement address to the grad
uating class of the Clay Center high
school June 1St
The activity of the temperance com
mittee is causing falling off in the
trade of the joints People are afraid
they will be summoned to testify.
D. D. PeIlett, editor of the kansas
Journal at Perry, was in Topeka Fri
day. He is managing Congressman
Charles Curtis campaign in Jefferson
county.
capt. j. u. waters mas accepted an
invitation to deliver the Decoration day
address at Council Grove. He received
an invitation also from Hutchinson.
The New York Male quartette, as
sisted by Miss Nellie Nichols, entertain
ed large audience at Washburn
chapel last night. as the fifth number
of the Washburn college lecture course
The opera, Wang has cancelled its
Topeka booking and will not be seen in
this city on March 26. It doesn't mat
ter De Wolf Hopper hasn't played in
it for years, and it would only be an
other fake.
A collector who tried to see a pen
sion office employee was told to wait
until o'clock when they quit work
When that time arrived the clerks
sprang out of the Office in a crowd and
nearly ran over the collector. He miss
ed his man.
Cy Leland. who occupies house in
TOpeka and is pension agent here,
should stop his followers and brass col
lar editors from designating Topeka
people as hogs Topeka people don
like it, and Topeka. people have votes
J. E. Phillips, the colored man whom
Detective Capron brought back from
Iowa. will be tried on the charge of
misdemeanor. He was charged with
grand larceny, but when it was found
that the wagon he took was not worth
$40. the charge was changed
Our Guests a German play. was
presented to a large audience at Arlon
hall last night The cast was made up
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Uterman, the
Mr. Frank Otmeyer and Mr.. Joseph
CIabasania- After the play the audi
ence danced