The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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| man on the Santa Fe road.
| The condition of Frank CLANCY who has
] diphtheria, is much improved.
/ The knights and Ladies Of Security will
! run an excursion to St. Joe on August 81.
! DR.. c. F. Menninger has purchased the
| Edwin Scott home at 1851 Topeka avenue
! The Topeka Sportsmen's association will
| hold a shoot at Garfield park on Labor
| The work on the asphalt pavements at
! the state house will commence in few
| days.
| A new church will be dedicated at Smith
/ Center September by Rev. c. Holman
| All the city schools are being fumigated
| by the city sanitary officers. School opens
There were 16 cars on the way from Car
| field park to the transfer station at one
time last night
The C. A r. posts of Topeka will dis
cuss the location of the G. A. R. reunion
at meeting tonight.
Annie L. Dtggs will preach tomorrow in
Hoxie; She is a firm believer IN the
The Bachelors club of this city has no
titled Mrs. Meredith that they will put
float in the floral parade.
The funeral of Mrs Hattie Burt will
take place Sunday afternoon at o'clock
at the Oakland Nj. E. church.
Rev. c. Holman will deliver address al
Manhattan August 81 and September l, a
the district convention of the Y. P. S.
one of the prettiest cottages in Topeka
is that now being built a the corner of
Fifth and Buchanan streets by VIII Mile
The Modocs will give a concert at Car
field park next week and will sing the
songs they have been rehearsing for their
trip to Cincinnati.
A minister today sent a funeral notice
to the STATE H4 Journal as fo9WS SIN IKE
place at the church at 2 p. M
The Santa Fe shopmen will construct
the framework for the, gunboat Topeka
float in the floral P2ra6e -Four ct1ir,4 9W tb
flowers for this float.
A false alarm of fire called fremen to
the Parkdale school late yesterday after
row escape from collision with an east
bound Santa. Fe train at Adams street.
The police yesterday arrested Ed Smart
500 new grain sacks from Armstrong &
were recovered.
The will of the late o. C. Tayman was
yesterday admitted to probate. He was
a partner of the firm of Tayman-Oberley
conP any 70 me 6 fafbeT o the deceased
Mr.. Oberley is made sole executor.
The floral committee has decided to al
low business houses to have floats IN the
floral parade with the names OF the hrIns
made in flowers This will add large
number of floats, as the merchants will
gladly take advantage of this way to adj
vertise their business.
Pink Bayless. the 17-year-old son of s
NJ BaylesS of Auburn, had one of his eyes
removed in this city yesterday. While
repairing barb wire fence on his fathers
farm Thursday one OF the DarpS Slrucb
him in the eye piercing the eyebal and
making the removal of the eye necessary.
Representative E. D. McKeever is hav-
ing no end of trouble because a Missouri
paper published the statement that he IS
Iyife's affections. Mr.. McKeeverS home
life is perfectly cOngenial and the case
referred to was one he commenced as at
tOrney for another man
Sheriff Cook returned today from juno
ton City. bringing with him Merrill Ar
ter colored. who is charged with burglary
He is supposed to have entered JOhn Saw
yer'S house, near the Iopeka cemetery,
colo Fah
guitar. The robbery occurred August p.
There was a hot time in Smoky Row for
awhile this morning at L o clock. Ihree
drunken colOred women Quarreled and
Ella Buckner and Min Saunders who were
charged with drunkenness and disturb
ance Of the peace, and Berue WOODS,
charged with disturbance of the peace.
DR. Henry Martin, blind horse doc
tor. who claims to be from Topeka, at
tempted suicide at Newton yesterday by
ia king a quantity of sulphuric ether. He
recovered from the effects of the drug and
left town. He is a travelling horse doc
tor who has home His wife. who is
a lunatic. travels with him and offers for
sale obscene literature They are arrest
ed every time they strike Topeka
Chief Strauss returned from Omaha yes
terCiay but before he went out TO his |
home he telephoned to his wife, telling
her he was in Omaha and was without
funds He asked her to get Jailer Hop
kins to send him SO He had no sooner |
rung off than the bell rang ana Mrs
Strauss asked Jailer Hopkins to send the !
money. He promised to do so, and the |
chief started home. In about twenty |
minutes the telephone rang at ponce sta
ton and Mrs. Strauss SAID to Ja1ler Hop
lxins: You needn't send that money Mr. |
Strauss is home, and III get even with |