The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-27
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

E Foster and o. Dam were arrested
by the police for vagrancy.
The remOdeIing of the entrance of the
Crawford theater has commenced.
John MarshaIIs new march, The
Oily mpia,' will soon be published for the
piano
Dr.. Countermine will preach next
Sunday evening on The Gospel and
the Ministers
Mr.. J. J. Falls, of the office of auditor
Of freight receipts of the Santa Fe, is
/ confined to his room by illness.
Engineer c. E. Page of the Santa Fe,
who runs between Topeka and St. Joe.
spent several years in the Philippine
Islands.
Sergeant Donovan in arresting a
drunk man last evening on lower Kan
sas avenue, fell and injured his knee
severely.
The residence at 527 Jackson street
has been moved out of the city limits
A small business house will be erected
on the lots
An enjoyable lawn social was given
by the Triple Tie Benefit association at
the home of J. G. ROdmeyer in Auburn
dale last night
Ben Jordan and George Buckner will
be tried Saturday in police court on
the charge OF maintaining a nuisance in
the form of a beer joint.
Mr.. Frank Booth. stenOgrapher to As
sistant General Superintendent Turner
of the Santa Fe, has returned after
two weeks vacation in Michigan.
The show case of the Kansas Dental
parIOrs which stood in front of Sims
drug store, was broken into Monday
night and a quantity of gold work
stolen
Ida J. Beeson has filed a suit for di-
vorce in the district court asking for
legal separation from William BeesOn-
The petition charges cruelty and non
support.
yTba1 the +r-O a61itfora1 "a rrfarS 90
on the Topeka pOstOfice force on Sep
tember I. Postmaster Guthrie will en-
deavOr to extend the carrier system far
ther into the suburbs
At sheriff's sale lots 265, 267 and 269
Monroe street were sold for $500 They
were bought in by the mortgage. the
Belknap Savings bank There are three
residences on the property
The improvements at the city jail
have been completed The front stairs
We're changed so that a stretcher can
now be carried up to the hospital room
without hurting the patient
Fully two-thirds of the divorce cases
filed in the Office of the clerk of the dis
trict court have attached to them
poverty affidavit In this way the Sc
curity fee for costs is avoided.
It may be well to inquire right here.
whether the roof of the grand stand at
the fair grounds is to be removed so
that the people on the top seats can see
the fireworks Monday EVENING"
Rev Chas- N. SheIdon's book, In His
Steps" is now selling at the rate of
I, leo copies a day. Rev. Mr.. Sheldon is
spending his vacation in Colorado and
is writing stories for periodicals.
The viii of Elizabeth Hunt has been
admitted to probate in Judge DOlman's
court She was the widow of the late
Jacob Hunt. and mother of George W.
Hunt, of the Santa Fe general offices.
Kate Parish. the notorious colored
woman arrested by the police Monday
night, was yesterday fined $50 in police
court for being the keeper of a dis
orderly house Simon Jones, as an in
mate was fined s25- Carrie Parish,
sister of Kate. VIII be sent to the Be
lott Industrial school.
Thomas Glenn. an empIoye of the
Swift Packing company at Kansas City.
Kansas. suffered q sunstrCka last week.
He became raving maniac and was
brought TO the Topeka insane asylum
last Friday. He died on Monday. The
body has been sent to Kansas City for
burial Glenn was 80 years of age and
he leaves a wife and two small chill
dren-
The council of administration of the
G. A R department of Kansas, has
designated the following as the official
route to the national reunion Santa
F'e TO Kansas City. Wabash from Kan
sas City TO St Louis, and the Big -Four
from St Louis to Cincinnati Depart
ment Commander Eastman says that
he thinks that the attendance from
Kansas will be large and he places the
number at 900