The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-18
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Ice men don't have such a cool job
after all.
Sloan lodge will hold a special meet
ing next Thursday night.
Work has been commenced on the
pavilion at Garfield park.
The state tennis tournament will be
held in this. city next month.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council will be held tonight.
Kansas avenue, from Gordon street to
Garfield park, is very dusty
A high board fence is being built
along the east side of Garfield park.
The hot dusty weather prevented a
large attendance at the band concert
Sunday.
L. s. Preston who is surveyor for the
Maxwell Land company has moved to
Las Vegas.
Personal mention: Dusty Rhodes is
visiting in Topeka and will remain until
the next rain.
The buggy used by the Swift Packing
company in Topeka is painted in the
Spanish colors.
John Marshall says that the Casino
in Garfield park will not be completed
until August l.
Lawns which do not have the advan-
tage of an artificial water supply now
look parched and dead.
The new music firm of Logan &
Logan will publish two pieces of music
by the Topeka author, Homer a. Dun
bar.
Mr. E. E. Macleod, assistant general
agent of the Rock Island has returned
after a trip through Colorado and
Utah.
Judge Hazen has returned from
fishing expedition to Mill Creek in which
ne secured a great deal of experience
and very few fish.
The Ladies' Society of the B. of /. F.
will give a social to the engineers and
hremen's societies Tuesday evening at
81 Hancock street.
The jOfntists have about come to the
conclusion that Mayor Fellows was not
"blufing" when he said he would have
every drinking place in the city closed.
Manager Fred Fear of the Topeka
base ball team consented to give up his
white bull dog mascot after Salina had
defeated Topeka for the third time in
succession.
The Topeka express agents arrested
for violation of the new revenue law
will have a preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Geo. w.
Clark tomorrow.
General Auditor H c. Whitehead of
the Santa Fe passed through Topeka
was Joined here by Mr.. c. NJ. Atwood,
auditor of passenger receipts.
Fred Hodgins has resigned his posi-
ton as day distributing clerk in the
Topeka postomce, and will open a res
on East Seventh street, Harry
White will succeed him in the office.
Representatives of CampbeIPs Illus
trated Journal of Chicago are in Topeka
to make an Illustrated write up of the
city. The Topeka Commercial club is
assisting in the collection of data for
the work and the officers have endorsed
the plan.
Mr.. l. S. Curtis is greatly hampered
in his canvass for the office of clerk of
Al
neuralgia. His face is badly swollen,
and he is compelled to remain at his
home much of the time.
Johnson Jordan, the cOIOred man who
testified in the Collins preliminary hear
ing, was arrested Sunday night by the
police on the charge of Vagrancy. Pa
trolman Hendricks made the arrest. He
has been arrested many times before on
this charge. He does not do anything
for living, but lives by his wits.
A Topeka physician who is not a
church member, says that the reason
a larger percentage of doctors are
church members than the percentage of
lawyers, is because it is the medical
mans interest to mix with the church
people, and that it is really his most
paying advertisement to be associated
with church people
John Henry Collins had a license
granted him as lay reader. Two years
ago Bishop Millspaugh gave him the
license, and in February. 1898, renewed
it, 1t gave him permission to conduct
service, pronounce benedic-
ton and conduct funeral services. In
the face of this. the defense will hardly
try to explain the matter of the
negroes obtaining possession of Collins
jewelry by gambling.
Members of the congregation of the
First Congregational church were both
and amazed at the service
yesterday morning to see a large white
Argora cat walk cOmplacently down the
main aisle past the pulpit and into the
organ loft and seat himself by the or
ganist, Mr.. J. J. Falls, where he re-
NAMED during the entire service. The
cat is the property of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sutton, and is probably the finest speci-
men Of the feline family in the city.
Patrick Sheridan has been arrested
for carrying concealed weapons. The
police have orders to arrest all persons
known to carry revolvers, as it is vlo-
Tation of the city ordinance and in case
Of ouarrels there is much less danger
The Swedish American Guards will
meet at their hall, 627 Kansas avenue,
this evening at s o'clock. All Topeka
residents of Swedish descent who are
interested in such an organization are
invited to attend.