The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-02
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


The Topeka board of education will meet
DR.. Wilson Lauck has removed to Maple
Hill to practice.
Police Judge AtchiSon is i'll, Justice
Guy is acting as police judge.
Topeka's paved streets were clean Sun
day for the first time in many months.
for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk. He
deposited 81. Officer Berry stopped him.
Ross Mann of North Topeka is travel
ing for a Topeka printing establishment
The cherry club which Patrolman Whit
aker carries turns out to be fine rose
wood.
The new club of Topeka wheelmen in
tend to make war on the 'tscorchers'' this
season.
The rains of the past few days necessi-
tate the pumping out of cellars which are
not water proof.
Dick Walker, who is one of the boom
among his friends.
Cy. Leland will spend this week attend
Vent1on at Ottawa.
Charles Blakesley, night editor of the
Kansas City Times, spent Sunday with his
parents in this city.
Candidates for places among the officers
house at 7:3O today.
Major Shreve is responsible for the vol
unteer camp at the fair grounds being
called Camp Leedy.'
Austin Prescott goes to Kansas City,
from the federal court.
Fred Freeman thinks. without more rain,
the roads viii be dry enough to permit
buggy-riding by June l.
Arthur Switzer, who played ball in To-
peka early in his career. is playing on
The Atchison wheelmen are arranging to
accept June "a, the date for a race meet
there assigned by the division racing
board.
The river is still rising. High water, as
an attract to sightseers, is more inter-
esting than the construction of new
Many Topeka Republicans who fastened
to indorse a candidate for brigadier gen
eral OF the Kansas troops are now ex-
planning.
- Ed Ed Little Lii returned last night after yis-
has been dangerously ill, but is
covering.
Mrs: Mrs; Pregzner the well known Sunday
at the Westminster Pres byterian church
tomorrow evening.
Uncle, Jimmy Stansf1eld is learning to
ride bicycle. He is such a small man
that it will be necessary to have a wheel
made to order for him.
from the Missouri Dental college last
week He carried off the honors of the
State Auditor Morris is still confined to
his his bed by 1 bn and the physicians
will be able to go to his office.
Miss Lizzie Grain, stenographer in the
office of Attorney General Boyle, has re-
called by the serious illness of her father.
The executive council has allowed ..
Swanson, the Topeka contractor, 81 700 for
completion of the north and south en-
frances to the state house.
A. H. Greet of Pittsburg secretary of
the Kansas committee appointed to take
charge of the Omaha exposition business.
has brought his wheel to Topeka and COM
pines business with pleasure.
Colonel E. c. Culp and R. Wagstaff of
Salina, who have been to confer with the
the commission to raise regiment in
western Kansas, have returned home.
MI e ": Kopns, car service superin--
from Chattanooga, where he went to look
after the the return Of the Santa F'e equip
1t has been suggested that the CONNER
cial club should employ either a bugle or
at the depot as they come to the rendez-
vous this week, and escort them to the
camp.
When the Missouri Pacific switch engine
crosses Fourth street now it stops and
whistles. This order has been observed
point with an electric car, in Which the
car was almost totally demolished.
At Washburn college campus while q
a ground squirrel and electricity from the
wire killed it almost instantly. A kite
high in the air collects a large amount of
static electricity.
In several eastern cities newsboys are
residence streets after O'Clock at night |
Ihere should be a rule in Topeka that
they should not cry their papers on Sum
day morning until after Z O'Clock. Thous- |
ands OF people are needlessly awakened !
as or O'Clock. Just as many papers will
be sold by postponing the racket until at
least O. clock.
A crowd of small boys in the southwest
ern part of the city have a military com
pany. Saturday two boys of the neigh
borhood quarreled and had fight with
wooden sabres. The victor was arrested
by the captain of the company and SEN
fenced to the guard house. He was put
into a chicken coop and so nails were |
driven into the door to secure it The
prisoners folks rescued him after he had
been shut up for long time.
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