The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-15

nifty of following his inclinations. AS
the little pickaninny opened his mouth
to aid his eyes in the inspection, Dick
reached over and caught his ragged
coat firmly between his teeth a short
distance below the shoulders, and gave
an upward jerk of his head. The little
darby uttered yell and started to turn
round, but in doing so he slipped, his
feet shot out behind him, and he found
himself dangling in the air, suspended
by his coat from the horses teeth. The
weight was more than the horse bar
gained for, and he let the little darby
drop to the pavement, but not before
he had executed a number of frantic
movements with his arms and legs, and
accompanied them with series of yells
AS soon as he struck the pavement
the little fellow made scramble for
his cap, which had fallen during his
suspension, and without one look be-
hind him, started for Fifth street and
disappeared around the corner as fast
as his short legs would carry him.
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John Wiley. who tips the scales at
210 pounds, stood at the corner of Sec
ond and Kansas avenue almost before
daylight and looked up and down the
street for a policeman. Beside him
stood a young colored boy, almost pale
with fear
A sack of coal lay at John WiIey's
feet.
up to police station began Wiley, I'VE
will go right away; but if you care to,
we can leave it here, and you can plead
guilty"
''All right, I'll plead guilty, Whimper-
ed the boy.
The sack of coal was left in store
at the corner and the boy was taken to
police station Wiley, who is a spec
iaI agent of the railroads caught the
boy stealing coal from a Santa Fe car
and took him in charge. When at Sec
ond and Kansas avenue he was looking
for policeman, but there was none to
he found The how received a fine of 81
in police court
Two terriers, two rats, a rat trap and
a man attracted the attention or
score of people at o'clock this morn
ing in front of the commission house of
Whiteker Bros, on Kansas avenue, be
tween Eighth and Ninth streets. The
man held the rat trap, and the rat trap
the rats until the small door was open
ed by the man. Then the two terriers
took hand at holding, and held one
rat each until they had shaken exist
ence out of the rodents. The perform
ance occurred in the middle of the
street, and the audience stood at the
curling. The terriers are the property
of Whiteker Bros, and work for their
board.
Today, as usual, a large crowd of
curious spectators watched the bridge
workmen removing the north spans of
the old kansas avenue bridge. Bases
of heavy timberS were laid in the shall
low water unQGT the spans anu from
these uprights were placed which sup
ported the spans Then the steel arch
es were taken apart. over the end of
the span a wooden scamOlding was
placed which looked like a gallOws. The
braces were swung out of their places
by this scaffolding where they were ia
ken and placed in wagons.
The crowd kept close to the work
men and prevented them from moving
as they liked. One old Irishman, who
was nearly pushed off the old flooring
by the inquisitive crowd, swung
large stick about his head in a threat
ening manner and yelled:
Cit out O. here, or I'll brain yez-"
s'Black is more appropriate to my
business. That's why I have the front
of my store painted black. My bust
ness is one of sorrow, you know" This
was a lugubrious pleasantly by NJ. Ho-
gan, the undertaken, at 314 Kansas ave-
nue. Painters are at work putting a
coat of black on the iron work in front
Of the undertaking shop.
An inquisitive man got himself into
trouble at the KaW river bridge when
he rubbed his hands over the iron rail-
ing which had just been given a coat of
red paint He wiped his hands on one
of the stone uprights which support the