The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-05
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


The Youngest paper carrier in town is
IA years old.
The city jail has been scrubbed, ready
for election day.
Nobody dares guess on the colors for BIZ
cycles next year.
Logan, Logan & Co. have quit business
and moved to Holton-
There are thirty-one state house people
out in the campaign.
Oscar WoolvertOn has returned after
weeks visit in Olathe.
Judge A. NJ. Jackson of Winfield is at
| tending supreme court.
One Topeka restaurant has one of eye
/ old time tavern signs
Harry Mosher of the state Treasures
office is a kodak dend.
One Topeka lawyer contemplates going
| to Porto Rico to practice.
Liverymen are getting out their sleighs
/ ready for an early snow.
DR.. Ashton has challenged VIM. Moaser
to 200 yard foot race.
A sign on Kansas avenue in forms peo-
pie that Satan is dyed here"
Special policemen will be sworn in next
| TueSday-One for each precinct.
John Breidenthal has not taken days
vacabOn-for pleaSure-in 10 years.
Oliver NJ. Wilson. the Kansas City kan.
attorney, was in the city yesterday.
Major A. NJ. Harvey will speak at the
Populist rally at Usage City tonight.
| Will someone explain the presence Of so
| many wasps on the business streets?
One Topeka man is getting a supply of
| fish house punch ready for Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Compton, residing
north of the city, are parents of daugh-
A big carriage elevator is being built
floor.
The farmers are bringing hay to town in
| large quantities on account of the good
Prescott & Co. are heating the Osborn
building, occupied by Western Union, with
Sergeant T. B. Jennings takes no stock
| in the weather predictions of Irl Hicks of
| st. Louis.
The Kempton Comedy company will
| close its engagement at the Crawford the
Between burning leaves and small boys
playing football the streets are pretty
well occupied.
Several people. were going to publish
| songs dedicated to Miss Rose. What has
become of them?
The Populists are making. e1ab2rate
hall Monday night.
Ex-senator John Martin is speaking at
Mcpherson today. He was at Junction
City last night
The EIks will have a wire run into their
the returns there.
John Nicholson. of Lawrence has accept
ed position in the Kellam Book and Sta
tionery company.
The new band out in Martin & Dennis
ADDITION has selected a name. 1t calls it
self the Crescent band
Governor Leedy speaks at Burlington,
in his home county, today. Mr.. Stanley
spoke there last night.
Members of the Topeka Bar association
attended the funeral of Attorney John H.
Calvin in a body this morning.
The Social Democracy club suspended
its meetings during the hot weather, put
viii soon resume them again.
driving and he looks almost st' as Wei as he
did before he was taken sick.
+, Bets SO, Of 81 are much more popular in
both sides are afraid of losing.
Captain Morris is greatly improved IN
his office at the state house now.
w. H. Wilson has brought suit for di-
xorce in the district court against Ida L.
Wilson. The usual grounds are stated.
The balcony in the district court room
will be opened for the first time. since the
court house was built in the Collins trial.
The proposition of the Salvation Army
to give the poor OF Topeka a Thanksgiv-
One of Topeka's trough riders was
! tempting fate today, riding down Kansas
shoulders.
Otto Kpehne is improving his irrigation
plant and he says that he has solved the
mysteries of cucumber culture.
Colonel VIM. Henderson, police Judge of
Potwin, IS frightened because someone
wants to try case before him.
A Topeka firm which has it's place of
| sign which invites people to drop up
The stenographers are running most %
| the offices in the state house today ard
will continue to do so until after election.
The burnt out carbons of the street
] lights are even worse than a banana peel
! when they are left lying the sidewalk.
A Topeka liverynan who has new rub
ber,tlred bugg1es charges less than others
with old outfits, and he gets the business.
Some of the posters which advertise
theatrical entertainments are so horrible
that they keep people away from the
show.
Major T. ]. Anderson and County Attor-
ney Jetmore made Republican speeches at
a meeting at Wade's school house last
night.
A young man went calling yesterday.
and when he left the house he found his
buggy decorated with chewing tobacco
signs.
George Harry. the affidavit man who
signed his name Harry Han, has not been
Gently.
Topeka young men men vi, Who went to Law
braska.
Bob Ruggles, who has just returned from
a tour of the state, says the fusion ticket
will win by a majority of between 10000
When the weather gets cold enough an
excellent skating pond can be produced
by flooding the depressed lawn at the
court house.
to have parties and wear Mary Marble
a black skirt
Hester J. Small has been appointed. ad-
minis trix of the estate of Lester Mid
Montauk Point.
Joseph Fritch, assistant clerk of the su-
preme court, contemplates resigning his
law in the spring.
The work of cleaning and whitening the
walls OF the Senate chamber is so tedious
that tVe men who are working at it make
but little progress.
An express package was received in To-
peka Monday and 1t took until yesterday
for the express clerk to figure out the
name and address.
Mrs. H. II. Keith has been appointed
Judge of parrots of all kinds at the State
Pet Stock Show, which will be held in To-
peka November p.
The man who is experimenting the re
laying of the state house walks is having
a better job done than the other superin-
tendent who was here.
Dana McVicar has been appointed by
Judge Hazen to defend Joe Ewing, charged
with assault with intent to kill. Ewing
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