The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-21

Work was delayed by the curbing,
which did not reach Topeka from Colo
rado when it was expected
Several copies of the Fourth of July
number Of Freedom. an American paper
published in Manila. have been receiv-
ed in Topeka. It has a gorgeous and
patriotic cover printed in colors.
The Alabama Campmeeting'' is so
much like AT q Georgia Campmeet-
ing that it sound like parody. When
ever a success is made somebody wants
TO initiate it and reap some profit
A great deal Of coal is being stored
up for winter use by citizens who be-
lieve in laying in a supply before the
rush begins and possibly before the
price goes up to the winter schedule.
The Catholic Young Mems associa-
ton has become the Catholic Mems as
ISOLATION. and men of all ages are &C
cepted as members There is talk of
the association building a club house
The man that speaks about the
weather is not worse than the man who
says always room in a street car for
one more" Why do people hang with
a death-lke grip to such old chestnuts.
Only a little more than a week re-
/ mains before the registration books will
close. If you don't get your name en-
rolled on them before that time you
can not vote for the progress of To-
pelza-
Major Anderson has not missed a
national C. A r. encampment in many
years, but he is thinking of swearing
off after this year unless the encamp-
ment is somewhere in the central
states
The weeds around the various bill
boards ought to be cut and kept from
getting so tall that they stand up al
most as high as the boards themselves,
as is the case in one or two places in
the city.
Those neatly dressed young men on
the streets Sunday wearing white duck
trousers, blue coats and white caps
We're not midshipmen home from a
! cruise. They were the Modocs in their
uniforms.
Topeka baseball fans. since Kansas
City is winning a few games, have
will see many of the games which the
team Will finish at home during the
next week.
II. T. Parsons, a graduate of North
western University, has been elected
professor of Oratory at Washburn-
Last year he occupied a similar posi-
ton at the Southwest Kansas college
at Winfield
The county officers are looking for
another installment of coyote scalps
from ROssville township most any day
now. There have been forty-six
brought in from that township so far
this summer.
Fred Freeman and John E. Lord won
the tennis match from R K. Jamison
and John Waters Saturday evening,
6-1, So Mr.. Lord won the singles from
Mr.. John Waters, 60. and the second
set by default
AIaharase BIinstreIs, instead of Ben
Hendricks in "A Yenuine Yentleman."
will open the theatrical season here
The minstrels are colored. They viii
be here on August q, and Hendricks
two days later
W. H. Cunningham has Labor Day
speech which he picked I'D on HuntOOn
street Saturday evening. He says he
has no use for it and the orator to
whom it belongs can have 1t by calling
at the Journal office.
The fire department was called Sun
day evening to the Chesterfield hotel.
where a small fire was discovered in a
back room on the third floor. The dam
age was small. The cause was prob
ably mice and matches
Rev c. A Engstrand. pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church. has return
ed from a vacation in Colorado. He
was given reception by the members
Of his church Saturday evening, and
presented with a purse of $40.
The only use to which the district
court room is put nowadays is to let
the wind blow through to the other
offices on that floor of the court house
The doors and windows of the court
room are kept open all the time.
People living on newly paved streets
wonder why half a foot of sand is
spread on top of the bricks. To blow
off, is about the only good reason ad-
vanced, but they do not know that it
is put there to fill the crevices in the
pavement
The second issue of The Bulletin, the
official paper of the American Labor
union in Topeka, has appeared c B.
Tyler and A. D. Bauer are the editors.
The paper will work for the interests
of Topeka goods made and manufac-
tUred here
DR.. H. D. Fisher has returned from
spending a week in the northwestern
part of the state He attended the Ep-
worth League gathering at Lincoln
Park, near Downs, and also the old
settlers reunion at Jewell City on
Wednesday.
The Topeka Dramatic club has de-
clared a dividend The young men will
have sufficient to keep them in cigars
for several days. and the young lady
members will not want for soda water
for a week Independent OF any help in
this direction.
The great number of bottles of Malt
Tonic which are being displayed in
nearly all the drug store windows.
would at first glance give the impress
sion, from the shape of the bottles, that
it might be something a little bit
stronger to drink
Mr.. E w. Grant. the Rock Island
brakeman who was injured at Herring
ton on May u. left the StOrmont hos
pitaI in this city and returned to his
home in Horton Sunday. Mr.. Grant
suffered an attack of appendicitis when
convalescing from his injury.
1t IS the usual thing for commission
merchants to unload cars of melons on
First street just east of Kansas ave-
nue.. This results in broken melons and
half eaten melons being thrown on the
ground and makes a disagreeable smell
at that place almost continuously.
Shawnee county has escaped the
curse of a political campaign during
the hot months. from which other
counties have suffered severely. That
comes OF having a convention early and
having the agony Of the candidates
over before the hot weather sets in.
Henry Washington, the genial coIored /
man at the Rock Island depot, acts as
train caller. passenger director. depot /
master and in various other capacities, I
and has been with the Rock Island road !