The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-10

players are enjoying the courtesies Of
the Topeka Athletic association.
Some Of the areaways on Kansas av-
enue should be fumigated- The sani-
tary force might look after them.
Bandanna neck ties seem to go now
and the more outlandish they look the
better they go, say the clothing men.
A Topeka dealer says that there will
be an abundance of Rocky Ford melons
on the market within the next week.
One Topeka man who held an option
on Trego county gold land, did some
assaying for himself and then sold out.
A great many Topeka people look
with favor on Mrs. Diggs' suggestion
for identifying the rotunda of the state
house.
Orrie Vernon, the crack tennis player
from Emporia, is one of the finest
piano players in the central part of the
state.
Nickel plated wheels are not as pop
ular as they used to be. 1t requires too
much elbow grease to keep them
bright.
Several Topeka men with sons in the
Twentieth Kansas are preparing to go
to San Francisco when the regiment
arrives.
Observer T. B. Jennings has given up
the fight. He ran up the white flag
yesterday and retreated in bad order to
Colorado.
Mr.. c. l. Seagraves, travelling pas
company the official G. A. r. train to
Philadelphia.
G. A. Francis, postmaster at Pewnee
Rock, Kan, was married in Topeka last
night to Miss Katherine Dellinger of
Columbus. o.
The wise policeman is on the east side
of the street in the morning, on the
west side in the afternoon and out of
sight at noon.
Prof. G. P. Grimsley of Washburn
haG ri 70 irir
regions of Colorado. He will soon go
east on a visit.
Branner school will be built of press
ed brick. All the other school buildings
with the exception of the high school
are common brick.
A representative of the treasury de-
partment at Washington yesterday in
spected the accounts of the custodian of
the federal building.
During this extremely hot weather
Gen. Hugh Cameron, the Kansas her
init, postpones his weekly walks to To-
peka from Lawrence.
J. H. McCIeary, who was operated
on at the Stormont hospital three
weeks ago, will be able to leave the
hospital in a few days.
T. L. Fitzpatrick has filed proceed
ings against T. c. and w. H. Dick to
collect 81, 200 which he claims is due him
on wheat deal made in 1895.
G. B. Merriam has gone to New York.
From there he goes to Vermont on bust
ness. His wife, who is now visiting
there, will return home with him.
The Topeka people interested in the
zinc mines at YellVille, Arkansas, are
not saying much. The town received
its name from the early inhabitants.
The plan of making the second floor
of the library building a reading room
will be indefinitely postponed if the
dancing clubs will agree to use the hall
this winter.
The largest kid shoe in the world, so
it is claimed, is on exhibition in a Kan
sas avenue window. It may be said
right here that it was not made for a
Topeka girl
Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry, the
two most famous race horses bred in
Kansas with records of 2:O116 and 2:O1N
will race against each other at the
Wichita fair.
Miss Farrow, who has been doing ex-
ira. work in the office of the clerk of
the federal court, has gone to Kansas
City, where she has secured a perma-
nent position.
Mrs. Hannah Harrington has resign
ed as administrator of the estate of her