The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Governor Stanley spent Sunday in Wich-
tia.
This is the last week of the Topeka
Chief wilmarth has a new horse that
he drives to his wagon.
The heaviest rain of the season visited
Topeka Saturday night.
Gaitha Page has been elected to fill
vacancy at Buchanan school.
Captain Q. H. Coulter will deliver the
Memorial day address at Wellington.
L. T. Gage has been chosen by the
school board to take the school census.
1t has been almost impossible to buy
good tennis racquet in Topeka this spring.
Ex-County Treasurer Stahl says the
corn southeast of the city is looking fine.
The state house century plants, minus
the lard buckets, have been brought out.
Representative Charles Harris of En-
poria has returned home after a visit in
Rev. w. L. Hinshaw of Sterling filled
the pulpit at the United Bethren church
DR.. George H. Gilbert of Chicago preach
ed at the First Congregational church
There is an unsatisfied demand for seats
for the Bostonians tonight at the Craw-
ford theater.
British Guards band, are being worn by
music lovers.
The switchboard at the city railway car
barn was burned out by lightning Satur-
day afternoon.
The street, cleaners are DOMINIC their
early in the mornings.
The Phoneix Herald says ''Funstton's
Furious Fighters are even better than
"RooseveIt's Rough Riders
Charles Foulks Of Topeka, who is now
Tex, next month to work
Blind Boone, who gives a concert in To-
Peba this Week' attended church at ST.
The home of August Bjorklund, on Third
and Branner streets, was struck by light
ming Saturday, but no one was hurt
The Kaw is up higher than it has been
before this year, and some men and boys
are putting in their time catching drift
Next Saturday afternoon at Athletic
park the state house and newspaper base
ball teams will settle the question of su-
periority.
Driver Mclaughlin Of the chemical en-
made the run to the fire Saturday night
alone. He was the first to arrive.
The T df EEK yoHng men WRo are grad
Lawrence during commencement week
university team.
A Topeka man who was caught out in
the hardest of the rain, Saturday night
the days of Noah's Hood. and he has
doubts about that time.
A Topeka girl has invented another i'm
itation of the silk skirt rustic. She ,sews
newspapers up in the Innings of her skirts.
and the imitation rustic cannot be told
from the real thing, except by experts.
Terry Stafford went up the river against
the heaVy Gurrent IN ms gasoitne launch
of u miles an hour. That is sport if you
have gasoline instead of elbow grease to
take you up the river in the first place.
A crowd of young girls went picnicking
to Garfield park Saturday afternoon. not
got soaked, but that just added to the
fun of the thing, as long as they called it
a picnic.
Housekeepers are on the verge of dis
traction these days. Cottonwood trees
are shedding and it is impossible to keep
the flying cotton out of the houses. Cot
tonwood trees ought to be kept out of
the city.
With election nearly six months off there
field for county offices in Wichita county,
which has a population of only a little
over thousand people. This is the county
State Treasurer Grimes started from.
Sunday was a front porch day. The air
was just right to keep people out of
DOORS and those who didn't have a horse
and buggy, or who thought it wicked to
front porch and watched other people go
by.
On the concert programme of MarShalIS
band, Godfrey's English band is advertised
the greatest band in the world The
Topeka people will have to be shown, for
Topeka people think that nobody but
Sousa and his band can lay claim to that
title
There will be no street lights in Topeka
for the next two weeks while new founda-
tons are being laid under the dynamOs
and other repairs are being made. There
will be bright moonlight most of the time.
however. that the lights will be
missed as much as they otherwise would.
One-third of the lights have ben shut
down for six weeks past. but they will all
be started again as soon as the new boiler
is in the plant.