The Topeka state journal., 1899-07-14
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS

Captain John Seaton is over from Atchi-
| son today.
Work on the Tenth avenue paving viii
| begin at Tyler.
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. McCarter are the
| parents of a boy.
The state board of equalization will meet
| next Monday afternoon.
| There will be a balloon ascension at the
| Grange picnic at Overlook, July II.
! from his wife. Jessamine A Ashbaugh-
! wall Street Exchange is a sign down
on Smoky Row, but the building is
M. c. Holman is spending the month of
| July in Manitou, getting his I'LL of noun
! tain air.
| StiIlrnan J. Baker has been appointed
an attendant at the Osawatomie insane
! The new file and stamp cases have been
partment.
Preparatory services will be held at the
English Lutheran church tonight and
/ communion Sunday
There is a great. deal of hay in the
| good roads are the reasons.
Miss Lorena. clemens. the secretary of
| commissioned a notary public
! The patch of pavement in front of the
is one of the worst places in town
! The grading is under way for the paw
| ing of the alley running from Fifth to
/ Sixth avenue, between Van Buren, and
The Insurance department expects to
make an examination of the Ancient Or
| der of Pyramids. Charles G. BIakely is
/ slated for the work.
since station A in North Topeka has
! claims to have the best furniture of any
j postoffce in Kansas.
| A Topeka girl has broken her engage
| ment because her lover objected to her
/ part in entertainments.
Dean Low has called a meeting of the
the conmercial club, to be held in his Of
! flee next Monday evening.
! There are some blocks on the west side
| where boys run bicycle, races on the side
walks. No accidents have happened, so
| no complaints have been made.
! A dearth of dancing halls is threatened
| for next winter. Most of the halls which
are now available for that purpose are
now being leased for other purposes
| Electric fans present a great tempta-
| ton to some people to see II they can
| stop them with their fingers. The at
/ tempt is never made more than once.
| After a married life of thirty years
367c @ L9@a fTa ac9b SmR M hs5 smR Red foF To6ea f
| hackman. She charges abandonment
re6ored to Be eS Win the smDox MAI
/ north of the city, is said to have entirely
| recovered from his attack of chicken pox.
| Farmers who are considerate enough Of
| along the roads have the everlasting graf
itude of people who ride out into the
| country.
There is a great deal Of not feeling
| sort of malaria in the air which is keep
ing many people just on the verge of
II
A Topeka man perpetrates the follow
! ing: The nag on the Potwln poStofflce
| was at half mast all day because the first
| dead letter passed through the office this
/ morning..
It is prophesied that there viii be a
larger crowd at the old soldiers reunion
| this year than ever before. because many
| of the boys who enlisted for the Spanish
war win be present.
The old restaurant building north of the
St Nicholas hotel has been entirely torn
away, and the hotel itself is going rap
| idly The space viii soon be clear for
the federal building improvements.
In addition to being clerk of the United
publican state central committee, Frank
/ L. Brown manages the telephone ex-
! change down at his home, Garnett.
| Newton Republican: Someone
I has been keeping tab on Governor stan
| ley and aScertained that he has spent
\ fewer hours in the executive office than
/ any previous governor in a correspond
\ ing period
A North Topeka. barber shop has
! duced the price of hair cuts to 10 cents.
There are two shops side by side. one of
| them has up a sign advertising hair cuts
/ at Is cents. and last night the other put
1 up a 10 cent sign.
| Sheriff Cook called on John Collins dur
| He says John is looking extremely wen
| and seems to have made up his mind to
| be cOntented- He is working in the peni-
/ tentiary printing office with three other
/ convicts.
| The Newton Kansan says: Rev. Charles
! N. Sheldon the sensational preacher Of