The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-26

meeting at Central Congregational
| church at o'clock this evening. The
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday
school officers and teachers have been
/ invited to attend.
Atchison is all puffed up with pride
| over the fact that one thousand invita-
tions have been sent out for a wedding
| which is scheduled to take place there
soon.
Wichita Beacon: The Kansas farmer
| always has a growl coming on every
| thing. Some of the fellows in Shawnee
| county are "'agin" the rural delivery
| because it takes away from them a
good excuse to go to town and tank
| up.
To show how little things count up:
| A Topeka store which keeps counter
on which is nothing but little articles
| the majority of which are sold for one
cent, has taken in over $1,000 from that
one counter during the past year.
L. A. Stebbins has prepared an ordi-
nance to allow bicycl1StS to ride on the
sidewalks where the streets are not
paved, under certain restrictions. BIZ
cyclists should not be allowed to use the
sidewalks under any limitations.
DR.. Lippincott, ex-chancellor of the
state university, and ex-pastor of the
First M. E. church, now stationed in
Philadelphia, will visit friends in To-
peka soon, and is expected to preach in
the First NJ. E. church next Sunday.
The officers of the American Labor
full attendance of all members at the
adjourned meeting on Friday evening.
June 80. The meeting will be held at
their new lodge rooms, No. III East
Seventh street.
The knights of Pythias lodges of To-
peka held their annual memorial ser
vices at their castle hall last night. An
address was delivered by Rev.Mr. Mar
tin of Baldwin. Eight members of the
Topeka lodges of the order have died
in the past year.
The f1ambeau club at its meeting Sat
urday evening voted to accept the invi-
tation of the RoSSVille people to shoot
off fireworks for them on the Fourth.
The club will go up to RosSville on the
Union Pacific noon train on the Fourth,
and return the next morning.
Improvement is the order of the age
but the Topeka young man who acct
IDENTIFY leaned his hand on one of those
patent non-spillable ink stands and
squirted a stream of black copying ink
along the front of his shirt, is convinced
that far as he is concerned, the old
style ink stand is good enough for him.
The wheelmen are getting the Gar
field park bicycle track into shape for
the races on the Fourth of July
Marshalls hand will give two con-
certs at Garfield park on the Fourth
one in the morning and the other in the
afternoon. In the evening the Modocs
have the right of way for the rendition
of Filipino"
The small boy and the small Rocky
Ford melons seem to go we'll together.
A great many of the grocers complain
that they are bothered by a gang of
small boys who steal melons, fruit and
other eatables. The practice of expos
ing goods for sale on the sidewalk in
the front of the stores is very tempting
especially to a hungry small boy.
Judge Hook has appointed Senator
Baker, Governor Stanley and Col W.
H. Rossington as committee to pre-
pare a memorial for Judge Foster, to
10 Tod ~ f1o let xlor- = ~
vember term of the federal court. Sena-
tor Baker represents the bar of the
Leavenworth division, Governor Stan
ley the Wichita division, and Colonel
Rossington the Topeka division.
Telephone $780, Kaczynski, for char