The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-07

Modern Woodmen, goes to Kansas City
today to participate in the prize drills
there before the head camp.
A Life of Dewey has reached To-
peka. John Johnson, a Santa Fe shop
man, is selling it. The next thing will
be Life of Funston
Every time a certain Topeka woman
fails to have good bread she blames it
on to the flour. And the flour has to
take a good deal of blame
Mrs. Walden of Indianapolis, Ind,
will lecture on the 'Jerico Road at the
Rescue Mission, corner Fourth and
Jackson streets this evening.
An Atchison girl recently took a
prominent part in a New York recep-
ton, and the society people of that
town are making a great fuss about it.
DR.. c. N. Howard, of New York,
will deliver an address before the Good
Citizenship federation at the First
Presbyterian church Friday evening.
The cash register stolen from Con-
ductor Staples was found Tuesday in a
pile of rubbish. 1t was returned to Mr.
Staples and now he can go to work
again.
The first thing that Billy Morgan will
do after he is sworn in as state printer
will be to go out to Dodge City and
turn loose a lot of good oratory on
July 4.
Elizabeth M. Crow, the insane wo-
man who created such a stir at Van
adjudged insane and taken to the asy
lum.
Fruit men say that strawberries are
as cheap now as they will be this year.
There was not as great rush of home
grown berries into the market as was
expected.
Dell Valentine, who was in Topeka
Tuesday on private business, says that
Clay Center is not in the fight to pre-
vent the new asylum being located at
Parsons.
The next issue of the Good Citizen
will contain the locations of practically
all the joints in Topeka 1t will proba-
bly, be in great demand among the
strangers coming to the city.
The Topeka Capital company has
carried to the court of appeals the suit
brought against it by H. T. Marsh, in
which Mr.. Marsh secured judgment
for $685. in the district court.
Kansas is represented on the OlyTn-
pia. Harry Honeywell, a Salina boy
has been musician on Dewey's flag
ship for the past two years, and is now
on his way home with Dewey.
The people of Shawnee county are
becoming very much interested in the
rural delivery system. Nearly every
day people come in from the country to
see Postmaster Guthrie about it.
RasDberries are fast succeeding
Strawberries in public favor. People
who a few weeks ago declared that
they never would get enough straw
berries" are already tired of them
Charles Sampson, first sergeant of
company NJ, writes his parents at Sail
ma that Lieutenant Clad Hamilton was
taken down with a fever the last of
April and removed to a hospital
A horse broke through the tagging
on the east side of Kansas avenue, just
north of Seventh street, Tuesday after
noon. The animal got on the sidewalk
and the tagging was too thin to bear
his weight.
I'VE are going to fire some more"
said a prominent political striker to-
day, in discussing the dismissal of Ser
geant Owen from the police force
Mayor Drew may be expected to ratify
the action of his f-appointed as
SistantS.
z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus, Indiana,
delivered a lecture on 1.-The Golden
Age" at the First Christian church last
evening. Mr.. Sweeney was minister to
Turkey during President Harrison's ad-
ministration.
Shawnee county is fortunate in one
way: The county ticket is nominated
and people will get rest from politics
during the hot weather. In most other
counties there will be fights over the
different nominations and politics will
boil and sizzle all summer.
Henry Allen has not ventured on the
lecture platform since he tried his
speech on the students of Baker uni
versity several months ago, although it
is said that he has a good address hid