The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-24

terrain church will be held Friday at
ternoon in the church parlors.
There are a good many professional
signs on Kansas avenue lower than the
duck his head to get under some of
them.
A man spent half an hour yesterday
with a balky team, trying to get a
load OF brick carried three blocks, and
finally had to unload the brick onto an
other wagon.
The fambeau club at its meeting last
night refused to go to St. Marys and
give a fire works exhibition at the log
rolling, because Mr.. Bryan had been
invited to be present.
About $50 people went from Topeka
this morning on the Union Pacific ex-
cursion train to St. Marys, to take part
in the Modern WOOdmen's picnic and
hear W. ]. Bryan speak.
A young man who is known to be
single, was seen last evening going
up Kansas avenue with lady's hat
under his arm. The young mans friends
are wondering what it means.
City Attorney Bird will leave for New
York today to be present at the tax
ing of dispositions in the water works
case. He will stop in Washington on
his way home and visit his mother.
DR.. w. B. Swan, secretary of the
state board of health, has returned
from Grainfield, Cove county, where
he went to look after a scarlet fever
serious.
A large wagon piled high with step
ladders and a man perched on top,
drove up and down Kansas avenue yes
terday. More than one person remark
ed that Il would laugh if that load
slipped off,
Miss Caroline Loc1hart. a former To-
peka. girl is now on the staff of the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Miss
LOckhart is also in charge of the
''WaInuts and Wine" department of
Lippincott's Magazine.
Mr.. o. P NJ. McClintock and Miss
Edna Smith were married today at the
brides home near Usage City. Mr.. Nc
Cintock is principal of Clay school and
Miss Smith was for several years
teacher in Jackson school.
On account of the storm last night
the Flambeau club did not discuss the
city hall proposition. The club Will
hold a joint meeting with the Ameri-
can Labor Union on September 1, at
which the subject will be discussed.
A Topeka man was run into by a
careless bicycle rider Tuesday even
ing 1t knocked both man and rider
down. but the man was up first and in
his wrath he gave the wheel few well
directed kicks. 1t cost the rider SO tor
repairs.
DR.. Callahan, clerk of the district
court has been kept busy for the past
two days dOcketing the appeals of
jointists from the police court Etgh-
teen of these appeals have been filed
in the last two days
Another hearing in the Chesney dis
barment suit was to have been held
Wednesday, but it was postponed on
account of the absence of J. w. Gleed,
who is chairman of the committee to
which the charges against Mr.. Chesney
are being presented
Speaking about large melons. To-
peka grocery firm Wednesday received
twenty-four water 80 melons which
are home grown melons, and it is said
that they are not the largest ones in
the patch either.
The Brownie band, from Cottonwood
Falls, which gained prominence during
the Fall Festival of 1897, has been in
Vited to go to Atchison this year and
assist in their Corn Carnival celebra-
ton. The band is composed of about
twenty pieces and will probably accept
the invitation.
Hot-shot from the Marion Record: If
certain Kansas editors would have less
to say about 'holier- than-thOu" TOpe-
ka, and more to say about the dens of
infamy in their own city, Topeka might
not long have the good reputation of
being the cleanest, soberest, most law
respecting city in Kansas.
Several weeks ago the city council
passed a resolution to have high
crossing and culverts put in across
Van Buren, street on Sixth avenue, but
it has not been done yet. After the
rain last night there was torrent of
water running north on Van Buren, as
usual, and it was almost impossible to
get across without wet feet.
Prof J. w. Beede, who spent four
years at Washburn, has been elected
teacher of science in the Atchison
county high school He has recently
been given the degree of doctor of
philosophy by the State university.
While attending school at Washburn
he was assistant teacher in the science
laboratories.
The annual camp meeting of the