The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-11
sNAP SLOTS AT HOME NEWS

sidewalks
. addition.
There will be a special meeting of the
city council tonight to consider paving
petitions.
County Attorney Jetmore is now on
the list of assistants in the Billiard in
junction factory.
The fence around Garfield park has
choice collection of liquor advertise
ments painted on it.
The board of education will make
tour of the school buildings on Satur-
day afternoon, July %.
o. S. Townsend. who ran a bicycle
shop on East Eighth last year, is now
in business in Los Angeles, Cal
It is rather hot for goat riding per-
formances just now, but the lodges are
doing considerable work just the
same.
The attention of the Barber Asphalt
company is called to the pavement be-
tween First and Second streets on Kan
sas avenue.
The place of the Kirchner-May we'd
ding, where the fight took place Satur-
day night, should have read 1892 Harrl-
son street
The coon" songs are slowly but sure
~ going out of popular favor. one does
not hear them nearly so much now as
six months ago.
Topeka has one industry which would
cause no mourning were it gobbled up
by the trusts or anything else-the in
junction factory.
Architect H. NJ. Hadley has compile
ted his work as supervising architect
for the government at Anadarko, I. T.,
and has returned to Topeka
One bad thing about this hot wealth
er is that you have to keep your win
dows open when there is an amateur
cornetist practicing next door.
Godfrey's band as now playing at
Omaha. 1t is said that the band con-
templates returning to Topeka for an
other concert before the summer As
over.
Congressman Calderhead was IN To-
peka last evening, and expects to leave
soon to visit his brother in Seattle, Wn-
I The Washington brother as strong
Populist.
There have been 6.72O voters regis
tered since the first of January, not in
Guiding the Sixth ward The commits
siOner of elections does not do much
these days.
The fire department was called to 722
Polk street at $3.50 Monday night. An
oil lamp caused but little damage and
there was no need for the departments
services.
Shawnee county has no convicts on
the list of those who have just received
citizenship pardonS, who will be releas-
ed from the penitentiary during the
next month.
The question of the city leasing the
fair grounds from the city for park
purposes will probably be brought up
before the Commercial club meeting to-
morrow night.
This is the time of year when pro-
fessional buns make railroad men
great deal of trouble. It is too hot for
them to walk anywhere so they insist
on finding a cool place on a train.
The grading for the Seventh street
paving between Harrison street and
Topeka avenue, is nearly completed.
When that is done the grading between
Van Buren, and Harrison will be COM
menced.
The Garfield park bicycle track needs
repairing again since the last rains.
Little rivulets made ruts in the track.
Repairs are now being made on the
Twelfth street car line, between the car
barns and Clay street.
Special Agent E. H. Hathaway writes
Postmaster Guthrie that his headquar-
tiers hereafter will be at Indianapolis,
since he has been made first assistant
to Inspector Dice, who is superintendent
of the western rural delivery agents
During the year ending June 80 the
city of Topeka used postal supplies.
which includes stamps, postal cards, and
such things, to the amount of $117, 28S rs.
This was an increase over the business
of the year of $S,251.7S, or over z per
cent.
The flag pole which was on the old
st. Nicholas hotel, which is being torn
down to make room for the federal
building improvements, has been pre-
sented to Topeka post No. II, by J. S.
Morse, and will be put up over the
post headquarters.
The police have received word that
Bruce Weidenheimer was injured by the
cars in Washington, D. c. The super
intendent of police there gives the
fathers name as James Weidenheimer,
but no such name is found in the direc-
tory.
John Gray, charged with passing
counterfeit money, has been brought to
Topeka by United States Deputy Mar
shall Kirk of the western district of Mis-
a n
Judge Phillips. Gray is alleged to have
passed a counterfeit ten dollar bill in
Kansas City, Kan.
Rev. c. J. Hooper of Oakland says
that William Huff, the Wichita man
who has applied for a pardon, is a white
man instead of a colored man as re-
ported. He also has a letter from ex-
Warden Lands saying that Hun's
prison record is excellent.
The newsboys' union will hold a pic
ME in Lawrence on Tuesday of next
week, going down on the Union Pacific.
A meeting of the union was held last
evening, at which addresses were made
by J. H. NiSSley and DR.. Palmer. Mr..
Nissley is the newsboys' special patron.
Tonight at the hall of lodge No. 331,
corner of Kansas avenue and Gordon
street, the regular monthly union meet
ing of all the A Q. u. w. will be held.
These union meetings have become
quite an important factor in A. o. U. w.
circles and do much towards keeping
the different lodges in touch with each
other.
Grandmaster Workman John H
Order and Grand Foreman J. w. Glib
bens of the A. O. U. W., together with
the degree team from lodge NO. 260
went to Meriden on Saturday night to
confer the degrees on a party of Is in
itiates. Besides these there were Wis
itOrs from Topeka and Valley Falls
lodges.