The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-09

it's Topeka depot. The structure is not
at all handsome enough for the city
headquarters Of the road.
Secretary Coburn has written the
Commercial club that he will be in at
tendance at the meeting tonight if he
returns to the city in time.
The people of Topeka need not suffer
for toothbrushes. An enterprising firm
on Kansas avenue is displaying them
by the wheelbarrow load.
The flambeau club NAV have a
chance to burn those Rossville fire.
works yet. They may give a display
for the St. Marys WOodmen.
Syl Dixon's wheat train from Okla
hOma will reach Topeka at 3 p. m, on
September II, and will remain here till
z o'clock the next morning.
w. E. Bush, ex-secretary Of state, has
sold out his furniture business and is
now looking around for good loca-
ton for Populist newspaper.
Wash un-ga, chief of the Kaws, was
in Topeka yesterday on his way from
the Indian Territory north. He was ac-
companied by several braves
All of the cases in the court of ap-
peals which are pending are now kept
in the vault of the district court to
guard against possible destruction.
A motion has been filed in the Hard
ing divorce case to make the petition
more definite and certain. The motion
is filed by Mr.. Harding's attorney.
A boxing bout between Wade Watts
of Topeka and Tommy Sears, formerly
of London, has been arranged for
August 16 at the Crawford theater.
1t is said that Topeka man is not
content to wait till his ship comes in,
but he rustles around and finds
schooner or two for himself every day.
Wichita Beacon: Major Tom Ander-
son is the luckiest politician in Kansas
He always has job and is continually
after another one. He never fails to
land.
The Sixth street bridge across the
Shunganunga has a large hole in the
floor. The street department will re-
pair it.
F. D. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, has returned from
Kingman where he addressed a cattle
mems convention.
Other towns beside Topeka are MAX
ing a fuss about these little green bugs
which appear in great swarms in the
evening after the electric lights are
started.
Judge Hook is expected to return to
I4eavenworth from the north about the
middle of August, and will probably
come to Topeka the first Monday after
his return.
The hot weather has now advanced
so far that women think it is no dis
grace to wear a Mother Hubbard all
day INSTEAD of dressing up in the aft
ernoon.
The fambeau club has been presented
Col, by w H. Wilson. 1t will be framed
and hung on the walls of the club read
ing room.
Some of the uninitiated would like to.
know if blowing is as hard work in the
hot sun as tennis. Whether it is or not
the tennis players would object to plow-
ing.
Speaking Of hopeless projects. the
undertaking of a few people in North
Topeka to defeat the city hall propo-
sition will rank well up towards the top
in that line.
The first section of the iron work of
the new Edison plant smoke stack has
been placed in position. The neighbor-
hood will resound with the noise of
hammers for some time.
There will be no meeting of the fam
beau club tonight. The next meeting
viii be held in two weeks. After it gets
a little cooler the semi meet
ings will be held again.
North Topeka people held a meeting
last night to devise ways and means to