The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-17
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS


Otis S. Allen is in Kansas City today
on business.
The scareest vegetable in market is
| the cucumber.
Garfield park is still the coolest place
about Topeka
Governor Stanley is back from a trip
| to his home in Wichita.
H. a. Perkins, editor of the Manhat-
tan Nationalist, is in the city.
The recruiting station will continue to
be open during Lieut.. Parker's absence.
Ernest Robinson, formerly of Topeka
but now Of Lawrence, has been visiting
his Topeka friends.
Many people are hoping that the To-
peka club will give band concerts this
summer the same as last.
The w. c. T. U. will meet Monday
afternoon at 2:30 in the parlors of the
First Methodist church.
Congressman w. A. Calderhead was
in the city Friday. He spent most of
the day in North Topeka.
County Surveyor Rogers has two
aquariums in his office in the court
house, beside other curiosities.
!! Congressman Charles Curtis drove
down Kansas avenue last night and
tipped his hat IL times in one block.
The race track was never in better
condition than now and the horsemen
are unstinted in their praise of it,
The Kaw is assuming it's natural pro-
portions once more, and the sport of
fishing has again commenced. 1t was
interrupted by the high water.
George r. Smelling, assistant attor-
ney general under L. c. Boyle, has
opened law office on Sixth avenue
west, between Kansas avenue and Jack
son street
The farmers are too busy in the corn
fields to market any wheat at present,
even If they happened to have some on
hand, and the milling industry is corre-
spondingly dull.
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs has presented to
the State Historical society an auto
graph letter from Emile ZoIa to Louis
Malagan, of Usage county, who sent the
letter to Mrs. Diggs.
ATopeka man says he always thought
the street cars went very slowly until
he tried to catch one that had half a
block the start of him. Since then he
has altered his opinion
The new Brussels carpet which has
just been placed on the floor of Lincoln
Post hall cost $3.50. This, with the other
improvements that have recently been
made, makes the hall one of the finest
in Topeka
Rev. D. w. P. Bliss, of Alameda,
GAIA, was in Topeka yesterday on his
way east to attend the Buffalo confer
ence of reformers the latter part of this
month He formerly edited THE Dawn
at Boston.
John Craig, colored, who has been in
the county Jail for some time awaiting
tr1a! for stealing a bicycle from the
Capital Cycle company, has been found
guilty in the district court. He has not
been sentenced.
Deputy Sheriff Hollis Williams has
morse, saddle and bride that were taken
up by farmer named Bradshaw, north
OF the city. 1t is thought that they
may nave been stolen, and then turned
loose by the thief to escape detection
Joseph Hoppe, private whose term
OF enlistment in the Sixth cavalry has
Just expired, stated Friday that about
40 members of the Sixth would leave
Fort Riley today for Wardner, Idaho.
to do police duty among the striking
miners there.
Hoodlums have been stealing fruit
and pulling water lilies in Gage park
during the past few days, defying
Joseph Coates, who has charge of the
grounds, to do anything with them since
the property has been decided to the citv.
Mr.. Coates will be sworn in as an officer
and given power to protect the grounds
with.