The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
IAYHAWKER JoTs.

Zella Hopkins is now in charge of the
Chapman Standard. No, Zella IS not a
woman.
How times change. The Quaker un-
iversity at Wichita has a football team
and it is not a good one either.
PIutocrats bob up most unexpectedly.
Leslie Randolph of the NOrtonvilie
News is one of the directors of the
new Topeka Gas company.
E J. Duley, who has sold the Cher
ryvale New Era says: &C. W. Kent,
editor of the Coffeyville Independent is
our unfortunate successor
DR.. J. w. Stewart of Carthage. Mo,
must be a man of nerve or he would
not dare to go to OswegO with his lee
ture entitled THAT Old Maid"
The Kansas City Medic football team
made things lively at an Ottawa hotel
after the Thanksgiving game and the
landlord cOnfiscated their uniforms.
Andy Richards of Wellington has
gone to Washington to act as Chester
Longs press agent and draw a salary
for services in the census bureau"
Ottawa Republican: When one news
paper speaks of another newspaper as
our esteemed contemporary it gen
orally means our "beseamed contempt
iblearary."
Gerald Volk of Wichita. who is a Re
publican. has declined an office to which
he was elected by the Democrats. Who
viii say a newspaper man has no con-
science?
A new Y. NJ. c. A. building is being
erected at LeavenwOrth and the Times
reluctantly admits that if there is a
town on earth that needs such build
ing it is LeavenWOrth.
An Osborne county girl ran away
with piano agent a short time ago.
As usual in similar cases he abandoned
the young woman a few days later and
she is back to the parental home.
Three years ago Link Drummond
was foreman on the Downs Times. He
Ill
excellent foot racer. Now he has re-
turned to Downs to be pastor of the
/ Christian church.
The Belleville Freeman objects to C.
c. Clemens giving advice to Populists
since he has become an imperialist
Dell Valentines Clay Center Times
has lost none of its attractiveness since
its editor came to Topeka to run the
supreme court
On November 80, there were ,O55 stu
dents in attendance at the Kansas
state university. This is by far the
largest number ever enrolled so early
in the school year, and from present
indications the total enrolment for
this session viii reach 1900.
Dave Leahy. who started out with a
Sprig of myrtle in either hand to run q
paper, has already thrown them away
and in his second issue he Jumps
onto" the city council for ordering the
Wichita stores to be closed on Sun
day.
We're on earth item from the En-
poria Gazette: Towns near the east
state line have the smallpox and other
towns near there are catching it
Towns further in the west have got
new thing called Cuban chickenpox and
the papers are Growing over it. EmpOr-
ia has had two sessions of an "Old
Maids convention and now Hartford
has caught the fever and will have one
tonight Emporia isn't so slow"
Wichita Register: One of the most
peculiar species of gambling ever in
| dulged in in Wichita was witnessed re
| Gently. Two strangers were in the city
/ and to pass the time away they stood
/ on the corner of Topeka avenue and
! Douglas and watched the street cars
| pass Every time the trolley left the
I wire one man gave the other a quarter
| and every time it didn't vice versa. The
| man who bet that the trolley would
| leave the wire had the long end and
his days earnings amounted to nearly
| IS.