The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-25
SNAP SHOTS ArHOME NEWS

The water in Soldier creek is too low
for boating.
Oscar Bischoff is now the president of
the Ar1on society.
The organ grinder and the monkey
The Arions opened the season with the
first dance Saturday night.
B. B. Smythe has returned from a visit
at Lawrence and Ottawa.
Dan Wyatt is the first officer of the
day in charge of Camp Funston.
The nobbiest effects in fall millinery at
Miss Keener's opening Wednesday.
P. w. Robinson, cashier of the Carbon
dale State bank spent Sunday in Topeka.
A throng of people visited the fair
dday. ddaguiuS 4' a. H01-9 % ING U1' 7'e-
Galen Nichols. deputy county attorney,
has returned after a trip through Old
State Superintendent Frank Nelson de-
1ivered an address in Kansas City, kan-'
LeweIlyn Graham of the United States
pension office, has returned after visit
Mr.. J. H WethereH, formerly of this
city, is now connected with the Colorado
Springs Gazette.
Tom De Pui, Topeka young man. IS
Comedy company
The visitors at the A. o. U. W. picnic
at Meriden Saturday report the occasion
a successful one.
A great many cinders are being put
down in the Union Pacific yards just west
of Kansas avenue.
Camp Funston is the proper designation
grounds this week.
One of the colored porters on the Santa
Fe fast mail run prOnOunceS Topeka, To
peker' in calling the station.
Next Saturday afternoon the Washburn
football team plays the Kansas City
A1edics on the Washburn field.
Dean Sykes of the Episcopal church. is
making an effort to establish a church
Kindergarten at Grace Cathedral.
Miss Franc McNIillen, stenographer in
the accounting department Of the Santa
Fe, is spending a vacation in Ohio.
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Ind Are %isfns 5hc ms Fi5s Fofsythe Fl gister
Mrs. N. F. Houston in this city.
J, F. farrell went to Manitoq Saturday
panied by Mrs farrell and the boys.
Frank Californian, formerly an ennploye
of the Santa Fe shops in this city, is now
working in the Santa F'e shops in Newton.
The expected has come. Two girls in
bloomer costume were riding diamond
frame tandem up Kansas avenue Satur-
day.
Train III. on the Santa Fe made the
of seven miles in seven minutes Sunday
night.
Washburn college football team goes to
eleven.
the addition of the second story was built
is one of the best appearing school build
Marshan's band played Departed
Days" at the Sunday afternoon concert.
The SELECTION is one of the best in the
bands library.
May Anderson. daughter of Major An
dersOn IS playing an engagement with
in Toronto, Canada.
Treasurer Frank Grimes is recovering
ach trouble n few daVs go - a1d homes to
be at his office this week.
Lieut.. Collin H. Ball of Sedan, suffers
anyone else just now 1t reads everyway
from Colan to COlman.
Burton Nudge is visiting his father, II.
l.. general SUPERINTENDENT
Santa F'e- The young man is working in
the offices at Wellington.
Humbert Riddle private secretary to
Ch1ef Justice DOster, has resumed his
work at the state house after a vacation
spent at his home in Marion.
Rev. S. c. CobIentz at Meriden yester-
day conducted the funeral services of J.
that place VINO died Saturday. saturday '-'iAe" u
A young lady who neither plays golf,
through the country has to hunt for an
excuse to wear short skirts.
Miss Ethelyn Palmer has cancelled her I
at Kansas city. She Will Drob1
ably remain in Topeka for some time.
Pie" Jordan the notorious negro Of
fender, is again in trouble. He is in the (
county Jail charged with stealing a pair !
Of shoes from a freight car at RossvilIe.
J. c. Bramhin travelling passenger !
agent of the Burlington who was injured /
in the Rock Island wreck at Muncie is !
now making his first trip since the acci- |
W. V. Church. superintendent of in |
Surance, accompanied by Mrs Church, I
mas returned from attending the race /
ottawa
A great procession of covered wagons |
arrived at the fair grounds this morning |
from the eastern part of the state. It /
was a crowd of veterans coming for the /
reunion.
Arrangements are being made by which
E--S141.le, IHe Is1I1e MAIDEN, the song 4
to be published will be sung on the stage 4
this winter
ci[t It is told in Topeka that in Kansas
CITY a farmer saw the sign Hotel Topsy 1
Turvey9 and went in and asked for a |
for greenies.
There will be a meeting of the members
o. 81 tnS 4nLornaI t4 dancing club at the Of /
ensuing year.
The A. o. U. W. expect to initiate 500 /
new members at Galena on Thursdav |
September 2Sth. With this large addition |
In membership. Galena. will have the lare- !
est lodge in Kansas.
The grocers and butchers hold an i'm
portant meeting at the Commercial club /
sas will be discussed.
It is a good thing to clean the streets /
and put the refuse in sacks but it is a /
bad idea to put the sacks on the side |
walk and allow them to drain over the /
path of the pedestrians.
John Harrison son of ex-Mayor T. W. |
Harrison has entered the Ann Arbor law
school. He was Graduated from the Kan
sas university last wear and Stoes to Ann
ArbOr to complete his course
The dust on Kansas avenue Sunday was |
suffOcattng- Why doesn't the water
wagon make a few trips that day. Even /
II it is Sunday cleanliness is next to Cod !
liness and the driver would be forgiven
The state failed to secure a conviction |
In the case against Bob Pigg and sheep /
l1yue, charged with selling liquor. The /
jury in the district court brought in 0 1
verdict of not guilty Saturday afternoon.
The road from Fourteenth street to the
fair grounds on Topeka avenue has been
repaired but it is still very bad. The /
road across the Douthitt tract to the
the best.
Topeka people. who formerly lived in /
Emporia, and who intend to go to the