The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-23

ward, champion horse shoe pitchers of
Lawrence, came to Topeka Tuesday to
| contest with a team captained by T.
F. Doran. The Topeka team won.
Miss Efie Loader who is we'll known
| in Topeka, has been invited to make
| an address at the LeOnardVine corn
carnival on Woman and F'raternities."
| At present Miss Loader is in st. Paul,
MINI.
The Flambeau club will vote at its
meeting tonight on the proposition of
| going to the log rolling at st. Marys.
Some of the members are objecting to
going because Bryan has been invited
| to speak.
There is nothing peculiar in the fact
that all the smokers who appreciate a
good cigar, prefer the Gath five cent
cigar. 1t is the best cigar made for the
price and is sold by A. T. Waggoner at
731 Kansas avenue.
A Topeka young man who has trou-
Bile in making both ends meet in paying
his personal expenses. receives invest
ment guides giving information about
stocks and bonds, from well known
Wall street brokers.
Oman average of half a dozen boys get
drowned every summer, so that by the
end of the swimming season the boys
are pretty well scared out. They us
uaIIy forget all about these accidents
by the arrival of the next summer.
A man who never paid a cent of tax
in his life and who generally depends
on the county or the neighbors to help
MS TaInny through the winter, was
kicking today because the new city
hall would raise the taxes. Tt won't.
Engineer Dennis of the Missouri Pa
cific at Ell Dorado VS. in the city yes
terday to see his friends and secure let
tiers of recommendation for his son now
in the new volunteer regiment at Leav-
enwortt, who is seeking a commission.
Yesterday an easterner was talking
to a Topeka railroad man and was
Dragging about the regularity of the
trains in the east. That's nothing"
said the Topeka man, "out here we
even run our switch engines on regular
time"
The Keith tract, which has been Sc
cured for the golf club links, is at pres
ent q cattle pasture. The golfers will
be compelled to put up with the COWS
until the end of the present summer, but
next year they will have full possession
of the tract
The appropriation for the improve
nent of the state house provides for
the repair of the stone arches under the
steps which are slowly going to decay.
The executive council has taken the
subject up for consideration and will
probably soon take action.
Some of the bicyclists are getting
very careless in their riding and seem
to delight in seeing how close they can
ride to person without touching them.
This class of riders will probably keep
up this sort of riding until some one
is seriously injured before they have
sense enough to quit.
September the judicial convention
to name a candidate for judge in Jack
son and Jefferson counties will be held
at Nortonville. Charles F. Johnson
seeks the nomination but has opposi-
ton. Mr.. Johnson is now the judge
having been appointed by Governor
Stanley.
The North Topeka sewer ordinance in
today's State Journal is the largest
ever printed by the city of Topeka. 1t
occupies nearly 20 columns or 4 $50 lines
orabout los, 800 ms. The copy for the or
dinance was received from the city
clerk Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. w. S. Crawford one of the State
Journals linotype operators, set the
entire ordinance and the last line was
cast on the machine at Has o'clock this
morning. It took about 20 hours to set
and correct the ordinance and it ap-
pears in all editions of the State Jour-
nal today. Two hundred and fifty
pounds of metal were required to cast
it,