The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-19

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Monroe streets.
The grocers and butchers meet to-
night al the Con- mercial club rooms for
the arrangement of details for the bar
becue and picnic.
o. 9. Hungate has been notified that
there are three prairie chickens in Ell
lis county and he is going up next week
to look for them.
Mayor Hughes had his hogs moved
on Sunday This is q warning that the
rest Of the swine owners viii have to
move their animals.
Prize ears Of corn from the surround
ing country are beginning to appear in
Topeka. They indicate that there Will
be plenty of corn in this vicinity
The Salvation Army win give an out
ing 70 one hundred poor children of
Topeka on Wednesday. August 81 All
donations should be In by Tuesday.
T.. T. Schumacher, formerly on the
state Journal reportorial staff and re-
Gently on the Kansas City World, has
returned to his old home in EIdoradO-
City Food Inspector Farnsworth has
received his number from the land lot
terry. He drew 70.400. He viii keep the
card as a souvenir of his trip to FL
Reno.
w. II. Connolly has purchased the
house and six lots at the northwest
street from Abe Steinberg. The price
was $1,450
Twenty. people went to FL Reno from
the vicinity of Maple Hill, and regis
tered for the land lottery, but not
single one drew q number inside of the
claim limit.
Lawrence Journal: Topeka worships
man Curtis and Rev Sheldon Mar
shall was given a benefit last night,
and cleaned up $780,
The Lawrence Journal says that City
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this morning to see about getting city
bonds, to be issued for improvements,
autographed and printed
f. J. Gordon on Sunday brought an
apple from his farm, nine miles south
east of Topeka, which weighs II
ounces He says both the peach and
apple crop is immense.
The serfs of the ice trust now run
when they deliver a five pound cake OF
ice. The ice VIII melt away a few
ounces between the wagon and the ice
chest If they don't hurry.
Jay Farnsworth, formerly of Topeka,
and now in the census department at
Washington. has been made acting
chief clerk of his department in the abb
sence of the regular chief.
The Mckinley face has suddenly be
come popular in Topeka. and the fol-
lowing men have sacrificed their mus
taches as a result: David Overmyer,
J. d. Mcfarland and l. S. Ferry
The SWEETEST bicycle rider in Dark
town last night could be heard ap-
preaching q mile away. He had on a
black derby hat red shirt black tie,
white duck trousers and tan shoes
Charles NJ. Sheldon went after the ice
trust again in the course of his sermon
yesterday morning. He charged the
trust with cornering the market of a.
public necessity, and fixing exorbitant
rates.
One of the favorite tricks Of Rock Is
land train agents is to pass Mexican
money on passengers. A Topeka man
was the victim of one of these cute
boys"o the flyer from Kansas City last
evening
The Knights of Columbus will cele-
brate the first anniversary of the
lodges existence II Topeka by picnic
at Garfield park Tuesday evening The
public is. invited to join the lodge in its
celebration
The Saturday Evening Post has sent
out the announcement that William
Allen White has returned from Law
ton. where he went to write for, the
Post the story OF the opening Of the
Indian lands
James Anderson, electrician at the
Edison plant, was successful in the
technical examination for a position as
electrician in the q s. navy and goes
to Chicago tomorrow, having been
ordered to report there for physical
examination.
ready for business this week Tt will
then be appropriate for the people liv-
ing in that neighbOrhood to file their
kicks with the council and they are
justified in doing SO.
Two men went up the Kansas river
a. few miles last week, and after a two
days outing came home with 75 pounds
of fish Some of the fish weighed as
high as 10 pounds. but when the river
came up it spoiled all
In Chicago, New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Brooklyn, the rate for gas
is 81 fiat for light or fuel, The highest
rate charged in any Of the large cities
of the country is at Portland, Oregon.
where the rate is $3.50.
Owners Of automobiles etl some
queer stories Of experiences out in the
country near Topeka The country peo-
pie take a great interest in the horse
less wagons, and always want to have
the apparatus explained
Street car men say the East Sixth
avenue car line is responsible for more
runaways than any other trolley line
in Topeka Hardly a day passes but
some country team spreads farm
wagon for several blocks.
Judge w. ID. Gilbert, of Atchison, ru-
raj free delivery route inspector has
gone to Manhattan to look over the
routes there. He was accompanied by
his daughter Frank, who viii drive out
over the route with her father
The Rock Island baseball team de-
feated a picked nine at Lowman Hill
Saturday by a score Of 6 to A. They
were to have played a team from
Granville but the visitors failed to
and the game was given up
Marcellus s. Powers of Topeka, a vet
eran of company x Twenty third Iowa
was admitted to the soldiers home last
week He is SO years old and is a car
penter. He was disabled by rheuma
tism for which he draws a pension Of
So per month
Herman Johnson. the Topeka nickel
had a hearing Saturday
before Commissioner Bond at Leaven-
worth. His preliminary trial has been
set for August 20. He was brought back