The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
JAxHAwKER Jors.

A pair of wild mules quickly converted
a valuable steam launch into a prairie
schooner the other day at Cottonwood
Fails by dashing over the townsite with
the boat dangling behind. The primary
intention of the owner was to simply
beach his heavy vessel for repairs
owen Calland Of Parsons has a queer
fad. He likes to see executions by hang
ing Forty men hath his eyes witnessed
meeting their doom by the hemp route
in the last two years
When the late Captain Wait of Lin
coin Center came to die he made those
about him promise that he should be
buried without prayers, without q hearse
and in a homemade cof1n he SAID ne
could not rest easy if buried in a trust
made coffin. All of his wishes were car
ried out The coffin was made BY 10
cal carpenter, c. B. Hoffman. of Enter
prise, fellow agnostic conducted the
funeral services, and the body was ear
ried to the graveyard in Wagon--Sa-
lima Union.
A Leroy man started his New Years
house cleaning by busting down and
sweeping his wife out of the front door.
A justice of the peace decided that the
theory was all right but the practice
was poor and gave him the usual wife
beating fine.
The Hutchinson Salt company may be
a grasping corporation but each one OF
its 500 employees received a holiday tur-
key and a small cash present
Fort Scott claims the youngest and
swiftest barber in the world He is only
13 years old and owns the shop in which
he works On a recent Saturday he
shaved Sc people and cut eight heads CT
hair with a touch 50 light that the Gus
toners had to be thrown from the chair
to awaken Them
Reno county had a monster coyote
hunt this week But not a wolf was
rounded up, not even one in Sleeps
clothing
A Smith county man has a freak ami
NAL six weeks old which is attracting
attention. The front part is a calf while
the second section is jack rabbit
When the creature moves it is with the
action OF q Belgian hare.
Three persons in the Oswego Jail set
the edifice afire the other night hoping to
escape in the confusion But the jaller
kept his head, turned on the hose and
like a good samaritan washed all their
sins away.
Leonard William Prunty, a Wamego
student at West Point boldly confessed
to having been hazed and adds that the
pepperSauce was not very hot. OF course
not William, of course not. Pepper
sauce would glide down like an Arctic
soda after years of contact with Wa
mego Turner hall, genuine Mexican chile
and hot tamale lunches.
There is a prejudice against dancing
in the town Of Potter, Atchison county
Seven years ago the offender of a rough
house was locked up in q. butchers ice
box along with the meat until morning.
by the marshal The light fantastic
has not been tripped there since
An Abilene woman received a present
of II gold nuggets valued at 500 from
a Cape Nome brother She hopes to get
another for the left arm Notwithstanding
that the claim is at present buried I'M
der 100 feet of snow.
The leader of the Lyndon band an
nounces through a local paper that his
threat of a serenade hastens an apology
from the editor.
The Westmoreland public is divided
over what class strange beast that has
it is a catamOunt, others declare it
leopard. The question has been passed
UP to Prof. Dyche Tor solution.
A Concordia butcher is said to be the
most expert bear skinner in the state.
His customers have not been heard
frorm-
A Ruleton marksnan with a rife Of
the vintage of 49 entered a turkey shoot
against the protest of the other competi-
tors He assured them that the gun was
perfectly safe and had slain an antelope
the day previous After he had spat out
the breech lock rod and a double tooth
Mr. Long allowed his weapon was trl-
f1e antique.
Coneyyille is clamoring for a new
graveyard. A nice quiet spot with plen
ty Of shade is preferred.
A Westmoreland prophet of local re-
nOWn predicts a failure OF the 1901 wheat
crop but declares ladders viii be re-
CURED to gather the enormous corn
yield.
A Downs man has received from his
Ohio grandmother a blue tinted china
plate which has been a family heirloom
for a half century. A box of persim-
mons accompanied the shipment.
The two Croker girls who recently
received $4,000 from a California uncle
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