The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
anticipation of the coming session of the

Anticipation OF the coming session Oh the
legislature.
One court house employee who goes
out of office in January is looking for
a place to invest $4,000 He has hello
office for four years.
Porter S. Cook, who soon retires from
the office of sheriff, contemplates either
moving to his farm in jackson county
or to Excelsior Springs. Mo.
A Topeka man wearing an overcoat
and gloves was surprised Monday to sec
a girl with open work sleeves parading
Kansas avenue. Perhaps it was all she
had to wear.
Some of the Ringing circus bills ad-
vertising the show for September 13 are
still hanging in store windows. Evidence
that the windows have not been cleaned.
The professional jurymen are now
loafing round the court house ready to
get a seat on the jury. Their number
always increases with cold weather
The country roads on the upland are
reported good and the roads in the river
bottom rather heavy.
Hubbard squashes have made their
appearance in market.
Col. Veale, custodian of the state
house, has dug up the flower bulbs in
the yard and is keeping them until
spring to replant.
The alumnae chapter of the Sigma Chi
fraternity will banquet the night before
Thanksgiving at Kansas City. The fol-
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attend: DR.. G. A. Cullen, Burns Williams
J. s. Ensminger, DIR. A. S. Embree, B.
F. Martin. D H. Brannaman, Perry Bar
Der and Charles Joslin. The fraternity
boasts of Grover Cleveland, Booth Tark-
ington and George AIDE as members. They
have also been invited.
DIR. J. P Lewis has returned from a
visit to Kansas City.
o. P. Updegraff has returned to Topeka
after acting as master of ceremonies of
several eastern horse shows
DR.. George A. Cullen has returned from
visit to Chillicothe. Mo.
DR.. Freeman, one of the Santa Fe sur
geons, is star football player He is
large enough, standing over six feet and
weighing above 200 pounds.
A telephone lineman decked himself out
with long hair and whiskers yesterday
made from a manila rope. He did few
tricks on a telephone pole and the people
on the street thought he was the adver-
Using scheme for some tramp show
Weather Observer Jennings has received
a new automatic registering barometer
from Washington. 1t makes weekly rec
ord of the barometer readings by hours.
Dr. William MacLay Lyon, who was in
Topeka yesterday in the interests of the
Sigma Chi banquet at Kansas City, left
today for Lawrence to talk to the mem
bers there about the feed Dr. Lyon is
secretary of the fraternity.
The Westminster Presbyterian church
has new furnace.
David Godfrey is in town with his cos
mic reformation wagon. Topeka is his
headquarters. He announced some years
ago that he Intended to go east with his
wagon and reform New York but he has
not been there yet.
Fireman George Goodrich was the first
man to climb the aerial truck ladder
When he got to the top he was requested
to make a speech. All he said was II m
coming down.
THAT would be mighty good thing to
use in gathering this years crop of corn,
remarked a farmer who looked at the
aerial fire truck yesterday afternoon
r. Davidson made record on the T. A
A. alleys of an average of 1904 for four
games of rubber necks.
w l. Jamison will defend Salina Will
liams who will be tried at Junction City
this month on the charge of assault with
attempt to kill
In case the city needs a bandwagon
some time and there is none 10 Dc 4lz-.
the new aerial fire truck might be used
Yesterday IS men rode on it during the
trial trip
Councilman Snyder. who is a street car
conductor, was invited to ride on the
aerial fire truck its trial trip yesterday