The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10

T. T. Kelly state treasurer, was in
Kansas City Sunday.
Awnings have been placed on the west
side of the court house.
The fall term at Bethany college,
Lindsborg, begins September l.
cider" Smith remarked some weeks
ago that the clouds looked kind of
f1oody."
The chess players at the T. A. A. now
have a large electric fan to keep them
cool.
The milk men have had trouble lately
in keeping the milk sweet. Too much
thunder.
Prof L. D. Whittemore has returned
with his two daughters from trip to
New England.
About 600 people went to Kansas City
Sunday on the Santa Fe Woodmen of
the World excursion.
During the excitement and dampness
OF the last few months golf seems TO
have been forgotten entirely.
Rev. John Adams of Baker university
spoke before the young people of the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
1t was L. M. Wood who wrote the
verse entitled, 1T Never Rains in
Kansas Till the Ground Gets Wet"
]. ]. Gebhart has come to Topeka to
take charge of the Elite Bowling alleys.
He comes here from Indianapolis, Ind.
At least one Topeka doctor has not
boiled the germs this year. He does
not advise other people, however, to
drink unboiled water.
A trolley wheel on one of the Vine
wood park cars is fiat on one side and il
makes about the same sort of noise as
a farmers check rover.
DIR. J. E. Minney lost two fine cows
by lightning recently. They were on his
farm west of Topeka. Other cattle were
killed in the neighborhood.
A. S. Hulit, manager of Greenwald' 5
North Topeka Clothing store. the new
business house opened since the flood,
was in Kansas City Sunday.
At last reports that five year old
charge of selling liquor was still thang-
ing over Sheep" Lyle. Lytle is prob
ably satisfied so long as it hangs.
Central avenue is no longer passable
to teams coming into North Topeka
from the country A. gulch has been
washed across it near~ the Soldier creek
bridge.
Lawrence Gazette: Topeka has a
cemetery society that serves ice cream
and cake. Doesn't that name give the
shivers even without mention of the ice
cream?
Robert S. Pond, whose parents live in
this city, and who graduated from
Washburn in 1899 is visiting here- He is
employed as a teacher at Marietta acad-
envy. Marietta, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Robinson and son
Charles have returned from an outing
at Mackinac and Snow Islands. Mr.
Robinson spent two weeks in New York
buying goods for the firm.
Sheriff Lucas is said to be contem-
plating a trip to Long Branch, Narrl-
ganset Pier, the Berkshire Hills and
Old Orchard beach in search of pris-
oners. He feels the need of an outing
One of the big Vinewood cars jumped
the track at Sixth and Kansas avenue
Saturday night and delayed traffic cen
tering at that point for Is minutes al
suppertime. And Is minutes is a long
Tins when supper is waiting.
This is the way the Atchison Globe
refers to driving the governor: "Peo-
pie find fault on very slight provoca-
ton. Fault has been found with Drake
Watson because of the MANNER in which
he sat in a carriage last Sunday even
ing while taking Governor Bailey and
wife to Forest park That wasn't Mr.
Watson; that was Joe Rank. Mr.. Wat
son was at the park, listening to the
band, and Mr.. Rank was doing the
chores