The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-15

AS lOVe-Slck WOOerS VIII.
Now, when he finds it in the comb,
He raves about it STILL
Good hay sells in the country for $3.50
a ton.
The Woodmen of Thompsonville are
arranging for picnic Labor day
The constant rains are interfering
with the work of the hay makers
Several farmers have lost cattle by
lightning during the past few weeks
| The bridge on the road to the insane
asylum in Auburndale has been washed
out.
The Soldier creek bridge on the road
near Granville will be completed III
few DAVIS
Will wadsworth, of Topeka. will be
in the cast of Resurrection" with
Blanch Walsh this season.
In police court Friday afternoon w.
A. Swartz was fined $25 on the charge
of keeping disorderly house.
The railroad officials are complaining
| because the cool weather is iniuring
the Colorado passenger traffic.
There will probably be rain in tine
vicinity of Topeka tonight. The band
at Hoyt has arranged for a concert.
Warren Gill pitched for Cedar Rapids
in a fifteen inning game Tuesday at Du-
buque. He struck out four men ana
won his game by score of to 3.
See the new directions and cards for
playing G. S. E. (Gavitt's Stock Elk
change) at Hall Stationery Co. All the
rage. % cents per set.
! DR.. Storrs. city physician, called at
his office in the city hall for few
minutes Friday. In the words of the
country correspondent, Come again,
%Soc"
The city council will meet Monday
evening. Councilmen Howe, Weber,
Wolf and Neil are absent from the City.
and there is likely to be light run of
City Engineer James McCabe has
closed the East Eighth street road
across the Shunganunga creek The
heavy rains washed out the approach
/ to the bridge
Tomorrow night is the night that Ar
thur S. Kane will step before the cur
tain, clad in full dress, and officially
announce that the season at the Craw-
ford theater has begun.
Mr. and Mrs. E. r. Simon are the
| parents of son, born Saturday Mr..
Simon is clerk of Chief Justice john
ston of the supreme court, and lives at
| rs Madison street.
John Switzer and George H. Whit
comb abandoned their trip to Fair Play
after they had bought their tickets.
Women are not the only. people who
change their minds.
| The roads are in such a bad condi-
| ton that some of the rural route mail
wagons can not make trips over the
usual route but have to resort to other
roads on higher ground.
The engineer at the Reform school
came to town Friday afternoon and
bought a supply of oars to take out to
the school. which was surrounded with
flood water from Soldier creek.
A Camarron paper says: The big
gest car load of wheat ever shipped out
of Gray county was sent to North To-
peka over the Santa Fe by o. d. Lee
inert last Monday. 1t contained 1855
bushels"
William Cor<in of Dover. was at
tackled by a bull Wednesday night on
his farm. He may die from his injuries.
The animal had been dehorned but he
butted and stamped Mr.. Corkill in a
serious manner
This is the time of year when the
women who are spending the summer
at the lakes begin to worry about the
work they will find piled I'D III the
mending basket when they get back
home.
The Shunganunga is out of its banks
on the East side of town. The East
Eighth avenue bridge was closed yes
terday because the high water was be-
lieved to have weakened the apDroach-
es. Soldier creek also is making trouble
in it's low bottoms.
When on a vacation trip in Arizona
Eugene Quinton saw Henry c. CaTpen-
ter, who used to be Chief Stahls right
hand man on the police force here.
Carpenter was running a saloon forty
miles from civilization on an Arizona
trail Carpenter used to be cow
Duncher in Montana.
Pratt Republican: Jas. G. Blaine is
going to have a automobile and
will so to Topeka Thursday and will
receive it from the company on Satur-
/ day. He proposes to remain in the fac
tory for two or three days in order to
learn what he can about the workings
of his new machine.
7. A. Beck's feed mill was damaged
by fire Friday afternoon. The fire
started in the third story, being caused
considerable Roadway before being dis
covered, but was extinguished by the
chemical engine. The loss was about
500.
Golfers attention. Chanute paper
says: John F. Alvord of Topeka, who
is at the head of the syndicate to de-
velop the Parsons 100 acres which they
recently bought was here today to start
operations. Before he left, the drillers
had commenced spudding on well No.
l." If you get tired of putting and tee
ing you might try spudding.
The Washington Post says: IT am
one of those who escaped the Kansas
flood" says Charles o. Hovatter, of To-
peka on his card in illustration. There
is always something doing in Kansas,
and since wheat harvest time there is
nothing but wheat wheat wheat. Incl
dentaIiy the trade unionists are gath
| ering harvest of converts. Good day"
Alma Enterprise; Judge 4. T. Hazen
of Shawnee county. announces that he