The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-13
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

Horse show at the fair tonight.
Lawns are getting their last trim
ming of the year.
Most of the state house officials are
attending the races at the fair grounds.
Geo. E Tucker, member of the state
printing commission, is in Topeka to-
day
Decorations of the city for the state
fair are conspicuous for their abb
sence.
]. T. Pringle of Burlingame, and
Cyrus Leland attended the races to-
gether yesterday.
Dr.. Elmer Hill, captain of the Wash
burn football team, will be an assistant
at Christ's hospital this winter.
The brother of Jessie Morrison is at
tending the races at the state fair. He
Is very much of a "hoss" man..
State Senator Benson, T. B. Murdoch,
and number of other Ell Dorado peo-
pie, are here attending the state fair.
The work on the state printing plant.
which was suspended on account of
shortage of cement, has been resumed
Prof Pennys pipe organ recital
which was to have been given at the
Auditorium tonight has been postponed.
Capt. Elmer Hill. of the Washburn
football team, has returned, and is look
ing after the football practice at Wash
burn.
Geo. w. Martin. secretary of the state
historical society, is visiting Captain
Henderson at Logan Grove, near juno
ffon City.
The shooting and yelling of the In
dams and cowboys at the fair grounds
can be heard over the greater part of
the city.
The Topeka high school football team
has commenced practice. Only three
members of last years team are back
in the game.
ulation at the fair grounds, but none
of them look good to the habitues of the
betting ring.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Reickenbacker
are the parents of a little girl which
arrived at their home, 10 West Sixth
avenue, last night.
Social dance tonight at Sternberg's.
Souvenier to each lady. Adult class
opens Monday evening, September Is,
Masonic building.
You can get hop tonic at several
places on the fair grounds and if some
one does not tell you, you will not be
able to detect the difference.
DR.. u. B. McCurdy, for many years
veterinary in this city, but now Of
Kansas City, acted as one of the judges
at the horse show last night.
The light rain of last night will have
tendency to make the races several
seconds slower than they would have
been if the sun had continued to shine.
Monte Campbells blind trotter will
go an exhibition mile Thursday after
noon to light road wagon and try and
2:2oH. ''
Prof. w. A. McKeever, of the State
Agricultural college, is in Topeka. He
contributed his pocketbook to one of
the light fingered gentry on a street
car last night.
Among the Cottonwood Falls visitors
fn the fair Mr. II Mr
Sullivan, Mr.. Ralph Breese and Mr..
George McNee. Mr.. McNee brought his
sister to Washburn.
The long horned steers used by the
Miller Brothers in their exhibition are
valued at $3.50 each and there is not
enough meat on one of them to furnish
g meal for an Igorrote.
Malon Burget the deaf mute
prophet, who is employed on the street
force a portion of the time, wants one
the latter has not supplied Burget
with work regularly.
n. Hill, a sanitary policeman who
was member OF the Lincoln Post G.
"A. r. Flambeau club, which took part
in the G. A. r. reunion at Denver, was
painfully burned by fireworks. Part of
his uniform was burned off his body
Hill returned from Denver Sunday.
There will be a meeting OF the car
penters of the city at I'll Kansas ave-
nue. Thursday evening, September IA.
An address will be delivered by Frank
Duffy, national secretary of the Car
penters' union. All carpenters in the
city are invited to be present.
One of the advertisements on the race
score card yesterday stated that THE
Ministers Sweetmearts'' could be seen
at the Crawford, and directly under it.
IL. NJ. Powell, Undertaken From the
reports of the show it would seem that
the undertaken should have buried the
show before it's arrival
The plans for the new boiler house
at the up-river waterworks pumping
plant have been completed. The cost