The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-04
SNEBSFors.

ONAF0TOtS
There was not a big crowd at the
football game yesterday
The work on the Santa Ffe Office adj
dition has reached the third floor.
The recent frosts have played havoc
with the flower beds at Gage park.
The old cinder walks at Washburn
are being replaced with macadamized
walks.
This is the season of the year when
dubious plants that flower in the early
spring should be set out.
A good rain would improve the roads
near Topeka. The dust makes drlV-
ing anything but pleasant
The dust was so thick on the Wash
burn field that it was at times impossi-
bic to see the plays for the dust.
D. E. Cain, general manager Of the
Rock Island, is expected to return FROM
his eastern trip the first of next week
Inquirers seemed to understand
when told that the score of yesterday
football game was ''skiddoo to noti--
ing"
"Oh, snuzzIe,'' is the latest express
sion invented by a bright west side girl
who takes this means Of expressing
disgust.
Rev w. II. williams viii lecture at
the Parkdale M. E. church Friday ev-
ening on THE Stricken City OF the
IOlu6l 1dle.
Mike Thompson was operated on for
necrosis at Christ hospital Wednes--
day The disease is in the bones OF
his right leg.
Fred B Gebhart, of Topeka, secured
a marriage license in Wyandotte coun-
ty yesterday to marry Lulu I. Miller
Of Kansas City.
r. B. WEIGH. who is seriously i'll re-
mains about the same though hopes
are entertained for his recovery. He
is still unconscious.
After a few real livable days, the
atmosphere seems to be warming up.
and some more intentionally warm
weather is looked for.
A force from the street commission
er's department is grading College ave
nue. and filling in the block between
HuntOon and Thirteenth streets.
The Quaker football team will re-
main in Topeka today. They play the
normal at Emporia tomorrow and will
remain here and practice on the Wash
burn gridiron.
Owing to the recent frosts there are
very few lawns in Topeka that look as
green as they did two weeks ago. Only
a few are now kept fresh by the lib
eral application of water.
If all City Clerk Squires' figures are
as inaccurate as those he made on the
cost of operating the city light plant,
it would be a good plan to have some
expert check up his books. ss
Topeka is headquarters for some
thing over two hundred travelling
statesmen which in a measure accounts
for the fact that there are always
plenty of new stories ahoat Monday
morning.
George c. Miller, a brakeman on the
Santa Fe railway at Arkansas City,
was recently injured while at work IN
the yards at that place. He has been
brought to the Topeka hospital Of the
company for treatment.
Since two of the members of the
force in a certain office in the city have
joined the Percy White Fudge club it
is a noticeable fact that the ice water
in the tank does not give out before
closing time each afternoon
"Chezow'' is the latest word to make
its appearance in the slang vocabulary
of polite society in this section of the
world, and according to a compilation
Of undictionaried words it is said to
mean whether you like it or not"
With the approach of cold weather
from the north, focks of wild water
fowls are passing over the city almost
every night and the whirr OF the
wings of the ducks and the hoarse
honk of the geese may be plainly
heard.
Dr. John H. Ouuand, director of
athletics at Washburn left Wednesday
main a month and take a post grad
uate course at the Pennsylvania State
university, from which he graduated
before coming to Topeka.
A taIkative woman has moved into
one of the fashionable portions of the
city where peace has always reigned
supreme and there is said to have been
no gossiping. Her neighbors say that
she is equal to a three foot vein Of
gas. What do they mean?
Judge Edward Sapp. of Galena, is
registered al the Hotel Throop. Nj.
Sapp is brother of Col. William z.
Sapp. the former chairman of the
Democratic state central committee.
He is in town TO argue some cases be-
fore the supreme court tomorrow
There is unrestrained joy among the
rank and file of the Snap Shooters
''The best reporter in the world has
declared his strike off and his col
leagues won't have much work to do
as long as he is in good humor They'll
just have to sit around and lock wise.
The Washburn football. manager has
enough to fit FATTY clark, the guard
on the eleven who weighs 276 and so
Clark is reduced to wearing an old
sweater that leaks like a sieve every
time Clark takes an unusually deep
breath.
If the water wagon, or sprinkling
cart or whatever you may choose to
the field at Washburn yesterday just
before the football game it might have
been possible for patrons in the
bleachers to have recognized their ac-
quaintances-
The score in yesterdays football
game was % to in favor of Wash
burn. The loyal followers of the blue