The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-17
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today.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the FRS
M L. church at 8 D. m. Monday
r. =. Dreaming, city attorney, is In
Doniphan county on legal business.
Thunder and lightning were served on
the side to all alike for breakfast this
morning. 80
The weeds are growing so fast
urged on by the frequent rains. thai
| the city street commissioner was
! forced to purchase a second weed
cutter.
once again the local weather bu-
| reau has hit it wrong. Fair and
cooler was the forecast yesterday bit
| there was lot of rain mixed in
with it.
The band concert last night was
attended by the usual large crowd.
The only drawback to City park is the
lac kof proper seating capacity for a
wet night.
The New Church Workers society
OF the First Baptist church will hold
an all day meeting at the home of
on Fifteenth street.
An anonymous communication re-
ceived by the State Journal today asks
why the government employs a man for
meat inspector at Wolff's packing house
who is in the last stages OF consump-
ton.
Charles Spencer. receiver for the
Topeka Daily Herald, has settled up
the salary accounts of the former en-
ployes of the paper and is about to
dispose of some of the assets to Sc
cure funds with which to pay off cred
itors.
In a close eleven inning game at
Usage City yesterday afternoon the
Carbonate nine defeated the Usage
City team by score of to 8 The bat
teries were: Carbondale-McGrath and
McGrath; Usage City-Heizer and
Snyder.
The waterworks department put
in four inch main at Fourth and
Lake streets and this morning in
stalled a fire hydrant at Third and
Lake streets. The water was turned
Off in that neighborhood while the
work was being done.
Work is progressing very rapidly on
the construction of the New Novelty
theater building on East Eighth avenue
and Quincy street. The walls are ris-
ing with great speed and the prospects
that it will be ready for opening by
October l are of the best.
Judging from the crowds which
were present at the Leavenworth Sc
ries it would not have been an unwise
plan to have left the games in Leav-
enworth. Topeka would have made
the guarantee at Leavenworth when
they probably did not make that
much here.
Invitations to the Seventh district
Christian Endeavor convention which
is to be held at BurIingame, August 20
to p, are in the form of post cards with
a photograph of a man reclining with
his feet towards the camera and one
above the other. OF course the picture
is about all shoes and across their
soles is printed Come! If you have to
foot it,
The special assessments which
in Topeka will have to pay
will amount to the following: Paw !
ing. $5S,0T5.4S; sewer, 5,S31,81;
alley. $3,054.04; new sidewalk, s13,-
16O.07; repairing sidewalk, $1945s; |
Arch street park, s9.11335. In addi- |
ton to this the cost of the weed cut
ting and the first installment of the |
1907 paving will have to be count /
ed in.
Friday afternoon at Skene's park
Crosby Bros ball team easily won the |
game from the Topeka Druggists The
Druggists were unable to connect with I
the twfrling of Bowers and Atchison OF |
Crosby Bros. Both teams gave gilt
edge support to the pitchers. Batteries: |
Crosby Bros--Bowers, Atchison and
Johnson; Druggists-Leslie and Butler,
Butler and Booker. Umpires-Fleish-
nan and Lungstrom.