The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
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Fishing in Soldier creek is reported
to be better right now than it has been
for many years.
The vault in the sheriff's office is
, being remodeled for the use of the
county treasurer.
The Potwin Presbyterian Sunday
school will observe children's day to-
morrow morning.
The record breaking crowd of the
season visited Vinewood park yester-
day afternoon and last evening.
Thomas A. McNeal is on the pro-
gramme of the Shawnee county teach
erS' institute for an address flag day.
Miss Florence Tucker of Eureka is
visiting in Topeka for few days on
her way home from the jamestown
exposition.
B. Bartholomew left today for In
dianaolia, Iowa, where he will attend
class reunion of the Kappa Theta
Psi of Simpson college.
Thomas Lashmet, formerly a depot
employe at Lakin, Kansas. arrived in
the city today to make arrangements
for a course in telegraphy.
The midsummer conditions which pre-
vailed yesterday brought out the SEN
tfnels of the army of green bugs which
infested the city last summer.
The police made a run last night in
the rain to catch burglar and found
nothing except crowd who were wait
irS to see the burglar caught.
An excursion will be run to Kansas
City over the Rock Island line on Sun
day, June 16. The Eagles will have a
special coach on the excursion train.
Tom McNeal has returned from Ok
lahoma where he made some speeches.
Frank Vrooman, who is visiting in
Topeka, belonged to the Modocs 20 years
ago.
The ice cream and lawn social sea-
son has been considerab bly, delayed
this year because of the fractions
weather. Not a few persons are glad
of it.
1t is suggested that since the Joints
are pretty we'll closed up all the police
men be put to work tin-canning the ex-
ira dogs and pointing them toward the
country.
There were numerous flashes of
lightning in the heavens for several
hours last night and occasionally faint
claps of thunder might be heard but
no rain fell.
Governor Hoch and party left for
jamestown this afternoon and Incl
dentally will take part in the presen-
tation of the silver service to the bat
tleship Kansas before they return to
Kansas.
No one was surprised this morning
to wake up and find the temperature a
little more than frigid. More than two
weather seem to be an impossibility
this year.
c. K. Holiday claims to have predict
ed the cold spring some time last jan
uary and now comes forward with a
prediction that we are going to have a
wet season that will beat anything
since 1903.
Receiver ]. T. Bradley, of the First
National bank, has sold the c. J. DevIin
farms on the Burlingame road which
were decided to the bank, for $18,5 500, and
considers the sale good one from all
viewpoints.
The cottonwood trees are again en-
couraging the crusade which occurs
against them annually about the time
they begin to shed their supply of cot
ton by filling the air with their down
covered seeds.
Green bugs, not of the wheat de-
stroying variety, but those pestiferous
things that congregate on screen doors
by the millions where ever there is a
strong light, made their first appear
ance of the season on Kansas avenue
last night.
There are but 20 working days left in
which the Washburn college may raise
the remaining $4,000 necessary to Sc
general educational board which will
necessitate the committee securing
pledges for $1,75O each day during this
time.
Inc negro incubator DdDy Wn1cn mas
been kept alive for Is days in it's little |
glass home at Christ hospital, died |
Thursday of intestinal troubles At |
birth it weighed but two pounds and its |
existence has been a source of deep |
interest to the doctors and nurses alike |
at the hospital.
The governors party, which will
leave here Saturday for Philadelphia |
for the purpose of presenting the sill
yer service to the battleshiD Kansas,
80, e. 1-01 hrl.T r-cl
in St. Louis Sunday with an automo-
bile ride, given by the officials of the
Big Four railroad.
Upchurch lodge No. PA. A. o. U. w.
elected officers last evening for the
ERIN beginning July 1. David NJ.
Hoover was chosen master, Harry G.
Thompson, recorder, and William A.
oattison, financier. All the other Of
icers were reelected. This lodge has
or a long time held the distinction of
being the largest of this order in Kan
as
Charles Wilson and son and daugh-
er Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur H. Wilson,
eft for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this
morning where they will make their
nome in the future. Mr.. Charles Will
son left Pennsylvania 81 years ago and
1as never returned during the years
and on his return will
meet for the first time his grand
The trend of the thought of at least
,ne mans mind was shown last night
when Calvert, who performs on a
nigh wire at Vinewood park, was do
ng his turn. He was seated at table
IN a wire stretched 60 feet above the
ground reading the Topeka State
Journal when a masculine voice from
he audience shouted: Say, mister,
What is the score?'
The late DIR. j. P. Lewis was
member of the A. o. U. w. and car
led $4,000 life insurance therein. A
ew days ago, just nine days from date
Il death, the officers of lodge No. 244
rave the beneficiary a check for the
uIl amount The same lodge had a
member die recently in a Colorado