The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-31


The midsummer issue of the WASH
burn Weekly Review will be out next
week.
Inc primary will be held next
tuesday. 1t will relieve the minds of
great many people.
II was j. K. Blair and not ]. K. Bair
VINO mas brought a suit in the city
court 10 replevin COW.
Justice w. A. Burch of the supreme
court Will leave next week for a fishing
Trip In northern Wisconsin.
The Palace has table loaded with
snort lines of $3.50. 81 and $500 Oxfords
winch they are selling at $2.35.
w. j. Heiney, who is a real estate
broker at Grainf1eld, is at Christ hos
pltai Tor an operation and treatment.
Sixteen real estate transfers record
ed at the register of deeds office yes
terday Indicate a midsummer rush in
the real estate business.
Miss F. M. ellis, stenographer in
the off1ce of the state Y. M. G. A. left
today for her home at Kingman, Ohio,
where she will visit for a month.
The prediction of cooler weather
made by Weather Observer Jennings
for today fitted exactly the drop in the
temperature readings being most ac-
ceptable.
The building permits issued during
the month of July indicate that 1892, ZIG
will be expended in Topeka within the
next few months Tor buildings OF vari-
Gus kinds.
The indications are that a number
OF drug stores will be open for busi
ness Sunday, since the owners have
been assured protection from Monday
morning fines.
A lot of material is on hand for
building the new Fifth ward school in
Fifteenth street, but it is not likely
| that the building will be ready for use
until the fall of 1909
DIR. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary Of the
state board of health, left last night
for Mackinac, Mich, to attend the ma
tional convention of state health Of
ficers. He will be gone two weeks.
Cuthbert & Sargent were yesterday
awarded the contract for the construc-
| ton of a new Jail in Douglas county
which will cost $13,650. The plumbing
contract was awarded to a Lawrence
firm.
The people who have been tenting at
Vinewood park during the Chautauqua
began breaking camp early this morn
| ing and returning to their homes, many
of which are in the central and west
ern portion of the state.
Progress on the new Washburn
gymnasium is very slow, for some
reason. Only four or five men are
plugging away at the job. The re-
building OF Rice nall is progressing
rapidly. The roof trusses are being
put in place now.
A meeting Of the candidates for coun-
| ty offices Irrespective Of party. will be
| held at the Parkdale school house this
| evening under the auspices of the East
| Side Improvement association. Music
| will be furnished by Bigbee's band of
| colored musicians.
| The city council at a special meeting
| held last night decided that it will not
| enforce an order requiring the bottles
| in which milk is delivered in the city
| to be tested. This action was taken in
| the face Of the fact that the dairymen
| threatened to advance the price of milk
| from seven to ten cents a quart II
| such an inspection should be required.
A racing matinee has been arranged
| for Saturday afternoon at the fair
grounds during which the entries are
to be driven by their owners. There
are a number OF local horses in train
| ing at the fair grounds this summer
and the rivalry between the owners Is
responsible for the races tomorrow.
| The first race will be a three-year-old
| trot, followed by a free-for-alI pace
for which $50 purses have been sub
scribed.