The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20

been peppered with the flying debris
and the judge decided that they were
negligent.
And still the marriage licenses come
in thick and fast at the office of the
probate judge. Crops are going TO be
good this year and that means num-
Der of ''Tie-upS" for the country ladies
and lassies.
since Kansas has prohibited drinking
liquors on railroad trains it is supposed
that they will soon draw up new laws
pertaining to the drinking of booze on
passing airships.
Chief Wilmarth left for his vacation
at noon and before night two fire
alarms were. turned into the depart
ment. Assistant Fire Marshal BabcOck
is taking the place of Chief Wilmarth
during his absence.
indianapolis, who has been visiting ].
]. O'Hare of APT Clay street, left today
for Kansas City. Mr.. Wheat was
private in company H. Ninth Kansas
cavalry during the civil war.
The district court room is being re
I vanished and remodeled in prepare
ton for the opening of court in Sep
TENDER. The county court officials arc
longing for. the time to come when they
can hold sway over crowded court
room.
Building material is somewhat cheap
er than at this time last year. The
price of bricks has dropped 81 Per
thousand under the prices of May and
June. The cost of labor is high and
building is probably fully as expensive
as year ago.
Four hundred additional feet of tracks
VIII be laid at the fair grounds by the
Santa F'e so that an exhibit from the
Nebraska state fair can be brought
direct to the fair grounds for the state
wide fair. A switch engine will be in
use during the fair week.
Word has been received in Topeka
of the death of Fred Phenis. a former
and Mrs. Ninton Phenis. former To-
pekans who now live at Greeley. Col
Death was caused by drowning in the
Poudre river near Greeley.
The street railway company says THAI
their pay-as-you-enter cars will be in
operation in this city Oct. I. They will
be used on the North Topeka West
Tenth and West Sixth lines. In the
course of year the company expects
to re-equip the whole system.
License Collector Mattingly who had
the contractor arrested who was in
charge of the work in sewer district
No 30, made the statement this morn
ing that since the arrest although
blasting has been done three times no
stones have been hurled skyward.
Between a sporting writer on a
newspaper and the weather bureau
man it is hard to tell which uses the
baseball game without an error and
who ever saw a thermometer that
only registered 100 a few days ago?
The Washburn faculty will attempt
once more to enforce some strict rules
over the fair goods who come from
out of town to attend the college The
young men of the college realize that
the faculty feels as though this was
duty but down in their hearts they
know that no one need fear
When the Santa lie punches the
clouds with their new sixteen story Of
flee building the enthusiastic builders
in the city will have new goal to
strive for. A sixteen story skyscraper
would look mighty good in Topeka.
| The weather bureau could occupy the
roof and then the temperature would
never get above 75.
There is SO great a demand over tie
| country for building material at the
present time that the factories arc laV-
| ing difficulty in supplying the demand.
Especially is it hard to procure iron
material. The local contractors are be-
| ing put back in their work on account
| of not being able to obtain iron for re-
| inforcing purposes fast enough.
Sheriff Norton says that he receives
omplaints every day from people
| living just outside of the city limits
who claim that there are scores of
| liquor nuisances and disorderly houses
| running wide open. But no one is
willing to sign a complaint and thus
thing should be done to stop this
| evil
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