The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-24
LOCAL MENTION.

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Hartman shops.
LOCAL MENTION.
DR.. W. s. Hunter. 71O New Mills
building.
Harold Arendt, a bell boy at the |
National hotel, was arrested by the
police last night charged with steal |
ing silVerWar6 from the hotel and J
neckwear from the guests. He gave |
his age as II years. The charge was
petty larceny.
DR.. c. E. Fisher of Sterling, Colo.
is visiting his brother J. w. Fisher |
and his nephew Hugh T. Fisher. DIR. |
Fisher is returning from trip to
London, where he was in attendance |
on the Homeopathic convention at |
that city. DR. Fisher on his trip |
across the ocean operated upon a boy |
for appendicitis while the ship was |
in motion. This was the second OPP |
Grafton of this character recorded.
Good glasses in gold filled frames, |
$1.00. at Chas. Benefits Optical store !
100 Kansas avenue.
Dancing tonight at vinewood. cents
a dance.
Wanted-Information of the relatives !
or heirs of Elnathan Scranton. Served |
Co. A, 5th Kansas cavalry. Died IN |
knew him viii confer favor by writ |
ing the undersigned. L. w Huhbell, |
Springfield, Mo.
A meeting of members of the Com
mercial club was held this noon . dis
cuss the trade school proposition in
Topeka
John Hoehner teacher of mechanical
drawing in the Topeka high school who
was operated upon in St. Louis FOR
appendicitis, has fully recovered from
the operation.
Robert NJ. Campbell, author of said
a Kansas Man., the edition of which
sold with rapfdity, has a book on the
press entitled Secret History" This
will be placed in the book stores for
the Christmas trade.
Vandalism, which is akin to brutal
ity. is hard to check on such d ;atgc
eXpanse of grounds as the stale fair
grounds without the employment of a
large force of guards, but no public
grounds are safe from their despoil
ing hands The pebble dash surface Of
the exterior of the new buildings there
do not present a very inviting surface
for the scrawls that usually delight the
vandal but the new frame swine sheds
are receiving their initiation.
"Fraternal Row will be established
along the line of cottonwood giants in
the north end the state fair grounds
Here the fraternal orders viii be given
space for their tents, which are Usually
! arranged as rest rooms. and relieve the
crowded condition of the regular rest
rooms on the grounds. Several local
orders have spoken for space on the
row.
Five carloads of cinders from the
state hospital have been unloadc6 at
the state fair grounds, and will be used
to cover the walks and drives about
the grounds.
The busy and curious youngster that
is planning his program for future
pleasure, has inspected the new far
grounds fence from end to end. and
come to the conclusion that to climb it
with shoes on is out of the question:
and even then a slip is likely to result
in a torn ''tummy" from the barbed
wire on top. The fear of running
counter to barbed wire buried at the
foot of the fence has prevented bur
rowing. and the concensus of opinion IS
that the kids are being Disseminated
| against.
Judgm lent against the Santa Fe rail-
way in the sum of SIS was today
granted NJ Carl when his case against
the railway company was called in the
court of Topeka Carl. who is an APP
prentice, was recently injured while at
his work and filed suit against the
company.
Nicholas Lux. jr., today filed suit
against the Smith company of SIS
Quincy street, in which he asks $50
| damages for personal injuries. Lux
was operating a punching machine
when his hand was caught in the ma
chinery and thumb and finger badly
torn.
The r. J. Brubaker case was today
appealed from the police court to the
district court. Brubaker was convict
| ed recently on charge of maintain
ing a disorderly house at 502-506 Kan
sas avenue and was fined $50 and
costs.
John MiItonbarger. a 14-year-oId
boy, was arrested today on a state
warrant, charged with larceny from a
railway coach. In a signed statement
made today the young man admitted
taking some brass from a Santa Fe
car.
There was considerable discussion
this noon at the Commercial club in
regard to what some of the members
considered a disgraceful condition of
the pavements in the central portion
of the city. Commissioner Tandy will
be asked to have some repairing done
so that the Semi-Centennial parade
can reach Kansas avenue without be-
ing jolted into fragments.
A meeting of all Topekans who have
served on United States men of war
will be held this evening at the Com
mercial club to make arrangements
| for the coming reunion of old soldiers
and sailors.
Everybody reads the state Journal