The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The prisoners of the city Jail were
treated to some iced lemonade yester-
day.
During July and August the court
of Topeka will close at noon on Sat
urdays.
Arch Mullinix. formerly of Topeka,
but now of Moline, Ill, is in Topeka
this week
Andrew Wallace, who was shot last
month, is rapidly recovering from the
effects of his wound
Lew Maze was fined $25 in the police
court this morning the charge Of
being drunk and disorderly.
County Clerk o. X. Swayze lost a
coat last evening in the explosion or
fireworks at Garfield park.
Mrs Bertha Plummer. clerk in the
office of the register of deeds, is spend
ing two weeks in Strong City
Only a few lone firecrackers disturbed
the quiet yesterday, and it was the quiz
etest Fourth that Topeka has ever hdd
Marriage license was granted Ora
Thomas, p years old, of Manhattan.
and Alta May Shields, age is. also OF
Manhattan, yesterday.
Judge Hugh Mcfarland is spending
a couple of days in Independence
During his absence r. H. Cav is act
ing as judge pro tenn.
Home grown tomatoes are selling
for II cents a pound at Topeka grocery
stores. The price will soon take a
tumble. provided that rain comes.
J. s. Johnson, a farmer, was fined
$40 by Police Judge Huron this morn
ing on the charge of being drunk and
disturbing the peace of the Arlington
hotel.
Texas watermelons are now being
=, To of MT a
pound A watermelon of ordinary size
will range from Is to 20 pounds in
weight.
The supply of locally grown berries
and vegetables at Topeka stores today |
was limited. The growers of produce |
took a day off on the Fourth of July |
and failed to pick their produce.
The quarterly report of the county |
clerk, which will be filed next Mon |
day morning with the county commits |
sion, shows a total of $116.05 collected |
during the quarter ending June 80.
Bob PEBBLES. who plays Tom Hughes
at Wichita Sunday, has gone to prac- |
tice on the Wichita golf links Hughes |
and PEBBLES play return match 81 |
the Country club Saturday, July 10.
On Tuesday morning, July 8, the |
county commissioners will hear the
sion. The county grants the franchise
for the extension beyond the city linn
its.
Late cherries are selling at local
grocery stores at 5 cents quart. The
supply is limited Black raspberrIes
are bringing Is cents a box for the
best grade of fruit, and red raspber-
fies 90 cents.
A warrant will be issued today for the
arrest of William McElroy who is ac-
cused of stealing 100 pounds of brass
and 135 pounds of iron from the
Union Pacific. McElroy's wagon
broke down, dropped his spoils and
led to his discovery.
The Cathedral Boys club had a fast
yesterday on the club
courts. In the doubles. NJ. Smith and
NettIes were the winners with Mckee
yer and Jones runners up The singles |
were not all finished, as Bowman and
Jones must play off a tie next week
Because they fired off some firecrack-
ers nearly an inch long, George Stromb
and Ray E. Booth were fined 81 in tie
police court today. They were going
up Kansas avenue firing them when
they were arrested. Judge Huron said
that the ordinance covered the case,
which was the only one brought in yes
terday. This IS the lowest fine that the
Judge has assessed this year.
There is an unknown man who has
been in Topeka for several days who
is being cared for by the police. He
into the police station about
midnight Thursday to spend the night
Early the next morning he had an at
tack of epilepsy and the city physician
was called. Later he was released and
the police offered to take him to a
charitable institution but he refused.
There was a harmless insane man III
the city yesterday who claimed to be
Teddy Roosevelt, a Kentucky million
aire and the chief of the United States
secret service. At one time he said he
was an itinerant preacher who was
working his way from Colorado to MS
home near Louisville. Ky. Chief Hughes
decided that he would be better off
elsewhere and sent him away on ar
eastbound train.
The first summer union meeting of
the down town churches of Topeka .
will be held at the First Baptist church