Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-19

The instrument which she used was
razor, and with it she inflicted seven
gashes on her neck. Had it not been
that the razor was very dull the wounds
would have been fatal. Insanity is as
cribed as the cause.
Oswego Independent: A woman in
town last week showed freaks of insan-
ity by trying to cut her baby's throat
with a razor. and numerically beating
her husband. Some of the neighbOrs in
terferred In time to save the shedding
of blood. The husband and child took
the first train for Parsons, and we have
not since heard anything of the would
be-murderer.
Miss Lulu Slough, a female lawyer of
Leavenworth, appeared in the District
Court last week as counsel for a woman
charged with grand larceny. This was
Miss Slough's first case. She astonished
the lawyers by the able manner in which
she conducted the defense against the
gallant district attorney, T. P. Fenlon.
| She won this-her first case-by convinc-
| ing the jury that her client was only
guilty of petit larceny. Miss Slough is a
quick, bright young lady, and one who is
determined to succeed in the profession
of her choice.
A sad case of suicide occurred on the
! Usage, ten miles north ofBronson. Bour-
bon county. Miss Inez Brown, a highly
respected lady of that vicinity and an
accomplished woman. One morning
she complained of not feeling well, but
appeared better at noon. Early in the
afternoon she received letter, and re-
marked as she began reading it that she
did not like the way it commenced, but
nothing unusual was noticed in her con
duct or appearance. She departed late
in the afternoon and was not seen after
that alive. It was thought she had com
search the body was found in the Usage
river. She had drowned herself in three
feet of water.
Wichita Eagle: Maggie Maddux, lit.
tie three year old girl, is now lying in g
most pitiable and deplorable condition
Some time last Sunday she began to
complain of her eyes hurting her, and
later in the day her mother noticed a
foreign substance in them. But little
! attention was given to this circumstance
until the next day, when the little girls
eyes were found to be very badly swol-
len and infamed, and instead of getting
better were rapidly growing worse. DR.
Owens was called and rendered such
medical aid as his judgment directed
A rumor came to the ears of the Sheriff
that the little girl had been foully dealt
with. He at once hunted up DR.. Nun
sell of the Ear and Eye institute, and in
company with him repaired to the house
where they found the little sufferer and
where, at later hour, she was seen boil
stored up in chair. Both of her eyes
are terribly swollen, she being unable to
open either of them, and besides are hor.
ribly infamed, as is also her face around
the nyes. From below the red lashes il
constantly issuing a sort of bad pus. Al
times she will jump up and scream, as i
in terrible distress, but most of the time
she remains in g semi-conscious state
Mr.. MunselI gives it as his opinion-anC
we understand that DR.. Owens enter
tains the same idea-that in some way
or by some means certain amount o.
gonorrhoea virus has gathered into rht
eyes, and is now actually eating then
ont