Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-22
KANSAS WOMEN,

stamp out the disease.
KANSAS WOMEN.
Items That are Interesting Conoernins
There are 300 girls between the ages of
five and twenty-one in the city of Bur
llngame, Usage county.
A young colored woman has been ar
rested at Mound City, Linn county
charged with numbering her infant child
One of the good ladies of Leavenworth
took a.young girl in charge who had
been unfortunate and was friendless as
well as penniless. The kind action
probably saved the girl her honor.
The Wichita Eagle says that Nellie
Bailey, the woman who is now canvass
ing for book detailing the history of
her life, has eloped with Wichita
painter named Larrels.
Great Bend Register: Last week the
five-year-old daughter of Charles Stod-
dard, living ten miles south of here,
while playing in the front yard was over.
come by the heat, and fell unconscious
to the ground. She was conveyed to the
house, and every effort made to bring
her back to consciousness, was in vain.
She died shortly after.
Wichita Eagle: An old lady named
Sletter, living near the northern con.
fines of the city, and who is very aged,
some say eighty-6ve years old, went out
on the west side of Little river q few
nights ago to gather wild plums and be-
coming bewildered was unable to find
her way out of the plum thicket. At
last account she had not been heard from
and parties were still searching for her
Mrs. Eliza Burnett, respectable hard
working woman of Topeka, was run over
and killed by passenger train on the
A., T., & 8. Fe railroad at that city last
week. Mrs. Burnett was crossing the
track on her way to dinner and as she
carried parasol over her shoulder she
did not notice the train coming toward
her until the pilot struck her. She was
a widow and left two children.
Great Bend Register: Last week Mrs.
A. J. Pausey who lives in the northeast
part of town took lamp from a table in
one room and set it down on table in
another. Unfortunately she sat it so
close to the edge Of the table that it tip
ped over and exploded in the lap of her
little daughter Rosa, and enveloped her
in flames. The child's father rushed to
it's rescue and was badly burned in try
ing to extinguish the flames, in which
he did not succeed until the little child
was so badly burned that she died.
Mrs. frankie Morris who was arrested
some time ago in Neosho county, charged
with poisoning her mother for the pur-
pose of securing SIS 900 insurance on her
life was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. the trial attracted consid-
cradle attention and it resulted in many
rather sensational developments. Miss
Morris was the divorced wife of A. A.
Hurd, an attorney in the employ of. the
Santa Fe road. After the close of the
trial Miss Morris was married to II. D.
Loveland of Wichita.
Mrs. Geo. Bethel of Cherryvale, Mont
gomery county succeeded in finding her
runaway husband at Winfield, Cowley
county. About year ago her husband
suddenly decamped, leaving her to care
for the family the best way she could.
They had previously got along all right
and she couldn't tell what was up. It
hadn't occurred to her that woman
was the cause until she received word
from Winfield that le was keeping house
there with woman he represented as
his wife. This exasperated her and she
determined to run him down, she sue
ceeded in doing 80. 1t is her intention
to prosecute her husband and his adul-
trous companion to the full extent of the
law.
Winfield Courier: The Woman's Suf-
frage Society met last evening with c.
II. Greer. A very interesting program
was rendered: This society is made up
OF enterprising, energetic women, who
ara not ashamed of enlightenment on
any subject. They take an interest in
the republics welfare for its elevation,
and mean to work on and until the goal
of female suffrage, their battle AK, shall
have been reached. Such women with
an earnest desire for the widening of the
influence and sphere of their sisters, to
be surely followed by greater feminine
intelligence and independence, sre a
credit to the city-far beyond the sla-
the complexion. accompanied by ina
bility and comparative nonenity.
Solomon City Sentinel: One day last
week young woman, who had been
employ ed about two weeks at Monte yuma
hotel as waitress, and gave the name
of Lee Wilson, put on her hat and went
out for short time, on returning she
passed into the cOok-house, and COM
menced pouring something out, which
she attempted to swallow, but the cook
noticing her suspicious actions frustrated
them by knocking q great portion of it
from her mouth. It was then ascertain
ed that the article she was endeavoring
to take was morphine, but had not taken
enough to cause injurious effects. She
had previously left in charge of Q girl en-
ployed in the hotel letter addressed to
her husband, in which was written that
she had been faithful to him. On being
questioned regarding the suicidal attempt
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