Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-03
KANSAS WOMEN.

Notes and Incidents Concerning Them.
A woman giving the name Of Ellen
Sellers was arrested in Fort Scott on sus-
picion. She wes attired in mems clothes,
and claimed to be a detective. She was
fined So and allowed to leave the city,
but after she had gone it was learned
that she had just served a time in a
Missouri Jail. Her husband, formerly Of
Galena, is now doing five years in the
Missouri pen for house stealing.
Seneca Courier Democrat: The ladies
are meeting with great success IN getting
up the leap year party and q large num-
Der have signified their intention Of be-
ing present. 1t promises to be the most
noticeable social event of the Winter.
Some of the young men are wishing they
were certain of being hOnOred with an
invitation, as they would order a fresh
toilet for the occasion.
Larned Optic: Last Monday, a lady
named Ellis, near the town Of Saratoga,
down in Pratt county, in a fit of despond-
ency, shot herself through the heart with
a revolver. Her husband on coming
home to dinner had scOlded her for some
thing, and the first intimatiOn he had of
the terrible effect Of his cruel words was
the form Of his wife, Outstretched in
death.
The ladies of Lawrence Wet. u.
have opened a Mission Sabbath school
for the poor and neglected children of
! our city. Only those are invited who
are not connected with any other school.
1t is held in the Court room on Sabbath
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Last Sabbath
there were seventy-One present. Quite
g number are found destitute Of suitable
clothing.
Sterling Gazette: An eighteen months
old child of Mrs. johnson living in
rooms over J. Z. Davies's store, was badly
| scalded the other day, on the face and
/ breast with boiling mOlasses, a pan of
which had been left on the stove for the
purpose of making tafy candy, and &C
cidently upset by the child's sister.
Leavenworth Times. One Foley, a
/ blacksmith. living on Usage street, went
] home drunk Sunday evening, and pro
/ ceeded to put q head on Mrs. Foley. Her
/ screams attracted the attention Of Officer
/ Sutton, who fastened to aid her, but be-
fore he got there, Foley had made his
escape.
At Fort Scott, the mental condition oil
Mrs. ROsanna McIllvsne, wife of II. B
! MCIllvane, a we'll known farmer of Mar.
nation township, was examined into
! and a verdict of insanity rendered. The
cause is unknown, and her insanity is
! only Of two weeks duration.
According to the Valley Falls Nelg Era
Miss Mertie Davis, living five miles north.
west Of Oskaloosa, a young lady o.
medium height, has hair which, as she
stands up, touches the floor at her heels
The estimated weight Of her hair is ten
pounds.
Cherryvale GZo5e-Nel5s: At least fifty
good hired girls could obtain good homes
and reasonable wages, in this city
Some Of the thousands being thrown on
of work in the East, would do well Il
come to Kansas, If they are not afraid o
work.
Burton Monitor: Mrs. John Aiken fel
through a defective street crossing Satur
day night and was considerably bruised
and shaken up. The street commission
er should watch such places, the citJ
may have to pay q bill of damages.
+ Last Tuesday was a very cold. day, bu
{ Notwithstanding the lady voters Of dis
irict Ne. I20 turned out in foil force ans
} ] exercised their right Of suffrage by 1oea
rru~ a-.-r.