New-York tribune., 1886-08-09
Tur KANSAS pARTY.

on February TO- 1850 twenty-thrce Children started
for the West. OF them going 10 Ottawa. Kan. Four
dc,ilt ta fmc, stariei with them consisting OF 1--WE
adults and eighteen children.
I;oLuA> EyEKErI. age niteen native OF Brooklyn.
II, fa'aer ami mother wero living but ~ero poor.
Ilc was iaccl with John Cook. Greeley, ~ H.. ho
was l'ss-l witn him. lie cuausci homes sooa hut
was reported doing we'll ~ l,tc ~ July ;. l,sl.
when he wa- vita James Brown at Lane kan.
FINLtY JAWS. ago thirteen m orphan, ami hal sur
ported nimscii from the time he WAS nine lie was
place with John Grecnlor. ottawa Kan. who wrote
icbruary -. l,-o: " Jamos ls getting alonE we'll.
lie - De good quiet boy, wiling 10 do any
thing We tall HIM" Mr. Grcener diei ot con
sumption soon att"rwnri, In May lr@j. james
iL"he9 r o. ;rsnr . very my To g" ln
James went WIN her. He soon a'trrward went
10 work IN mill aud was caught ~ the machinery
AMI kill'd. His death was lamented by all who
knew INN.
FROST. THOMAS. age fifteen. young hsh'r rmsn from
Manchcs cr. Ma-s. ". smith tal ot. VITA whom tie
nr, liyei. Ao th- boy ior time. but soon reported
tnat he coniucici himself baty and sent Him away.
Whcn Last neard from lac VA, IN "elsviiic Kan.
FLgMNISc. AN>tr. ase siH'ocn an orphan from South
sue dll we'll In her new nome and was
considered u very promising grl; but shc diei III
l,-2.
HENEY. CHARLES. a;e thirteen. born In New.York Of
Irish descent ili' father died year before he lott
NcvNora. lie was Ilaced with the Rev. r.
Ilayel and. Humboldt. Kan, who wrote March Ii
that the hos had run AWAY.
Ilm>cu. FEEDrEIch.a bmly German lad. age sixteen.
lie hal lyei IN Sew York except for one year. when
no wac employed On farm IN Fatpu n. l.. l. lie
picl>cI witn his new home near Ottawa. but
into town and secured good I a
furniture factory. Last January he visited New
York, bringing cNcclicht lritcrs from prominent
nlen In Kansas After brief visit he returned 20
Kansas, where Ac Will remain.
JAG l., DNNI axe fifteen, went ion his aihrr.
who owncl "A tarm IN Nsso ri. lie wrote alier AIS
arrival tnat hc Was pleasantly situated
L,DoMuS. RoHfRr fourteen. American ot English
parentaee, had hecn an orphan FOR twoyears. Iii
Coo. OF Wcllsvlllc. Kan. with whom Robert h'St
the boy changed places several times AMI in May.
l,s3 WA, reported to 10 living In Greeley Kan. and
doing wei.
LAwGLR. JonN axe fourteen. orphan for six years.
durlng which time no had pinkcd up scanty living
in many ways. iie va: pl,rcd with B. Jolnson Al
liked h- home very much; hut on the 27th OF tho
month Mr.. johnson wrots that tho boy had
run away with money.
LYcNnERG Cu\RL - age seventeen, hal been orphan
for I'VE year, lilo went 20 join some friends in
Mesico. Mo-. aud on April Il. 1850, wrote tha, he
employed dovcr. when last T. from
he was Ia "arc ONO. doing well.
MEGoN. WILLIAM. age fourteen native Of Ma,sachu-
sets had been an orphan and had supported hm,elf
for three years lie was placed with william {.
walker. Lane, KAN. wno sent highly favorable
reports ri thn boy; but on April IL ho wrote that
William hal gone to HIrri-viilc. Mo.
MILLER. WILLIAM EDWARD. age seventeen: His
invalid. lie w,s plaoed with u b. W,ckon. at
Ottawa. Kan. aud On March IL. lsso.w wrote that he
had "a gooi home. Nothing more heard from him
untii February IT, l~>3. when ho called a tao Office OF
the chhitcns Ac Society aud said hs wanted to be
sent back 10 the West ffis statement Was thar Ae
had been sick AMI his + en- Is hal sent for aim.
MILLER SAMUEL, pge fourteen. brother OF the above.
1io waS phrcI villa FRANK trL,Dtr ~ NUllsviue
Kan, who wrote that hr woild do what he could foI
te boz The boy wrote March II. ls>l, tnat he
hld gooi home AMI was do NJ woll.
MURRAY, STErIiEN ten. His father had boon dead
Tor twJ years anl his mntler " ~ cmI ci - u
nurse. Ethan Donnurk. OF Princeton. An. VITA
whom tho boy livci wrote pleas ,nt ieit,rs about
HIN. On Jnne Il, lsS4 Mr.. Donnuck wrote that
stephen WAS still with hin and we'll aud nappy.
PETIT, RICHARD ~, ago seventeen His mother died
when lie was ton, AMI his father latnt lIe
had supported himself for nve yc.Is lie WIS with
j. T. Mont near Ottawa, Kan. Tar II time. At ,he
farm was ~ near the town that II thought host
IL send him further INTO tao country Since October
20. lsSo. there has been report from him.
RhEk. CHRISTIE age seventeen. H. had supported
himself FOR six years. After going to Princeton.
Kan. ho changed p aces few times. bat all spoke
well OF him. IN MAY, 1883, no nad saved 800.
which ho had placed at interest. In Move nber,
1885, he WAS stiil la Princeton and spoken ot rs
avery good fellow.