Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-21

Imprisonment Tor maltreaUng ner charge, G
little French boy of 4.
Mrs. Eliza Kerwin, the wife of a West
Newton, Ind, laborer, has fallen heir TO an
estate in Ireland valued at $92, 600 1t Is said
that she can neither read nor write.
Mrs. George H. Corliss viii erect fine
building for the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation at Newburyport, Mass, as memorial
Of her late husband, the famous engine
builder
Mrs. Harriet De Bar widow Of an actor
well known years ago, is now nearly 6S years
old, but scarcely less sprightly than when she
appeared in pantomime more than thirty
years ago.
The empress of Austria has much improved
in health, which is attributed to massage
treatment. She is now able to 60 about and
indulge in her favorite mountain climbing,
although she is not yet able to ride.
The colored women OF Little Rock. Ark.
have just organized a washerwomau's asso-
citation. The society has been legally incor-
porated and its objects are to care for I2em-
bers in times of illness and to promote tho
general welfare OF the laundry business.
A West Seneca (N. Y J woman has for the
last few years supported herself from the
earnings of a seventeen acre flower farm Her
income is at times as much as e., 900 year
She recommends Horticulture as a good bust
ness for women and the wild west as the best
field to begin in
Miss Human and Miss Amos, two Illinois
teachers, have gone to South Pasadena, Cal,
and established womans fruit preserving
union. They conduct the business them
selves, and have been very successful. ship
ping their goods TO New York, Chicago and
other large business centers
Queen Margherita Of Italy has succeeded IN
re-establishing the manufacture Of Buraua
lace, an industry that had died out. The
queen found an old woman that knew the
stitch, and had her teach it to a number OF
young women. The bene6cent result Is that
Burana lace has again become source Of
large revenue 20 the people OF Burana
Nine. Buioz, whose death was recently nm
nounced. was the wife Of the founder Of The
Revue des Deux -Mondes and mother OF its
present director She greatly aided her hus-
band in establishing The Revue, especially in
the stormy days Of 1888, when NJ BuIoz
edited his magazine in a cell In the debtors
prison at Clichy, and had George Sand Cor a
proof reader.
The number Of women who hunt In Eng
land is year by year On the increase, and the
latest variation Of the sport is otter hunting.
Otter hunting is done on foot and requires an
equipment OF short petticoats and thick boots
The otter is almost the only existing species
Of the wild fauna Of England, with the ex-
cePtion Of tbe badger and the roe deer, and
there Is something sad in seeing the war Of
determination begun against him as fash
ionabls fed
The new rife for the Russian army "a not a
magazine gun, but is a small caIiber breech
loader, capable Of penetrating az 5000 foe.
three one-inch boards two feet apart
In France trouble has been experienced
with the p 900 Lebsl rites made for tbs
French army, and an investigation is being
made TO ascertain the extent q the trou5ls
In the improved arnorcd turTe: there Is &
easing Of sheet metal which entirely liaes tie
turret and which Is set In book q concrete.
By system Of conuscting rods and cam
grooves the turret Is turned about az axis at
the exterior surface OF the plating
Since the pitch Of the propeller Of the
Magicienns has besa changed ate has beef
able toderelop s,2s2 horss power, which, a.
though above that contracted for, did not
drive her over nineteen and ore-s!gh:h knott,
when nirs.esu ard tarse-q1ar-er knots ssrs
expected
A Scottish ASSURANCE company las worked
up quite an extensive burglary izs1ranes
business TIE premiums Charged vary frcEn
I-s per cen. On goods "A terrace or attached
nouss 20 4 per cent. n banks and tssslrJ
stores, and Glasgow and Edinburgh pApA<s
say f. Is getting quite fashioaabse 20 take cut
insurance. against loss>s from raianigas
thtevex
A curious theft Is reported from PYagus.
A burglar having gained scoes4 % tbs c@bA-
re. c. vel Aown collsctor, broke oT~a
s-,au bu: richly ecAsed s.sel eorsr fo-t Ct
antique workmanship sad, having ;aks1 cat
iis cSaeas about $50 IL Austrian CIR
rsncy1, os..zisgty ie<f u. casks:s TIE worth
OF which a; rsod@-.:s co-pa;4fson l. sssd
70 be g. 20
Al uzzr-slly vaiuzsss eats ere h&s fzr1
reached Lo<a6oz froza Csyio1- Il o~IglsAl.F
weighed ~ cxrasx Subsequently Il E<ssssa
tarocga ssvs-4l tks6S. AID ultimately fe-l =
10 tssse C = native rsca nss<rEG--t. VITO care
400 -z,,ses tor 4, AID Lad !: CT Ia pres
ext r..zsf 8 10 cA-zi~. AsG Z - Insured ~
- 900 rsp@ex /: = >e-r-sb-1 a. ss-eci~1g
tour opaasns1; ran. combining 70 farza
.az--s. hyzlss~.