Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-10-06
NUMBER "a.

| FROM independence: news COMES IN
from Bolton that little four-year-old
son of Lon Prather was scalded to
death. Mrs. Prather was engaged in
putting up plums, and placed kettle
of hot plum syrup on the table. The
| little fellow wanted to taste it. but was
told that it was too hot The mother
| turned away for few moments, and he
| climbed onto wash boiler, reached for
the tempting kettle, and upset it upon
himself. He died in three hours.
A Larned boy: Ray Vaughan, aged
fourteen years, pleaded guilty to the
charge of petty larceny in Judge Vandi-
ver's court and received the most unique
sentence ever imposed on a culprit in
! the history of Pawnee county district
court: six months attending the city
schools, and if without valid excuse he
absents himself from school he is to be
taken in custody by the sheriff and in
carcerated in the county jail for the full
period named in the sentence"
Mary j Osborne, an aged lady living
southwest of Mound City, spilled pan
of grease upon hot stove. The grease
at once ignited and set fire to her cloth
ing. In her struggle to subdue the
flames she ran into the yard, but the
wind kindled them into a keene9 rage.
1t is thought that her injuries will prove
fatal. Mrs. Osborne is one of the old
est settlers in Linn county. having re-
sided there for more than forty years.
independence Races: Symboleer, by
Campbell's Electloneer, dam Symboleer
by Onward, was brought out to go
against the worlds 2-year- old pacing
record of 2:185 on half mile track,
held by Online the Nebraska horse. He
succeeded in clipping off a second and a
quarter, making the mile in 2:17b.
Symboleer is owned by w. E. Camp
bell, of Kiowa, Kansas. Proctor, by
Fortunatus, was brought on the track
to go against the worlds yearling re-
cord of 1:111 for half mile, held by
John r. Gentry. The colt exhibited
wonderful speed and came under the
wire in 1 :09, lowering the record q sec
onds. Proctor is owned by NJ d.
Proctor, of Chetopa, Kan. q
Chicago Herald: Colonel j. b. Cook.
of Cbetopa, Kan, registered at the
Grand Pacific, and Paul Cores under-
stood he wanted a room. The colonel
did want room, but it was parlor he
wanted, with ministerial accompaniment
and a witness or two to listen to the
hearts of himself and Miss Rose Dor
land, also of Chetopa, beat the wedding
march. Colonel Cook is a banker and
cattle raiser of Chetopa, man of wealth
and prominent in grand army circles
fhnT1 1rrh IL H. = L,lo Il
hearty as bridegroom of 20. Miss Dor
land is one of the bellies of Chetopa. She
has been east for the summer and met
the colonel at the Grand Pacific by ap-
pointment, where Rev. Reese b. Kester,
of the Washington Park Methodist
church, made them husband and wife.
The wedding was strictly private The
announcement of the wedding will prob
ably create surprise among the friends
of both parties in Chetopa. Following
the ceremony Colonel and Mrs. Cook
left Chicago for a long wedding trip.
About Il. G. Cross: An interview
appears in the Kansas CITY Journal in
regard to the death of Colonel Cross, in
which Colonel H. c. Whitley says:
''The death of 81. G. Cross has brought
sorrow TO many home in our city and
all over our section of the state. Dur,
ing his long residence in the city he had
been very active In business matters,
and being of liberal mind, had been
appealed to on every occasion when
money was needed for any public pur-
pose. Be it said to his credit, he was
never asked for assistance for any
worthy cause and refused. There is not
church anywhere in that country that
he has not helped pay for; there has
never been a public enterprise started
in that city that did not feel the bene-
fit Of his assistance. He was one of the
most companionable men in the coun-
try, and there was not home in the
city that was not in mourning when his
death was announced. The city will
feel his loss, but there are mary monu-
ments there of his active life that will
long stand to perpetuate his memory.
He was one of the men who helped
make Kansas, and had intimate friends
all over the state. He was always a
friend of the state, and defended it
against all attacks" l