Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-04
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.
Young Lady ON a Buffalo Hunt
An Episode in the Life OF a Co
Quetto.

WAITS.
The Illinois papers are proud over
base ball match between married and sir
gle women which took place recently {
Rockford. The maidens won. ID
Sophie Sparkle, of the New York Mai
says that the persons who spend the mos
money at Saratoga are the old meE wit
young wives. -
The regulation widows veil is now de
clared to be yard and half in length
and of English Grape. Its only relief is
deep hem of over an inch depth upon tn
edge.
Two men in Rutland, VT, claim tn
same woman for wife, and, pending tn
dispute, the lady declares herself will
ing to marry either or both, if the sane
ton of the law could be obtained in tn
latter case.
Next year Morrissey is going to put vi
a large building adjoining his club housl
at Saratoga for the use of ladies, who, b,
says, see through the intricacies of thu
games played sooner than men.
A pretty American is doing hospita
duty at Strasbourg. She wears q gray
felt hat with a dropping white plume, /
black tunic confined at the waist with {
vanished leather belt and silver buckle,
loose black trowsers to the knee, and Hes
sian boots with gilt spurs.
Johnny was watching his mother while
wreathing her head with the lovely orange
bloom OF our Louisiana gardens. "Oh
ma. he said, Show sweet that Isl You
just look as if pa was dead, aud you were
going to be married over again2n
An old widow named Hackert seventy
five years of age, who accompanied the
bPrussian army, in 1918 and 1915, as
UiUondiere, has been permitted to &C
company her old regiment, the thirty
fifth Brandenburg, at her most urgent re-
quest. The soldiers CALI her the Mother
of the Regiment.
Queen Victoria is whimsical and irrita-
BILE, takes strange notions into her head,
and is quite wilful, and even obstinate
She keeps herself locked up in her state
apartments, and is scarce seen by any but
her Ministers. Even when she does con-
sent to take part in some public memo
rial, she generally breaks her promise,
says she has a megrim, and is overcome
by the heat, cor is unable to bear the ia
tlgue consequent upon an appearance
among her subjects. I'D -...
A DIES MONIES BELLE ON A BUFFALO HUNT.
From the Des Moines Qows) Register.
One of the first young ladies of Des
Moines, 1--WE might as well tell her name
at once, for everybody will want to know
it, Miss Maggie Lyons, while on visit
to Western Kansas, formed one of party
who went on buffalo hunt for a week,
in which she had the honor of killing the
first game, a large buffalo bull. Miss
Maggie laid in ambush for the old fellow,
and as he passed her she stepped out
drew up her carbine, aimed just in front
of his shoulder, pulled, spangl went the
gun, and his bullship fell dead upon the
spot, the ball breaking his neck Miss
Lyons followed the hunt for a week, and
became quite an expert marksman She
returned home much enamored of frontier
life, and vows there is more real enjoy
ment in shooting buffalo than in the arch
cry practice that young ladies are popu-
larly supposed to indulge in with Cupid's
weapons.
CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF COQUETTE.
The st. Louis Democrat tells strange
story of beautiful coquette of that city,
who, while on visit to New York last
September, put up at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, and won the affections of the as
sistant steward of that establishment.
She encouraged his attentions, and per-
mitted him to write to her after her re-
turn to St. Louis, replying assentingly to
his ardent protestations of love. In
January last, however, she met young
st. Louis clerk, with whom she actually
fell in love, and agreed to marry him six
months later. Then she left the New
Workers. letters unanswered, and he, who
was dead in earnest, started for st. Louis
to learn the reason why. On arriving
there he lost no time in going to the resi-
dence of the girl.
1t 80 happened that the dry goods clerk
was at the very time with her, discussing
their mutually sgreed-upon marriage.
Looking through the blinds she saw her
steward, and was astounded. She had
scarcely time to beg her young beloved to
retire-for heavens sake to retire-into
another room, when the New Yorker was
ushered in.
The st. Louis lover retired to the mex
room, and heard all that was passed. AT
ter an interview with the New Yorker,
the coquettish miss wavered in her prefer
ence. The man from Manhattan was in
ferce earnest, and had money and prop
erty, and would marry her at once. She
now scarcely knew what to dc, bat finally
yielded 10 the terrible determination and
dimes of the Fifth avenue lover.
The new match was formally arranged.
He had business at Rock Island, and on
his return they would become one. Some
seventeen hundred dollars he put in bank,
left the check for it with her, and set out
for Rock Island. Hardly had he got on
board the steamer when, as the boat was
swinging off, swsying spar struck him
on the head, gashing it frightfully and
knocking him senseless. He was taken
TO the Sisters Hospital, and early the fol-
lowing morning his betrothed heard of the
disaster and went thither 10 see him. He
had regained consciousness, but his con-
dition was deemed critical. At his wish
the priest was called and the marriage was
solemnized. The next Sunday the new
ly-made husband died, and on Monday he
was buried in the Calvary Cemetery.