The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-07
ABOUT WOMEN.

ABDUL WOMEN
Geoge Elliot has been offered $40, 900 for
her last novel, on which she is still engaged.
Miss Gottschalk is to edit the life of her
brother. the pianist, which is to be published
in the fall.
Miss Evorts, daughter OF William Evorts,
will marry Mr.. Beaman, of New York
city, this fail.
Prof. Farrar, of Vassar College. has been
chosen president OF the Women's College
at Milwaukee.
-Four sisters of the late Thomas Durham,
of New York, living at Martha's Vineyard,
get $40, coo each from his estate.
Grace Darling's tomb is in ruined cOndi-
ton, and the people near where she lived are
not aware that she ever rescued anybody.
Madame Nilsson has given a concert in AID
OF the training school for nurses, and this, IN
spite of all reports, is the best she can do for
them at present
Senator Jones is credited with having pre-
sented Miss Nellie Grant with check for
5000 as his wedding gift. Who wouldn't
be presidents daughter?
Miss Stevens, of New York. attracted more
attention by her personal graces and the ell
egance of her toilet than any other lady in
attendance at the Ascot races in England.
The London Post says that her charms were
ga leading topic among the privileged occu
pants of the royal enclosure"
The daughters OF the late Sheriff Knowl-
ton, who established and built up the wor-
cester Mass Palladium, have assumed en-
tirely it's editorial management One of
them is skilful artist. and has the direction
at Boston of the art school for ladies, which
was begun there few years ago by the
painter, William NJ. Hunt.
Miss Chambers, of the Vokes troupe, de-
MES that she had any idea of committing
suicide, as was recently reported. She sim
ply lost her balance while dabbling in the
cooling water with her bare feet and a ro-
mantle young man, fired by her imaginary
peril, did the heroic in astyle which, consid-
ering the depth of ''the element" was "per-
fectly ABSURD"
Miss Alice Castyrene, the pretty girl
rider, who was supposed to have been
fatally injured in a hurdle race at the
Hippodrome, New York, is pronounced out
of danger She recovered her senses before
the night was over, and recognized the
friends about her. Fortunately the fall,
while it discolOred her face, inflicted no
permanent Disagreement.
Hear this true story: Not long ago a
lady. a graduate Of one of the most famous
schools in the land, upon an anniversary,
was asked to return to the school for a day
and read an essay upon an important topic.
The essay was rarely beautiful and inspr-
ing. On their way from the hall one of the
witnesses asked another, twas not that
fiue?n "Yes" replied her friend, "but what
mean little train she WORE" Fancy man
remarkine, at the close of a lecture by George
William Curtis, SIT was fine, but his coat
tail was too short by an inch and a half
Courier Advertiser.
With quiet reverence both for old age and
for the scriptures, Mary Clemmer Ames re
marks, in her Washington letter to the In
dependent: white haired Mr.. Hooper, o
Boston, slowly walks down the aisle, with
painful suggestion of govt. What hi
Heavenly Father may have in store 70
him in The upper mansions, know not
but il seems to me He must say: son, re
member. thou on earth hast an unusua
quantity of good things, including an amaz
ing number of good diners of a very Routy
sort think, now, you must wait for Laza
rus DIT. -"
The President and Mrs. Grant have re
ceiyed several letters from Mrs Sar1orls
Mr. Sartoris's only siotor, marrled lazy
met hin, and bis bride at Liverpool, and ac
COMMANDED them to London, where, Mrs
Sartoris writes, she enjoyed herself very
much. Her stay, however. was brief II
london. her husband and herself going al
most immediately to the Sartorls country
seat, where the bride and groom have beer
given cottage on the estate. so they are
finally settled in their own mouse, alDe e,t
small one. called a cottage. and Mrs Sar
toriss writes that it's covered with roses
Remembering the extravagant wealth OF hel
trousseau and the large number OF ner pres
ents,one Is puzzled TO know how Olrs' Sarto