Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24
FACTS FOR THE FAIR.


A woman in Richmond, va, has 4
maidstone, : for which she paid 81 600,
and she processes to have cured 600 per-
sons with it.
According to the London Courier
Journal, Miss Jerome, Of New York, IS
about to marry Lord Churchill, third
son Of the Duke Of Marlborough
A woman living near Altoona, Pa,
recently entered stable attached to the
house in which she lived, when horse
caught her by the nose and bit it off.
lerical neckties for the ladies are the
latest. They are of white mull--the ties,
not the adies-aud made exactly like
those worn by Episcopal clergymen.
The muslin Charlotte Corday cap is
the proper accompaniment of the elegant
breakfast dress, and an interesting addi-
ton to the dress of convalesceht inva-
i'd
A new kind Of imported fringe is of
cut glass. It is similar to the old
fashioned bugle fringe, although prettier
and upon hlaci. silk dresses is vcry
beautiful and effective.
White cambria handkerchefs with
colored hens are new. The prettiest
have o white centre and deep hem Of
pink. Another style is futed and has
colored monogram in the middle
Star buttons are the latest. They
are about the size Of silver dollar and
made Of bone, the star being raised. On
the redingete these new buttons are ex-
peeted 10 show to great apvantage.
very elective dress has petticoat
of wine-colored satin, trimmed with two
louuces fourth Of a yard deep, headed
by shell trimming, and court train of
rich brocade silk, with ground of black.
Medical journals are rejoicing over the
fact that women have at last discovered
they cannot wear low-necked dresses in
the depth Of winter with impunity, no
matter how warmly they are dressed
More than one hundred women are
studying law 10 the United States,
and the question as to who shall be
Chief Justice may yet agitate the
land. But for the present the fair sex
should be content to bide their time.
Embroidery representing ivy leaves is
the latest.
The London Times says that great
men are always in debt.
It's high time for peach blossoms,
early potatoes and things.
Bengal is receiving seven thousand
tons of breadstufs week"
Every member Of Congress from
Minnesota was raised ia Maine
Thecattle plague is causing grave APP
prehonsions in Switzerland,
kentucky began the new year by
abolishing the whipping Of criminals
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe declares that
no married woman can be brilliant
probably because she has nothing to do
with the sparks.
A lady created a sensation in New
York last week by appearing in an en-
tire suit Of chinchilla fur, the genuine,
too.
A cynical lady, rather inclined to flirt,
says most men are like a cold, very
easily caught, but very hard to get
rid Of
Paris ladies are wearing a gray felt
hat turned up Oh one side, and with
pink rose aud long dropping feather as
ornaments.
An Ohio lady bases her claim for
divorce on the ground that on one occa-
sion her husband put her to soak in the
rain water barrel
Ladies carry 10 parties nowadays
bouquets Of wax flower heavily per-
fumed. and so adroitly arranged as to
pass for natural flowers.
Detroit ladies are said to be the most
prolific in the United States. The last
census gave over 300 pairs Of twins, and
% triplcts.
About sixty German tradesmen and
laborers met in Mathew Brandt's Hotel
in Canal street, Stapeton, r. l., on
Sunday morning last, organized meet
ing, aud passed resolutions calling for
"work or blood" and threatened, if ne
cessity required, to make a raid upon
the -four and grocery stores.
A married woman in Tennessee not
long ago obtained verdict Of $500
damages against her father for whip
ping her Her father ppealed, but
the supreme court decided against him.
Meanwhile he had transferred his prop
erty to his remaining two children by
deed Of gift, and the daughter has now
brought snit to have the conveyance