The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-29
ABOUT WOMEN.

At the Illinois Press Association,t to be held
in January at Springfield, Mrs NJ L. DE
g. Geer reads paper on the moral Power of
the Press"
Gail Hamilton will be guest of her rela-
tive, Speaker Blaine. at Washington, this
winter.
Lucy Stone compares femalesufrage to
the "aloe which waits 100 years for its bios
sons"
The Mexican Congress has suppressed the
order of SISTERS OF Charity" by vote of
lib to 81.
Elihu Bunitt has formed class of Young
ladies at New Britain. Conn, for the study
OF SGnscrit.
Miss Cherrie Simpson is the name of a
Milwaukee prodigy; she is pianist, and has
not reached her sixth birthday.
Mrs. Senator Sprague is at Cannes, France.
Senator Sprague is expected to join his
family abroad In about SIX or eight months.
Mrs. j. w. Gilbert, of Hartford, Connect
icut, is to play A correspondence game of
chess with Miss Ridge, of England, who is
said TO be the best lady player in Europe.
The Miss Berdan announced as engaged
to the secretary of the British Embassy, at
Berlin, is a daughter of the American Gen.
eral Berdan, who gained celebrity in 1852 as
an inventor of sharp-shooting rifles. Miss
Berdan recently graduated with honor in
Dresden.
The Marchioness of Thomaud, widow of
the nobleman who used to say that he was,
according to linesl descent, lawful king of
Ireland, has just died at Bath. The mar
chiOness bequeathed to her butler her favor
tie parrot, with it's cages. and an annuity of
925 to pay for its keep.
Miss Kate Funck, of Muscatine, Iowa,
now in Europe pursuing the study of music,
recently performed a solo upon her violin, a
romance from Beethoven, in the presence of
the Empress of Germany, at Cologne, and
received the compliments of that lady, as
also of the musical director.
The woman suffragists of Oregon had
quite ''set back" recently in the state leg
islature. A bill was introduced reciting that
the question of sex was not to interfere with
the qualification of voters. IL had been al
lowed TO 60 to third reading, when it was
lost upon a call of yeas and nays by 40 TO
49, The minority was made up indiserimi-
nately of republicans ana independents,
with only one democrat.
Rev. Z. II. Fairchild, formerly OF Oberlin
College, now president of Berea College,
Kentucky, lectured at Louisville the other
said that in an experience OF over forty
wears in mixed schools he has not known a
single instance of amalgamation. In the
Berea College the students eat, drink, recite
and go to chugch together; neither whites
nor blacks are degraded by the contract, and
perfect harmony prevails.
The Troy Times relates this: A young
lady in neighboring village accepted ar
invitation from young gentleman TO ride
and when the gentleman came with his
horse and buggy. the lady found it impossi
bic TO get in, so closely had she adhered IC
| the prevailing fashion of drawing her dress
tightly about her. She asked to be OK
| eused, and going into the house, let out two
or three reefs in her dress, when she was
enabled to get into the buggy.
The heirs of Mrs. Kruger, of New York
! who some time ago willed the American
Bible Society the bulk of number of be
| quests, amounting 10 S225, 600, are now con
! Ssting her will, on the ground that she wa
>Sne when she made it. Mrs. Kruger wa