The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-10
A VENERABLE DAME.
A Woman Of One Humid red and Thir-
ty.Eight ears 10 be Exhipstoo ~
her Daughter as Curiosity.

| A Woman Of One Humid red ana Tnir'
ty.Etxht y ears 10 be Exhibitod BY
her Daughter a. . Curiosity.
From the Los Angeles Express.
An event of extraordinary interest oc-
Cured here to-day. A wsg n came in
from the Mission and stopped in front OF
the Court House, and in few minutes
an old lady seated in the bed became the
object of general attraction. An immense
crowd gathered around the vehicle to
witness, perhaps, the Oldest living woman
in the world. Eulalia Perez CULLEN,
who, according to the records of her fam
ily, has reached the great age OF l3o years
and some months, was the rare object OF
this curiosity. She sat there wrapped up
in a rebosa, and converted freely with all
who spoke to her. The old lady seemed
to greatly enjoy the attraction she pro-
voked, and evinced an animation OF ju-
venility contrasting curiously with her
great age. Her features are hardly dis
cernible beneath the heavy wrinkles OF
her face. Her eyes, which have not lost
their vision, peer out from beneath two
red circles of lids. Her mouth Is sunken,
and although her speech is mumbling,
yet it comes out tolerably clear.
The old lady was greatly amused with
the interest she excited, and spoke pleas
antly to all who addressed her. In the
same wagon, sitting beside her, was an
other old woman, who is one OF her
daughters, and on the drivers box were
two great great grandchildren. The old
lacy had been brought to the city on al
application made by Mrs DE White, one
of her daughters, for letters of guardian
ship. 1t seems the old lady is living with
Mariana Antonio Higuera, one of her
daughters, who has formed the idea OF
taking her mother to the Centennial, I'M
der the idea that there is money in it.
Mrs. De White objects to this, and in or
der to restrain her sister from taking the
old lady out of the county filed an appli-
cation for letters of guardianship
The case came before Judge o Melveny
in the Supervisors room, this morning.
and Mr.. F. P. Ramirez appeared for the
applicant and Mr.. S. NJ. White for the
contestant. Mrs, De White testified that
she had been told by her sister that she
WOulQ Ldke Tue ON Iduy w JON 'ohNi'So
and thence to Philadelphia If she could
make the necessary arrangements. Mr..
White, the husband Of this witness, testl-
fed that the old lady was IN her dotage
and not a competent person to decide as
to a matter Of this kind; he said he bad
means and wi.hed to provide for the
wants OF his mother in-law, and believed
that she would not live If taken away
from the county; Mariana said she bad
no means beyond her house at the Mis-
sion, but that she could provide for her
mother By her work; that she had lived
with her for twenty years, and that her
mother was willing to go anywhere she
had mind to take her.
When the testimony was all in Judge
V Melveny said that he perfectly agreed
with the daughter who opposed the re.
movsl of the mother from the county,
an he should forbid it. But he would
leave the old lady NJ liberty to live with
either of her children rs she elected, in
the meantime requiring Mariana to isrn-
in bond of $500 that she would not
take her mother out of the county.