The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-14
Items for the Ladies.


clasped her far hand in rapture of bliss
And thought, Oh, how blessed our fates
Till looked on the gloves that encircled her
wrist nrm
And found that, alas they were " Fights"
"The Ballot Box" is the name of new
woman suffrage paper just started at Toledo.
1t has been ascertained that majority among
the Scotch and irish members Of Parliament
are in favor Of woman's franchise bill.
The st. Petersburg Gazette says that young
Russian princess recently graduated with honor
in the chemical course at the University Of
Leipsic, having assumed male attire while pur-
suing her studies.
Miss Lucretia Crocker has resigned her posi-
ton on the Boston school board, and was at
once elected one OF the supervisors. We con-
graduate the friends OF education upon this
excellent choice. 1t is the more gratifying be-
cause it was accomplished in face of the bitter
opposition OF William T. Adams and other
persistent opponents Of the equal rights of
women.-woman's Journal
According to late advices from st. Petersburg
there are this winter III lady students at the
Academy OF Medicine and Surgery in that city
OF these remarkably large portion Q02) are
OF noble BIRTH Seventeen are daughters Of
merchants, twelve of clergymen: Classified as
to religion, 131 are Orthodox Russian 90 Jew
ish, II Roman Catholic, four Protestant and
one American. Twenty-tbree are married
ladies'.
Some years ago Rhode Island appointed
board of women as visitors to the penal and
correctional institutions. Three Of them have
just resigned their places for the reason that
they have been allowed no control over the
management of these institutions and their
complaints and suggestions have been disre-
garded. They do not covet the empty privilege
OF visiting the institutions and making annual
reports which have no effect.
In 1867 $4,000 English women petitioned
Parliament for suffrage; in 1868, $4,000; in
1870, 10000 in 1872 $50 900; in 1875, AS
600. No wonder the British Parliamentiis dis
posed to concede the right. A similar growth
Of opinion is shown in the votes of the House
Of Commons. In 1867 rs members voted for
woman suffrage IN 1870, 1874 In 1878, 172; in
1875 the majority sgainst it was only 80.
The impartial suffragists OF Massachusetts,
have at last succeeded in prevailing upon the
Senate OF hat Safe 10 submit the question OF
the right Of women to self-governnlent to the
decision Of the men of that State. As the
women outnumber the men of Massachusetts
we have presented the somewhat ridiculous
scene, under a so-calied Democratic govern
ment, OF q minority of the citizens Of State
deciding what shall be the rights and privileges
Of the majority. -Grand Rapids Post.
The Circuit Court of Iowa. last week, denied
the right of women to hold the school offices
to which they have been for several years
elected in considerable numbers, because there
was no law authorizing 1T, the decision being
on a case made out by q man who. was awfully
beaten by woman in an election for county
superintendent, last fall. But his triumph was
short-lved, for the Legislature promptly passed
law providing that mo person shall be deemed
ineligible by reason of sex TO any school Office
in the State OF Iowa."-Woman's Journal.