Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-07-08
a VENEs DAME.

A WoMNN OF lSS YEARS To BIZ EX-
nIBIrED Br HER DAUGHTER AS a CrRI-
oSIrY.-The Los Angels (Ca!) Express
says: An event OF extraordinary inter
est occurred here to-day. n wagon
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 attrac-
tion. An immense crowd gathered
around the vehicle 10 witness, perhaps,
the oldest living woman in the world
Euhsla Perez G,llcn, who according 10
the records of her family, has reached
the great age of l3S years and some
months, was the rare object OF this Gu
riosiiy. She sat there wrapped up in a
rrboSa, aud conyerSed freely with all
who spoke TO her. The old lady seem.
ed TO greatly enjoy the attraction she
provoked, and eyiuced al animation OF
iuveuility contrasting curiously with her
age. Her features are hardly diserni-
bic beneath the heavy wrinkles of the
face. Her ewes, which have not lost
their vision, peer out from beneath two
red circles of lids. Her mouth is sunk
en-, and although her speech is mumb-
ling, vet il comes out Iolcrab'y clear.
The old lady was greatly amused
with the interest she excited, and spoke
pleasantly TO all who addressed her. La
the same wagon, sitting beside hci, VAS
another old woman, WHO is one of her
daughters, aEd on the drivers box were
/ two great grandchildren The old lady
had been brought 10 the cily on an ap-
picaton made 10y Mrs De White, one
OF her daughters, for letters Of guardian
ship. 1t seems the old lady is living
with Mariana Antonio lligucra, one OF
her daughters, who has formed the
idea of taking her mother 10 the Cen.
tcnuial. under the idea that there II
money in il. MIS- De White objected
to this, and in order To restrain her sis
ter from taking the old lady out of the
country filed IN application Tor letters
of guardianship.
The case came before Judge O Mel
vcuy, in the Supervisors room, ,his
morning. and Mr. +. j. RAMIREZ ap.
pcarcd for the applicant. and Mr.. ). nj.
White for the contestant. Mrs. DE
White testified that she had been told
by her sister that she would take the old
lady To San Francisco and thence TO
Philadelphia if she could make the nee
essay arrangements NJ. De White,
the husband of this witness, testified
that the old lady was in her dOtage and
not a competent person To decide as To
matter Of this kind he said he had
means and wished 10 provide for The
wants OF his mother in-law, and believed
that she would not live il taken away
from the county Mariana sail she had
10 means beyond her house nj the Mis-
sion, but that she conl,! provide for her
mother by her work; that she had lived
with her for twenty years. aud that her
mother was willing 10 go anywhere she
had a rlind 10 take her.
When the testimony was all in, Judge
! OMclycny said that he perfectly agreed
with the daughter who opposed the re.
moval of the mother from the county,
and he should forbid il i; but lac would
leave the old lady at liberty to live with
either OF her children as she elected, in
TIE meantime requiring Mariana 10 fur.
nsI bond in $500 that she would not
take her mother out OF the county.