The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-24

calls him "the counsel for the defence; ;
at dinner time she calls him - brass
mounted pettifogger with cheek like
an army mule"
Mrs Jennie ID krnnon, of Lawrence
Mass, who beat . poor girl anmerci.
fully and confined her in the cellar ot
Ter house. has been sentenced to the
HOUSE of Correction for three years. and
an accessory named Nellie Annis has
received sentence of one year.
A lady in Lsweli, Msss.. created quite
sensation among her friends. and
CAUSED some vex.,ion to herself on
coming out Of church ON Sunday morn.
ing. by opening her umbrella and
showering herself aud those near her
with pesout shells. which mischievous
children had placed in il.
An Illinois woman went into tie
show business on small scale with u
boguspetriicd baby. which she whesled
around in peraa,bulator. telling .
story of its sickness. death and final
Transformation into stone. The figure
had been we'll made up a. toi's head
and arms. bat plain marks ef the chisel
were found elsswb here.
The mother If several children says:
II devoted myself to the charge of my
nursery; attended in person to tae
physical and medical needs of my
young children. The work was iabo-
rious. bnt IL has repaid ma. They are
healthy, brave, honest, and frank; they
are cursed with n0ne Of the small vices
contracted by intimate intercourse with
persons Of inferior intelligence. and
they are self sustaining at an early pc
riod. Neither pert nt,r precocious.
they Iipen early to judgment and com.
mon sense, and I believe that the care
ful tillage OF my. own title field has
prOducad harvest worth the labor.
Several benevolent parsons are rails.
ing funds for the estxblishment in
Washington. D G of q home for sick
women whose circumstances do not
enable them to secure suitable care.
Owing t. the character Of the populs-
tion of Washington. largely made up
of female clerks "f small means and dc.
pendent for suppnrt upon the favor of
those in power. an institution such 40 il
proposed will find useful field of work.
Mrs Hayes and Mrs Waite have each
agreed to furnish roam. The home
will 6e under the care OF Miss Rsbecca
8 Hsrt. who will be graduate, from the
Bellevue Training School for Nurses
in October. aud sue will be assisted BY
some of the female physicians of the
Capital.
But two women have ever been
made Royal Academicians in England
Maria Kaufman and Mary Moser.
The first had rather m eventful his.
tory. Shs act up an establishment by
painting portraits. aud married Swe.
dish Count. Won Horn. who proved af
lerwards to be that gentleman's foot.
man. . thief and o bigamist. She
went back to portrait painting. and was
to have part in the decoration of st.
Pauls At forty she married again
this time painter. Zucchi. She died
in 1867 and left 4 great deal of money.
The, other lady was merely flower
painter. and so short sighted that when
paiDtiDg her nose WAS within An inch
Of the canvas She married Capt
Lloyd. and was nominated by Fuseli
for Parl;amens in opposition to West.
Fuseii say ing, ''as we'll one cid woman
- another" The Royal Academy has
peremptorilly refused admission to any
mere Of the fair sex.