Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-25
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

A woman in Lsurenceville, Quebec, aged
seventy years, recently gave birth to a child,
who bids fair to live TO comfort its parents
in their declining years."
The Rev. DR.. Allen, of the Church OF the
Messiah Unitarian, Of Louisville, officiated
a; the funeral OF the late Mrs. Walker Ken
needy, on Sunday last. Mrs. Kennedy died in
Memphis.
People to whom thunder and lightning
cause excessive fright can avoid danger by
going out OF doors and moving about. A
| tive-minute walk in the rain will cure the
! fright also.
Bella Hubbard, a wealthy resident of De-
| troit, has presented that city with life-size
statues OF Marquette, LaSalle, Cadillac and
Father Richard, TO be placed in outer inches
of the City Hall.
South Carolina Congressman Mackey's
| wife is the granddaughter OF an African
woman, and traces OF her ancestry are
shown in her flattish nose, wayy hair and
yellow skin. She is graduate of Oberlin.
Gust taste that tea" said old Hyson to his
| bstter-half al the supper table, the other
evening. "Well, there doesn't seem to he
anything the matter with il. / cant taste
| anything" "NeIther can and that's what
Im growing at"
Mrs. Priscilla Goodwin, granddaughter
of Ex-President Tyler, Is giving very cue
CSs5Iui JeaOlQE5 IN Inc southern folaIc1. one
is the granddaughter on her mothers side Of
the actor Cooper, who was the rival and
compeer Of Macready.
Miss Fletcher, who has spent some time in
Washington and awakened much interest in
her studies among the Indian tribes, will go
with the Indian girls and young men who
have finished their couTse a. Carlisle, Pa,
and are to be returned to their res pectiye
tribes.
The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania has
lust decided that a promise mace by a wife
to her husband on his death-bed to ABIDE by
the provisions of his will is not binding, and
that she can, his widow, elect to take I'M
der the law, which gives her one-third OF his
estate.
At private dinner party at Pinsrd's this
week, the Strawberries were served inside OF
large artificial strawberry made Of ice
cream, and tinted to resemble the real fruit.
The surprise was clever, and the combna-
ton of fruit and cream delicious.-New
York 2ial and ExPress.
The Louisville Courier-Jolgnal, with re-
freshing candor, declares that go her boast
Of the isiIest women. the fastest hcTses and
the finest whisky, Kentucky ought to add
that she has more and longer school com
mencemenis and less education than any
| other State in the whole Union"
Nothing more pathetic has recently been
written than the description Of the remains
Of belong ami mis- party az they we're found
buried in the snow. Ols such sacrifice il
enough for generation, and II there are any
more daring spirits that insist on Drawing
death in the ice fields the government ought
! to take no responsibility for their fate.
John kenger and Louise Brsutigan were
married in Newark last week and little Ed
ward Magory, the hopeful Of the next door
neighbor fired his little cannon as the bridal
party flied out Of the house and filed seve-
| raj of the guests with surprise and bird shot.
/ The lad explained that he don't know the
| artillery was shotied, but three OF the guests
| are positive il was Msgorys father paid
! for recovering the Lost lead.
Miss Loui-s de Ia Rame declares that her
Gown name Is fully well known from To-
! bolsk to Tangier As that Of Cberbuli.z or
Alphonse Daudet" Her Gown name" how
| ever, i doubtless not nearly 50 widely known
as her noa, de plume "Ouida0 This, by the
way, Il sid 10 be not formed from the ex-
| preston, "Oui c0, ss rHmor has often mad D.,
! but 10 be merely her Own pronunciation, in
babyhood, of her proper Christian name.
The giit-edged eslhetes who own cottages
| at Newport love darkutss better than light,
Tor they have forbidden the eleciri light
company TO erect poles and string their
| wires 10 front OF their premise as contracted
| Tor with the corporation. Poles erected
during the day are Gus down al night in def
| snce IL protest from the company and the
| special plea Of the polic-, who seem afraid
10 use tueir clubs over aristocrstic heads.
"DO you play lawn tennis this season,
| Miss--?' inquired be, lat evening. NO,
/ never learned the game. J. il interestingT'
"Hes, very. You zee there are four courta
Cd each side" That j. eight courts ssn't
if2 Way, IL ! mad known there was so much
counting IA the game, / sbould have been sr
expert by this time.n Goa. / assure VOC
but you are an expert" There Is no uss il
pursuing this scheme fu.ther.-NeD HdDeE
Registsr.
Mrs. Henry Ristine created a sensation il
2 Philadelphis court the other dsy. B-causs
she was accused OF criminal intimacy with
man not her husband, and Ristine al egec
that she was not a fl person TO have charg,
OF their child, little girl, the latter wa
turned over % the care OF heT grand u oihs
by the judge. The distracted m Their desc
the court and succeeded in getting ava
with her child, being assisted BY The crow,
OF sympathetic spectators.
Mrs. Louis, colored, wife OF The Rev. r. !
/ LOui-, Of IberVille, Louisiana, lectured /
: Chicago on Mondsy evening last, o. tn
, Negro; Has Past, Present and Future III
) Chicago Times says: Mrs. Louis Is a yer
Intelligent cOlOred lady who Il lecturiDj
through the North for the benefit of tn= col
: ored people vino have lost their al By tn
| floods IN the South. she sand, among othe
things, that II the negro was TO be judged b
2 hi. courage, purpose and endurance, The rae
would rank second only 10 the Saxon