Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-07-25
CONCERNING WOMEN.

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sas. Gov. St. John presided.
Phebe A. Hannaford has given the
Nantucket Athen@um q set Of bound
volumes of the Woman's Journal.
There are now one hundred local suf-
frage societies in Nebraska. That has
the right look, and evidently means bus
mess.
The Nebraska Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation is getting out rousing campaign
song book.
Mrs. Ada M. Bittenbender, president
of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Asso.
citation, publishes every week a column
giving the progress Of the movement in
that State.
Mrs. Mary Jones, who made cartridges
for Gen. Jackson's soldiers at the battle
of New Orleans, died at Baton Rouge the
other day.
Miss Matte ]. Evans, of Richmond
Ind, received over $3.50 for her work as
stenographic reporter in narrow gauge
railroad cases in the Sullivan County
Courts.
We are told upon unquestioned auth.
ority that the report recently circulated,
Of Mr.. Oscar Wilde's engagement to a
young lady in this country is entirely
without foundation.
Mrs. George Furnas, Of Brownville,
Nebraska, has this summer been testing
the possibility Of rearing silk-worms in
that State, and has met with remarkable
success. having raised and fed over ten
thousand.
Mrs. Margaret W. Campbell, of Mass
achusetts, is in Nebraska lecturing and
organizing, having been sent by the Am.
erican Woman Suffrage Association.
She is meeting with fattering success.
Mrs. Mary McGill is the proprietor Of
the Oswego, Kansas, Independent Sic
publishes daily and a weekly edition
and has been very SUGGEST III with the
paper during the several wears she has
been the proprietor.
Miss Violetta Swearenger, Of Ander-
son, Ind, has been invited by the coun-
ty commissioners to deliver an address on
tax-paying women of Madison County
at the laying Of the corner stone OF the
new Court House, August |.
The painting Of Mrs. r. b. Hayes
presented by the temperance people o.
the country, has been assigned perma'
nent place on the wall Of the green par
lor. 1t seems little out Of place JUS
now, but there's good time coming
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar, OF Lafayette
Ind, editor Of Oar Herald, has beer
having a lively controversy on woman
suffrage with the editor Of the 7ipto'
Times, in which the masculine editor
has got decidedly the worst of it. Mrs
Gouger demolishes him with the force o
wit and logic.
At the recent examination for admis
sion to the free college Of New iori, GU
of nine hundred girls, six hundred ant
sixty, or seventy. lone per cent passed TIT
examination whereas only forty-eight PEI
cent Of the boys were able to enter. On'
girl reached an average Of ninety-eight
Rev. Miss A. j. Chaplin, Of Eden
Mich, SAYS: The liquor power fean
the Woman's Temperance Union mor'
than it fears any other temperance organ
ization. They would fear it still more
had these Christian women the right Il
vote as we'll as to pray"
The Friends Sixteenth Annual Con.
ference Of Western Yearly Meetings or
Bible schools recently held at Thorntown
Ind, passed a resolution declaring il
favor Of prohibition and woman suffrage
and pledging all possible lawful means
to submit the same TO q vote Of tn,
people.
In the Union Telegraph Building, cor
ner Dey ST., and Broadway, New York
600 operators and clerks are employed
beinl, divided into relief gangs, so tina
the work never ce; ,ses. A large portion
Of this force is col opposed of young wo
ren. The best operators receive Sill
per month, and all work entirely by ear
Of nine hundred and eighty womeI
who are this year parsuing the highe
courses Of education in St. Petersburg
five hundred and twenty. one study ply
sizes and Matthew atics, and only four hun
dred and sevent :en literature six hun
dred and ten AZ of noble origin, and sew
enty-four proft IS orthodox faith.
A gentlems n who has lived in Wyo.
ming speaks particularly of the universe
respect. paid to women at the polls. HI