Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-05
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

Miss Lolita Crabtree, The actress in an
equity suit against r. I. RiudalI, of Fall
River, Mass, has recovered 81 900, money
advarced to the defendant in consideration
of his promise TO marry her, which promise
he failed 10 keep.
Boston vari ty sectors made an audience
angry at Quincy, Mass, by their Perform
aucs IN the town hail on Tuesday evening
last, and were pelted with eggs, rotten toms-
to- =, etc, on he tage, and were followed by
a crowd of 200 rioters with demonstrations
to the depot.
Women who use srsenic for their COM
p'exion will fni food for re Election in the
statement recently made by high French
authorities that The drug when administered
10 animals in small dos.s directly effects the
vital organs and produces the characteristics
of fatty deg neratiou.
Mrs Margaret J. Preston, the wsll.known
Southern writer, is a woman OF rather less
than average siz', with light hair and
iresb, rudy complexion thst makes her
look much younger Than her years. Too
close application TO literary work has nearly
destroyed her eyesisht. She lives in cozy,
comfortable home in the outskirts Of Lex
ingtoD, Va.
Il ia ported from Cha:tsnooga, Tenn,
thai Mis- Nettie Abbott, of the Ada Gray
Clmbinaiiop, eloped from that city on NJ. n.
York drummer. Sac left all her baggage
behind. The man had been shadowing the
company for some lime. H absence was
not noticed until the play was called, and
one of the company had to hastily assume
ker role as secord lady in Eost Lynne.
Miss Kate Thompson, of Hope, Ind,
eloped with Mr.. Andrew Vanhorn. They
proceeded 10 Columbus, procured license
and were duly married. After the ceremony
L. NJ LIS -. IL. Il
proceeded 20 get drunk, and in a short time
he became noisy and abusive that be was
taken in charge by the police and locked up.
The new made bride returned TO her parents,
declaring that she "never wanted 10 see the
dirty drunkard's face again"
MR.. Gen. Pickett, widow of the late Gen.
George E. Pickett, of Confederate States
army fame, is lying desperately i'll at the
Exchange Hotel, in Richmond, and is re-
ported dying More than year ago some
of the old classmates of her husband, who
had been with him in The regular army,
used their influence and got her clerkship
| in Washington, which she held until few
months since, when che was turned out by
Mshone's influence.
If death remains FIVE years msre a stran-
ger to 8 certain home in Sandgate, VT, that
rare anniversary, diamond wedding, will
| be celebrated. Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Hurd,
the oldest married couple in Bennington
county, and probably in all Vermont, last
week made merry with their friends over the
com oletion of their seventeen year of we'd
ded bliss. Their sgss are now respectively
ninefy-one and eighty-seven years, but they
| both are we'll, strong and active. They still
live in the house in which they began house
keeping, and display with pride two goblets,
two saucers aud two spoons which were
among their original wedding presents.
| Miss Emma Stebbins, the artist, and life
long friend and biographer of Charlotte
| Cushman, died last week. She was native
of New York, and in early life distinguished
herself amateur in drawing and paint
ing. Going TO Italy some years ago. she
| settled in Rome, where she worked and
studied assiduousiy as a sculptor. Her
| earliest Important work was ststuette of
"Jos=ph," followed by columbus" ''Satan
Descending to Tempt Mankind etc. She
executed for the Central Park, New York, a
| large fountain the subj ect OF which rs 81 he
| Angel of the Waters" She had been long
suffering from ill health, contracted during
her residence in Rome.
/ A novel feature in campaigning is about
to be introduced by the Democratic man
ayers in Massachusetts. The feature con-
sists in beautiful young lady named Miss
| Annie Jenness taking the stump in behalf
of the candidacy Of Gen. Butler. Miss
| JeDrese belongs 10 Tue IenOHneu ldmliy Oh
that name in New ii hampshire, and is uesr
relative Ct Ex-Mayor Jenness, of Haverhill
| She Is tweniy-three years old, was educated
/ in Boston, is brunette, with lusirous black
eyes, and proved sufficiently attractive il
the eyes of the Ohiosns to help swell the
| opposition OF Gov. Foster into ar over.
whelming majority against him. She will
address herself to the fair sex, with the view
of impressing on them the importance Of
having their brothers, husbands and fathers
support snd help elect Gen. Butler. Mis-:
Jenness, it is thought, will make lasting
impression in the rural ''deestrikts," az she
has already done among many of the old
| and rt spected Democratic "warrhorses." A
| young lady on the stump, asking for votes tc
make Ben Butler governor, must certainly be
! q novelty.