The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-10
FOR THE LADIES

LUCIA u engaged for the London 0pera
season.
Mrs. James T. Fields will 70 abroad
during the cunning season. aud Sarah
Orne Jewett will probably travel with
The Woman Suffrage Association ne
tlt1Ons Congress not to admit Dakota as
State while its women are disenfran-
chised.
Airs. Ala BOynton, mother Of DR.. s.
a. Boynion. and only sister Of the elder
Mrs. Garfield, died ut Hiram, O., April
Is, aged -.
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt has given a
mouse and grounds complete on the
south shore Of Long Island, to be used
of that city.
Miss Harriet Stanton, daughter Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, has re-
turned after two years absence in Eu-
rope, and Is engaged in literary work at
her home in Tenafiy, NJ.
Congress has ordered special pension
of eight dollars per month to the mother
OF Jennie Wade, OF Gettysburg, who was
killed while lnking bread for Union SOL
diers: The recipient is . widow and
Jennie would have been her yOle sup
port.
A bill for the relief Of female army
nurses has been introduced In Congress
by Mr.. Holman, Of Indiana, allowing
SIS u month for the time of actual SER
vice in the hospital aud field under the
direction Of the United States medical
authorities. AL such claims are to be
adjusted by the Court Of Claims.
The wife of Senator Malone has won
in Washington the distinction of wear
ing hantls,iner jewels than any other
woman i'm official society. Her dia-
mOn(ls used long ago to lie q matter Of
comment; and when she returned FROM
Europe lately he" husband presented
her with additions to her jewel case
valued at $4O,N)0.
In her novel, "A Ballroom Repent
ance," Mrs. Edwards has this neat lit
tie hit on type Of woman of which
several Of us have seen specimens: IF
the very temptation Of Eve CAME to q
woman Of Mrs. D0rmer's type, her per-
plexity would be one of taste. Would
it he correct to accept that apple from .
comparative stranger, or would 1t nOt:''
The Princess Maria Of Schoa, who
was lately married to the Crown Prince
Of Abyssinia, is claimed to be the d.
rect descendant Of the Queen Of Sheba,
the Schoa dynasty being the most an
cient royal house in existence. The
Princess wore during the marriage GER
whic is said to have once been the
property Of solomon.
The Scots have lately unveiled .
statue OF Burns 1T Dumfries, but in the
came city they permit his granddaugh-
ter, the only child Of the poets eldest
son, to struggle in poverty. A recent
visitor to Dunlfries church found Mrs.
Burns and her daughter busting the
news. The great-granddaug!lter, Jean
Armour Burns, il an interesting girl OF
about sixteen, and bears q striking re-
senlblance to the poet.
Queen Victoria's reluctance to portion
her children out Of her immense private
fortune is constantly ridicu'ed by such
radical London papers ~ the Echo. !hl.
journal, for instance, printed the othe'
day. under the significant heading 0
."fhe ROYAL Marriage" the text OF the
will in which the nliser J. G. NeiId left
nil his property to the Queen. The SUM
which her majesty received under this
will was s., ON, OO.
Lucy Hamilton Hooper writes from
p.ris that America could scarcely fall 81
being disappointed in Mrs. Langtry, foi
had not the Prince of Wales pronounced
her beautiful her SURPRISING charms
would never have been admitted. Her
broad, heavy jaw and large mouth
..m,ntcrlalance her beautiful hair and
lovely eyes. Lucy further says that the
lest Hrivate critics admit that she acte
like q brOOnlstick.