The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-15
ABOUT WOMEN.

The health Of Miss Anna Dickinson is nearly
restored.
Mrs. Hem proposes to writo book on
yachting.
Nine pupils In public school in Allegan,
Mich, are married women.
Emma Thursby has gone to Bohemia for a
season of repose. She will get there
Miss Alice Longfellow, eldest daughter OF
the poet, has gone TO Paris.
Mile. Aimee rolls her own cigarettes, which
she is said to smoke ncessantly
well-known lady is about to build
hospital for those injured at polo
Miss Fanny Davenport is going to reside in
New York during the coming winter
Queen Victoras increasing weakness is said
to alarm everybody but the Prince of Wales
Miss Nellie Welch, II years of age, has full
charge of the telegraph office at Point Arena,
Cal.
Four of the prettiest girls of Caledonia,
Mich, were caught stealing watermelons by
moonlight.
The estate left by the late Miss Henrietta
Lcnox, of New York, is estimated at some
sl0,000,000.
"The queen of Naples" says The London
TRUTH ran horse in the Baden Baden
steeplechase.n
Mile Rhea has weakness for little Hav-
ana cigars that are made up especially for
lady smokers.
1t is now reported that Nine. Nilsson's mar
riage win take place few days before her
departure for America
Friends of Mary n Murfree, better known
as Charles Egbert Craddock, deny the report
that she is to be married.
Miss Rose Coghlan smokes cigarette when
ever she feels like it, and is said to be one of
the few ladies who do it gracefully.
Miss Marie Nevins, who married Mr.. James
G.. Blaine, Jr., was to have made her first ap-
pearance with Modieska in October.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has declined
l in health and spirits since the death of her
husband, and her friends are alarmed
A recent report says that Nine. Gerster will
never be able to sing in opera again. Her
long illness has seriously impaired her voice,
The wife of Prince Bismarck although
rough and somewhat brusque in her man
ner, is popular for her charity and common
sense
Mrs. Sellers, living near Fort Meade, ID. T.,
has given birth to seven children during the
twins.
At conference at the Colonial exhibition
the Baroness Burdett-C -Coutts remarked that
"if a young man wants to be economical he
must marry"
Garats daughter, whose death was recently
announced, bequeathed to her native town
the first piano ever made by Erard, bearing
the date l190
Nine. Nevada-Palmer who is reported to
have lost many thousand dollars in her Amer
lean tour last season, will not return to the
stage for some time.
Mrs. James Brown Potter produced such
an impression upon the poet Browning, during
her recent visit to London, that he is writing
poem especially for her.
The father of Miss Jennie Chamberlain, of
Cleveland, denies the report that she is Ell
gagged to be married to Prince Albert Victor,
son of the Prince of Wales
1t is said that the introduction of natural
gas as fuel in Pittsburg has enabled the ladies
of that city to wear delicate silks that were
out of the question when soft coal was used.
A woman Mile. Beaury- -Saurel, won the
first prize at the recent exhibition at Ver
sailles, and her talent is so marked that she Is
already proclaimed the successor of Rosa Bon
heur.
Miss Lord, one of the British women re-
formers Of the best type, who is now visiting
this country, is related on her mothers side
to Richardson, the famous English novelist,
author of "Clarissa Harlowe."
Col Henry Mapleson, just from Vichy,
writes to a London paper: "Madame Marie
Roze did the cure, and has derived the great
est benefit therefrom, although at present she
is suffering from a raging toothache."
The old-style eyeglasses, which are hinged
and shut up like razor in a long case, are
becoming fashionable among ladies of the
haut ton. They are supposed to give the
wearer a very aristocratic air. Princesses
and other titled women use them on the other
side.
Gussic Seine. of Arkansas City, Mo-, thought
that NJ. V. Jones had insulted her. So she got
rawhide whip and a friend, and while the
latter "held up Mr.. Jones with a revolver,
| Gussie thrashed him with the former. She
afterward paid $40 and costs for her amuse-
ment.
When Minister Cox visited the tomb of
| Hannibal recently his wife, usual, was
| ready with her sympathy. "Cheer up" she
said as she saw her husband overcome with
emotion. "You will meet him soon in a
brighter and better world" Sunset assured
| her there was no hurry.