The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-02-23
OUR RICHEST WOMEN
Wealthy Ladies Whose Fortunes Amount
to Millions

900, 600.
Mrs. E. D. Standiford, of Louis
vile, worth So, ZOO, 900, is reputed
the richest woman in Kentucky. She
was left widow recently at the age
OF p, her husband dying before the
expiration of the honeymoon. leaving
her the entire estate.
Mrs Leonard Church, of Hartford
is one OF the richest women in Con-
necticut. She is worth 81, 900, 900,
and, beside being faithful church.
goer, she is conspicuous at the races
at Carter Oak Park, in an antiquated
carriage not worth over fifty dollars
except as a curiosity.
Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, Philadel-
phia, has S., 900, 900 in her own right
and is one of the richest women in
the city She was Miss Riddle, of
Pittsburg.
Mrs. Jayne, widow of the patent
medicine man, has a large income.
Mrs. Hetty Green, the eccentric
old lady sometimes referred to as the
witch of Wall street." has real
estate, stock, bonds and diamonds
reputed to be worth $40, 900, 900.
Mrs. Green dresses with uncommon
plainness, has an aversion to society,
and weighs $50 pounds. She has
diamonds valued at $4,000, but
rarely wears any of them, and regards
them simply as so much valuable
property. Buy till l tell you to
stop,' is the pertinent order Mrs.
Green usually gives to her broker
when she is after any particular rail-
road stock. In this way she has
often doomed certain stock, and
when the profit suited her she would
give the order to half dozen other
brokers: 'Sell till tell you to stop"
Mrs. Sarah w. Coates, Kansas
City, is a widow with a fortune of
$40, 900, 900, large portion of which
was realized from a real estate invest
ment of $4,000.
Mrs. Josephine M. Aver has S.
900, oco, made in patent medicine.
Mrs. Joseph Harrison, widow of
the man who built the first railroad
in Russia. is worth 81, 900, 900.
Mrs. Jane Brown, widow of the
banker, has fortune safely invested
worth 81, 900, 900.
The richest Indian woman in the
world is Mrs. Captain Tom OF Sitka,
Alaska, who has money and pro-
perty worth s., 900, 900. She is past
40 and has in her time supported 2
husbands at the same time. When
she Joined the Presbyterian mission
she consented to give up one of her
husbands, much to that gentleman's
disgust. She is shrewd trader, but
is not regarded as handsome.
The two Misses Armour, of Chi
cago, are SAID to be worth in their
own right and respectively S. ooo,-
900 each.
Another cattle queen of vast wealth
is Sonora Manuela de Moncado, OF
Mexico. She owns immense tracts
of land and has one ranch stocked
with 400, 900 head of sheep. She is
nearly 60 and owns fine residence
in Fifth Avenue, New York, where
she spends part of her time. She
also owns a handsome residence in
the fashionable quarter OF the City of
| Mexico.
The widow of the late Charles
Crocker, of San Francisco, is rated
at ST. 3, 900, 900.
Mrs. H. V. Alexander, of New
York, wife of lawyer and daughter
of Charles Crocker, is worth S., ooo,-
900 in her own right.
Mrs. Moses Taylor is said to be
the richest woman in the country, il
not in the world. The latest estimate
on her wealth is S4I, 900, 900. She
lives in New York, Long Branch and
other places, as the mood strikes her.
One of the richest unmarried
women in the United States is Miss
Julia Rhinelander, of New York who
has inherited the fortunes OF halt
dozen kinstolk, until lshe is now worth
SIS, 900, 900. Miss Rhinelander is
strict Episcopalian and spends large
part of her immense income n charity.
She is an orphan and is believed to
have refused several offers of mlrri-
age.
Miss Huntington, daughter of the
railroad magnate, is less of church
woman, and has $40, 900, 600 Like
Miss Rhinelander she is not anxious
to marry.
Miss Mary Garrett, of BaItimc re,
is worth $50, 900, 900.
Miss Nellie Could belongings are
worth SI5, 1000, 900.
The Misses Drexel are rated about
the same figures.
Mrs. Lawrence has S, 600, 900 and
is still a widow.
Nine. de Barrios is widow with r
children and 81, 900, 900 She was .
South American beauty, and at tour
teen the dictator wanted to marry
her, which her father refused. For
this interference the parent was clap
ped into prison. He was released
later, and the marriage took place
Nine. de Barrios had two pairs c;
twins and three childen at singl
births and was suddenly left widow
at twenty three.
Paris eats vast quantity of snail Z.