The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

Chief Justice Green, sitting "a District
Judge at Guthrie. Oklahoma. has rendered
a decision that women are eligible TO public
office Miss Cora V. Dichl was elected Reg
lister of Deeds. but the former Register re-
fused to surrender the Office. on the ground
that woman could not hold such an office.
The Judge held that Miss Dichl entitled
to the office and further. that i woman
may. i'll the absence Of statute hold any
office not Incompatible with her sex.
-t;overn,r Pennoyer, of Oregon, when
asked whcth he wouid gpto the state line
to receive Pr sident Harris III. is reported
II have said: Mr.. Harrison represents in
his official capacity the official power and
dignity of the Federal Government: |, as
Governtr of Oregon, represent the Stat of
Oregon in the same way. We are equal.
have no business to go to pay homag, to
him. On the contrary. when he visits Ore
gnn he should rather pay his respects to me
as its official executive
Erie. Pa, has an agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in
the person of Dir. George W. Ball. Three
young men, under the leadership of fairy
Anderson. drove a horse at furious rate
through the city. DIR, Ball followed and,
failing to get the horse beaters to stop. he
drew his revolver and shot Anderson.
While the wound i not ncce ,SariIy fatal it
is a serious one. Publ. opinion >,lst aims
DIR. Ball
AT Huntington. Ind. word WAS received
of the marriage of W. T. Cut~hal. of that
city, to Mrs. :. r.. Packard. of Cha rlotte,
| y. {. Cutshall is travelling for the Hall
Safe and Lock Company, of Cincinnati. He
has a wife and family at Huntington. The
news reached the Southern wife, and he was
| arrested at Knoxville. Tenn, and taken
| lack to Char,o'te.
On the opening Of the National League
! season. the games resulted: Chicago :.
| Pittsburg (ten inuings): Brooklyn II, Phil
| adelphia 5; Cleveland 6, Cincinnati 3; Eos-
| ton 1, New York ).
| There was sensational horse whippn 2
in st. Louis. man named ]. $. Stout had
| sent an exceedingly revolving letter to two
| actresses. Miss George Lingari and Miss
| Lille Allyn. The women felt themselves
| grossly insultcd and told their story to the
proprietor of the theater. who in turn spoke
| to Mr.. FAINT, city editor OF the Globr Demo-
! Crd'. aboutit. The latter induced Miss Lin
| gard to answer StoutS note. making an
! appointment at II o'clock. At the time
| mentioned he escorted the two woman to tho
| rendezvous one of the buSiet corners Of the
| city. At sight of Stout Miss Lingard drew a
i cowhide from beneath her cloak and com =
menced to lash the fellow abou. the face
| and head, drawing blood with each blow.
An immense crowd collected AMI FAINT. who
| Is Il kodak fiend, pressed the button and
took several in Simultaneous views of the sit t.
! uation. Stout broke away and ran. followed
| by Miss Lingard still plying the whip.
| The warship Blanco Encalada. which
| was of the vessels taken possession of
| by the rebels at the breaking out OF the in
| surrection. was sunk in Ca!dera Bay by a
tori edo fired by the new gunboat Almiranfe
! Lynch. The destru ton of the ironclad
was attended by great loss OF life. 20o per-
| sons. comprising half Of her crew. being
, killed by the explosion Of the torpedo The
congress party are now in possession OF
! Caldera and Carri2al.