Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1883 — Women of Affairs. [ARTICLE]

Women of Affairs.

Miss Helen A Stewart, Ohio—Patent on a jespirator. Mrs. Drake, Huron, Dakota—Successful farmer; 800 acres; big crop Mrs. E. A. Burke, New Orleans—Superintendent of Lafayette Square. Miss Ella T. Greene, St Louis—Suocessfhl commercial traveler; salary, $1,500. Mrs. Louis Welch, ‘Eash Concord, N. EL Patchwork quilt with 2,2C0 pieces in it Annie B. Wilson and Isabella M. Leyburn, Louisville—Editors and proprietors new •magazine.

The wire-fence war win engage an extra session of the Texas Legislature. Some of the pastures are fenced without a break for fortv miles or more, and the only choice left to travelers is either to drive two days’ journey out of their way or cut the fences Timothy Shields, of Howard county, Md., stands six feet eight inches in his stockings, and weighs 2*. 0 pounds. He has four children? three of whom are sons, averaging six feet two inches in height, and weighing 213, 230, and 240 pounds, respectively. Damala, Sara Bernhardt's husband, has left the army and returned to the stage.