WOMEN LAWYERS.

Miss Belle Ashton, of Sanford, is the second woman to be admitted to the practice of law in Maine. She completed her examination in the Supreme Court at Alfred, June 2, and was admitted as a member of the York County bar. She received a high rating, both in the oral and written tests. She is employed as a stenographer in the law office of Fred J. Allen in Sanford, and has improved her spare moments by reading law.

The Washington College of Law held its Annual Commencement, June 5. Hon. Chancery C. Cole, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, conferred the degrees. Miss Emma Gillett spoke briefly, and five young women graduated as Bachelors of Law. One was from Maryland, one from Virginia, one from the District of Columbia, and two from Ohio.

Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell, who, some years ago, came within a few votes of election as attorney general of Montana, and who afterwards married her Republican opponent, and was then appointed assistant attorney-general, is connected with large mining interests. It is reported that she has just completed a sale of a Jefferson County mine for Minnesota parties for $100,000, and has another deal pending which involves $250,000. She is an active member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and her knowledge in this connection places her in a very valuable position among promoters. She consider it an enjoyable recreations to don a heavy rubber coat and boots, and to be lowered in a bucket down into a mine to inspect it. In a recent interview, which was published in the New Orleans Daily Picayane and other papers, Mrs. Haskell reiterated her steadfast belief in the justice of woman suffrage, and said there is quite a strong suffrage sentiment in Montana.

F.M.A.