Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-10-22
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Queen Victoria is in her 50th year.
and has nine children and thirteen
grand children
The heir of the Persian crown. son
OF Shah, died Of cholera at Teheran,
Sept. l.
Rev. Merrill Allen, of Pembroke,
Mass, is the oldest graduate Of Bro va
University. lie belongs to the class
of 179o.
Anson BurlIngaiae's Chinese name
ls Poo-an- Chen, Chin. ehi-choong-
tachen, the pronunciation OF which an
English paper sneeringly compares
to prolonged sneeze.
Rev Henry Mi man Dean of St. Pauls,
died Sept. %, aged Il.
john Crabb, who fought in Spain
with Sir John Moore and was at his
side when he tell at Corunna. is enjoy.
ing the 93d year of his lite at Ludlow,
Maine
Captain Joel F. Tyler, of Oswego,
is supposed to be the Oldest lake Cap
tain living. He began his sailor life IN
1910, and in 1922 sailed as master of
vessel
Joseph Llvtchak, a Russia editor,
claims to have solved the problem of
navigating the air. The motive force
is steam, and the rate of speed eighty
miles an hour
Henry Clay-Dean. The dash is the
"step from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous.n
Mrs. AnneStout, daughter of Fran
Declaration of Independence, has just
s..ed at Bordentown, New Jersey, at
an advanced age.
!. James Herrick, Of Lodi, Ill. aged g,
was married last week, at Dover, o.,
to Miss Mary Chatheld, the same age.
The parents made no objection.
Gen A. J. Slemmer, noted for his
defense OF Fort Pickens in the carly
part OF the war, dieslo the 1th, at Ft.
Laramie, Dekotah Territory, which
post he commanded.
Mrs. Thomas Cross, of Maine, has
just had her seventeenth little Cross
to bear. and has borne it. Such is the
effect OF resignation when the husband
is Cross.
Charles Grandmarye, Frenchman,
oorn in 1884, without legs or arms, is
Professor of Mathematics in the C1i-
versity OF Orleans, and one of the fine.
est Mathmaticians in all France
The resignation by DR.. Hill of his
Office OF President OF Harvard College
has been offered and accepted He
was ialu5lfate in M,rcn, iSj5.-
Among those named as likely to sue
eeed him are J. Lothrop Motley and
Prot. Peabody.
There is an old man nared Robert
Smith, living in Cincinnati, who was
born III 1853, and is now los years OF
age. He was born slave near Rich
mond, an3 was IL years cid when the
Revolution was inaugurated. After
the war he was taken by his master 70
Lexington, Ky. He was too old for
tha drat IN 1872 His vie died at
Lexington, FIVE years ago, aged 80
years.
Mr.. Goldwin Smith, one Of the ri
pest scholars Of England, has definite.
Iy accepted the chair OF Constitution.
al History at the Cornell University,
in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N. Y.
1t is reported that conspiracy to
dethrone Abdah Assiz reigning Sui
tan of Turkey, has been discovered in
Constantinople 4 number ct roliti-
cal arrests have been made them. No
further particulars have been receiv.
ed.
Mrs, Mary Small, Of Ludlow, Maine,
now 81 years old, has had II children,
all OF whom are now living. She has
also ninety two grandchildren, ll9
great grand children, aud eight great
great grand children.
In Ohio there are l72 WOODEN mills.
il Michg gan, 20; in Indiana, l26; in
Illinois, 81; in Wisconsin, &c; in Iowa
5S; in Minnesota IL. Total 557.
The Jewish faith in this country Is
represented by nine periodicals. The
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