Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-18
The Death Of the Richest; Man Man, In Eng.

i-E,!E A0ASNe -
Richard Grosvenor,:i Marquis of West
in the hast century, orc SIR Richard Gros-
venor married Miss Molly Davies the
daughter of gentleman Of much landed
property in the county Of Middlesex, and
in Q few years, in ceuB4vepce Of the 4ide
of fashion setting. westward, found that
this same small landed estate was, proba-
bly,, for its size, destined to be almost the
most valuable in England. It now forms
Grosvenor Square and the adjacent streets.
Eighty years ago, about the time when
George III. was making improve
mentst .at Buckingham House., now .
palace, which had been purchased - Queen
-chaslotte's dover house, the svampy land
between Hyde Park corner and the Thames,
was offered for e15,OOO. He declined it.
and it was subsequently, purchased BY the
Grosvenors. Many years after it came in
to their possession. q very enterprising
builder, Mr.. Cubitt, persuaded the great
banking house Of Smith, Payne & Smith to
advance money to him for drainage and
building purposes, and thus arose '.Belgn-
via, J" which, when the leases fall in, viii
probably yield the present MARQUIS Of
! Even this princely income, it is said, will
| be largely exceeded by that Of the real e.
tate owned by William b: Astur, Of New
York, when the long leases on which much
of his property was rent a years ago, fall
10, Indeed, there are ut least three men in
this city. Mess1s. Ast6f, Vanderbilt and
Stewart, whose fortunes are Scarcely OF.
ceeded in amount to the greatest in the Old
World.
q Lord Westminster was aHeurioaS eeombi-
nation of generosity and nneannese, ind
hundred stories are current Illustrative. Of
both these characteristics. He leavesgev-
eral children. The eldest, known q Lord
Grosvenor, now MarquiA i4 .FemaFtebly
popular man in this county sChesif6s sThb
second, Lord Richard Grosvenof.
travelled extensively year or
two ago in this ,couqtry,i and it
was Of him the Western farmer in
quired when Lord Richard told him he
lived on an allowance from his father, but
suppose the old fellow should burst upmy
which had not occurred 10 the Voung man.
It is computed that tho 1itiew Marquis will
have an income Of hot less than e5O0, 600
year. This somewhat exceeds that 81 our
own Crpsus, Mr.. Stexaft :, -.
westminster's house, Eaton Hell, near
Chester, is the the great show place of that
part of England, and architecture being
the one expensive hobby of the late noble-
mani untold sums were spent upon, the de-
coration of this mansion. :, One apartment
is said to have ESQ, 900 expended upon it.,
:. Lord Westminster took no, very active
part, in politics. His health had long been
in . precarious state. ,8ssr';tt :: :ls,s,-,
= - ~ Religions Items. ,,oEeS@-es
Illinois Methodists have petitioned the
Constitutional Committee to insert . clanse
prohibiting grants ;. to denominAtie 2 nal
schools 49,, s'Es,,a ! i!s'' go 1'''
In ono place in Bohemia. 90 many have
apostatized from the Romish faith as to
form large Protestant congregation.
1t is said that ten or twelve bishops will
recommend modification of the baptism
service to the next Episcopal General Cpn-
veation. ss -
A statistical observer, on a late Sum-
dav morning in London, found but one
hundred and sixty-two worshippersin four
teen churches, whose pastors received a.
toger e7,0H salary.
The clsrpymen of Bucyrus, Ohio, >six
in number, have published 3 strong protest
against :" dancing: a. aas time oranyvheEe
There is story ia Sestchwoman who
was engaged - blsechine linen. when a
stranger asked aher If 5he attended the
kirk On her ansWesshg that she did, he
inquired why she went. She replied that
the preaching did hsrgoods Tho stranger
tested her nen6kys Ut inqnfftesi 6feSod
to text aud sermon; but she remembered
nothing. SHOW then can it do you any
good if you do not AremenbeHsis9ss H.
claimed the stranger. when I put water
on this linen, she answered, II find that
it all dries away; but 1 see that tho linen
grows: whittier and whittier. .I'foFgot the ser
mon, but it makes me better"
The Rev. William Walton; D. D., died
in New York on Tuesday Of last week. aeed
fifty-nine years. He was professor Of He
brew in the General Theological 8nainaly
in New York city, and the eldest son Of the
late Admiral Walton, II. B. NJ. N. DR..
Walton was, thirty years ago, a resident OF
Syracuse for short time, as assistant min.
lister of st. Paurs Church. He removed to
the city of New York, and a, few years al
forward became the editor of the Church
man. For several years past he has held
the professorship Of Hebrew In the highest
school of theological learning In this
country. e. .0:..I .;ts--!lg. Oil
"A most horrible. crime has inst been
discovered, and an attempt to poison i
whole family has been sfrustrxted:. A box
was sent to the family containing oranges
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