Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-04-28
Princely Public Benefactio M.


kindred phenomenon upon the earth.
Princely Public Benefactions.
Some Of the Instances Of Generosity to the
Fublic by the Living and the Dead With
IN short Time. ...
The following generous benefaciens are re-
corded in the newspapers, within the last few
months, mostly by religious men and women,
who set the noblest of examples to their fell
lows, and have made their influence felt
throughout the length and breadth of the land:
Mrs. Valeria g. Stone, the New England
ghllanthropist, has given away 81, SOC, 900.
Of s for sss es S9 % sS So So
Her husband was Daniel p. Stone, Boston
merchant Twenty-nine educational institu-
tions including the Carlton College, at North
field, Minnesota, and several hospitals are ben
Gifted by her liberal distribution.
The late John M Pinkerton, of Boston, left
6y his will 500, 900 to the Academy in Derry,
N. H., founded by his grandfather
Mr.. H. Made, Of Cleveland, Ohio, has Just
given 100000 to the Protestant orphan
asylum Of that city.
Mrs. Mary N. Bliss of Columbia, Ohio, has
given $4,000 to Kenyon College, for the
building Of q new hall, to be called ssHubbard
Hall, as memorial to her deceased brother,
George HUBBARD
Mrs. L J. Ely of New York has given Girls
void College, in Davenport, Iowa, $4,000 for
residence for Professor Barris Of the divinity
school Her husband gave 500, 900 ten years
ago to endew the Ely chair occupied by Pro-
fessor Barris, and afterward gave the late
Bishop Lee $15, 900 for the cathedral, which
the bishop built at an expense OF nearly $780,
OOO
The will of the late John B. Brown of Port
L.
in Maine, gives to tile Maine General Hospital
$1,000: to the Portland Female Orphan Asy-
lum So, 600; to the Association for the Relief of
INDECENT Women $4,000; to the Portland
Widows Wood Society So, 900; to the Portland
Institute and Public Library ST. 900: to the
land Benevolent Society $500, and to the Port
land Dispensary $500.
The will Of the late VIM. H. Pallis of Boston,
gives $40, 900 to the Drew Theological Semi
nary, 500, 900 to the Wesleyan University ct
Middletown, Conn, and on the death Of his wid-
ow much larger sum to these institutions.
The will of the late Louis Strauss, of San
Francisco, bequeaths $5, 1000 to the Jewish
Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home So
cety, of San Francisco, and So, 900 each to the
Protestant Orphan Asylum and the Roman Cath
olic Orphan Asylum, of San Francisco, and tho
Deaf and Blind Asylum Of California
Moses Hopkins, brother Of the late Mark
Hopkins, has subscribed, $50, 900 for the en-
dowment Of the Golden Gate Academy, at Oak
land, Cal
Miss Barbara Scott, of Montreal, bequeathed
$50, 1000 to found a chair Of civil engineerin 6
in the McGill College; $4,000 for classical
scholarship to be called the "Barbara Scott
Scholarship" !" and 5 2, 900 to the building fund
of St. Gabriel Church, of Montreal
The late John G. Brooks, of Portland, Me-,
bequeathed $5, 500 to various tract and mis-
sionary societies, and the residue of his estate,
after certain private bequests are paid, to tho
American Board.
The will Of the widow of DR.. Thomas r.
Boutelle, late of Boston, bequeaths the bulk of
her property, estimated at about $13, 900, to
the American Unitarian Association.
Judge Charles E. Forbes, who died at North
ampton, Mass, has left by will $4,000 10
establish public library in that city:
Mr.: Roswell P: Flower and wife, Of Water
town, have made gift Of S., 900 to the Jeffer-
son county Orphan Asylum, in that city.
The will of the late Eliza Toomey, of Boston,
contains bequest of $500 to the Carney hos
pitaL
The late John M Pinkerton, left by his viii
5000, 900 to the Academy in Derry, N. H.,
founded in 1915 by the father and uncle of the
deceased.
Mr.. H. B. Hurlbut, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
offered to give $4,000 endowment to the
Cleveland Medical College and the medical de-
partment of the Wooster University if the two
are consolidated into one school in Cleveland
The proposition has been accepted by the two
institutions.
The late Eliza J. Wallingford, of Pittsburg,
Penn, bequeathed S., 600 each to the Board
of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian church
aud dozen other societies connected with that
denomination
Tho Lotto NofboniaI woefon .of Sa1a,, Mass
bequeathed $5, 600 to the Salem Marine soci-
ETY. and an equal sum to the Old Mems Home
of that city.
Mr. George J. Seney, wealthy New York
Methodist, has presented Emory College, Geor
gia, with $35, 900 in cash, and has also be-
slowed $24O, 900 for the establishment and
erection Of hospital to be Methodist Gener-
al Hospital, but open to Jew and Gentle,
Protestant and Roman Catholic, heather and
infidel, on the same terms.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott of Pennsylvania
has endowed the Chair of Mathematics in the
University Of Pennsylvania with gift of $780,
600. He has also given $4,000 to the JEFF
ferson Medical College, $4,000 so the Or
thopedic Hospital and 500, 900 to the Chill
in Philadelphia, and $50, 900 to the Washing
ton and Lee University at Lexington, Va.
Mr. Joseph Wharton, of Philadelphia gives
to the University Of Pennsylvania at least
$3.50, 600 to be devoted to the establishment
Of department for instruction in question, of
finance and economy in their relation to govern
ment and business affairs.
The above are only few of the recent gifts
for public purposes. The list might be indefin-
earning, and saving, is sometimes followed BY
generous and judicious spending
THE SPRING FLOODS.