The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-23
Personal (:OSSjn.

Mr.. Thomas Beaver, of Danville, Pa.
has given t. Dickcns,n college, through
it's president, s3O, 900 for the increas., Of
its permanent endowment. The fund
will bear the name Of his father in whose
memory it is given. -. H. r.. =. =. !.
Daniel Murphy, the largest land own
er in the world. has Just died at San
Jose, Cal. He went to California in 1884
and sn.ased in cattle raising, He owned
about NiO ,ONO, ,NOacres Of land il, Nevada,
5000, in Durango, Mexico, and large
tracts OF land in Arizona. California
long ago became too contracted for hin.
and he had to drive his herds to Ne
vada and elsewhere.
Major Gen. Richard mold, who died
on Wednesday ON Governors Isl and.
New YORK, was the son of Gov. Arnold
nt Rhode Island and Was born April ~,
1873. lie served in trc army Of the Po-
'"Hac under General Banks, and was
made major general tor distinguished
services.
A1tsr long contest the will Of Barbara
Scott, an eccentric and miserly woman
III Montreal, las been pronounced valid.
Shc;w.lc! large property to public OBJ
lecis: giving S 40 900 to McGill University
for Tue foundation of school of en-
S'hetr','g, and leaving the remainder TO
!'o*P'ta!s, churches. and public benefit
institutions
\:Sraniard, who formerly lived in
Ncokuk, Iowa, died in Spain last August:
l!c l:'d only one child, a girl of l2 years.
l!c Wished her to be raised protestant,
md .he named George Bland. a colored
h''ckSmith of keokuk, as her guardian.
InHcnan';'ru made contract with q
priest ill Spain tor carrying out his will,
"nN'' provides that the priest shall re.
'eiv. :GS,OUO in case its conditions are
.u'li.ied, otherwise notl Ing. George
l;afd is to have the same amount and
t::c sSn..rdanship If tie chill, who ge;s
:"NtOO and large amount OF diamonds
aliuStWelrv Il mar. is now on his way
10 s4n to look after the matter, SO the
st"rK-9oes.
Tee Rev. George 0. Barnes, the. =.
"nda"t"in evangelist" cf Kentucky, is
holding revival meetings in Connecticut.
He s'yS the chief purpose Of his north
"rn mission l. TO overthrow the gloomy
gospel Which prevails in the North, and
w'lch, he SAYS. is the devils gospel,
'nN:n!ea by the prince Of liars, and car.
rled out Ivy men WHO wear "black clO-
t'les, Il whit" neck-t t. carry Bible un-
der /: cir arn'. nd preach as thou :h
they ,w,r ;lwlo!e t;leolo .cal seminary"
Prn,ab'v ti,, greatest nuis ,nce on
"'rt' is fool with the best Of intentions,
One of them Il tended party at New
Inrk the other day, and while flirting
in 4 side room with lady knocked over
y !,e.vy lamp upon her head. She
f'n'ed, and in his sincere and Jealous
rN'ts 10 restore her he seized a beauti-
ia: !ntnyll Of feathers from 4 "biru Of
purad;S !" which cost $500. and burned
hem under her nose, having read some-
Where. that the Odor Ofburniny fe 'tllers
n,nn1t revive tainting persons.
had sbrought a glue factory or
u rendering establishment into the
hr.use and stAmpeded in disorder. The
young man has decided to spend the
NintJr in foreign land as foreign as
possible. =
What might be called terrest r,l con-
junction Of Mars and Venus Il in
New York harbor last week: :,cca-
sion ',e the marriage on the: L. =. ship
Minnesota of Miss Mary Irwin Aiexan-
ter, the sister-in-law OF Can't !. H. Gil
is, Of That vessel, to Frank E. Sawyer,
n"t-ter in the navy. The ceremony,
vhicll took place in the upper ca bin OF
the 81 iip under bower of sm;lax and
'ilac, is believed to be the first of the
Kind performed on an American man.
":war.
Theisale of the Nashobah estate. near
Me.nnhis, recalls the fact that it was
nnce the property of Fanny Wright, an
accomplished. elegant, and eccentric
woman, who there tried phiIanthropic
plan for educating the negroes. This
was in 1925 and the result was 4 failure.
\ sister named Sylvia, married a boor;sh,
ignorant. brutal, and handsome farm
hand in the place, who abused her and
finally drove her back to England. The
l'fbpSrtV remained in the Wright family
nn.ifa few days ago, though managed
Ivy al agent.