The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28
Personal AND IMPERSONAL.

I, Senator Sharon. II is said. pays one
per cent. OF all the taxes collected in San
francisco.
Sam 30. the son of awealthy China
mar of San Francisco, has diSowned the
boy who, as student of the Chicago
university. has become a Christain.-
Chicago News.
A remarkable instance occurs i'm
the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Weeks of
Portland. Me. Her birth. marriage and
death Occu red alike on the 21st day Of
the month.-Boston Post.
-(Ieneral Washington and General
Sherman. by a curious historical cOinci-
dence. issued their farewell orders to
the army On the same day a century
apart-NOvembcr 1, 17S3-lSS.
Mitchell Putnam. one hundred and
three years of age, travelled alone from
Texas TO South Carolina to see his
former home. He was a soldier in the
war of 1872 and in the Texan struggle.
Warren County. Georgia. boasts of
a resident who participated in seventeen
battles for tie lost cause, was wounded
several times. Las been struck BY light
ming three times. lay inscnsible from
one shock three days, is now not more
than forty years of age; and is as
healthy as n man. and weighs over
two hundred pounds. Chicago Times.
"A Washington correspondent writes
that in one of the departments ut Wash
ington a needy female descendant of
George Washington's relatives was APP
pointed not long ago. In the War De-
partment is q gr:ndniece of KosciuskO.
In the Interior Department is employed
a Srea:-granddaughter of Thomas JEFF
ferson. Her little salary supports her
aged and invalid mother, who is the
last surviving grandchild of Jefferson
". \. San.
Rev. DR.. =. l.. Magoon. of Phila-
delphia. who has already distinguished
himself by his gifts of works of art to
various institutions. recently celebrated
his s~evcnty-third birthday by giving to
the Women's School of Design in Phila-
deiphia twenty-five choice copies of old
masters. especially imported by him
self. They comprise copies Of works
by Giotto. Fra Angelica. Michael An
gelo. Leonardo da Vinci, Raffael. Cor
reggie. Titan and Andrea del SartO.-
Raitadciphia Press.
Samuel Budd Riley, believed to be
the last descendant left i'm New Jersey
of the ancient Delaware Indians. who
once occupied the State, died at Hamil-
ton Square. a small village near Tren-
ton. recently. He was Scvcnty-onc
years of age, and was nearly a pure
blooded Indian. He was born and
raised near CrookstOwn. Many years
= most of the descendants Of the
Delawares removed t q a reservation in
New York, and the race is now prac-
,ically cxtinct.-NfTark Register.
REV. DIR. j. w. Scott, of Washing
ton. ID. c., recently visited his daugh-
ter. Mrs. General Harrison. Mt Indian
apolis, anal stopped for a few days in
Ohio. For forty years DIR. Scott was
prominently identified with educational
Institutions in the West, and no living
has & more loving constituency
than he has, scattered broadcast over
the land. lie was q Professor in Miami
University. one of the Founders of
Farmers College, and the organizer of
two successful female sem;n.rie>, and
in every place was loved and honored.
He is now in his eighty-fourth year, a.
fall of life and energy rs many men of
fifty. and takes a full interest in all
questions to make the world wiser and
and happier Chicago Tribune.