The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-26
personal

/ "Sa"S S"f9 9-hNp StuF5 VI hko uON
in his service.
George Durant, quaker, appear
to have bean tho frat white settler II
North Carolina. Duranps Neck per-
petrates the name OF tho first settler
Philadelphia secdmen are among
the most enterprlAIng In The world.
Mr.. w. Atee Burpee, OF w. Atlet
Burdee & CO., and Mr.. Herbert w
johnson, OF Johnson & Stokes, have
Just returned from the most snccess.
ful European tour in search OF novel
ties in the floral and vegetable world.
Senator Anthony, OF Rhode Island
remembered his faithful friend, Ma
Jor Ben PerIey Poore, by bequeath.
Ing to him the sum or s25o0 also
the Charles Sumner silver iankard,
wafer pitcher and silver cup.
James Gorden Bennett hes greater
number Of houses awaiting his occu.
patton than any other American. He
has one In Filth avenue and another
In Fort Washington, and then his
rooms at the Herald establishment
are snug place for bachelor. His
Newport vili4 Il always In readiness,
and he has also fine establishment
at Paris.
The wealthiest man In the world
is the Chinese banker, Han-Qua Of
Canton. He pays taxes upon an es-
tate Of si50, 900, 900 and Is estimated
TO be worth billion tsels, which, In
our money, would be about 81, ,40O,-
90 0,O00.
Late advIees from Paris state that
Nr. Morton, tho United States Min
lister at Paris, has, with the knowI-
edge OF Minister Ferry, IntImated to
the Government at Washington that
the time Is oBportune for American
meditation between France and Chi
ma.
The late Louisa A. B. Field Of Graf.
ton, Mass, bequeathed $1,000 TO the
town for the support OF poor women
away from the AImshouse $4,000 to
the Old Ladies' home In Worchester,
aSd The residue Of her estate, with
few exceptions, TO the Grafton town
library. This Is the first money ever
given TO the town of Grafton. except
$1,000 for the town library.
Mr. r.LswIs, thelpresent.. American Con.
sulhtsierA Leone, states that one day
while bathing, his privacy was sud-
denly invaded by chief and a ma
tive woman. The savage was suffer.
Ing from rheumatism, and having
been informed that the white consul,
trousers were a specific for the disease
had brought one OF his wives as an
equiyiiant for the article.
Simon Cameron OF Pennsylvania
Is more than midway past his eighty
fifth year, but his mental powers arr
unabaiod. lie has been greatly ben
IN form during the last year by th,
accident resulting In fall In his hous'
some monthsiago, so that the erec
form that has:been so well known Il
State and nation1 for half Ia centur.
will never be seen again.
NJ. Deligny, who has under him 40,
600 operatives In the copper mines Q
the province OF Huelva, in Spain, o
which he has been chief enginee
since IS4S, states that he has neve
been able to ascertain that any on
engaged In the mining industry I
which he has been so long connecte
has died of cholera. The health {
the mining population Is exceller
and deaths from zymolIa diseases AT
rare among them.
Miss Florence Kelley the daughte
of Congressman w. ID. Kelley, {
Pennsylvania, who has been studyin
10 Europe, Ia engaged 10 a Russian
A correspondent says of her: "Mi'
Kelly,as a child, was pet and favor
ite of Henry G. carey, and when Oh
was fourteen he remarked that b
would rather discuss economies wit
her than with any other specIali
on the same subjects he had ey'
known"