Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-09
THE STANFORD BENEFACTiON.
Expressions of the Interior Press Upon
the Subject

| the Subject.
| The muniicent gift OF Senator Leland
Stanford to the cause of education in Cali
fornia, is the subject Of much eulogistic
praise from all the papers of the PacificSlope.
and many at the East. 1t is the greatest
| trcc-will Offering to q noble cause vet re-
corded in the history of the world. and Ger.
talnly deserves the spontaneous commen-
dahoh IL is receiving upon all hands.
Trinity Journal.
| The papers of California are full nj
praise OF Senator Stanford for his Gift OF
five millions of property for the foundation
and support of great university free to all.
II is certainly prncely gift, and we may
| well be thankful to the generous giver.
/ Other men in the United States POSSESS
great wealth, but we have still to hear of
| one who has proved SO generous in its dis
position as Stanford has.-[Ukiah City
Press.
Senator Stanford and his wife will prob
ably spend the most of their great fortune
IN carrying out their University plans. 1t
IS fortunate for California that wealth has
been bestowed upon such couple, whose
acts OF charity are OF daily occurrence. 1t
is well known that Mrs. Stanford has do
mated thousands upon thousands of dollars
for charitable purposes in this State, par
tlcularly in San Francisco. and the Senator
has recently given $1,000 to the Grant mon
umental fund, and $1,000 to a Zion church
in North Carolina.
One of the most magnificent and sub
stantlal tributes to the educational necessi-
ties OF the age the world ever witnessed has
been consunmated in our beautiful Young
state OF California, barely two score years
old. Leland Stanford comes to the front as
the fnrppOs in oI, e
| its highest elements. So much nobility of
mind Is apparent in this great deed of love
to his fellow man, that we stand in deep
| respect before the will that With a single
expression determinesit.-[Dra News.
Sacramento.
Greed Raymond and S. Osborn arrived
here on the $3.50 train last evening from
San Francisco, the former bringing with
MN the trust deed, recently made by Sena-
tor Stanford, for founding and endowiug
the Leland Stanford Junior University,
The deed is being recorded at the office of
the County Clerk. The real estate named
IN the deed lies in three counties-Santa
Clara, Butte and Tehama-and the deed
has TO be recorded in every one of the
three. The deed is one of the most map
nlhcent and skillful pieces Of pen work
that has probably ever been seen. 1t is
encased in small rosewood, satin-lined
box, and covers 19S sheets of parchment.
On the first pagei large monogram of the
title OF the University, worked in colors.
The title page contains the words, " Grant
Founding and Endowing the Leland Stan
ford Junior University" The deed com
mences with 1--WE, Leland Stanford and Jane
Lathrop Stanford, husband and wife" etc.
The whole deed is written in large letters
OF German text, of various shades, and at
the beginning of each paragraph is a large
ornamental letter, deliberately shaded and
gilded. The deed is dated November II
1888, and covers thirty-one pages. Follow
ing then comes description of the land
under the title of Schedule a." in plain
chirography. This description covers
| fifty-seyen pages, and at the bottom is
signed by the twenty four trustees. the
names of Mathew z. Deadly, of Oregon
| and Justice Stephen J. Field being signed
by their attorneys in fact. Then follows
the acknowledgment and certificate of
| record. 1t bears date of being filed in Te-
| hama county December l, 1885. at fifteen
| minutes past P. NJ. The land included i'm
the deed which lies in Tahama county con-
sists of 81, 500 acres, and is known as the
Stanford Vina farm."-[Red Bluff Peo-
Piles Cause.