The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-20
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAl-

Coneressms.u w l. Scott, a. Erie.
Pa issworth probably tis. 600. 900, but
he Il one Of the least DESTINATIONS mon
in Congress-.
--Miss f. A. Southworth, assistant
lMycologist at Washington. i ssid 70
be the frst woman TO receive an ap'
pointment TO q scientific post ~ Wash=
ington. Her specially j. fungoid
grewshss
Hamilton Disston. the Philadel~
phia saw manufacturer. owns mors
land In Florida than any other six men
IN the State. and is consequently looked
upon as something OF nabob by the
residents Of that sunny clime.
John w. Haynes. Of FAyetto
County, O., Is q modern samson. a
few days ago, In the presence OF q large
crowd Of spectators. he shouldered and
carried twenty yards q hogshead q
bacon which weighed 675 pounds.
AN eccentric woman who died
near Winchester. Va short time ago
always wore heasy top boots. in wnicr
she carried pistols for her projections
She was noted as a fortune teiler and
WINS a we'll read woman, having awide
knowledge OF American history.
Congressman Robertson. OF Louis
lana, is said to be the greatest bear
hunter in the South. He Is also an ex-
pert deer-hunter, and has followed
more than one panther into the Jungle.
He keeps pack Of hounds and boar
dogs and his kennels are famous
through the South.
Empress Eugenie. drawn by a Paris
special correspondent on the spot; "A
fragile form, vailed and robed In black,
q pallid face and snow-white hair, and
the infirm gait Of rheumatic invalid
such is the image now presented BY
her who was the famous beauty and
the worlds queen OF fashion some
thirty-fpe years ago.
Thomas Thompson, who recently
died In Rockport, Mass, at the age Of
ninety-four, was the oldest inhabitant
of the town. He was sailor In the
United States navy during tho war Of
1912, and served tho Government for
twenty-five years. While a privateers-
man he was captured and served
term in Dartmoor prison.
-"I heard OF one Partisan lady, says
Mrs. Frank Leslie, who dismissey
every servant In her employ eyery six
months. Her theory is that the con-
slant renewal OF her household per-
sonnet tends to keep =her domesties In
good order She gets the cream, SO TO
speak, OF their services, and just about
the time they settle down into lazy
habits she gets rid Of them. .
Countess Tolstoi, it Is said, is the
daughter Of q Moscow physician, who
married theGount thirty years ago.
when very young. She has borne him
thirteen children, and upon her rests
the whole management OF the house
hold. To the Count the possession Of
a house superior to that of peasant
is sin, and in his eyes his family
lives in culpable luxury because they
have servants to clean their boots and
cook to prepare their food.
AN employee Of Jay Gould recently
remarked: George Gould and his
father love each other as much assany
father and SON ever saw. and the
same is the case with the other boys,
who consequently are always glad to-
go home TO their parents. Gould has
impaired to his sons skill enough to
take care Of themselves. One Of his
boys Is good telegraph operator,
another is good stenographer- The
old man can go all over this land and
dictate his dispatches to one boy, and
the other one can send them BY wire.