The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
PERSONAL AND lMpERsoNAL.


The finest collection Of postage
stamps in the country Is said to be owned
by George Gould.
"A lady Of Philadelphia has tea i'm.
ported specially for her table from
China that costs four dollars pound.
Samuel s. Cox was member of the
Thirteen Club of New York The num-
Der Of his house was IL, the original list
or his pal bearers contained rs uzmes,
and he was buried September Is
Samuel Moss, of Essex. Mass, has
been hungry all the time for thirteen
years He drinks three quarts Of water
per day and eats hearty meals every
hour. His age is sixty-one ysars and
his weight one hundred and thirty-fve
pounds. His case is. q puzzle to the
physicians.
Mrs. Johnston, who, as Miss Har-
riet Lane, was mistress of the White
House during the term Of her uncle,
President Buchanan, is now white
haired and still handsome woman. She
began her official life as the hostess of
her un.,le,s house when he was Secre-
tary of State, and then presided over
his establishment in London while he
was our Minister at the court Of st.
James.
Mrs. Content Sweet Bufinton is
the name Of lady ninety-eight years
old, who lives at Dorchester, Mass.
When Miss Sweet was girl her school
mates reversed her surname and called
her Sweet Content" because Of her
hopeful, sunny disposition, and that
name has chung to her all her life. The
old lady sings duets with her daughter,
and is noted for her girlish vivacity and
cheerfu.ness.
I'm an obscure lit6le town in Mexico
lives a nneal descendant Of Montezuma
H., the legal heir to the Aztec throne.
Senior Monteznma, as he is called, in
dulges in no idle dreams of the restora-
ton Of the ancient empire, and quietly
accepts the meager pension allowed him
by the Government In contradistinc-
ton to this the heirs of Cortez receive
immense revenues from the estates Of the
Marquis del Vale {Cortez), and live in
grand style. There is also. living de-
scendant of the Indian Emperor Chimal-
popoca, who is civil engineer of much
ability.
-"Lucky" Baldwin, of California, has
been blacksmith, farmer, stable
keeper; he has kept hotel, a grocery
store and a theater. He was a -boatswain
ON st. Louis canal, became a travelling
tradesman, crossed the plains, and did a
rafting business in tobacco and rum
among the saints at Salt Lake City.
Finally he reached Sam Francisco. where
the first thing he did was to start tenn
perance hotel. Then he became brick
maker and made money Ophir stock
was running every body at the time.
Baldwin tried his luck at it and came
out a. winner of $1S, 900, 900. He is now
sixty years old, tall, dark, wiry, nervous
and energetic.
"A minister of the Gospel, a son Of a
prominent minister of Lexington, KY,
is attempting the extraordinaryAtas Of
committing the entire New Testament
to memory. He has been working on 1t
for years, and, as he has wonderfully
retentive brain, the work is in fair
way to early completion. As he argues,
the plan is an exceedingly good one, be-
cause he can refer to- his mind at any
time much more easily than to tho
pages Of any book ever printed. II, for
instance, he wishes to quote any pas.
sage, he can do so atwill and at the very
moment. an accomplishment which
should make him one Of the most fluent
preachers in the country.