The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-22
PERSONAL AND iMpkasomAl.


The name Of Wayne Is the title o.
part OF the title Of more blaces In Che
United States than any othcf
AT harvest least the decorations
were sheaves Of grain tied with rcd
ribbons placed shout the room, pump
kins cut jack o'iantern. all kinds Of
vegetables placed on the walls and
palms and roses for ornaments
BARRIERS report that hair-dying il
going out ct style. Many ..tonsorial
parlors'' do not keep the dyes Gray
threads in young mans head, especi.
! Oily II his occupation can be construed
to be intellectual, arc considered dis
t.ngue.
--Philadelphia is becoming noted for
Its large number Of physicians and the
number is rapidly increasing. Within
district OF five or six squares on Chest
nut and Walnut and the cross streets
there have been counted more than 200
DOCTORS
1t is said that in many shops in
Portugal at the present time the sign
american Spoken Here" has replaced
the traditional English Spoken, !"
which is put out as a bait to foreigners
This is because of tho intense hostility
to the British Nation.
Peter V.ckers is the weaithfest
negro in Coffee County. Georgia. lie
owns between 1000 and 5000 acres OF
land. and Is No. / farmer. His cotton is
magnificent, perhaps tho best in the
g.. t. In
proportion. He will mako 50, 900 worth
OF produce this year
--Some of the names changed by law
show desire OF foreign ros dents to
become in name at least like American
citizens Kogoshek has recently be.
come Shcls; Grodj nski, Gordon; Nylund,
Erickson; Maxheimer, Maxwell A
man by tho name OF Wietrzihowbianski
petitioned the court to change 1t into
White because he said that he had al
ways to spell his name. by-no means
enviable task.
In New Jersey there is q keen RI
valry among coroners- Says citizen
Of that State: .Dashing down the
street in our town the other day came
two carriages, going pell.mel1, regard.
less of all obstacles, each driver doing
his best to distance his rival. An ex-
cited stranger grasped mo by the arm to
ask, Where's the fire?' l Gained his
anxiety by explaining that 1t was only
two coroners racing for a body
1T may not be generally known that
the Mt Vernon estate, Washington
old home, was purchased by the women
of the United States, who made volun-
tary con tributions for the purpose. A
vice-regent is chosen from each State,
forming an association for the MANAGE
ment of the property. The income de-
rived from admission fees OF visitors
Keeps the place in fine condition. Sir
Julian Pauncelote, acting for the Prince
OF Wales, latoly planted an English oak
tree before Washingten,s tomb in place
of that planted by this Prince thirty
years ago, which has long since died.
--~--T he recent-death.- efLerd Rosslyn
has recalled legend which is thus re-
ferred to by the Liverpool Mercury:
"Among the sages of the Scottish mo-
btlity Is the well-known legend that
Rosslyn Chapel is supernaturally
lighted up whenever death is impending
over the house OF St Clair. The chapel
is so disposed that is windows catch all
the reflections OF the gorgeous Scottish
sunsets, and this arrangement no doubt
has given rise to the legend. which in q
more superstitious age was an accepted
belief A correspondent writing to q
church contemporary, mentions that he
was in the chapel only week before The
death of the late Earl Rosslyn, when II
was most brilliantly lighted up, an Incl.
dent VIII CHI might almost be regarded as
a prophetic sign The chapel custodian
said that in all his experience he had
never seen such sight"