The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-01-09
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Church, Boston, ..
Bismarck has already two secretaries
helping him to prepare his ''Reminis-
doctor of Schweninger.
Austin Dobson. the poet, now 80
wears of age, intended TO be an engi.
neer. He relinquished the lever foa
the pen after few days,
Philip Bright, youngest son of the
late John Bright, has left the ranks OF
the Liberal-Unionists and allied him.
self with the Home-Rulers.
Three years ago David Roys bought
for $64, 600. He refused an offer of
$44S. 900 cash for it recently.
A German has invented an apparatus
for forcing sidewise the swell in front
of fast-going ships by means Of
steam jets from a nozzle under the wat.
er at the bow.
A Cincinnati woman, enraged at her
husband. determined to ruin him
financially. She '.shopped" all day
and piled up bills to his account to the
of amount of s., 600.
Each member of Congress gets about
five thousand envelopes full of seeds
every year, and the bill Uncle Sam paye
for them amounts to about one hundred
thousand dollars.
The first missionary donation record
ed in protestant annals came from
Sir Walter Raleigh, who sent his f1OC
to a company formed for the conver
sion of the Indians.
According to A. d. Bartlett. of the
London Geological Society, the dog
owes his origin to wolves and jackals.
and acquired his bark under the in
fuence Of domestication.
A woman's medical college will be
established at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity if 500. 900 is raised for the purpose
before June 1, 1891. A Boston lady
has offered the first large subscription.
A rattler was killed in Cucamongs
canyon, says the Pomona Times, that
measured seven feet two inches long by
eleven inches around the waist. II
sported twenty-one rattles with but
ton.
At the Krupp works at Essen theirs
are l, 1875 furnaces of various construc-
tions, 2S6 boilers, 80 steam hammers Of
from 200 to 1OO,0 pounds. $40 steam
engines with total of $1,000 horse
power.
Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, owner of Alb
botsford, has a revenue of about $2,.
600 per year from the fees paid by
tourists who wish to see Sir Walter
Scott's books, curiosities, and personal
relics.
A curiosity revealed at Holly Hill.
near Daytona, Fla, was the Matching
out of a couple of chicks by cat from
eggs left in the nest by hen that had
got tired of waiting for them to do as
had the other eggs.
A bill to abolish suits for breach of
promise of marriage has actually been
introduced in parliment. Such actions
at law have become so frequent that
Sir. Roper Lethbridge has drafted
bill to put stop to them.
According to official returns. in
which the capital is not included, no
fewer than 10000 fires took place last
year in Russia. About 1875, coo houses
were burned down and the estimated
damage was 50, 600. 600 rubles.
DR.. Schliemann is working with .
will at his task of laying bare all that
ages have left of old Troy, He has 25O
men at work and he has laid down q
small railway, so he is making rapid
progress to the attainment of his OBJ
ject.
Ferdinand j. Dreer of Philadelphia
has presented to the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania a collection Of 5000
autograph letters and reliquary curios.
The collection embraces letters OF Rev
olutionary interest and the signatures
of distinguished men and women OF
the last 100 years.
Emperor William has some respect
for America. For the occasion of the
entry of the American rifemen into
Berlin he gave orders that the Stars
and Stripes should be saluted with
1Ol guns when the palace was reached
and that company of the Imperial
Guards should form an escort of honor
to the flag.
George S. Pepper of Philadelphia,
who died recently, divided a bulk sum
of 81, O67 900 among public institutions,
which are to further receive a portion
of the residuary estate. Among these
bequests are 100000 to the University
of Pennsylvania for the endowment Of
a professorship; $50. 900 to the Pennsyl.
vania Academy of Fine Arts; and $780,.
600 for the establishment of free Ii
brary. Almost every charitable insti.
ution and hospital in the city is named
in the will for gift ranging in amount
from 5000 to $50. 900.
Henry M. Stanley is said to be
thoroughly hardened, hopelessly indif-
ferent, and out of humor with every.
body and everything. Absolutely
nothing interests him except the heart
of Africa. He does not complain of
ill health. but the elasticity of his nature
departed. He never laughs, and when
he smiles it is apparently with a pain
full effort. His thorough mastery OF
everything that relates to Africa makes
him interesting when he cares to talk
of his hobby, But it is like pulling
teeth to try to interest him in anything
else.
Herbert Gladstone, who is coming
over here this year on visit is man
rather below the medium height, with
ttin hair a dome. liEo O forahoad ond ~,