The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-09-29
FROM ALL THE WORLD.
Items of Interest About People
and Things Carefully
Corralled.

Persia has six newspapers, all in the
native language except one In Syriac
1t is estimated that there are less
than 10000 paupers in the japanese
empire, with lis population of 237,-
100000.
Spirit Like, Iowa, is situated upon
the pinnacle of one of the most ele-
waited regions in the state-l, 800 feel
above sea level
A Texas widow sued an editor fol
$4,000 She gained the suit and
then the editor married her in order to
keep the cash in the family.
In the reign of Eiiz,beth mem
Der of the house of commons made q
speech which was entirely composed
of the most homely proverbs.
The largest desert is the Sahara.
1t covers an area of 5000 miles from
east to west, 1000 from north TO south.
altogether 3, 200, ,000, square miles.
More than 10000 young trees, it is
officially reported, have been planted
in Switzerland in the last seven years III
the effort to "reforest" that country.
Mr.. A. Coffin has buried the hopes of
the Iowa prohibitlonists by declining
the nomination for governor on the
ground that the issues are too grave for
him to confront.
Mayor Stewart, of Philadelphia, has
formally Withdrawn from the race for
governor of Pennsylvania, and has
declared his preference for Gen. d. ii.
Hastings, of Bellefonte.
Mark Twain has written for The
Century novel with the title, "Pud
| d'n'head Wilson," which is story of a
Mississippi steamboat town, and for St.
Nicholas serial entitled "Tom Saw
yer Abroad"
At depth of 2,200 feet in Nevada
mine lake of boiling water bas been
found which is stocked with living fish.
They are of blood red color while
swimming about, but when taken out
resemble gold fish.
l. Lord Houghton, tire Lord Lleuten-
ant of Ireland, has Celtic blood IN his
veins, Zone OF his ancestors was the
fourth Viscount Galway,) while his
children are descended, through their
mother, from Richard Brinsley Sherl-
idan.
G. C. Kennedy, Of Lancaster, Penn,
has a curiosity in the shape of a sign
beard painted by Benjamin West,
Americas first great. painter, in l77l.:
1t is still in good state OF preservation,
after swinging in front Of a tavern all
these years.
Vincent and John Halle. separated
in 1874, one going west, one south.
They fought in the war on opposite
sides and each supposed the other
dead The other Aday they met by
accident in Kentucky. They have
been living for years within a few miles
Ivof each other.
Miss Kittie Wilkins is claimed by
the state of Idaho as ve,1table "hoise
queen" She has ranch with about
5000 horses and 1000 head of cattle
thereon, and, while she buys and sells
all the stock, her brothers are only
| entrusted with the care of the animals.
Every American president has had
three to thirly-two towns named for him.
There are thirty cities and towns named
| after Alexander Hamilton. thirty Chm,
tons, twenty-four Websters, twenty
Bentons, thirteen Calhouns, seven
Ciays, nineteen Quircys, twenty-one
! Douglases, twenty Blaines.
Mrs. Stanford is giving close atten-
ton to the interests of the university
at Palo Alto, founded by her distin-
guished husband. 1t is estimated that
within year the three ranches belong
ing to the endowment can be made to
yield an income of $500,000. The
University is now costing less than
$4,000 year.
The horrifying discovery has been
made at Topeka that Gov. Lewelling,
who was elected on platform of anti
railroads, .anti-capitalists, anti-every-
thing. has not only been travelling on
pass himself, but that he has secured
free transportation for his wife and the
whole Leweiling family.
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