Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-27
PURELY Personal.

William Dcharity, Mayor OF Elwood
Ind, Is only % years old aud probably
the youngest Mayor in the country.
The wife Of Parkc Goodwin of New
York, who died recently, was the eldest
daughter OF the poet, William Cutler
Bryant. She leaves four chldren-twc
sons, Harold and Bryant, and tive
daughters.
James Pawn, the English novelist
writes; (which Of all the hcroincs o
fiction, il you had your choice, woulc
you prefer to take to dinner" For him
self he thinks that Becky Sharp would
be his choice.
Thurlow Weeds granddaughter, Mis-,
Catherine Weed Barnes, the best. t.knowI
woman amateur photographer in thi,
country, willwed Harry Snowdcn Ward
editor of the London Practical Photog
rapher, and live in that city,
No woman fears II mouse more than
Lord Roberts, whom Queen Victoria re.
Gently decorated, dislikes u cat. Iii,
nervous sensibiitics are such that he
can detect u cats presence when unable
to see IL, and he is i'll ut ease until the
animal is removed.
Mrs. Lewis Rico OF Frederick, Md,
has collected enough money TO place Il
more imposing monument upon tn,
grave of Francis Scott Key, author OF
"rhc Star. Spangled Banner" than the
flat marble slab which now marks il in
Mount Oliyct cemetery, Georgetown,
Miss Mary Mann Page Newton, daugh.
ter OF Rev. DIR. John Il. Newton of Rich
mond, Va, is being much complimcntcd
for paper upon Colonial Virginia and
Its Part in Molding American Civiliza-
ton, which by request she prepared t.
read before the Historical Congress OF
the Worlds Fair.
A Spanish Jenkins declares that the
Queen Regent OF Spain is SO fast u swim
mer that she often distances the rowhoat
which accompanies her when she goes
into the surf at san Sebastian. Ii this
is true, her Majesty is certainly re-
markable swimmer, or perhaps the men
in the boat are excessively bad oarsmen.
Attorney General Olncy, who was ut
first supposed to bo frozen up in u crust
OF Massachusetts, dignity six inches
thick, turns out TO he very genial gen.
tleman. lie attends all the baseball
games in Washington, and whoops and
yclls for the home team as vigorously as
the humblcst occupant OF the bleach.
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when President Dwight OF Yale con
ducts services in the college chapel he
usually prclaccs his prayer by saving
" Let us unite in PRAYER" At the close
OF the last term, however, he rose in his
hgnihed manner and observed. "Gcn.
tlemen, this is the last time We shall
meet for devotional exercises Let Us
therefore unite in prayer and thankSgiv.
ing" The Yale men are wondering il
he really mcaut It,
A successor TO Father Damien has
arisen In the person ot Pcrc Sauton, a
Renedictine monk, who has been com.
hy the French government tn
study up rs TO lrprosy, Tie will visit
leprous districts in Norway, lApaud,
Finland, Turkey, Greece and Egypt, ait.
crwarl returning To France to p'port the
results ol his Investigations To- VI, Pas
tear. Subsequently he is To set out for
Molokai In the Sandwich Islands, wherc
he will remain for u time,
The originator OF the Concord grape IL
still living IN Concopl, Mass Tie is
Ephuaim ". Bull, now 81 years old and
one OF the prominent men Of the his.
toric town. lie was friend OF Emerson
and Alcoit, aud has been greatly hon.
orcd 10y distinguished visitors to Coucorl
and 10y horiiculturists at home aud
abroad. In his garden In Concord he
still shows the old mother vine OF the
Concord grape, which he DEVELOPED i'm m
the seeds OF a native Wild grape planted
just tiity years ago.