Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The new Senator from Nebraska weighs
rs pounds
SIR RICHARD OWEN. the naturalist, left
nm estate valued At about So, CO.. which l.
a little unusual for a scientist.
Inventor EDIsoN's children BY his first
wife are familiarlY called Dot auI
Dash, from the characters IN tue MORSE
alphabet.
ONE of the most prosperous inventors Of
be day Is George W sstinghouse, whose
wonderful brake has brought him IN for
tune Of 1900, OO0
GENERAL GRANT once declined to serve az
President OF the Panama Canal Company,
with a salary OF S.Ss ,0)) because he thought
its scheme imprecticable.
PRESIDENT DAz. of Mexico, according to
COMMON rumor, Is worth SONS thirty mill
Ons, OF which twenty are invested in Next
ean railroads. teleeraphs. and electric light
plants.
HANS Won BULow. the pianist, who was
recently removed TO private insane asylum
aear Berlin, shows no sign OF recovering his
mental equilibrium, AMI doctors hold ont
gerry little hope.
FRANK VINCENT, who has left Colombo 70
continue his explorations in Africa, rs a.
se4CV IiaNcie over oW,VJJ utitS, m T.
.hOugh be has bad many narrow CsclDeS h9
never had a serious accident.
Minor J. SAVAGE, the celebrated Boston
liv,ne, breaches eX-emp)raneoasly, bat hE
thoughts are presented 50 well that the
tenographer's reports rarely require any
editing for public ltioa in book form.
CAPTAIN JOIN ADAM CoOgza Is the
Youngest veteran of the Mexican War, hav-
ne enlisted at the age OF twelve. II Is also
he pioneer horse car driver o. san Francis
%, having been in the business twenty-lins
FearF.
THE clergyman VINO has continuously Oc'
:upied one pulpit longer than any other di-
zine in the world is Rev. DR.. Furness, OF
Philadelphia. His age is ninety, and for
i'xty-eight years he has been pastor OF one
church.
IT Is not generally known that NJ Pasteur.
he great French scientist, is an "dnlic IN sci
practitioner" ami cannot even put lancet
ntO a mans arm. He has 10 keep surgeon
o do this for him, in u Ter to comply with
he law.
RFAR ADMIRAL STEPHENSON, the new
commander OF the BIRTHS squadron in the
Pacific. has been in Her Mljesty's navy for
'orty years and saw actlve service in the
'rimea. in CAina AMI during ths Indian
nutinv.
They say that in iga william LIN lSay, OF
Kentucky, recently elected United States
senator in place of Mr.. Carlisle. rarely uses
N adjective and does not rely upon rhst-
ric in his argument His appell IS 10 law
nd reason.
THE only two natives OF Colorado in the
louise Of Representatives Of that State are
larry Sims Of Arapahor, wnO was the
rst white Guild bora in Pueblo, and Celes'
ina Garcia, who representa- ConeiOs Coul-
=, and who is OF Mexican parentage.
Ex- SECRETARY WILLIAM MAXWELL
WARTS. VINO celebrate his seventy-hfth
irthday recently, has long looked several
ears olier than his true age, owing 70 the
net that he was never physically strong
nd has always beau a hard worker.
THE venerable banker, Bleichroeder, NJ
Ierlin, VINO died few days ago, hied him
elf to Dresden on his SEVENTEEN birth lay in
rider to escape any demonstration that his
riends might arrange in mis- honor. But he
eft 5000 chsc,s for the deserving poor Of
Berlin.
IT is related OF J. Sterling Morton, Cleve.
mas Secretary Of Agriculture. that when
is wife died he hal tombstone erected
yer her grave bearing her name and the
ames OF his three sons. When askei WHY
70 had the names of the BOYS inscribed on
he marble, he repliei: "Bscluse If any OF
hem does anything disnonoraole l will
lave his name chiselled from the tomb
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