The Portland daily press., 1897-08-20

at Port Costa, CAL, went to the Klondike
region, going afoot, and carrying with
him in his outfit Winchester and vic.
lin. Once in the diggings, he found him
self about the only available musician
there. and as result there was little
necessity for him to delve with the pick
and shovel at SIS day while waiting to
hit on rich claim of his own, since the
lucky miners gladly paid him $50 or $35
night to play for them at their dances.
| curious deed was recorded recently in
New Brunswick, N. j. The deed gives to
Charles Banks the privilege of allowing
the caves of his new house to encroach on
the property of Mrs. Sarah Edwards to
the extent of four inches, and binds the
heir of Mrs Edwards for the same en-
croachment. The consideration named is
| $40.
Forlorn and penniless, Charles H.
Matthews and Lizzie NJ Townsend
reached Jeffersonville, Ind, one day last
week on fiatboat in which they had
travelled four hundred miles in order to
be married at the Gretna Green of which
they had heard SO much said They had
10 borrow money to pay for the marriage
licenses.
In the latter part of July the following
advertisement appeared in the London
Times: 10 Americans-To DO Sold, the
best authenticated House of George Wash
ington, near Banbury, consisting of an
ancient manor house, containing seven
bedrooms, three reception rooms, kitchen,
and offices, stabling and outbuilding,
and farm let off and producing a195 per
annum. comprising in all about 80 acres.
The Freehold to be Sold for a very moder-
ate sum- For further particulars, apply
to Fare Brother, Ellis, and Co., 20, Fleet
street, Temple bar, E. c." The islands
OF Barbados was the only place outside
the United States ever visited by George
Washington
The LATEST people on earth live on the
Sandwich Island. None of the natives do
any work to speak of. Nature gives them
enough to eat without any considerable
| labor, and they seem contented with what
| they thus receive.
Horse dealers of France are apparently
no longer to supply the demand for the
| flesh of that animal in Paris. An order
from the French capital for 5000 barrels
of horse meat has been received by a COM
pany of Portland Ore. The animals used
are the half-wild cayuse of Oregon, which
are bought for about ~. 30 each. AS the
Use of horse flesh for food seems to be
growing in several foreign countries, it
may become profitable article for ex-
| port.
| The American Missionary association
has just published report of its work
for the higher education of negroes. In
| 1895 there were in the Omitted States 1862
institutions for the secondary and higher
education of the colored race: 1856 of these
are within the boundaries of the former
| slave states; IS are wholly supported by
the states in which they are. Thirty-five
have state aid. The remaining 100 are
sustained by benevolent societies and
tuition fees. There are 81 ,102 students
and $40 teachers in these institutions.
This is an increase of 4, 400 in two years.
More than one-half of the pupils are
young women.
American improvements are more and
more attacking London. Westminster
and Waterloo bridges and the Victoria
embankment are to be lighted by cleo
tricity, and one of the reasons for its use,
urged in the London council, was that it
would make the city more attractive in
the sight of rich Americans. The pro-
posed improvement will cost about
| $110, 900.