| Show san sail Francis cos voter the oldest voter in san feancisco Fian ft alcisco cisco is is john shirley of 1011 clay str street who was barnin born iu ross noss county tyrone ireland june 21 24 1709 1 a 99 there was a sensation in the registrars office orece nhsn he N talked aked in the 0 other t 1 ter day to re register and the first supposition was v that he be was coin comparatively ively a new voter Buti k soon proved that 40 tho the old gentle man came to the united states in 1831 that he declared his intentions f in 18 1835 za and took out his p JOHN pers of citizenship at philadelphia in 1840 just ir in time to vote tor for general harrison Hn Ha irison for the presidency john shibley was noted on the books book as being ninety three yeas yea yei s of age a native of ireland as inea mieng 5 jeet 22 2 inches and as having banish gray eyes the announcement set all the ars to hunting and at last accounts no other voter of lm EO great an age ball been found but buta a colonel stevenson lias has voted longer for though born bom in 1800 lie he is a native american and got ten 3 ears the tart start of clr ir shirley Bh irley tho the latter readied reached california in and lias has at present ten children chil dien lit ona grandchildren and thirty eight great grandchildren m it ii is no liann harra to add that lie he is in an ardent republican and in good health lias has freely of good tobacco tor for seventy years and aid hopes to I 1 ine in e out his hid conty centy TILO vl liioi Mii NIsi tots oi under the direction of the board of lady managers inana gerb especially copeti illyff of mrs potter palmer paliner the president dont lias has been organized the dormitory association the object of which is to furnish chea cheap and comfortable living quarters during the exposition to women vi visitors particularly those of the industrial class and of limited means four Fou rhugo hii o hotels or dormitories will vill be erected the site for one of them has been donated by george 31 pullman it is a aquai e only two blocks and a hilf half from entrance to the exposition grounds this dormitory will bo be IIO by ctet built in right eight sections so that there shall be no inside rooms and will have a capacity of 1200 persons daily the rooms i will be varied lit in size anil and plainly but bill neatly famished it is estimate 1 that wom n visitors will bu during the fair the a amsl cl l tion is ia selling 1 l of tock lit shares of 11 10 each to enable it to carry out the project each i haro entitles entities the holder to its face value in room and lodging at the rato rate of thirty cents a day aud and inus moat t of the stud stuck la is already taken |
