| Show au jalass BEQUESTS T matthew liew vasar vassar will ivill forever occupy a front rank among the limited class of magnanimous whose munificence lias has created establishments of public good and institutions of general benevolence B by his will lie left to the L cle bratch female educational institution at founded by him and named after him vassar college tor for scholarships and educational cat ional funds for vassar college prof professorships Professor ships baptist church at poughkeepsie poughkeepsie n house use of industry st barnabas Il hospital vassar vissar brothers iloine for aged men T various arious sunday schools of f keetsie churches vassar brothers hospital for grounds and buildings buil dinge furniture and fixtures for the same rame and hie the poughkeepsie ic youn young g mens christian association the vassar brothers hospital is an entirely eil project of which the public has hitherto heard nothing As it is made residuary legatee in in addition to receiving the probabilities are that it will be more liberally endowed than any rny other institution named it is cheering to find a rich in man all die lis posing of some of his wealth in so praiseworthy a manner it is a pity that the press has not more frequent occasion to record such deeds on the part of rich men ready to cross the silent river JESSE JAMES hi ill family and gang of outlaws have bavo long enjoyed an immunity from arrest that has aroused many suspicions as to their criminal career being sheltered and screened by others it is now said that their freedom from prosecution arises from the fact that they reside in kentucky and do none of their robbing in that state so long as they cross the border into missouri to commit crimes and are peaceable when at home the sentiment of the community is that they are good citizens and ought not to be disturbed their home is in nelson county but whenever a stranger begins to make inquiries about them he is speedily made to comprehend that his life is in danger the jameses are ignorant and brutal but very venturesome and bunni cunning ng their depredations have brought in considerable wealth and they arc are very proud of their reputation as plunderers BF r BUTLER has to suffer by so many unkind and often unjust thrusts and flings that it is but fair to record any deed of generosity found out of him thus it had been known only billy by a limited circle of general butlers friends that ever since since lie hanged banged mumford at new orleans for pulling down the american fl aglie has taken care odthe of the widow and ebil drenas though they were relatives tho the exigencies of war made the taking of Mum Ilum fords life necessary but gen butler took his family under his cared care cleaned off a mortgage on the widows home and abt obtained for her a position in one of the departments at washington sometime some time ago she was displaced As soon as he lie heard of it lie took the next train for washington and did not return until she was reinstated OCEAN ocra T WAVES caused by great earthquakes sometimes exert a tremendous me adous force upon the shore shores of tho the sea although their geological action is small compared with the incessantly operating wear of the smaller waves abt at the lisbon it earthquake in 1755 the oceanic oceanic wave had a hight along the tagus of forty feet at cadiz of sixty feet and on the shores of madeira of eighteen feet the earthquake of 1746 in peru produced a wave which carried a frigate several miles inland riland deluging the city of lima at a distance of seven miles from the coast A CHILDS HEAD was blown off in a deplorable manner on the afternoon of the ath dinst on mclaughlin ave east san jose jaw cal two ats sons of sheriff williams williama amos aged six and georgie aged two were in an outbuilding playing while milo there amos found a breech loading shotgun and took it up to look through it as he had seen his elder ejder brother do but in fooling with the hammer an accidental discharge took place blowing off the top of little georgies head and causing instant death |
