"Long before this city was incor
porated Morris Bell was mayor of the
settlement. He was born in Green
county, and Bellbrook, the summer re
port near Xenia, is named In his honor.
"He was rich and eccentric, and his
dying request was that his remains
should be placed in a vault that up
on Jane Peeling's death her remains
were to be placed beside his In the
vault, and that they were to be left
there for 100 years and then both were
to be buried side by side.
Bell died in 1847, and his grand
daughter, aged twelve, a few years
later.
AMERICAN PRINCESS
TO WED ENGLISH PEER
IfetbfoLv.,
Princess de Broglie, the half-Ameri
can widow of Prince Jean de Broglie
of France, who "will become the bride
of Hon. Reginald Allwyn Fellowes, son
and heir'of Baron de Ramsay of Hunt
ington, England.
Princess de Broglie inherited a for
tune from her mother, the late Duch
ess Dacazes, who was Miss Isabella
Singer, daughter of the late Isaac
Singer of New York.
TREE BLOOMS FIVE TIMES
Horticultural Freak Also Produces
Five Sizes of Pears.
J. W. Scott of Greenfield, Mo., has
a freak pear tree in his yard, which
has gone contrary to nature's laws this
season. On some of the limbs are
pears of five different sizes, represent
ing that many times that the tree has
put forth blossoms this summer. The
largest pears are 11 inches in circum
ference, while the smallest ones are
no larger than common gooseberries,
the petals having just fallen from
them. The last blooms appeared only
recently. Fruit has formed each time
the tree bloomed.
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