Garland, Landon

CABELL, mathematician, born in Lovings ton, Va., Mar. 21, 1810; educated at HampdenSidney College, Virginia. He was president of the Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, and of the University of Alabama; also held a number of profe orships, including that of English Literature and Mathematics in the last named university; of Chemistry at Washington College, Virginia; Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mi i ippi, . Author of papers on plain and spherical trigonometry, and a liberal contributor to the various periodicals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Gar'land, in Arkansas , a W. central county; area , 622 8q. m.; intersected by Washita river. Surface , hilly; soil, fertile. Famous for its medicinal springs. Cap. Hot Springs. Pop . (1890) 15,328. Garneau ( gär - no '), PIERRE, merchant, born at Cape Sante, Province of Quebec, May 8, 1823, and educated there; engaged in busine and became the head of the firm P. Garneau, Son & Co., Quebec. His services for promoting Belgian industries in the Province of Quebec were most important, and the King of the Belgians bestowed upon him the order of the cro of Leopold II. He held various official positions, including those of president of the Quebec Board of Trade, mayor of Quebec, member of the Provincial Legislature, . Garner, in Iowa , a post-town of Hancock co., 21 m. W. of Mason City, on C., M. & St. P. and B., C. R. & N. R. Rs. Is the trade center of an agricultural region. Here is a Normal School. Pop . (1895) 1,118.