Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-06
PERSONAL AND PARTICULAR.

MIR. Gladstone has Mr. Greeley's mania for
cutting down trees.
John wanamaker, OF Philadelphia, camo
home by the Illinois, ON Monday.
-Moncure d. Conway is staying with his
father in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Miss Tennie Caflin will begin her dramatic
career in Baltimore as Pauline IN the Lady OF
Lyons
--Rev. John Chambers, IN his will dated
February, 1870, leavos all his properly to his
relatives.
Wait M. Fisher has retired from the editor
ship of the OperLdnd Monthly, and departed
for Europe.
Mrs. Clemson the last surviving child Of
John @. Calhoun, died in South Carolina Oh the
22d ultimo.
Wendell Philips thinks that the Fall Eiver
troubles are only the beginning OF a great socia!
istic storm.
Gov Stearns, of Florida. who recently
visited this city and State has reached home,
in improved health.
Consul Badeau OF London, who has lately
been appointed Minister to Belgium, has decid-
ed to deline the Office.
--Ex-Gov. .Clanin, Of Massachusetts,, sailed
from Liverpool for home on Saturday. His FAM
ily will remain in Paris during the Winter.
The Milwaukee (wis) Sentinel sagey re-
marks that times will continue hard as long as
the $4,000 year man strives to appear as Il
1000 u year man.
The Duke of Satrnoa member Of the Italian
Senate, is to be arraigned and tried by that
body for forgery. They have these little irrigu-
larities over there, too.
Mime. Ristori was very successful in her
farewell performance at Sydney, Australia, aud
at its close was escorted through the streets with
torchlight procession.
Anthony Trollope arrived in San Francisco
on the 26th of September, from Australia hay
ing made the passage from Sydney of over 900
miles in the remarkably short time of 25 days.
-"You never saw my hands as dirty as that, :"
said a mother reproachfully yesterday to her lit
when you was a little girl" was the prompt
answer.
To day, tho grand wedding of Mr., Arthur
u. Dodge, of New York, to the eldest daughter
OF Postmaster General lowell, takes place. She
is graduate of Vassar. Two Thousand invita-
tions are out
A pair of stairs that ordinarily are as solid
as a rock will stradde in tue joints and creak
and crack together with all the feryor of a tllun-
der clap when one is attempting to climb them
noiselessly late at night.-FuHom TinnS
Robert Dale Owen has entirely recovered
his physical health, The Indianapolis Mems says.
and his mental condition has improved much
that he expects to leave tho Institute in about IL
week. He proposes to spend the Winter ut the
home OF his son Ernest, in Marquette.
Said distinguished politician to his son :;
'Look at me l began as alderman, and what
is my reward? ? Why when die, my son will be
the greatest rascal in the city," To this the
young hopeful replied Eyes, dad. when you
debut not till then. -Danb,uy Ne1cs.
The steam launch Secret passed through
Waltham on Saturday on wheels, drawn by Fix
horses, and created quite sensation. Boston
Gl0Je-Umph Did you ever know secret to
go through any town but what it "created quite
sensation ?"-N. y. Commercial Advertiser.
Prof Gilman, President of the Johns Hop.
kins University will return from Europe to Bal
timore about the middle of November, when he
will submit to the trustees report OF his inves
LEGATIONS in the universties abroad. The un-
versity will be opened i'll September of next
year.
A man rushed breathlessly into a lawyers
office in st. Paul, and, approaching the le-
gal luminary, excitedly remarked "A man has
tied hoop to my horses tail Can 1 do any
thing ~ eyes" replied tho attorney: 'go and
unite it," This was good advice, and only cost
the man So.