The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-27
uore Gossip About YOung Lm Bcn-
nett,

The announcement Of the foEhcom.
inc marriage Of James Gordon Ben
melt. the proprietor Of the New York
Herald, Is agaia made, Mr. Bennett
has 40 many dimes been reported mat
rImonully engaged lonce To II Buffalo
lndyJ H. 3o4pciety Is slow TO credit the
RIM o, lis negotiations with Cupid !;
INT last and fresh announcement
Is asserted to he genuine. The lady
named ns his future wife has been
called the most beautiful lady OF Amer
lea and is highly accomplished She
has been greatly admired in society
here and IN Eur0pe, and has ever been
fine centre Of u charmed circle Of
friends. Mr.. Bennett j. certainly o
most eligible gentIeman'ior husband.
His yearly income is about SlOO,OOO
he has his yatch, lis four-lh-hand,
town house on Fifth avenue, country
houses at Newport and Fort Washing
TON. cottage at Brighton, England,
twenty blood horses in the stable, and
newspaper. lie belongs to hNlf a
dozen clubs, aud IN very generous
with his money. Mr.. Bennett and his
sister, Miss Jeanette, are all that are
left of the Scotch Bennetts Of New
York, and rumor has already named n
husband for Miss Bennett, who lives
with her brother atthe family mansion,
495 Fifth avenue Buffalo Courier
~ ---s---- $500
Paul Morphy, the famous chess
ulayer, Is in New Orleans asylum,
fOpelessly insane. He was born in
that city in 1910, of wealthy Creole
pareutage, and his adoption OF the
came of chess as Il business not only
offended his relatives, but occupied
the years in which he might have
achieved success in some other career.
lie returned to his home just before The
rebellion, suddenly and thoroughly
disguised with cless--so prejudiced
against it that he has since never
PLAYED. He has subsequently, led an
idlc, morose life. ellis daily routine
of existcnce,' says the New Orleans
Picayune, "invoved Il walk ON Canal
street every morning, where his dap |
per little figure always scrupulousIy !
well dressed became as well Known
and MS regularly looked for Gsthe noon
dav bell. A fter his daily promenade
he retired from public gaze until even
ing, when lie appeared IN ms box AT
the opera, where, it is said, he never
missed a night 1t is further related |
that during these years he permitted
no friendly acquaintance; he was
neverkn0wn TO associate with anybody |
but his mother, aud persistently re-
pelled advances from those who, hav-
ing, been friends of his early youth, de-
sired to renew their ASSOCIATIONS, lie
lived strange life, u strange, moody |
and peculiarly mOurnful man"
About year ago he began to lose hi
mental control, and several months
ago was put in private asyium'
Some of his friends hold the theory
that his malady had its start in the
mind.in playing many
and difficult games of chess.
49, 4--s--------
Aecnrious old volume entitled "a
Complete Collection of the Laws OF
Virginia at a Grand Assembly, held at
James City, % March, 1862, " is owned
by gentleman in'i'roy. ltwas pro0-
ably printed in Richmond about 1890.
Among other acts il provides that
''babblng women who ISLANDER and
their Deighbors, for which
their poor husbands are often invOlVeuI
IN chargeable and vexatious suits, and
cast in great damages "Shall he pun
ished by dGcking,n / the SANDER is
so enormous as to merit fine OF more
than five hundred pounds of tobacco,
then the guilty woman is to be ducked
for each five hundred pounds, in case
her husband refuse to discharge the
fine. N
ynt -
They g. TIMhtthin the last TWEEN
ty-fivc X. $YE Chauucey Rose, of
"erre E4nte, Ind, has given away
1000, 600 for charitableand education-
al purposes. It is to be regretted that
this county hasn't whole bouquet OF