Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-12-01
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Personal.
Miss Ella Whiting, of Queen, Anne's
county, and her sister, Mrs. ADELAIDE Freil.
of Raleigh, N. c., died the same day last
week.
The remains of Mrs. Lucia Moves, wife
of c. H. Hoyes, of Warren, Pa, were Gre
mated last Thursday at DR.. La Moyne's
furnace at Washington.
Thaddeus Stevens's estate is now nearly
settled, and it is believed that there will be
enough to pay the bequest of $4,000 for
the founding of an asylum for orphan
children.
Governor.elect Porter, of Indiana, has
very handsome home in that State, which
is now being reftted to serve as the guber-
material mansion. His only daughter, a
tall blonde girl, will act as hostess.
The Emperor William greatly admires
Adelina PATHS talents, and, whenever she
appears in Berlin, is careful to be in his
box much earlier than usual, hurrying to
town even from some neighboring hunting
resort to enjoy his favorite music.
The capital stock of the company which
ex'Gov. Alexander Shepherd represents in
Mexico is $3,000000. The Ex-Governor
makes large promises to the stock owners.
lie says that he will not come back to the
United States until he is a very rich man.
Mr.. j. w. Mackey, the Nevada million.
aire, after meeting his family at Paris, will
travel through Europe and then m ake a
trip up the Nile with his family and his
brother.in-law, Count Telferner. He is ex.
pected to return to America in the sprinr.
NJ. Gambetta ten years ago was one of
the handsomest men in France. His face
was face Of fine lines and spiritual con.
tours; his figure was 1.-the and graceful
tie is still man Of striking presence, but
he has no more the almost poetic GOOD
looks of his youthful days.
Ralp Waldo Emerson has, in lecturing,
employed but one gesture, and that very
seldom, When he utters some impressive
sentence he makes grasping gesture, as
though Selling some imaginary object in
front of him. Mr.. Emerson is a courteous
man, but a reserved One-not bad comb.
nation.
Adolphus Hoagland, of Shadeville, Va.
has successfully married at intervals of
twenty years or so, widow, her daughter
and this daughters daughter. He has
children by each wife, who are respectively
each others and their present stepmother's
uncles, nephews, sons, fathers, grand.
fathers, grand uncles and cousins.
Several thousand excited people col.
lected in Paris the other day to witness the
arrival from New Caledonia of the com.
munist female leader. Louise Michel.
with the last batch of the amnestied. NJ.
| Rochefort and NJ. Clemenceau received and
kissed her, women threw themselves on
her neck, and there was altogether a thrill.
ling scence till NJ. Rochefort got her into a
cab.
President-elect Garfield Is now looking
exceedingly well, and says that the excite.
ment OF the campaign benefited instead of
injuring him. 1t is reported that he has
already rented his Washington house for
for the season. This winter will be the
first in twenty years that he has spent in
Mentor. lie was overwhelmed with vis
tors in Washington on Wednesday, but
made no remarks upon politics and offices.
Every colored man should use his humble
endeavors to be born in Talbot county,
Md, and then emigrate. Talbot county
negroes always pan.out WELL Fred. Doug.
lass came from there. Joseph G. Gibson
took his departure from Easton forty.six
years ago and is now Governor of Cape
Palmas, Africa. Garrettson Gibson, his
brother, followed soon after, and is now
Secretary of State of Liberia, and minis.
ter of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
Monrovia. Henry Gibson, another brother,
copied the example of Garrettson, and
went to Liberia; he is new Senator from
the county of Maryland in that country.
DELAWARE ITEMs.-Governor Hall has ap.
pointed Henry c. Collision, ESQ.,, of Dover,
Brigadier General, vice James K. Burnite,
deceased.
An oyster.supper and necktie party for
the benefit of the NJ. P. Church will
be held in Leipsic, on Thursday evening,
| December I'd.
On Tuesday week Sheriff Dunn removed
his family to one of Mr.. Bockman's new
brick houses on Bradford street, and gave
possession to his successor, Sheriff Lacey.
One Of the lamps in chandelier in Col.
Joshua Claytons parlor Middletown, burst
on Tuesday evening. No one was in the
room at the time and the fire was discover.
ed by one of Col. Olayton's daughters, who
went into the room and found a table
which stood beneath the lamp in blaze.
David Cullen, of Dover, whom we men,
toned last week as having lost two children
from dlptheria, had another to die the last
of the week, and this week two more,
making Ave of his children by this fearful
disease within two weeks. We hear, says
the Sentinel, that this is case which ought
to interest the town authorities, as the dis
ease is said to be traceable to the fact that
stagnant water runs into the we'll which
has been used by the family.
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The Jamaica orange crop is the largest
in the history of that island, and the fruit
is large, of fine color and handsome shape
The Florida crop will be the largest ever
gathered in that state, despite the great
storms in August, wpich destroyed so much