Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-01-21

Senator.elect Garfield began life as
wood chopper and canal driver.
Mr.. John Mccullough, the actor, has
already earned $4,000 this season as his
own share clear of expenses.
esquire " Joseph w. Vandegrift appears
to be ESQUIRE Hagany's only competitor.
Hagany's term expires FEBRUARY 10Th.
Senator Blaine is said to be one of tho
Springer heirs who lay claim to large tract
Of land in Delaware. including the site Of
Wilmington.
Mrs. Garfield is said to be deveting her
self to the education of her CONS, herself in
great measure carrying forward Their
studies and fitting them for college
The Philadsl phia Record says that George
II. Stuart, the great philanthropist, and
once merchant prince, is now pennileSs, and
that he has now gone out of business, leaving
| his affairs at the mercy Of an English liqui-
datOr.
/ Hepworth Dixon's death is stated to have
! boen the natural consequence Of his grief for
the loss Of his eldest son. With a dsspon
| dency strangely foreign to the spirit that
! had hitherto animated him; he told his
family that he seemed to be losing his hold
! on life.
! The New York Tribune thinks that the will
of Frank Leslie deserves a place among
! notable tributes to wives. 1t credits his
wife with a large share in tho work OF
establishing his publications, and brqusth-
to her all his property Of every kind, to the
entire exclusion of his own Sons.
Frank Leslie left an estate which. in hi,
late days looked promising. HIS friends
! claim that his office was making money
rapidly (sSme Of them putting it at $l,2W
net per week.. that tho claims OF the
debtors were nearly paid of, and that tho
property would soon bs without incum
brance again.
The widow OF ex-Presidont Tyler has
asked Congress for a pension, on the ground
Of the immense depression in tho valus O.
her real estate. tho mortgages en- heI
Northern property having been foreclosed
and those on her Southern property con
stantly troubling her. She says . find
have scarcely anything whatever left 10 Ii, {
upon.
Parnelis manner before an audience i
thus described in the Springfield RrpuLfcau'
Boston correspondence Parnell is cold a,
an iceberg. He evidently commits hi
speeches to memory. and lie has no aniIua
ton, no style. His voice is thin and hi;
manner awkward. He does not seem to b,
in earnest; he does not warm with hi,
thsn0 He seems the politi cian, not tn,
plesder. He does not sway his audience
lie cools rather than fires its ardor.
George Alfred Townsend has hook il
press called TALES Of the Chesapeake.
1t is a collection Of stories picturing lf
along the shores of the great estuary a
Maryland, some new and ONE which ar
collected from the authors contributions I
magazines and newspapers Mr.. Towns
, ends Circuit Preacher = poem whic
J contains much felicitous word painting 0
5 Eastern Shore scenery, will be included il
, the collection.
4 In the matter Of General Ftz job
Porter, the majority Of tho House Militar
= Committee will report a bill restoring hin
= to his former rank of Colonel in the regula
army, and fixing $4,000 as the amount c
P arrsarages to be paid him. minorit
: report will be presented which favors Il
/ restoration to the service, but does Hs
+ admit that any injustice was done iVlm upo
q the facts as understood at the tim Of b
/ dismissal. An interesting debate is antic
+ patsd this week.