Smyrna times., 1881-08-17
WHOLE NO. 1868.
Personal Mention,

O"i' Iohn w. tOrney is engaged ON a
lie of Thomas Jefferson
Dr. r. Shelton Mackenzie will writ.
lie OF General Robert Patterson.
Chang Lee, Chiness laundryman in
Cleveland, Ohio, has sued for a divorce
from his white wife.
The widow Of ex-President M;lord
Fillmore died in Buffalo. y. Y. Tbprpdo,.
at the age of II years.
Nellie Grant Satoris lives in an IA
family mansion, the property of her bu..
oand' His income is $4,000 wear
~ rumored that Governor PIaisted. Of
Name, will be married in October He ia
making extensive repairs in his bouse IN
Bangor. 1'' :"
On Thursday, little two-year old son
OF Joseph Argo, fell into the water at
Little Creek Landing, Del, and was
drowned.
The baggage taken by the Crown Prince
ana Fnncess of Germany and their suite
70 Norrls Castle in England weighed
nearly eight tons.
Ex-President Martin Van Buren's son
Francis Van Buren, is seen frequently
driving a fast sorrel horse to a fine nolo
cart at Long Branch.
Mrs. Garfield has almost entirely recov.
cred. She sleeps throughout the night.
has a good appetite, and is strong enough
to drive every evening.
The congress of dentists met in London
England, on Wednesday, Sd inst. DR.
VIM. G. A. Bonwill, formerly of Dover, is
a delegate to the congress,
The three prettfest young women in
Newport society this Summer are said to
be Miss Perkins, of Boston, Miss Chamber
lain, of Cleveland, and Miss Montague, of
Baltimore.
The late Gen. Torbert's brother, William
+. Torbert, the other day visited George
town, Del, his former home, after an
absence of q years. He is now resident
of Galveston, Texas.
The Cars lot is decidedly not happy
one. He has lately received models of
different weapons and engines of assassins-
ton, with written request that he should
select one to be used upon his own person.
Mr.. John D. Wattles publisher Of the
Sunday School Times, is getting up census
Of the Sunday Schools of the country. He
has large force of clerks under his con-
troll, and expects to have the work com.
pleted in six months.
Mr.. Richard c. Belt, the yOaag sculptor,
is a very great pet of "the nobility and
gentry" of England, and one of the most
successful of modern workers in clay.
Mr.. Belt is handsome man with fine
head and boyish face.
MIR. John Walter, proprietor of the
London Times, accompanied by his wife
and children, is on his way to this country.
He will remain in the United States until
October, and cross the continent TO Cali
fornia. This will not be Mr.. Walters first
visit to this country, as he made an exten-
sive tour Of it several years ago.
The late lamented Indian chief, Spotted
Tail, had a singular and probable unjusti-
fable prejudice against bald-headed men.
Two years ago, at a council at Camp Rob-
inson, he said to the gentlemen who came
to talk: go back to the Great Father
and tell him to send no more bald-headed
men to treat with us. never saw bald
headed man who was not a liar"
General and Mrs. Grant are never seen
at any of the public hops, and there is not
q cottage at Long Branch where life goes
ON SO quietly and in so thoroughly domes-
tic manner-a quiet drive in the deep
landau, or the society of two or three
friends from the city, being the nearest to
dissipation the family indulge in. But the
house over the way, where Jesse Grant
lives, is the center of good deal of gayety
and the lawn is generally animated by
the presence of number of lively young
people.