The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Personal Matters.

Personal Matters.
Mr.. Henry T. Padd ock. who some
years since malrled Maggie Mitchell !,
the actress, is genial, educated and en-
terprsing forgetting himself in his wife
and promoting her fortunes with zeal
and intelligence.
Mr.. w. B. Thompson, general sllperin-
tendent of the United States railway
mail service, is at Hudson, Mich, with
his bride, the daughter of ex- Postmaster
General Key, visiting relatives and
friends. They are enfoute for the west.
Two professional thieves appeared be-
fore the pension agent at Philadelphia
and identified woman who accompan.
led them IA the person TO whom pen.
sion amounting to nearly ", 900 was due
The agent, TO whom the thieves were
unknown, accepted their identi fcation
and paid over the money. Fortunately
le thieves were caught and II largo
part Of the money recovered. That
agent needs identification for removal,
Although "it's wise child that knows
his own father" it might be reasonably
expected that any husband would know
his own wife. Bnt strange 10 say, Jo-
ieph MiIlen, of Baltimore, whose wife
went on the excursion which ended in
the frightlGl accident on Monday, recOg-
nlzed her features at a glance among the
victims on the wharf, further Identified
the body by close inspection, and
went home crushed with grief end hor.
ror There he found Mrs Milien in
f.. 10 h.. 30 a
ment of his senses She had returned to
the city by al early boat and was at
home when the accident occurred.
A good many queer things Ir II IA
Georgia. The Sumter Republ c,, Ie.
lates that a few months ago a very
handsome young lady arrived in Amer
ica from the upper part Of the state,
and, learning that certain young man
was at work in the Republican office,
sent him note, which lead The typo at
once Ia 40 TO meet her. After few
minutes conversation size handed him
$50 bill lie went for "A license, pro-
cured minister, and in less than two
hours they were married.
Henry Ward Beecher is ont in a let.
ter TO the Chicago papers III reply to
Rev. J. :. kennard, Baptist clergy
man Of that city, in which he says he
knows he is orthodox and evangelical az
to the facts and substance Of the Chris
tian religion, and he knows equally well
that he is not orthodox IA to the pLilos-
ophy which has hitherto been applied
10 these fac's. He calls himself ~ cor
dial Christian evoutlonist," but does
L. "A.
Ger. Huxley and Tyndall. He believes
that the animal part of man was evolved
from beings below him, while in spirit
he SAYS, "is not sinful by nature, bnt
Voluntarily" lie does not believe in
the fall Of Adam or the inheritance of
his guilt.
An old army officer tells the Indian
apulis Journal, "The late General Ord
was grandson Of George ". and Mrs.
Fitzherbert. His father, James Ord,
son of that morganatic marriage, was
raised in the faith Of his mother, and
was, like his son, Roman Catholic
James Ord, when bov, WAS sent TO
France to be educated, and was after
ward brought by his tutor to George
fessor. lie took part in the war of 1912,
serving as a captain. He was long a
clerk at Washington, and died IN 1872 or
1873. At Omaha be assumed the name
of ORD, which was that of his tutor, from
"A desire To avoid unpleasant notoriety.
Thus the scion Of royal line has given
glorious name, although an assumed
one, TO adorn the pages OF American
history.
Il is possible to have a million dollars
or more and be utterly wretched. John,
the son Of the famous rich Stevens, of
lioboken, \. j., was born with horrl
bic brthmark on his neck--a big brown
lump covered with fur. He has long
fond Of him and very sorry for him;
but he never dared marry her OH ac-
count Of the gossip 1t would make
because Of his deformity. lie has spent
SlOO,UOO in having u removed, but all
the best medical science could do WAS
10 reduce it to white swelling. This is
40 large that il forces him TO carry his
head very much on the side. Ii took a
great deal courage on the part Of Miss
Mcclure to marry Mr.. Stevens, not that
he was unlovely in manner or DISPOSE
ton, but for fear of wagging tongues.
The two young people have loved each
FROM childhood. OF course the life Of
John Stevens has been embittered by
lis deiormity, and donbIy 40 when he
feared that he WAS going 10 lose the girl
hc loved on account of II thing that was
no fault OF bis.
The estate of the late Isaac Adams,
the printing-press inventor, Of Sand
wich, n. H.. is valued at 81 ,0OO, 900 to
81 100000. The bulk Of it is understood
10 be divided between his two sons,
Isaac Adams, Jr., Of New York, and
Aouila Adam of Boston. OF the three
children borne him by his second wife,
one gets 81, 600 and the other two the in.
come oi$lO, 600 each, II being understood
that in making this proVsir n tor them
he had in view the expe ctation that
they will eventually have large proper
ties from their mother.
The resignation Of Second Lieut.. Charles
T. 'srst Filth infantry has been accepted
4 Al n.