Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1854-10-25

OF great National Cattle Show is TO bel
held at Springfield, Ohio, ON the 25th Goth
and 9th by the u. i. Agricultural .Societyj
The premiums amount TO 5000 of which $500
will be given for the best bull and FIVE cows or
heifers, of one year old and upwards from any
one herd /, $500 for the best Durham bull; $500
for the best Durham cow, &c. The President
Of the United States has been invited.
| The BABY SEow.=-A man named Mead,
who had twins-Or rather whose wife had
and who was an unsuccessful competitor at
the Baby Show, at Springfield, offers to bet
$500 on his babies against the field, the babies
to be shown with the other animals at the Ma
tt9nal Cattle and Calf Show. at Springfield,
on the 9th. lie evidently estimates his babies
by the pound, as they do calves.
THE MOB AT DENTON, MD.-The Denton
Journal says there is no truth in the report
that the mob which hung Dave Thomas, the
murderer of Butler, also released two other prls-
oners and tied the sheriff The latter was at
the Jail, and did all in bis power to preserve or
der and prevent the act, both by pesuason and
threats, but the influences against which he
had to contend, were decidedly too formidable
and he was compelled to yield.
THE GRIsNEL EXPLORING ExpEDrT1oN-A
letter is published IN the New York Herald
from the sergeon oftbe Brig Advance, comman-
ded by the intrepid Kane written in Batfin's
Bay, in Jnly, 1853, WHICH states that the health
: of the persons composing the expedition con-
e tinued good, and enthusiastic determination
e to persevere in endeaVoring TO ascertain the
q fate of the long lost Franklin animated each
!, and all of the gallant party.
" The Franklin Institute Exhibition OF
= American manufactures will be made in No
Ivan nhorY l.,
ing, on Dock street. The building will be open
for the reception of articles on Friday, the 10th
of November; the rooms will be open to the
G public on Tuesday, the l4th, remaining open
: till the I'd day Of December.
d A PAPAL EDrcT.--The Cardinal Wiser o
i Rome has issued an edict in WHICH, after al.
l. tributing the cholera to the sins ofthe Romans
: he directs that the finger of St. Peter the arm
1t of ST. Roe, the heart of st. Charles, and othe
o relics shall be exposed to the admiration Of tn,
n faithful, in order to overt the wrath Of the Al
IS mighty.
No LIQUoRs on EIEcrION DAY--The Mayo
Il of Cincinnati has issued IA notice requesting tn
y proprietors Of drinking houses in that city t.
u keep them closed to-day in consequence OF
= being election to day.
s. The suggestion is good one, and If follOwc,
II will no duHbt tend greatly Ia The preservation
rs OF til! PUBLIC peace, not only there, but heye AM
e elsewhere, Where exciting pa!itIcal election
= are held.
n SENATORS EIEcT.-The Hon, jacob Cola
mer and Hon. Lawrence Brainard have bee
d elected TO the Senate by the Legislature G
~ Vermont. MIR. Collamrr was Postmaster Gen
e eral during General Taylors administration.
,s PENNSYLVANIA U. S. SExAroR.-Judge Con
o. rad, EX-Gov, johnson, General Camcrdon, an
), Judge Wlaot, are spoken Of for L. S. Scna
% tor from Pennsylvania, to succeed Mr.. Cooper
70 DECLINED.-We understand that william
p Huntington Esq. has declined the appointment
it OF Clerk OF the Orphans Court.
re SoUTH CARoINA-This State has elccte
Il five State Rights candidates to Congress, III
r, Know Nothings of Charleston elected sevc
l. delagets to the State Legislature.
:. 0EF AT st. Michaels, Talbot county, Their
were three new cases Of cholera, on Munda
\ last, and all proved fatal. The victims wer
- Mrs. Margaret Mansfield, Mrs Betsy Jcfcrssr
= and Edward Wiley. The cause of sokne
is attributed to the dizziness of the place,
IN o. The EGslOn Star says a set of Baltimnr
l. seine haulers caugh1 five hundred drum fish a
one haul, On Thursday last, near Tllghman'
Point, in Talbot county.
SNow.-Thc ground was covered with sno,
to the depth of two inches in Montreal on Mon
day morning. The hills of Vermont were like
wise white with snow on the same day. ..
0SST The Rev. s. NJ. Galley has removed {,
?, Media, Delaware county, Pa, where he ha
opened school that will accommodate on
hundred boys.
/. " The Connecticut papers says that peta
toe. are the best crop in that State this yea
= yielding three times the usual amount.