Smyrna times., 1856-01-30


Ice ON THE DELAwARE.-The Philadelphia
Sun saws, with the exception of the channel
kept open by the Camden ferry boats,the Della.
aware is frozen fast, both above and below the
the city. Sleighs are running on the ice from
Burlington regularly, and an omnibus line is
talked of from Browning's Ferry to Cooper'A
Point. The whole river is alive with skaters.
over 100000 tons of ice have been housed ON
the Schuylkill for the next season; and so We
+" walow in December's snow," with gloruus
antcipations of " summers heat"
PRIZE FIGHTs.-It is stated that man nan
ed Bradley has challenged man named Rusk.
of Philadelphia, to engage in prize fight, +; r
$4,000, and that the challenge has been sc
cepted The fight is to take place in eth,
| Pennsylvania or Canada. 1t is also stated tI,,
Jas. Hart and John Monahan of Boston. me
soon to engage in a similar exhibition for s-io
or $1,000.
SKATING MATcH.-The PHILADELPHIA p,pc,s
state that skating match took place an, 10
Delaware on Tuesday, between Samuel s ,,d
Oliver Lppincott. The parties started tr,un
point upon the river, a distance of fourteen
miles, and reached Poplar street in one bo.r
| and ten minutes from the time of starting. Tie
affair created no little interest among the frien,
of the parties. Oliver Lippncott distance
his competitor about twenty yards.
FLOUR LEAGUE.-The Lynn (MassA Flo,
), and Grain Leauge, which commenced 6usine, 3
in September, is said TO be operating well. The
purchasers and stockholders being mostly me-
chanlcs, have bought their goods twenty per
cent cheaper than could be bought of renul,.r
traders. There are now six hundred stockb l,1
ers, owning 1000 shares, and there are NM.
= hundred and ten shares yet unsold
r. Forty DAYS WITHOUT FoOD.-A Iadv nam
ID ed Miller, upwards of 20 years of age resjding
IT, in Robinson Township, about eight miles fro'n
r Pittsburg, has been lying seriously i'll for some
Us time. During the past forty days she has not
10 eaten morse offood of any kind, and her only
" drink is water. She is u widow, and the moth
- er OF family. Her physicians have not gwen
the disease any definite name. She Was .,,ll
n alive, though very week.
nc A BANTER AGAINST THE WORLD-Mr Joh,
~ Lawrence Bazler, in the Louisville TTmtS. Of.
" fers to bet from 5000 to $40, GOO that he c,n
u jump five feet further on Il dead level than ,,,,v
~ ~ man in Kentucky-three feet further than M =
~ ~ man IN the United States-One foot fnrIer th,n
~. any man IN the wOrld-Or that he can sluI ii
~, fat-footed upon the earth and leap brick wall
ty fifteen feet high and four thick
m TRIPARTITE ALLIANcE.-Despatches from
on Washington state that it has been ascertaln
IN from all authentic that the long talk,d
ew of alliance between Spain and Great Brit; r
and France, has been finally consummaied. =
his The first binding herself to send into the ii,
lch from ten to twenty thousand men IN The sprn.
me her interests, particularly in Cuba to be pro.
vas tected by France and England
BOD GAME.-The ST. Louis market is full ofpam
Dns which is selling at low pr.ces. The same ma
be said of Vincennes, Indiana. At the latte.
place, a few days since, max arrived from
an, Illinois, bringing with him the following as
the sortment Of game, making, in all, five waso
in loads: 24OO rabbits, + barrels quas, IA Who'll
ory deer, 20 saddles vensOn, l44 prairie chicken.
Gu and wIld geese, ducks, turkeys, squirrels, q
WIS., to almost any extent.
lce SHAwLS NOT EXCLUSIVELY FEMININE.-A Fl;
eX- male in st. Louis was recently arrested am
Or fined fifty dollars for going to a ball in mascu
line attire. The next day she hauled uu
or two gentlemen who wore shawl Is in the street,
I'm for appearing in female attire The mapis
AM trate did not think the pantaouns and lh
s. shawls covered the same ground, and therefor
uP- dismissed the case.
" =, ALABAMA.-A bill has been introducec in II,
=, Alabama Legislature to appropriate S25.N
-oo, for the purpose Of sending emgramts to Kansa
~ The matter was referred 10 the Committee i,
nm Federal Belatlons
our 0T Three of the colored Methodist church,
OF New Orl ans, last week presented the
respective ministers with suits of clothes Va il
war ed at 500 EACH
has OF The Canadians are about TO rxn.rep,
ack the benefits OF an extensive lumber trade Wi
lval Franco one of the results of the Paris exh
ute btion.
and a. Sou,born Do0ors o.,,.:
all cold The ora ngts ,ress 'c p " rA''en
wen posed to be seriously injured.
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