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Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

EXECUTION OF JOHN D. LEE.-John D.
Lee, Mormon priest, who held in his time
many offices in the Mormon Church, was
shot to death last Friday at Mountain
Meadows, Utah Territory, for the leading
part which he took in the awful massacre
twenty years ago of over hundred emf
grants passing quietly through the Mormon
settlements on their way to California by
the MormOns and their Indian allies. OF
the total number, one hundred and twenty,
only seventeen infant children were spared.
Lee declares in the confession made by him
after his conviction and sentence to death
that the bloody deed was done under
orders from the Mormon authorities; that
he strenuously opposed it but was forced to
join in it; that he reported the facts subse-
quently in person to Brigham Young, who
justified the act. The wagons and horses,
the fOcks and herds and perishable goods
of the victims were subsequently sold at
Cedar City and the proceeds divided among
their murderers. On Friday, on the spot
where the great crime was perpretrated,
Lee was executed by shooting, the law of
the Territory allowing a condemned man
the choice of the manner in which he shall
suffer death. Five balls struck him near
the heart, and his death was instantaneous
He died game and made a telling parting
speech. The speech was tinctured with
the strongest religious fanaticism, and il
was strange to see how this blOodstained
wretch, who almost justified his crime
was strong in his hopes of the life to come
H. was not an ordinary gallows harangue
forgiving everybody and calling upon God.
mercy. 1t was rather in the tone of 6
saint who had fought the good fight anc
was going triumphant to his reward.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

Count one for Maryland. Dicker Dutten
died in Hartford County last Wednesday
aged l04 years. He was a colored man,
with remarkable capacity for whisky.
The Temperance cause has not derived
much benefit from the recent records of
longevity.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday after
noon by JOSEPH H. HoFFECKER, Editor and Proprie-
tor, at Smyrna Delaware.
-SUBscRIPTIoN-On year 100 in advance, or
$3.50 if not paid till the end of the year. No paper
discontinued until all arrears are paid-ony at the
option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate of
Seven Cents alne for the first insertion; subsequent
insertions Three-and a-halfcents. Alberal discount
made to quarterly, sem-annual and yearly adverti-
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

~Ns@::S%S5ss1.@9 W. F. A. WOODCOCK
la2SsE .sSS.Fzas. Has just received a magnificent
aAa%AA$AzZe=ss& assortment of WATcH NATEPr,I
Tools AND MACHINERY for repairing all kinds Of
WATCHES i'll the very best manner # You want
your Watches repaired tor hd the usual price call
on IF; \: WOODCOCk, DOVER. Del. superior Work
Lower Prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed. " F.
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Smyrna times., 1877-03-28


For the balance Of March we will sell
nails at cost. Worden Mfg. Co., Office and
Warerooms, at the Mill, on the Hill. Don't
forget the place.
New Hardware Store. VIM. FAIRIES & Co.
Mouldings, Brackets, and all kinds of
Scroll Saving, at the Mill of the Worden
Mfg. Co. Do not forget the place.
The Worden Mfg. Co. have the best
Cultivator Teeth in the State, which they
sell for less money than you can purchase
common teeth. Inquire at their Office, on
the Hill, at the Mill Do not forget the
place.
All kinds of Agricultural Implements for
sale by the Worden Mfg. Co., Office on the
Hill, at their Factory. Don't forget the
place.
The best stock of Shingles in town for
the least money, at the Worden Mfg. Co.
Office, on the Hill by the Mill. DO not
forget the place.
Ifyou want to Juy or desire to see a Diamond
Finger Ring, call on w. F. A. Woodcock
tbs ,ccck. Great bargains are to be had.
The most brilliant and beautiful Gems to be
found. Prices range from $50 to $500, each.
magnificent assortment. Call and see
and it will do you good. W. F. A. Wood.
cock, Dover Delaware.
The price of No. 9 Concave Plows reduced
from $50 to 5000, and other Plows re-
duced in the same proportion, at the WOr-
den Manufacturing Co. Office and Ware
rooms, on the Hill, at the Mill. Do not
forget the place.
If you want Lime, Nails, Glass, or in fact
anything at all, 60 to the Office and Ware
rooms of the Worden Mfg. Co. and you will
find it cheaper than ever. Don't forget the
place.
Hardware, Nails and Bolts at lower rates
than ever offered in Smyrna, at VIM. FARES
e. Cos. ian 3I-2m
Do you know the Worden Mfg. Co. have
will find them at their Office and Ware.
rooms, on the Hill, at the Mill Don't
forget the place.
The Worden Mfg. Co. are all the time
running in a new stock of Lumber, at
greatly reduced prices. Give them call
lis all they ask. Office on the Hill, at the
Sash and Door Factory. Do not forget the
place.
Still another reduction in the price Of
Sash, Doors, Blinds, &c. Will compete with
any factory in the country, both in price
and quality. Office and Warerooms, on the
Hill, at the Basket Factory. Do not forget
the place. WORDEN MFG. Co.
FAREIRA'S CONTINENTAL BALSAM
| THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE
| This wonderful DIARRIO2A antidote will CURl
forms of that dreadful disease. 1t is an unfailin,
remedy for the cure of Cholera, Cholera Infantum
DySentery Cramp Collie, etc. If taken in time will ac
like magic This great medicine has been in use fO
over fifteen years and the most stubborn cases hav,
yielded to its great powers. One trial will convince
the most skeptical Price p and 30 cents per bottle
Sold by JOHN FAREIRA, sole proprietor. 224 NoRTI
| NINTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, and DRUGGISTS GENE
| RALLY. feb l4-1y
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

Mother my little trote is sore, dit me a
title bottle Shriner's Cough Syrup, think
it will ture me to night.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28
FROM SWITZERLAND.

Circulars and Cards printed at this Office
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

An English clergyman has been fined for
using profane language. Evidence was
given at the Bridgend petty sessions on
March 10 to the effect that the Rev. Rees
Prichard, vicar in Glamorganshire, had
sworn six times during a wranglc with pas
sengers on a railway train, and he was fined
five shillings for each curse. A few days
before this the Todcaster magistrates had
sentenced Mr.. Lcatham to two months i'm
prsonment for cursing the Queen during
divine service. English justice discrimi.
mates between profanity that is merely pro-
fame and profanity that is disloyal.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28
THE PENINSULAR AGRICULTURAL AND
P0M0L0GlCAL ASSOCIATION.

Not being forced to make EARLY SALES, we shall
endeavor to take no advantage of our customers by
having Good Baskets at Fixed Prices in the Season
when they are wanted. NH Ism
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
The simOOe Tragedy.

SIMCoE, Ont, Aug. 6.
At 10;45 on Saturday evening fire was
discovered in the poor-house on the in
dustrial farm of the county of Norfolk,
and about one mile from this town. The
building was very old, dry, and built of
wood The fire originated in the center
of the building downstairs, and spread
so rapidly that before any alarm could be
given both staircases were in ruins, there
by cutting off retreat through the doors.
The inmates were sleeping both on the
ground floor and the first floor above, the
men on the one side and the women on
the other, Very few people were at the
scene OF the ccnfagration, owing to the dis
tance at which the poor-house was situ-
ated from the town. The fire-alarm was
not sounded and no fire-engines OF fire.
men were present.
The flames spread rapidly and, not
withstanding the extreme eXertions and
complete presence of mind of an old
blind man, an inmate of the building,
who went through room after room and
awoke the men and boys and controlled
them to the best of his ability, the in
mates lost all control of themselves and
were as helpless as infants. The blind
man forced five or six out of the
windows above, and worked until the
flames and smoke compelled him TO
seek safety in flight. Notwlthstand-
ing his efforts, seven of the males
perished in the flames. Meantime,
some one in the crowd forced an entrance
from the outside to the female depart
ment and succeeded in awakening all the
inmates. They were If possible more ex-
cited than the men, and although many
jumped out of the windows at distance
of twelve feet, others could not be in
duced to leave.
Owing to the rapidity with which the
flames spread, the time was very short,
not exceeding from the first twenty-five
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
Carpenters for Europe.

Among the passengers in the steam
ship Montana yesterday were forty-six
skilled carpenters and joiners, who had
been engaged to work on Il. Neill IL
Sons factories, in Manchester, England.
Fifty men were to have sailed, but four
removed their chests and refused to go,
because they had heard that they were
being imported into Manchester to take
the places of carpenters striking there.
The carpenters who sailed are mostly
young men, and many are of English
birth. Although intelligent and skillful
workmen, sheer necessity in many in
stances impelled them to accept the
Manchester offer. One middle-aged man
said:
"I have lived thirty years in Paterson,
N. j., and never till lately wanted for
work. During the past year | have had
almost nothing to do, and the last work
/ did / was paid $1.25 a day for"
The men cannot return in less than
seven months, and it is doubtful whether
they ever will. OF $50 masons sent from
New York to Glasgow last year only six
have returned. The pay in Manchester
is $175 a day, equal, Mr.. Abbott says,
in purchasing power, to $3.50 day in
this city.-N Y Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
A Connecticut Youths Suit.

A rather novel breach of promise sui
just been begun before the Superior Court
for WiDdham County. David L. Rock,
a sturdy young man of Wauregan, two
years ago began to pay his addresses to
bright, black-haired, black-eyed girl
by the name of Agnes Greenes. The
swain bought little presents and paid his
sweetheart the most undivided attention;
but Agnes didn't think enough of David
to become his partner for life, and plain
ly told him So David didn't like the
'mitten' bit, but watched every Oppor-
tunity to enjoy the company of Agnes
About three months ago another young
man, by the name of John La Rose, APP
peared on the scene, and his attentions
to Agnes were reciprocated, and after a
short courtship they were married. Aft
eI the knot was tied all the chances of
David Rock were gone, and he, to solace
his unrequited love, brings suit for
5000 damages against the girl and her
husband. 1t is probable that the case
will be tried at the next term of the court,
and will cause some amusement.-Ror-
t0ich Bulletin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17

valley averaged six persons each, and
that they had maintained life on an aver
age of seven dollars per month to each
family for nine months past. 1t is not
to be supposed for an instant that this
condition of things has not been known
to Scranton people. 1t has been known
to them, and last winter good deal of
assistance was extended to the poor by
various societies through relief associa-
tion. But the miners do not wish to live
on the charity of anybody. They pray
for work at living wages, and are willing
to work even seven days in the week to
earn them. In a conference with the
officers of the company one of the latter
said to the miners: elf you think the
company is making so much money per-
haps you would undertake to work the
mines for all above the expenses?" To
this the miners quickly replied: We
will undertake to work the mines If you
will support our families. Scranton
(PG.) Cor. N. Y. Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
WAR NOTES.

WAR NOUESs
The Russians attacked Loratz on the 7th
and were repulsed with a loss OF 300 killed
and 900 wounded.
Five thousand Turkish cavalry attacked a
Russian force near Plevna, on the 9th, aud
were easily repulsed.
Two Russian attacks on Joslar, south of
Rasgrad, on the 7th were repulsed. The bat.
tie was bloody on both sides.
According to an official statement the Rus
sian losses up to July q were 1896.
The Russian army is daily receiving rein
forcements from Russia. The main force is
at Khan Boghaz.
A force of 10000 men are employed on the
Gallipoli fortifications.
A Biela correspondent says the Russians
are thankful that they have not been assailed
in their defensive positions. The recent de-
fcats have altered the whole plan of the cam
paign. They have abandoned the expecta-
ton Of pressing the war across the Balkans,
and orders have been issued to withdraw
from all trans-Balkan positions. The Rus
slams are beginning to suffer severely in
health, and as the season advances sickness
increases. The Car remains at Biela.
The Russians were repulsed at Yaillak on
wounded.
Russia is experiencing serious difficulty in
filing the Landwehr. The men have been
notified that they will not be required to go
to the front.
A Vienna dispatch of the 18th reports the
defeat of 1900 Russians at Galhak.
On the 11th the Turkish corps in Asia Minor
was being concentrated near Anekolschak.
Several skirmishes have occurred recently,
in which both parties claimed the advantage
Servia, the Premier says, will remain neu-
tral, subject to the course of military events
ana the political aspect of Europe.
sulieman Pasha occupied the Guerdilik
Pass, unopposed, on the 11th.
A Constantinople special says Karabunar
is crowded with fugitives. There is but one
well in the place and the wounded, sick and
fugitives are perishing from thirst.
Turkish troops withdrawn from the Cau-
casus have arrived at Varna, reinforcing su-
| lieman Pasha and Mehemet Ali.
| Mehemet Ali and sulieman Pasha are en-
deavoring to effect a junction by slevno
Pass, so as to dislodge the Russians from
Tirnova. The Turks intend acting with
energy and decision, and are building more
| defensive works.
Achmet Pasha, who surrendered Nikopolis
| to the Russians and was afterward interned
at Orel, has committed suicide.
Rassam Pasha has retaken Kartova and
Kalofer and occupied Kalofer Pass. The
Bulgarians lost 500 killed at Kalofer
Sulieman Pasha, taking the offensive, has
marched through Fereditch, a Balkan pass,
and sent strong reconnoitering force as far
as the Karatom, where the Russians were
found in force s..e-- a.. .--......- 4.
The Russian Government has announced
that the project of occupying Bosnia and
Herzegovina is abandoned.
In Asia Minor the Russians have advanced
upon Apulika.
The Russian force at Sistova is to receive a
reinforcement of 60, 900 men. Gen. Gourko' e
army will be retired behind the Balkans, where
they are required.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
Loss of the Steamer Eten.

NEW YORK, Aug II.
Panama papers, justreceived, announce
the total loss of the steamer Eten, Capt.
Coathupe, ON the morning of the 18th of
July, at Los Vilos, some seventy miles
north of Valparaiso. Forty-three Of the
crew and passengers reached shore in
safety and twenty were left on the rocks,
A British war vessel and Gillian gun
boat went to the scene of the wreck as
soon as reported, but were unable to rem
der any assistance, owing to the rough
weather and fog. The survivors on the
rocks, faint from exposure and want of
food, threw themselves into the sea to
end their misery, and only three were
saved.
A correspondent says that out of the
crew, sixty-seven all told, and the pas
sengers, there were probably saved six
ty-three, There could not have been
less than from ninety to 100 passengers.
The loss of life therefore may be esti-
mated at about 100 persons. The COM
mander of the vessel is thought to be
among the lost. Fourteen bodies were
recovered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
The Strikers.

READING, Pa, Aug. Z.
The Coroner's Jury, in the case of the re-
cent riots, rendered a verdict to-day acquit-
ting the soldiers from any blame for firing on
the rioters, taking into consideration the
fearful peril in which they we're placed. The
responsibility for the terrible tragedy is di-
rectly attributable to those who composed
the lawless body who were instigating the
riotous proceedings, and the mob is prima-
rily responsible for all subsequent trouble
and bloodshed.
SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. 8.
Aid. Mahan's jury of inquest on those
killed by the Vigilance Committee brought in
a verdict Of murder against the members of
the committee whose names are known. A
Constable was given warrants for T. F. Hunt
and Charles E. Chittenden, and they were ar
rested. They sent word to the militia and
Gen. Hindekoper took them from the Con-
stable.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 8. q.
A committee of the employees of the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne d Chicago Railroad yes
terday visited j. d. Laying, General Manager
of that road, to ascertain how soon the Penn
sylvania Company intended restoring their
wages to the old rates. Mr.. Laying said tn at
as yet but little had been done, but he would
guarantee that the wages would be restored
to the same rates as in 1878 as soon as the
Board of Directors meet. The employees
have agreed to allow the railroad authorities
two months to consider the matter, when, IL
the old rates have not been restored, some
further action will be taken.
SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. IL.
Carbondale was thrown into wild excite
ment yesterday afternoon. About $50 miners
compelled the pumpmen to abandon their
| posts. The fires were drawn and the mines
are being flooded. The crowd also visited
the yard of the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Company and detained train of loaded coal
cars. The Erie colliery was visited and the
pumps stopped.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17

law, and favoring a policy Of arbitration In
disagreements between employer and en-
ployed.
John e. Daily, stock.broker, was shot
and killed at San Francisco, on the 7th, by
Leslie G. Hanks, Consul General for Gaute-
mala at that city. The trouble grew out OF
trifing disagreement between Hanks and
Daily's partner Hanks was committed to
Jail by the Coroner, and on the morning Of
the sth was found dead in his cell. He in
some way became possessed Of rifle and
shot himself through the heart.
A receiver has been appointed for the Co
lumbia Life Insurance Company, of st. Louis,
that institution having been declared insol-
vent
serious accident occurred at Troy, Kan,
on the st. 10. e. Western Railroad, on the
9th. coach filed with passengers jumped
the track and went down the embankment,
fifteen feet high. Twenty-Five persons were
wounded and several Of them are believed to
be fatally injured.
Baseball on the 9th: Chicago 13, Cincin-
natl Q.
The Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
is allowed to continue business in Indiana.
The Iron and Steel Workers Convention
at Columbus on the 11th elected Joseph
Bishop, of Pittsburgh, President and Secre-
tary for the ensuing year and adjourned sine
die. Wheeling, W. Va, was chosen as the
place OF meeting next year.
In the hdbeds corpus case of Col. John A.
Joyce, former U. s. Revenue Agent at st
Louis, convicted two years ago OF conspiracy
to defraud the Government on the whisky
tax, and sentenced on four counts to impris-
onment and fines, Judge Jeckel, Of the U. s.
District Court at jefferson City, Mo, OH the
18th decided that the indictment charged but
one offense and the court exhausted its
power when it entered judgment on the con-
spiracy, and the result of the judgment is
void. Joyce, having served two years on one
count, was entitled to discharge, which
was granted him on HIS recognizing in 81, 900
to appear and answer any order Of court.
Bail was given and Joyce was released.
A Rio Grande City (Tex) dispatch Of the
| 18th says: "At one o'clock this morning
fifteen men from Mexico entered the town,
broke open the Jail, shot Judge Cox and the
iailer, and released two notorious outlaws.
The civil authorities called upon the military
for assistance and Col. Price with 100 regulars
and 1.-TWO Gstling guns started in pursuit the
Mexicans, but failed to overtake them. They
recrossed the river and entered Mexico sevon
miles below Rio Grande The troops have
not as yet crossed"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17

minutes, before the greater part of the
building was in flames. Meanwhile the
grounds surrounding the building were
in state of great confusion. Men and
women were running like mad people,
some half-dressed and some with nothing
on but uight.shirt, crying and utteriDg
the most pitiful shrieks. During this
time the crowd were witnessing sad
and dheart-rending scene. Men and women
could be seen through the open windows
seated on their beds aud the flames rap
idly licking the bedclothes and their own
scanty clothing. One woman went down
stairs, and when she found all retreat
cut off in that direction she sank on the
stairs and perished She was plainly
visible through the open door, and many
brave heart sickened and turned from
this most horrible spectacle. Another
woman threw two of her children out of
the window and then jumped herself
Fortunately, some men underneath caught
both mother and children.
After lapse of fifteen or twenty
minutes the floors and walls gave way
and left nothing standing but the frame.
Then the victims could plainly be seen
in the ruins burning. This was the most
sickening scene that the crowd had to
withstand. Soon the frame fell, and in
a very short time all was buried in smoke
and ashes. There were seven men, eight
women and two boys burnt to death, and
four men who escaped were badly burned
and one man had his leg broken in jump
ing from the window. These unfortu-
mates received all possible attention.
They were conveyed at once to the
county Jail in this town and received
medical aid from the poor-house surgeon
and tender care from the wife of the
jailer. 1t is feared that one man will
not recover. Those who escaped were
well cared for. They were temporarily
housed in the barn and small house on
the premises and attended to by the
matron of the poor-house. There were
forty inmates, twenty.three of whom es-
capped and seventeen perished in the
| flames.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17
Getting a New Dress.

An engineer on the JEFF, Road got
new dress for his wife last week, by the
use of little strategy over the strike.
He was approachM by merchant of
Louisville who had been caught away
from home and was anxious to return,
The engineer was on his engine, and
waiting permission from the strikers to
pull out, when the merchant asked per-
mission to get on with him, so as to make
the attempt to run the blockade, and
proposed TO the engineer thatif he would
help him, and succeed in getting him out
of the city, he might bring his wife to
his store and get handsome suit of
clothes for her. The engineer told him
all right, exchanged his cap for the
"plug" of the merchant, and took him
away safe and sound. That engineers
wife will wear one of the incest suits to
be seen on the streets.-IndiGnapoIfs
Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17

Horace Greeley died broken hearted,
because he was not permitted to edit the
Tribans We know lots of editors, out
West, who are nearly broken hearted be-
cause they are compelled TO edit their
papers while their rich subscribers go
off to the mountains OF the sea shore
Hasok-Eye.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-17

We have observed that the banks
are always perfectly sound" until the
notice Suspended" is posted on the
front door. You never knew of cashiers
saying; "We are in bad fix and will
probably shut up shop tomorrow" He
always says; "SuspendS ha, ha, hal
that's pretty good Why, we never were
in better fix" And half an hour after,
likely as not, the doors Of that bank will
be closed, and the papers win tell the
old, old story-Liabilities, 81 800, 600;
assets, ten cents.-St. Louis Journal.