Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

General Grant made three speeches in
Connecticut and three in New Jersey on |
Thursday The silent soldier is lost to the
country.
Lewis Erwin died at Callipolis, O., on
Monday last, from wounds inflicted by his
father and mother during a quarrel about a
name of glass. The old man shot him and
his mother struck him with club when he
was down.
On Friday night, while Mr.. Bridges and
wife. of San Fernando, CAL, were attend
ing a political meeting at Los Angeles,
their house caught fire, and their four
children-the oldest aged ] years-were
burned to death.
Congressman :. B. Chitten,en, of New
York. offers "a reward of $1,000 for evidence
furnished ut any tim" during the months
Of October or November l'nding 10 the ar
rest and conviction of the party vino forged
the Garfield Chinese letter.
Rev. Dr.. Curry lately editor of the
Christian i{socIte i 20 become associate
editor Of the Methodist. H will have
charge Of the literary and contributed de.
partments and writ" everv week for the
editorial columns. DR.. Wheeler will re-
main editer-inchief.
The epizooty has become general in nearly
all the towns of southern New Jersey.
Along the coast the malady is as violent us
in 1872 and many deaths are reported,
In the interior it is of milder type, the
horses in the "fufnace towns" suffering
most. Wild onions have been tried as a
remedy or palliative with much success.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Crooks, died at Astoria,
Long Island, on the 23d inst, aged S. years
widow Of George R. Crooks, ST., of Williams
port, Penn, and mother of the Rev. DR.
George r. Crooks, formerly editor of the
Methodist, New York, and Colonel William
B. Crooks, of Philadelphia. She was ma
tive Of Kent CO., Del. Her maiden name
was BAttell.
The piano factory of Ernst Gabler, on
West Twenty.second street. New York
was destroyed by fire Monday Only tn,
walls were left standing. About 300 pianos
nearly completed, and large quantity O
stock were burned. Loss, $4,000; insured
for $4,000 There were l25 workman EN-
ployed in the the factory, who lost tool
valued in the aggregate at $1,000.
Gen. Buell., commanding at FL Paso
Texas, has received a letter confirming tn
announcement made several days ago @
the defeat and death of the Indian chic
Yictorio by the Mexican Col. Joaquin Tel
raseo on the 18th inst, in an engagement
IN which 80 grown Indians and Is squaw
and children were killed and 20 wome
and children and $50 animals captured.
DR.. Marten 7. Chapman, brother.in-la,
OF the notorious DR.. Buchanan, who escape
from the train which brought the latter t
philadelphia, about six weeks ago, and VIII
since that time has been a fugitive frol
Justice, was arrested Monday night,
Philadelphia. He is charged by the Unite
States authorities with perjury in swearir
that DR.. Buchanan had committed suiciC
well dressed woman, about 25 years
age, giving the name Of Mrs. Lander,
boston, was locked up in police static
IN New York Monday night for being,
II IS supposed, intoxicated in the stree
one subsequently hanged herself with 81
handkerchief to the cell door, but W
discovered and cut down before life W
extinct. She was then sent to BellevI
Hospital as insane.
Three weeks ago Mrs. Mary Mayer,
462 First street, Jersey City, died of typhc
fever, and was buried. The body appear
iiielike, and the cheeks after death W,
Mighty colored. This preyed upon
mind Of daughter of the deceased to 81
degree that she caused5the remains to
exhumed, II was then discovered that I
woman had turned on her face in the cof
and that in her struggles she had torn {
ear almost off.