Smyrna times., 1880-05-05
News Items.

Lightning killed two men near Corsicanna. Texas,
on Friday.
The public debt statement for April shows a reduc-
ton of Sl2O1SOO
Snow fell in Pike county, Pa. on Friday night, and
ice formed in some places quarter OF ali inch thick
Patrick McNulty, laborcr in Pawtuckct r. l.. was
killed by the cavlng i'll of an embankmcnt Monday.
On Saturday two men were found hanging to a tree
the line of benton county, Texas. 1t supposed
they were horse-thievCs
Vim. Legg, clerk in the postofice at Fort Worth,
Texas, has been arrested charged with absracting
registered packages. He has confessed.
Ann Eliza Arnold committed suicide by hanging
herself to her bedpost near Cory, Pa on Saturday.
Her brother hanged himself in the same room several
years ago.
George Turney, steamboat engineer, was shot
probably fatally, at Galveston, Texas sunday by
Frank McGOwan, of Houston An old grudge existed
between the men. McGowan was arrested.
In all the Roman Catholic churches in Quebec
Sunday, lengthy pastoral was read from the Arch
bishop against all excursions and pleasure parties
cveh walks and drives on Sundays and feast days
The Citizens Bank, at Paris. Ky, was entered by
burglars Saturday night and robbed of Si99 in money
and Sl950D in bonds the latter owned by Mrs. c. $.
Brent of Paris and Mrs John Marshall Of COvngton.
Joseph Smith. "son of the original Joe Smith
Sunday dedicated church of Latter Day Saints, or
Joe Smith MOrmOns.' as they are sometimes styled.
in Chicago. 1t is the first regular church of the sect
i'll that city.
Michael smith, the H-year-old boy, who to save his
! fathers life, killed drunken rough, named Kane,
near OlCan " Y. few days ago has been acquitted
by the coroners jury and the citizens of Oean intend
| To give him testimonial.
! While trying to eject drunken man named Kistler,
from Streets mill in Reading, on Saturday the watch
man kempt; struck him with a billy lnhicung a
wound which caused death in Il short tinne coro-
ners jury justified Kemp.
At an early hour yesterday morning Memorial Hall,
at the Dayton Ohio) Soldiers Home, was burned. II
was built in the fall of 1873 at cost of $4,000 and
] Is tlQaer o
| Home. 1t was about half insured.
A Summer resort on the lake shore, near Cleveland
o.. known as Colts, and Kept by jacob SllVerthori
was burned Monday; cause, defective nue. Loss
! $4,000 Some United States bonds belonging to
| SilverthOrn were among the property consumed
| Work FOR CONvICTs.-PhOdelpha proposes TO put
some of It's conyictS at work cleaning its streets and
expects to make saving of At least Sl5OOO per year
The work is TO be done at night and 20O inmates OF
the House of Correction, with 70 extra guards are tc
| do it.
A GROWING INDusTEY-It is estimated that the
lumber business of Georgia for this year will amount
to 800 900 600 feet and will exceed i'll value SJ0OOOO0
No industry in the State has assumed such proper
tions in the period as has this in the past tou
years.
Texas on Friday, for the murder of Willis Cline
committed in 1875; Ten thousand people witnessed
the execution. Much sympathy was expressed 70
the murderer, and even an attempt was made L
rescue him.
At a late hour Sunday night a coored woman
name not given-at Christiansburg, MOntgOmer,
county, Va. locked the door of her house and set
fire burning herself and five children to death.
The building was totally consumed No cause i
given for the act.
The trustees of the LemOyne CrcmatOry have con
sented to allow the body of Charles Gustav Poez.
New York, to be cremated in their furnace Tn
cremation will take place some day this week,
had been decided not to allow the bodies of suicide
TO be cremated there.
The New York EUcaiRg Post says, in regard to tn
West Point case, that credible reports from severn
independent sources indicate that the handwriting o
six specimens submitted to the experts correSpon,
i'll the opinion of those gentlemen, with that of tn
mysterious note and that they are i'll the handwrln
l of Whitaker
9 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. in Patterson.
j.. destroyed by fire about clock A. NJ. Sunda
The fire is supposed to have been of incendary orig
. as the edfce was fired but few months since bl
saved at that time. The church built eight yea
f ago at cost of about S12000 and insured in Newal
companies for 81 500.