Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-05-04

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RraSUAspr will embark for La Belle, France to- I
dav She is quite thin as when she came 10 u ou'
her bank account has grown wonderfully
,r,,r cirard Point elevator, at Philadelphia was
1os,rored nv fire. Thursday morning. 1t contained
o. GOO bushels of grain the loss on which Is coVeleu
NV insurance The fire originated in the ooier rooi'
Eo1-p nor cent bonds of the United States SOLD on
saturday at 1l614. The remarkable ADVANCE III Wv
ernments and the great success OF the treasury pa
have been the feature of the past week In financial
circles.
r steamer inst purchased for the Jeanette Search
Fxpedition is to be named the Rodgers, in honor OF
the late Rear Admiral Rodgers who rendered Eaiu",
e head of the Jeanette Relief Board ana
was also successful Artic explorer
PIT BARxUM has sued Harrington Fitzgerald. OF the
PHILADELPHIA Sun, because local item III the sun
stated that he had no pecuniary interest in the
Barnum SHOW and only lent his name ana gave LIS
advice TO the concern for a consideration.
wurTr1Aw REID Editor of the New York tribune
was married last week Miss Elizabeth Mills daush
Ter of California millionaire. The orloal plese"ts
were numerous and costly, but were not exhlolveu'
Among them was a check for half million oil COLLARS
TO the bride form her father.
evident that the lottery business is to be treated
roorously by the p0st-ofhce authorities. Attorney
General McVeagh mas advised Postmaster General
lanes that he may prevent the of the mails for
lottery reujttances Even where lotteries are legal
lied within certain States he holds that they are mol
thereby leealized outside these States.
FIVE members Of the Republican Caucus Commit
tee appointed to arraI ge for the holding OF eNecu'
tive sessions had conference with the PRESIDENT on
Friday night 1t is said that they recommended the
withdrawal of Robertsons nomination lot CoAiecVor
at New York and that the President in reply said
with emphasis. that no such proposition could be
entertained
PROF LEWIS SWIFT, the astronomer. at Rochester.
Y y Monday morning. discovered another new
comet-hs seventh. and the first of the present year
Il is bright, and moving in Southerly direction
Professor Proctor asserted that the discov
erv of another comet this year would give serious
grounds for apprehending the end of the world but
Professor Swift is of different opinion.
THERE is a general. though in districts very
slight subsistence of the foods in the West and North
west. The Minnesota and Upper Missouri rivers
have fallen rapidly. In Kansas City, Missouri bust
ness remains almost entirely suspended, and over
600 people are driven from their homes man
was killed Mt this place by steamer crashing into a
balcony on which he was standing. The village OF
Oak Mills, in Dauphin county, Kansas. was nearly
destroyed by the food, and at Iowa point and Burr
Oak Bottom the water reached to the windows and
caves of many houses.
BRADLAuGH. the English radical. is hoist by his
eFxogsa f In, iyin
being and thereby objected to take the OATH He alsG
isbeleves in royalty and could not subscribe to al
oath of fealty to the Queen. AS result he dropped
out of Parliament but was reelected, and now come
forward ready take the oaths required But 1t wa
objected that IL he was conscientious before he can
not consistently take the oath now And thus he wa
refused the privilege, and is much-aggrieved mar
These infdels do not often get where their logic ca
be applied but when they do they terribly ncOr
sistent.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD has given the most positive !
instructions to Postmaster James to prosecute tn
Star-route investigation without mercy, no matte
who is hurt He says nobody is 10 be saved" Tn
ought TO calm General Brady. He has intimated th
he has kept all his papers. and that if he is presse
800 hard several people will be damaged. So muC
the better If Brady is the great and good patriot
claims to be. the country ought to know t. If he
scoundrel who is shielding lot Of other scOundre
the country ought also to know It. Let the ke'
bright sunlight of publicity be DETECTED upon Il
whole Of them.
TIE French are energetically prosecuting their W
against the Kroumirs and out of it come at least II
complications. The hey of Tunis. finding he cou
not prevent the French from acting against the p
dstory tribes declared his territory to be vassae
of the sultan of Turkey. and the Porte accepts {
charge and protests against French action as
assault on its integrity. Italy also feels Jealous
view Of French actiOn. Sicily is within hundT
miles Of Tunis. and Italian sponge fisheries exte
close to the Tunisian coast. As between the tV
Italy believes that in virtue her contiguity q
and ancient possessions Tunis ought TO fall To her
20 any modern power. The French, however. de
any purpose of seizure but claim that they SIM
defending their Algerian frontier from the Kr
mfrs.
ABOUT 100000 have disappeared in the 9tar-Ro
business and nobody seems tC have received any Of
It is certainly time for ringing some kind Of q b
Two million dollars is a high price to pay for "
General Brady would like to have regarded as a
Of cold breakfast. It was impossible. under BraC
system letting the star Mail Routes in the West,
honest contractor. desir,us Of getting q route
compensation which would afford him a fair liy
profit TO do any business with the Post Office Dep
ment. The routes were. a rule. advertised
weekly service and the schedule time was fixed
Two or three miles an hour. The Ring contractors
n bids at figures less than the service could be
for, and Of coursc got the awards shutting out all
honest bid. s. hose offers made on the
ofac'.a' aid d moderate profit. A few w
after the lettings took place the service was incre
by BEadys order to a daily one. and the time shor
cd by Onethird or one-half. New rates were
fixed for the increased service by Brady in conf
ton with the Ring contractors or their agents
this manner all competition shut out. and
contractors got as much money as they could arr
for with the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
Tho whole business looks on its face like consp
20 defraud the Government.
NEWS ITEhs.-Generai Longstreet has left Const
nOple on l0ave of absence.-There has bee
outbreak against the Hebrews at Argenau. in
Prussia; some Of their houses were wrecked
was also disturbance at Elizabethgrad. AR
ance is reported between Mr.. Conking and D
cratic Senators 10 prevent the confirmation of
gobertson.--The investigation into the irreg
ties In Star Route contracts is being vigorously
cnted By Postmaster James; General Brady n
TO charges against him.--Trouble is feared
the Ute Indians in Wyoming Territory The
loss by the recent floods Of the Missouri River Is
mated at sioOOOOO.---Ms. Christian Koc
Grand Island. Neb, killed her three children
herself without explanation. hotel k,
at Springfield. III. have refused 10 receive as
the Fisk Jubilee Singers, colored.---Forest fl
raging near carbondale. PA fire at Detr
midnight Saturday caused a loss Of sl50gOo.-
IRE at Fond du Lac caused damage to the ext
s25.0oO.---Nearly two hundred persons
Plymouth Church. New York. Sunday
1900 bakers in New York and Brooklyn,
Aonday.----John Dillon. NJ. p. has been al
AZ Portarlirgton in virtue of the Coercion act
The Eihilst Executive Committee has issued a