Smyrna times., 1881-01-05

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not by any means certain that this may
not result in a general European war.
We are having taste Of Yankee
winter without the trouble of travelling
four or five hundred miles. There is
nothing like having such things brought
to your own doors. This kind of wealth
er prevails in Maine from November to
April, and it often happens that the in
habitant do not see mother earth for four
or five months.
The triumvirate in Transvaal, South
Africa, has proclaimed martial law, and
communication with that country is wholly
interrupted The British authorities are
forwarding troops to the front, and indi-
cate purpose to quickly suppress the re-
bellion. The colonials have gained
signal success over the Tambookies, 80
rebels being killed and 5000 cattle and
5000 sheep captured.
The enormous volume of business trans
acted in 1886 is shown by the returns of
the New York Clearing House. The ex-
change reached an aggregate of 8,614,-
448, 223-an amout fourteen times as
great as the National debt has ever been
The business of 1879, which surpassed
that of any previous year in the history of
the Clearing House, was exceeded by fully
one-third. 1t is not strange that the bust
ness men of the metropolis took and I'M
precedented interest in the last political
campaign.
ANOTHER evidence of the seriousness of
the Irish troubles is furnished by the plot
to blow up an English ironclad snugly
anchored in Scotch harbor. Evidently
the cause of the Irish peasants has many
dangerously enterprising partisans out
side of the Green Isle. The sinking of a
ship merely because she belongs to the
British Government would be an exploit
ranking in its criminality and folly with
the attempt to blow up the Clerkenwell
Prison in 1867, which cost many inno-
cent lives and did the Fenian movement
no sort of good.
IT is noted as significant that the Crown
does not concern itself as to the move
ments of the traversers on trial at Dublin.
and it is probable that Parnell and others,
who are members of Parliament, will
attend that body pending the trial to OPP
pose any hostile legislation. Despite the
wishes of the authorities Kilkenny had
q great land meeting Sunday, attended by
5000 people A meeting in Droght da,
Saturday, was stopped by two magis-
trates, who had the riot act read A COL
hsion is reported at Tuam between the
soldiers and the crowd.
NEARLY one million dollars have been
raised in St Louis to aid in the construc-
ton of the ST. Louis and Texas Narrow
Gauge railroad, now being built from
Texarkana to Waco, Texas, and which it
Is designed to extend from the former
point to Cairo, ILL.,, there to connect with
the narrow-gauge railroad to st. Louis.
1t is also intended to push the road from
Waco to the Rio Grande, to connect with
the Palmer-Sullivan system, which is to
be constructed to the City of Mexico. 1t
Is also in contemplation to ultimately
build narrow-gauge from st. Louis or
Cairo to New York. A syndicate has
been formed in New York to carry out
this project.
CHARLES BECKER and George Engels.
forgers OF unusual note, have been cap
tured in New York. This nearly com
pletes the destruction of band of crimi-
nails that has been the terror of two con-
tinents for years. George Wilkes, Shell
Hamilton and Pete Barnes, three of their
contederates, are in prison in Florence
Italy, for forgery, in which Becker and
Engels are implicated, and for which they
are now held, awaiting extradition. AL
wilson, another member of the gang, ia
IN the Maryland penitentiary, and Henry
Clarey, another, is in the Albany peni-
Tertiary. George Bell, who is also
alleged to be connected with the band. is
awaiting further trial in Baltimore. Bill
Bartlett and Ed. Barnes are free.
WHEN the Forty-sixth Congress reas-
semoles to-day only scant two months
OF Its final sitting will rer.... The
country at large does not want the Forty
seventh Congress called into extra session.
no matter how much the interest of the
Republican party might be promoted by
such summons but that result will
inevitably follow failure of the Demo-
cratic majority in both the Senate and the
House to promptly and diligently address
ltseif to the transaction of the public bust
ness. No time out Of the narrow MARGIN
that is left should be lost in filibusterino
and other kinds of fooling. The appro,
priation bills had better be passed in
almost any shape which they are likely to
assume than be left as a pretext for an
extra session. After March 4 the people
: would prefer that the doors of the Capital
should be shut until next December.
We shall never know whether IL vvas
-Four Bears who retreated or Rafting Rib
whose spinal column collapsed. But after
DAY OF dark and secret conference in a
Washington hotel, the modest demand of
those chiefs for $1,000, 900 for the riobt
OF way through Dakota reservation iess
than two hundred miles wide has been
Withdrawn. Perhaps the consultation
was held to decide whether they should
make tia round billion, and fight It out on
mat line, if it took all winter. But wiser
counseis prevailed. The price thew had
asked wonld be about S35. 900 a milo !.
the railroad offered BIO a mile. and a.