Smyrna times., 1881-04-27


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THE benevolent public of New York have never
been accused of keeping their charity at home Inc
subscriptions for the victims of the earthquake III
Scio amount to $1,000; those for the shneleIS III
Dakota to little more than $1,000
TUE rnan who first voted for Garfield at Chicago
and who for long time was the only man VINO u'u
vote ". A. NJ Grier of Pennsylvania has been re-
warded with ON office. that of Third Assistant FoS',
,oostar General That man in the gallery VINO leu
tho cheering whenever Garfelds name was mehuoh-
cd is still out in the cold.
rur House Committee on Contested Elections IN
tho next Congress will have lively time II It's mem
hers attend strictly business Contests have oeen
announced in no less than tweI y-four instances Ill
of them but one in Southern Districts Ihere Is GER
tainlv chance enough here for warm and eXcluhg
n,itical campaign in the House of Representatives
R1sst. is about to take first and very important
sion toward constitutional government. AT coun-
Gil of ministers recently. presided over by lhe CZ.
the resolution was reached to convoke commltteeoI
elected representatives TO consider state quesuou'
This falls far short of parliament doubtless but Is
start toward constitutional government The Car
favored the movement. and ordered uKase 10 Ue
drawn TO provide for the order of affairs.
Is THE Washington dispatches, in relation to the
Gen Brady scandal is list of nearly one hundred
star Route contracts, all of which the Department
officers believe to have been corruptly manipulated
The rates of increase obtained by contractors IN
many of these cases are enormous One route IN lhe
Indian Territory was swelled fem 5000 to sl5OOOO;
one in Dakota from 81 $50 to $4,000; one in wyoming
from Sill 600 $4,000; one in Colorado from S0oV 10
:Sl33 ETC., etc.
THE deadlock in the weather. like the deadlock IN
the Senate INSTRUCTED important business. Inc Guy
merchants say that the prolonged winter has hao an
unfavorable effect upon trade, checking II Tor time
Rut the mistake of last year in overbuying has not
been repeated by the merchants throughout tht
country The result is that their stocks are lght anC
must be replentshed. The spring trade. which II
now in a satisfactory condition, is steadily improving
and must continue to do so.
THE increasing adulteratlon of foreign wines IS
subject deserving the attention OF American con
suroers While the wines made in California and IL
the Ohio valley have not the fine flavor when IN
older vineyards of France produce, still the aekno"
edged purity of our products in market more tina
,omr,ansAte for the loss It is well knawn that tn
supply in France is inadequate TO the demand an
unscrupulous merchants have long been guilty {
adulterating their merchandise.
THE New York Methodists in Conference assemblies
have declared polygamy :" gigantic crime again
the morals of men and the natural rights of wome
and children threatening the~Ihole fabric of NOR
and social order" More than that, they passed res
buttons deprecang the disregard by Congress Of thr
successive Presidential recommendations ana urgll
itas the immediate duty of the Conference to raj
its voice against the longer liberation OF the gre
evil ard to do all in its power to arouse public sen
Inent against it.
Txsrr.D of subsiding into its normal channel af
tho late feshet the Missouri River is higher now tn
when the ice broke up. and has done much additic
al damage in Iowa. Nebraska and Dakota during
past several days. All mail communications :"
Yankton is suspended. the railroads to that pc
being still under water. The destitute farmers a
villagers gathered there are being fed upon Cove
neut rations issued in pursuance of lhe timely orr
of the President but this reliefis only temporary
large sum will be needed to get thdm back to tn
rbined homes when the waters recede and supp
them until they can make a crop.
Now THAT Greece has secured as much territory
the powers are willing to allow ner, she may
down and count the cost. strip OF Thesaly Is
she receives; not one important town or a single
portbeing allowed her. The entire territory emorS
hut about three ffths of what the Berlin confere
decreed and does not include Mount Olympus. or
vale of Tempe. or Metsoyo. or Janna, or any str
Ric points whatever. The Thessalian plains
fertile and under an improved system Of agricnl
Enight prove of value but will add but little to
population of Greece. And for this she has Kept
a military display which has added largely to
natienalde5t.
A CURIOUS fraud on the life insurance eompa
has come to light in Western Maryland. Some Ell
prising individuals in connection with few rasC
insurance agents. have been taking ont policies
the lives Of aged and infrm people. The swind
appears has been discovered through the perVersi
some of the insured persons in living longer
ghey were expected TO- In order to raise none
keep up the premiums, q pool had to be formed
new men taken into the business. In this way
facts leaked out. If the original ring had not
enlarged the operation would no doubt, have be-
safe as that OF palming off bogus pensioners OF
Government and good deal more profitable.
THE FUTURE WHEAT SUPPLY.-It is not improl
SAYS the New York Tribune, that this year may
the competition between American and Euro
farmers to a crisis When crops are bad abroad
abundant here, as in 1S79-sO. the foreign proc
may console himself with the thought that the
cgnstances are exceptional. Expecting them I
prove he is not likely to abandon the effort to
wheat. In 1SSO-'sl also. though crops were tole
good in England and France. they were so b
Russia and portions Of Germany. and the de-
for the rcplentishment OF exhausted stores v
great that circumstances were still exceptions
is not supposed that farr ere abroad have dimin
the acreage sown and there F. no reason as
doubt tbGt full a. eiaSC C.ui,s InsJ feVArd tnelr
lions. Bnt the prospect now Is that the %
sOwn in this country will be greatly incr
Oregon and California promise enormous crop
have on hand moreover, an immense surplus
last year. The winter-wheat States Of the West
ding TO the latest reports have fair reason to
a yield nearly quite as great as that Of last
II the season permits the planting and ripenini
fair crop Of spring wheat also-and in spite
gloomy talk Of some Spectators there IS moth
set TO warrant different expectation-this C
will have more than 200. 100000 bushels Of WI
sell. while the deficiency in Europe may be mu
than that quantity. In that event the weake
go TO the wall.
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