Smyrna times., 1881-10-12

Gulteau SAYS tnat MS name should be
pronounced Get-o, with the accent on the
first syllable.
The International Cotton Exhibition at
Atlanta which was opened Wednesday, is
very largely attended.
Ex-senator Conkling arrived in Wash
ington on Saturday morning, and had
conference with President Arthur.
The shipment of grain from New York
during September were nearly 100000
bushels less than during September 1880.
Barnum's Fat woman" died last week,
in Indiana. She was married, and weigh
ed 800 pounds. In her death, her husband
sustains heavy loss.
In the criminal Court, at Washington,
on Saturday morning, Captain Howgate
was discharged on his personal recogni-
Zlnce. in the sum of $20,0 900.
Newark. \. j., has fine prospect ahead
of supping full Of horrOws. 1t has five
men living in Jail awaiting trial on charges
Of numbering sundry men, women and
children.
The Toronto Globe says the act of Cap
tain Hooper, in formally taken possession
of Wranole Land for the United States. has
| been believed, even in official quarters at
! Ottawa, to be an invasion of Canadian
! territory.
/ Thousands of persons visited Lake View
! Cemetery. near Cleveland, Sunday, and
! Monument Park, where the body of Presi-
! dent Garfield was laid in state, was also
! thronged with visitors. All the railways
/ centering at Cleveland ran special trains
! to accommodate the sight-seers.
! Ben Hill is not going out of politics.
! The disease of his tongue will not incapac-
tate him for speaking. TwO-thirds of his
tongue will go great way. He is an i'm
perturbable speaker. Blaine could not
calm him. The only man who could
puzzle him was Matt Carpenter.
Orssn Pratt. one of the original Mormon
Apostles, died at Salt Lake City, last
Wednesday, aged 20 years. He was the
most educated Of the Mormon leaders,
and was popular among the masses of that
creed, but his talents and opportunities
were repressed by the jealousy and energy
of Brigham Young.
There was sharp decline in prices of
grain at Chicago on Saturday, and the
suspension of McCord & Co., who were
long and short for about 900, 600 bush
els. was announced. 1t is expected they
will resume in a few days as they have
large profits in the open market against
their losses on change.
The Governor of Pennsylvania and the
other official visitors from that State will
be escorted to Yorktown by 700 of the
national guard. The party will leave
Philadelphia October 18th on the steamer
Gaidtia. The civilians will have their
quarters ON board the steamer and the
soldiers will so into camp.
Throughout Southern Minnesota, North
ern Iowa, and large portion of Dakota,
rain has been falling almost necessarily
since the middle of August. The country
is flooded haycocks have disappeared
beneath the surface of the water; the
grain is sprouting in the stack and scarcely
any plowing has been done.
The French delegates to the Yorktown
Celebration were taken to West Point
Friday, on the L. ). steamers Jdnddiia
and Tennessee. The visitors were enter
tanned by General Howard and staff
during the afternoon and ball was given
went to Niagara Falls next day.
tits feared that the late growth of cotton
in Northern South Carolina will be de-
strOyed by the frost of Wednesday and
last night. Heavy and killing frost in the
neighbOrhoOd of Danville, Va, Wednes-
day night is feared to have done serious
damage to tobacco. The tobacco crop
about Raleigh, N. c., was also damaged
by the frost of Wednesday night.
| a true bill'' has been presented bv the
Grand Jury of the District of Columbia
against Charles ]. Guteau, for murder.
khe indictment embraces eleven counts
and has apparently been drawn with ex-
tra0rdinary care. The trial, which will
| probably follow in few weeks, will be
watched with breathless interest in this
country, and with critical attention
abroad
The death of James P. Brace removes
devoted philanthropist from a peculiarly
useful heId OF practical work. The single
fact that Mr.. Brace found homes in the
West for 10000 poor children is in itself an
eloquent epitaph. Few benevolent asso-
Citations have been able to do as much real
service to the cause of humanity as the
Childrens Aid Society, of which he was
one Of the active agents.
The report of the Society for the Pre-
Vention of Cruelty to Children for the
past four months shows 465 children re-
lleved and sent to houses and institutions
2O2 cases prosecuted and 1873 convictions
obtained. fhe little seed that was planted
In the formation of this society has shown
wonderful growth. The latest societies
formed upon this model are in St. Lonis
Denver and Bogota. Forty in all are in
existence, ten in foreign countries and
the remainder here.
If there is any moral difference between
! the Arkansas train robbers and their can
tors 1t would seem to be in the favor of
the robbers. The captors found upon the
persons of their prisoners $1,000 which
belonged to the Iron Mountain Railway
Company and was the principle part Of
the plunder of the train. This thew
divided among themselves, agreeing with
the robbers to pay their families one
hundred dollars year each and trv To
get them pardoned il they would saw
nothing about the operation. One of the
officers was troubled with q conscience
and divulged the secret The robbers
were sentenced to seventy years imprison-
ment. 1t remains to be seen what will
De done with the officers who attemnted
1 10 ENJOY the fruits of the crime Ivithort