Smyrna times., 1881-01-12

o nrUARY NOTICES Will De chalseu wv 'eA~ ~
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ONO elects a United States senator, to
6u the vacancy caused by General Gar
fields resignation, on the 18th Secretary
Sherman is on hand aud will no doubt be
elected.
In Maine Mr.. Frye has withdrawn from
the senatorial contest, thus leaving the
way open to Hon. Eugene Hale. 1t Is
understood that Senator Blaine will enter
General Garheld's cabinet, when Frye will
be made senator in his place.
In the United States Senate, Monday,
Mr.. Logan introduced bill authorizing
the appointment of Ulysses 3 Grant ON
the retired list of the army, with the rank
and full pay Of general Of the army MIR.
Bayard introduced bill providing for the
distribution of unclaimed dividends among |
the creditors of national banks.
IT appears from the completed census.
that the total population Of the country
reaches the aggregate OF 81 ,OOO,OOO-a
total in excess OF the estimation by about
two millions. This result shows that
the growth of population is large and
regular, and that it will probably so con
tinue in the era Of prosperity just before
US.
THERE will be very earnest struggle
over the retunding bill. 1t is already de-
veloped that a wide range Of debate will
develop if permitted. There are the
downright Greenbackers, led by General
Weaver, and from this to the hard-money
people led by Mr.. Chittenden. And all
tho financial theories are likely to be ven
tilated.
IT is reported that General Golf Of
West Virginia, appointed secretary Of
the navy, will be continued under the
new administration. He is gentleman
of excellent qualifications, and has re-
signed the position of United States dis
trict attorney to take the secretaryship OF
the navy. 1t is argued from this that he
will be continued.
MARSHAL FIrzsIMMoNs, of Georgia, is
going to resign. He was appointed on
the theory that the illicit distillers would
submit with better grace to be arrested by
a Democrat than a Republican. The
theory did not work. The moonshiners
blazed away at Fitzsimmon's deputies
without troubling themselves to inquire
as to their politics.
THE Tennessee Legislature is the centre
of political interest just now. The Re
publicans organized the House by ont
majority with the aid of Greenback vote
and the Democrats organized the Senate
after a protracted wrangle between til,
high and low tax Democrats. The.
finally came together, and it looks as
they might be able to hold together lon!
enough to elect state officers and Senator
THE Adrdnce invents a new name 70
the church debt raiser: " Evangelist
1t regards Mr.. Kimball's work as one O
the grandest Christian phenomena OF tn
time. He has visited about l6 churches
He has raised about S5,O00,OOO for tn
payment of church debts He estimate
that some S5.OOO,OOO more have bee
raised or saved, in various ways, unde
the influence of this work.
The General Government, as we'll a
thousands of individuals, suffers by tn
default of the repudiating Southern States
Congress is compelled to take 1921
Of bn 60 :.
terest on Indian funds invested in the sc
curities of arkansas, Florida, South Caro-
lima, Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana
and the Government has no redres
against the States whose dishonesty i'm
poses this unjust burden upon it.
CHICAGO was recently favored with
hotel clerk of more than ordinary suavit
of manner in the person of a large ape
which having escaped from confinement
entered the Hotel Frankfort, drove OF
the clerk, and usurped his position. A
attempt was made to dislodge him by tt
persuasive influence of billiard cue; br
the agile brute wrested it from his assai
ant and kept possession of the Office fl
half an hour Upon the arrival of p
iceman the ape succumbed to his autho
lty, and marched quietly to the station
house.
THE rosy hue and life-like appearan
of corpse in Baltimore left the paren
In state of painful suspensc and ey,
when several physicians U".,Ou IN Il
most positive assertion that life was e
tinct, the remains were not removed fro
vault, and the coffin was left open und
the charge of watchers. The expIanati
is now made that the undertaken h
been experimenting successfully with s.
phuric acid and other agents. and
succeeded beyond his expectations in ST
stltuting temporary bloom for the pal
of death.
TIE results of the municipal electic
IN France are exceedingly encouragir
ln all the large towns the Garnbett
Republicans have been successful. BIZ
the Communists and the Reactioni
have gone to the wall The defeat of
Communists in several of their r.
strongholds is significant. Evidently
Repnlic of law and order is strong enor
now In France to bid defiance to its e
mics, whether they are at one end of
social scale or the other. The Red-F
Socialists of Bellevie have Jared no be
IN the recent contest than the Bourb
and the Gonapartists
ALE largest transaction of any weeL