Smyrna times., 1882-06-28
EIGHTH AND MARKET sTREETs, PHILADELT
NEWS Items.

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An explosion of fireworks occurred
in the toy store of Charles b. Neal,
New York, Saturday, which set fire to
the building, causing loss of $1,000
The sesqui-centennial of the found
ing of Masonry in Pennsylvania was |
celebrated in Philadelphia on Satur-
day. There was a grand parade of
eight divisions, numbering 5000 men. /
The Common Council of Burlington,
n. j., have ordered that all tramps
found begging in the streets Of that
city be arrested and placed at work iii
the meadow bitches to help drain the
city.
Another disastrous storm is reported
in Iowa. Primghar, Spencer, Emmetts-
burg, PattersOnville, and other places
in the northern section of the State
suffered. A number of persons are
reported killed and injured.
At a meeting of Prohibitionists of
the Neal Dow wing, held in Portland,
Maine, on Saturday, it was resolved
that, as the temperance plank was in
cludcd in the Republican platform,
separate nomination was inadVlsable.
1t is stated that white labor where
ever it has been introduced i'll AccOmac
and Northampton counties, Va, is pro
nounced good. 1t consists principally
Of Germans. About $50 have been
secured in these two counties already,
and additional numbers arrive by al
most every boat.
The trade dollar seems to be doomed,
the House of Representatives having
passed a bill authorizing the Secretary
Of the Treasury to receive, until the
Ist of July, 1854, trade dollars upon
: presentation, and to give in exchange
for them standard silver dollars. The
bill repeals all laws authorizing the
coinage of the trade dollar.
The Star Route trials promise to
prove trial of forbearance. The pros
ecuting lawyers have been so persist
emily insulted by the counsel for the
defense, that they have determined
not to longer communicate directly
. with them. 1t seems to be renewal
Of the old defense: no case-abuse
. plaintiffs attorneys, and in the midst
, of it, Ingersoll is bent on showing
how much of blackguard an inlidel
). can be.
Within the last few weeks thirty
!. Hungarians and Poles, suffering from
scurVy in its worst form, as well as
> pneumonia. have been admitted to the
Pottsville, Pa, hospital. The alarm
. ing increase of such cases has provoked
much comment, and the matter will be
:, laid before the doctors association
The disease is ascribed to the almost
: exclusive use Of salt meat and by the
~ unclean habits of the imported laborer,
. about the mines.
S The hot weather is disagreeable, bu
e it has its compensatiOns. 1t make
IL corn grow, and it makes COngressmel
l. anxious to get away from Washington
, One week Of92' '-in-the-shade heat take
o all the starch and backbone out o
II political controversy. Under the per
suasion of such an atmosphere MAJ
- becomes Il reasonable being, and seat
himself, and fans himself, and HE
him to the coolest and most cOmfOrta
bic corners of the world
Cleveland was visited by a tida
wave Friday morning, which rOs
II nearly nine feet above the usual water
le mark. Considerable damage was don
X to property on the shore of the lake
!, The same section of Iowa that wa
AZ a. swept by a tornado Saturday weel
Oi had a similar visitation on Thursda,
~ afternoon. A circus was wrecked b,
{ the storm at Independence and tw
e. men We're killed. Three men wer
> instantly killed during a thunderstorm
y on Thursday night at Findley, I'll.
The Navy Department has receive
or advices from Engineer Melville, date
st, Lena Delta, March 25th, 1882, in whic
st 81 detailed account of his operations t
er that date are given and a copy of tn
ID log book of Lieutenant De Long Is fol
It. warded. The latter is heartrendin
ne story of the most terrible suffering
ne The notes were begun on Saturday
L. October l, 1881, and each days el
n perience is noted. Toward the end I'll
It, notes grow very short and the last on
is made on Sunday, October 30th. ID
I'd Long Amber and All Sam were the
ne the only survivors and they must hav
q died soon after.
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