Smyrna times., 1882-02-08
NEWS Items.
Lake Champlain is frozen over.

Lake Champlain is frozen over. !
The Anglo-French commercial treaty !
mas been prolonged to March j. {
The British Government intends to sup
port Mr.. Bradlaugh's claim to take the
OATH
The Bank of Belgium has reduced the
rate of discount on bills drawn from
abroad.
The Jefferson Public School building at
Washington was burned Saturday; loss,
$135,O0O.
Tho Swedish bark Heurik has been lost
in the Gulf of Mexico and six men were
drowned.
There is no hope of saving the thirty
two men entOmbed in the Midlothian
Mine in Virginia. d.
Mr.. John B. Cough has recovered from
his illness at BelOit, Wisconsin, sufficient
ly to resume work.
Nearly thirty thousand slsighs passed |
through the gates of Central Park. Now |
York city, Thursday.
Kellog's Hotel at Nashville, Tenn, and
the Brilliant Glass Works near Stueben-
vile, Ohio, have been burned.
The possible joint military occupation
of Egypt by England and France is re-
garded aS Il danger point in European
politics.
Large quantities of potatoes continue to
be imported from Ireland and Scotland
The FUrnesSia landed l ,127 tons Saturday
from Glasgow.
Social Washington is deeply interested
to learn that Senator MahOne's son has
pawned his diamonds. His father has
parted with a more valuable jewel.
This seasons ice crop on the Kennebec
River is estimated at l 100000 tonS-not
an insignificant addition to the prOdigious
harvest of the fields and orchards of Maine.
The Attorney General of Maine RECON-
mendS the restoration of capital punish
ment. He thinks it's abolition has greatly
! increased the number of murders in the
State.
The daily price paid for intoxicating
drinks in New York is estimated at $780,
OO0-or sos, ,55OOOO every year. There is
said to be an alarming increase of drunk
enness among women.
The first Methodist Episcopal Church of
Racine, Wis, was destroyed by fire Sun
day. The building cost about 200 and
the organ which was burned $4,000.
The insurance was $4,000.
GyuMber, 1.-THE sleeping Hungarian, y
who remained for many months in a cata-
leptic state at the Lehigh county aims
house, has regained his strength and is
working in a rolling mill at Allentown.
In the United States Senate bill has
been reported from the pension committee
grantiog life pensions of $4,000 year each
to Lucrctia r. Garfield, Sarah Childress
Polk and Gardner Tyler, widows of eX-
Presidents, in lieu Of any other pensions.
A black silk dress that has become fray
cd or worn in small surfaces ON the bodice
; Where patch or darned place would be
conspicuous, may he mended by slipping
!, piece Of black cOurt-plaster underneath
with the sticky side up moisten it and
!, press the frayed edges down upon it.
Among the measures presented for con
n sideration in the Massachusetts House o
Representatives on Thursday was one
contemplating such a change in the jury
: law as will enable a part of the jury tC
render verdict instead of rec Quiring tbs
assent of all the twelve as at present.
!, Two more of the BOG brass medal meI
have been appointed to Office. George E
Bryant, of Wisconsin, who voted thirty
n six times for Grant, gets the Madison Pos
:, Office, and w. H. Armstrong, of Pennsyl
vania, one of Senator Cameron's delegate
to Chicago, is made Commissioner of Rail
It roads.
IF A Springfield Ill.) man has sent 81 ,00
to the State JoHrnaI, as the foundation 0
fund to remunerate the Guitea jury fO
l. their loss of time, and as a recognition c
Z, their righteous verdict. And an enter
IS prising tailor in Atchison, Kan, advertise
his business by making a suit of ciOthe
- for each of the dozen.
v At Mississippi City Tuesday the Ryan
III Sullivan mill was fought. An immens
IL crowd was present. Sullivan won tn
victory in nine rounds, and twenty-si
,s minutes. He was comparatively fresh {
o the finish, but Ryan shows the effects {
10 the terrible punishment he received
Ia Contrary to general expectation the polio
did not interfere. A large amount {
money changes hands.
ar W. j. brown, OF huIlanu, T., u
no astronomer and apostle of the theory thu
NC the sun moves around the earth. lecture
in New York Saturday night. His aud
ence was a most noisy one, and interrupt
n. ed the lecturer with catcalis, grOan
of shrieks of fish horns and other perform
an ances. Finally the audience sang " JOh
irl Browns Body" and Mr.. Browns theol
en- was lost sight of and forgotten.
In the House Saturday resolutiC
ret was adopted to pay ex-Scrgeant-at-arn
ng Thompson $4,000 for expenses incurred
he connection with the Obsequies of Pres
ng dent Garfield; a joint resolution was +
ON ported, requesting the President to gi'
notice to Great Britain of the terminate
of certain provisions of the Treaty
ne Washington the Post Office Appropri
iat ton bill was considered.
ars Guteau makes this business-like q
on nounoement in an address to the publ
lily Autographs, 25 cents photographs, cal
net size, and my address on 1t, 81, mail
~ to any address. This photograph is fro
r. new sitting. / own the negative al
Cl lu copyright. No photograph genuine wit
'e 'eu out my autograph is on it. This is t
W Dne only way of getting money to pay L
IGa ~ counsel to argue my case in banc
ma Accounts of the destruction caused
Ills the floods in Central Alabama are beg
Gle ming to be received The farmers alO
the Warrior Rigbee and Tombipbee rive