Smyrna times., 1882-02-01

precautions to secure the
safety of the imperial cortege while en-
route for Moscow on the occasion of the
coronation of the Emperor of Russia.
A dispatch from Irkutsk states that En-
gineer Melville, accompanied by the cap
tain of the steamer Lena, has gone to the
mouth of the river Lena to search for
Commander De Long and the missing
men of the Jeanette.
Oscar L. Baldwin, late cashier of the
Mechanics National Bank of Newark, APP
peared before the United States Court |
yesterday pleaded guilty" and was SEN
fenced to l5 years Imprisonment in the |
State prison.
The Pennsylvania bosses had decided to
nominate Gen. Beaver for Governor, but
the people have lately been raising u
clamOr that EX-State Treasurer Butler be
the nominee. People against the bosses
square issue. Let's see who wins.
The fire commissioners of New York,
having satisfied themselves as to the
practicability of using asbestos for stage
purposes, passed resolutions recommend
ing its use and that of other non-intlamma-
BILE material for stage curtains in theatre.
A great Methodist revival is going on
in Cincinnati. In st. Paul's Church two
weeks of special revival services have re-
suited in 200 conversions, and reports from
other churches swell the number to over
400. Similar revivals are occurring in
Morrow and Camden, Ohio
DIR. C. w. Chancellor, who was ordered
by the State board of health on the 18th
ult to investigate the existence of dipthe-
ria in Frederick, Md, writes from there
to Secretary of State Brisco that he has
thus far detected about 800 cases since the
| beginning Ofthe disease at Frederick, about
so per cent. of which he says have proved
! fatal.
! Edward UmhOltZ, Il prominent citizen
OF Eratz, IL small town few miles from
! Harrisburg, Pa, died last week of small
poX. but the nature of the disease was not
given by the physician and there was Il
large attendance at the funeral The
sickness of three children followed, and of
those at the funeral II are down with the
disease.
p. II. Gnnckel 4 Co., of Dayton, Ohio,
have purchased the property known as
" Hog Island" in James river, near
jamestown, Va, containing 2,200 acres.
These gentlemen are noted stock raisers.
and will devote their new purchase to
stock raising purposes. They will expend
from $4,000 to $30,0 in improving the
property.
The twenty branches of the land league
) in New York are governed by two central
bodies known as the Parnell Land League
, and Irish National Land League. but these
central bodies have been unable to unite
: because of difference of opinion in regard
| to the method Of sending money to Ireland
and the manner of representation of the
branches in the general body.
r AT the convention of Western furniture
: manufacturers, which met ut Cincinnati
on Thursday, it was decided to raise the
price of walnut furniture ten per cent.
: and all other kinds FIVE per cent; also t
e fix sixty days as the limit of credit, excep
c in the far west, where it may be ninety
: days, and to give ten per cent to retailer
n for cash and fifteen per cent. offto jObbers
John Horan was awakened early Sun
e day morning by a burglar breaking int,
It his room, situated on the second floor Of
t, tenement house in New York city III
', got out of bed, when the burglar too
Q fright and jumped out of the window o.
a to the iire-cscapc. but missing his footing
i u.
10 was recOniZod as Thomas Hutton, age
1t %, known to the police as a PROFESSIONS
n theft.
Bronze medals have been struck at S
Louis for the delegates to the Chicag
t. convention of 1880, who through the
Is ballots steadfastly voted for Gen. Gran
M These mementoes are represeted to be .
IN inches in diameter, 3-l6 Of an inch
as thickness, and weighing nearly pount
ne On the face is profile head ofGen. Graz
en- surrounded by a wreath, and on the +
Is. verse side will be inscribed the name
%, the recipient. What does this mean?
sI Few are the men who are content
give up their country for the sake of tho
principles. One has been found in Il
ITS person of Senior joaquin Nahrico, the em
IL nent Brazilian politician. He has wit
,rs drawn from the Chamber of Deputies al
H. from public life in Brazil because he is u
in able to persuade his fellow-countrymen
Sc emancipate the million and half of slav
ke they hold. He has arrived in Londo
mt whore he intends to live in future, havil
be shaken the dust of Brazil from his feet ft
es- ever.
ias Dispatches from New HaYen, Com
clI state that Blanche Douglass has made
confession, giving damaging testimO
:, against the Malleys in connection wi
40 the death of Jennie Cramer. Asa Curti
pa ,a. the fisherman who took the body of Jenr
;o,, Cramer from the water at West Have
,oi' Conn, and who is an important witn'
H., in the coming trial of the Maliey bO
-, says that in Blanche Douglass's social
~, confession the jury learned many thin
'In ~, which have not been published. He
y e confident the State has strong case.
'ort In the progress of an investigation il
zeal the conduct of DIR. Lawier, quarant
On1 physician at San Francisco, who had
/, "A forced the vaccination of immigrants
fore landing, it was testified by the m
Of the British steamer Mary, VIII
the brought 876 Chinese from Hong Ko
nty that the ships physicians had made P
INST tence of vaccinating the Chinese bef
he leaving port, but one Of them told
the that there was no vaccine matter in He
the Kong, and that they had gone thror
NO the form with mucilage.