Smyrna times., 1882-01-04
NEWS If0nnM.

News Itoms.
The wheat crop ON the low lands of In
diana has been seriously damaged by
floods.
Twenty five patents were issued to
Thomas A. Edison last week, making his
total nearly $50.
No ice has been cut at Montreal this
season, and great anxiety is felt in re gard
to the supply for next summer.
The New York anti-monopolist are plan-
ming vigorous campaign against Mr.. Van
derbilt, to be crrried on in the Legislature
this winter.
The bump which Clark Mills discover
ed on one side of Guiteau's head is undoubt-
edly, says the Courier Journal, "the bump
of total depravity...
President Arthur keeps his dead wife, s
portrait, which hangs in his room at the
White House, wreathed with flowers which
are renewed every day.
Mr.. o. E. Huss, clerk in the Census
Bureau at Washington, received word from
his brother in England on Friday, that he
had fallen heir to 100000.
The attendance at the closing exercises
OF the Atlanta exposition OH Saturday was
enormous. Thousands were unable to
gain admission to the judges hall
Mrs. Edmunds, the wife of the senator. is
an artist possessing much taste and skill.
Both Mrs. Bayard and Mrs Pendleton are
exceedingly accomplished in music
Snow fell at Petersburg, Va, nearly the
whole of Sunday. South and east of that
city 1t has fallen to the depth of ten inches,
delaying all trains in those directions.
Verify, the world moves. Among the
members Ofthe lower house ofthe Tennessee
Legislature are white man and negro
who held the relation Ofmaster and slavebe-
fore the war.
Miss Frelinghuysen, the eldest daughter
of the secretary, is said to be the heroine
of the pleasant story called "Jack Hall
burton's Quandary," which was published
several years ago.
Seventeen persons-eleven of them wo-
men-died in New York during 1881.
whose ages it was alleged, ranged from
100 to LOG years. All but three of them
were of foreign birth.
Miss Caroline X. May, whose engage
mcnt to James Gordon Bennett was broken
of by cowhiding and alleged duel, was
married on Thursday to William Merritt
Wright, of New York City.
1t isstated that the first Star Route case
to be laid before the Grand jury in Wash
ington will be that against the Dorsey
party. The witnesses are subpoenaed to
appear before the Grand Jury.
This winter thus far has been Il good one
for the sheep and cattle on a thousand
hills of Montana and Dakota-in all re-
poets a contrast to the last. The SHOWS
have not been deep, and feed is abundant.
According to the Philadelphia Times.
Senator Bayard's son does not object to
associating with Malone, if the father
does. The sons of the Senators were ar
rested a few nights ago in Washington
while out on a flyer"
1t is singular fact that the three fires
most destructive of human life during the
last quarter of a century-those in Santa
go, Brooklyn and Vienna-all occurred in
the month of December; not only that but
the Santiago Cathedral and the Ring The
SllIc were DuTHeu on december SLh at the
same hour, and the Brooklyn Theatre was
burned only three days earlier in the
month.
Connecticut still leads the country in
patents, her Yankee genius having pro-
duced last year one new invention for
every one thousand and twenty of her pop
ulation. Massachusetts and Rhode Island
come next in the order, and in spite of Mr
Edison's prodigious -productiveness,
New England may yet boast of containing
the inventive geniuses of the country "by
a large majority"
Colorado does little justifable Growing
at the beginning of the new year. Hei
taxable property has increased onc-thirG
during 1881, and is $96, ,O59OO0. Her bull
lion output was 500 100000. Denver hel
pushing capital city, has spent $4,000, ,OOC
on new buildings. Railroad facilities are
being rapidly increased. There will soor
be new line to Chicago and direct road
to New-Orleans. The youngest of the sis
terhood of States is displaying remarkable
energy.