Smyrna times., 1882-08-09
News Items.

News Items.
The deaths in Baltimore las week
were III and the births reported l24.
Howard w. Hurd was shot dead by
his brother, Eugene c., in Il quarrel on
Saturday at Harmony, Maine.
Chinese agents are buying public
lands in British Columbia with Il view
to settling Chinese families as farmers
upon them.
General Grant and w. II. Trescot
have been nominated for commission
ers to negotiate commercial treaty
with Mexico.
Frederick Ruff, merchant tailor of
Baltimore, about 80 years of age, was
drowned while bathing at Fortress
Monroe, Sunday.
Merrick Jackson, colored, was hang
ed at Fernandina, Fla, Friday, for the
murder of John Thomas, colored, at
Kings Ferry, on November 10, 1881.
About so cases of yellow fever were
reported as existing in BrOwnville,
Texas, ON Saturday, and the disease
was spreading. One death has occurr-
ed.
The Hon. Artemus Hale, the oldest
ex-member of Congress, died at his
home, in Bridgewater, Mass, at IL o.
clock Thursday night, aged 9S years
and 3 months.
The pay of Mr.. Harrison, the Boy
Evangelist, for his services at the
| LOveland camp meeting, near Cincin-
natl, is officially stated by the treasurer
| to have been 800 week and board.
The Wisconsin man of so who has
| Just married woman of % is not rich
as is usual in such cases, but is a pau
per, while the bride has n little money.
"It's genuine love match," she de-
clares.
On Saturday at Maysville, KY, a
young man connected with the United
States Circus made balloon ascension
seated on a trapeZe bar. The balloon
alighted on the Ohio river, and the
balloonist was drowned.
Mrs. Scoville has filed "a bill for
divorce against her husband in the
Circuit Court at Chicago, alleging cruel
ty. Her husband claims that she is
being influenced by interested Outsid-
ers and has no real grievance.
From October l, 1881, to August, l,
1882, there were sold at Petersburg,
Va, 4,11S,640 pounds of loose tobacco
at the average price of Sc per hundred
weight. The sales have been much
heavier than for the same period last
{ year.
The Ready family, consisting of a
mother, two daughters and three adOp
ted girls, were recently arrested in
Chicago on a charge of shOp-lifting. II
is now alleged that Mrs. Ready is &
female Fagin, who has been getting
: rich by training young girls to steal,
A correspondent informs the Read
. ing NelUs that Jared Machmer, of Nortl
t Heidelberg, Pa, has a colt that will b.
three months old on the 11th inst.
which is over thirteen hands high, ant
} four feet around the body. This is tn,
t greatest colt, or the greatest something
n else, on record.
J. Mr.. Charles Vogler one of the bes
: known and most popular young mel
s chants of Baltimore, died Saturda,
8 morning after an illness of typhOit
}, pneumonia, in the 32d year of his age
O He was member of the firms of A
s Vogler & Co., and VOgler, Meyer 4
l. Co., all wholesale drug dealers.
= President Arthur has nominated Nj
= William Waldorf AstOr to be Ministe
to Italy in place of the late George i
Il Marsh, deceased. There could hardl,
q be a greater contrast. Mr.. Marsh wa
- poor man and very distinguishe
= scholar Mr. Astor is one of the riches
men in the world, and as a scholar on
a of the most undistinguished.
:, The Ford boys are having a goo
y time with the blood money whic
- Missouri gave them for staying one (
- the James boys. Talking with a r.
:, porter in the wings of Chicago variel
~ of theatre the other day, they expresse
:, the intention of making tour sti
20 further East on their ten thousan
- dollars. 1t is to be hoped that the
~ do not mediate entering the lectul
- field.
ne Armand Coleman, colored, was hal
ged, Friday at West Point, Miss, f
n the murder of George Bright, May /
ne 1880. He was sentenced to be hangC
VI May 4, 1881. The case was carried
ne the Supreme Court, where he was +
nd sentenced, but respited by the Go
Iss ernor. Three thousand persons we
ys, present, a large number of whom we
negro women. The prisoner aseend'
nix the scafold with a firm step, smiliI
pleasantly.
IA. The pastors Of M. Il. churches
B. York, Pa, publish card giving the
or, reasons for refusing to attend "s
called Methodist camp meetings
ID Many of these enterprises, they sa
are not under the control of any d
ey partment of the Church, and are ma
aged by grossly immoral men, who u
M money to bribe uneducated conscienc,
and obtain this money by uollusi
oil with railroad corporations. eve a
In favor of camp meetings. the clerg
ME men add, whenever II can be demo
strated that their influence is me
on, helpful than hurtful TO the cause
Christi