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Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

The agricultural outlook in England
is not of a hopeful character. The
London Times in an editorial article be-
walls the farming prospects. 1t says 4:
" A crisis in field-work exists. 1t is
water everywhere. A good sowing
time is wanted. 1t is surmised that
much of the Autumn sowing is rotten,
and that all Europe is in a similar con
dition."
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

POKING Fun AT OUR IMMIGRATION
BILL.-MissOuri's LEGISLATURE has abol-
ished the State Board of immigration.
Delaware has lately established State
Board of immigration, consisting of
one member, with a yearly salary of
81 900. Delaware will now get all
Missouri's immigrants, and a census of
their number would scarcely show
enough TO make up his mind to resign.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

The philadelphia Times is Of the
opinion that the Star Route thieves
will now be convicted, and says it
should be made very uncomfortable
for any who shall undertake to corrupt
the present jury.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

A real case of leprosy, entirely differ
ent from the one alleged to have been
discovered at Lewes, Delaware, few
weeks ago, has been in Philadelphia
during the past two months, undergo
ing medical treatment. He is from
Honolulu, and the doctors declare his
affection to be incurable.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

The Republicans in the House of
Representatives have agreed to submit
the Senate tariff bill to a conference
committee of the two Houses as the
only sure method of obtaining any re-
forms in government revenues. The
bill is not what is wanted by protec-
tionists in the manufacturing States,
but as a community of interests had to
be considered, the adoption of the Sen
ate bill is the best that can be done
under the circumstances.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

The heaviest rain of the season in
Queens county, New York, prevailed
Sunday night. The water in some
place was above the fences. At Creed
moor the water is three feet deep in
some of the houses, and considerable
property is damaged at Breslau.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

A bill has been introduced in the
New York Assembly providing for
punishment at the whipping-post for
wife and child beating. The "relic OF
harbarism seems to be growing in
popular favor at the North.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

More than 1000 floral crowns were
heaped around Gambetta's coffin in the
Palais Bourbon, and a writer in Figaro
estimates their value at 100000. Paris
and its environs produced them all,
natural as well as artificial. 1t is reck-
oned that the daily sale of natural
flowers in Paris realizes about $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

More than eleven hundred thousand
dollars have recently been bequeathed
in charity by Ex-Governor Morgan and
William L. Dodge. Governor Morgan's
beouests to charity amount to $795, 600,
and form nearly sixth of his estate.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28
Notice to Advertisers.

porsons having Advertisements, or want
feisUny fL,ncas in their advertisements, IN the
Ing T,'rs Tn" Nil please have them IN the office
l., inTT1, TTne,sdav afternoon, at . o clock.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

The New York Carpets still for sale, besides other
Carpets as cheap as they can be sold-Tapestry Body
Brussels, Extra Superior Ingram, &c.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28
NOTICE.

All parties having grist TO send out, or wanting
Flour or Feed, will be accommodated BY leaving
their orders at the store of f. NJ. Fowler where Il
will receive prompt attention. X, ,, i
II. c. MURPHEY,
June ~ ALLEY Mills"
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

arr week in your own town and = 3usas w
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28
At Private Sale.

The Large Brick Residence on Main Street in
which reside; also Maple Grove Farm at Flem-
ings Landing, containing 260 Acres, good build.
ings on 1t. Apply TO
MARY ]. DAVIS,
nov 22.tf Smyrna, Del,
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28
THO I'll ME Mll,PlESON'S
Clothing and Gents Fur
niShing Bazaar,
Commerce Street, Smyrna

The undersigned having to from his Storehouse
the lSt of March next will make the following sacri-
flee in his Stock Of Clothing and Furnishing
Goods, Buyers in want, will call and see
him before purchasing, as they can
buy BARGAINS
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

You can buy odd Coats and Pants very cheap. l
have Mems Pants from 80 cents to 81. Boys from IS
cents to S475.
offered in the Town, embracing all the Newest Styles
Call and my Fine Plush Caps made expressly for my
trade
Call and see my Fine White Muslin Shirts the best
in Town.
| have on hand the Best Stock of Clothing and
Gents Furnishing Goods, ever offered in this Town.
Call and examine my Stock before purchasing.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28
Los. ,

On the road from smyrna 70 LepsSle ,s n ~ he nad Il
a Gold Watch. A suitable re"aiu "i Ian Sitf
left at the TINES ofice. ~
Smyrna times., 1883-02-28

Elisha W. Cannon, of Dagsboro, and
Tilghman 5. Johnson, of MillsborO,
went to New York on Monday week,
and stopped at Steel's Hotel. They
blew the gas out on retiring, and were
found found next morning nearly suffocated
They were removed to the hospital.
Mr.: Cannon is now out, and Mr. John
son will be soon.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19
The Rapids Run ON Crib Of Timber
Montreal (Canada) Gazette

Montreal ltanidd) Nazctte.I
Mr.. Chester A. Arthur, Jr., son Of the
President OF the United States, was invited
by Mr.. G. u. Davidson, Queens counsel.
Mr.. l.. A. Boyer, and other gentlemen. to
form one OF party to ran the line Of rapids
between Lakes st. Francis and II. Louis
ON crib Of timber. The trip was most
successful, and Mr.. Arthur said yester-
dav concerning it that he never enjoyed
ANYTHING so much in his life. I" Ever
since have been in Canada | have been
anyiously looking forward 10 this trip, and
| never could have imagined anything so
grand. The way we did fly down those
RAPIDS was something amazing, I'can tell
YOU. and the motion OF the raft in the waves,
although we had 10 be careful we were not
washed of, was splendid. The scenery
is beautiful; nothing, think, can be pref
tier than the rapids themselves, while the
scenery OF the banks and the islands is I'M
s,Irpassable. One Of the cribs was broken
ND i'm the Cedars, and, strange 10 say this
was the very one on which we had decided
to take passage. II was fortunate thing
for us, however, that we did not,
| for | am pretty sure that we should
have never got ashore, as the RATS
men did. consider this very wonder
full escape, and we had another close shave
also, for when the crib ran aground
we were in great danger Of being damned
together and the raft broken up" MIR.
Arthur also informed the reporter that he
had enjoyed the trip TO Canada in every re-
spcct, he had had right royal time with
| the yice-regal party fishing in the Lower
Provinces, and had been kindly received
and treated everywhere. He felt QIlife ot
home in Canada, he said, and liked both
the country and people, whose open-heart-
edness he could not say enough OF, and his
only regret was that he had TO leave so soon
for New York without seeing more OF the
country. He said that he had found that
there is nothing but the most friendly feel.
| ing to Canada among the leading people OF
the United States, and he had been fully
convinced by his trip that Canadians re-
ciprocated the feeling.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19
The Battle of Preble's Farm, Virginia
10 the Editor of the Dispatch:

10 me EutOT ~ Wc DtSputcH'
| beg TO again avail myself OF your
effective mediation in behalf of Admiral
George II. Preble, BrOOklinc, Mass. whose
queries have been referred to me. lie
writes 81 have recently read in book
that during our civil war q battle was
fought at place called 'Prebe's farm in
which. on the Union side. III were killed,
7SS wounded. and 1,7j6 missing, while the
Confederate loss is put down at 900. |
would like very much to know how the
place came TO be known as 'Preble's farm,
and whether any OF the name are now liy-
ing upon it. and ii 50. to be put in com
munication with the family. January ],
1917, there was I'm the United States navy Il
Midshipman Edward Prcble, appointed
from Barn Elms,' MiddleSeX county, Va,
(said to he relative OF Commodore Ed
ward Preble,) whom | have never been
able to place or trace. He was drowned in
Valparaiso bay while attached to the Frank
lin a. March 90, lS22."
Admiral Prcblc suspects that the Prebles
of Virginia may be descendants OF his
Uncle Joshua. the brother of Commodore
Edward Prcble.
It may be mentioned that Barn Films,
MiddeseX county. was long the seat OF the
esiimablc Berkeley family. Perhaps Col
onel William Randolph Berkeley, Farm
vile, Va. or General Williams Carter
Wickham. Of this city, can give the desired
information. | am faithfully yours,
X. \. BROCK.
Corresponding Secretary Virginia His
torical Society.
Richmond, July 20, 1883.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

found the bones protruding from the bank
OF a rayine that has been Ell. by the action
Of the rains during the past years. Mr..
Harmon worked several days in unearthing
the skeleton. which proved to be that OF
human being. whose height was IL feet.
The head through the temples was IL
inches; from the lower part Of the skull at
the back to the top was IL inches. and the
circumference 40 inches. The ribs were
nearly feet long; II inches wide. The
thigh bones were 30 inches long and large
in proportion. When the earth was re-
moved the ribs stood up high enough to
enable man ~ crawl in and explore the
interior OF the skeleton, turn around and
come out with ease. The first joint Of the
great toe, above the nail, was three inches
long, and the entire foot eighteen inches in
length. The skeleton lay on it, face TWEEN
ty feet below the surface OF the ground,
and the toes were imbedded in the earth,
indicating that the body either fell or was
placed there when the ground was soft.
The left arm was passed around backward,
the hand resting on the spinal column.
while the right arm was stretched out to
the front and right. Some Of the bones
crumbled on exposure to the air. but many
good specimens were preserved and are
now on exhibition at Barnard. Medical
men are much interested. The skeleton Is
generally pronounced valuable rehc OF
the prehistoric race.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Considerable attention il being paid lust
now in England TO the system Of "cranl-
ming" that Is there, as here. too prevalent.
The London Times thinks the "crammer
is the natural product OF the competitive
examination system. which is the more 10
blame. .'The matter becomes more &C.
rious." IL says. "if II can be shown that
this system Of competitive examination ex-
erts really bad effect, not only on young
men during few weeks--or II may be q
fortnght--of their career, but on the gen.
eral education Of the country. "A genera
ton or two ago, before the public services
were thrown open 10 the man who could
gain the most marks, and before
the universities had given themselves
wholly over 10 examinations, public-school
education had many faults, but at least II
was free from the vice OF examining. A boy
learned things which may not have been
directly useful, which may not have no di-
rect relation 10 his future career, and out
Of which be could not even hope to make
living or get an appointment; but all the
more they were training TO his mind.
They taught bin TO remember, to think,
and. In the case OF the best boys, 10 love
literature or TO value abstract knowledge.
1t may be inevitable, bat II Ii at least In
mentable that this ideal OF education should
be losing ground under the pressure Of
competition - aaes
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The deposits Of amber, for which the
Baltic il noted, are the product Of genera
tons OF rcsin-bearing trees. The richest
deposits are situate along strip Of coast
between Memel and Dantsic, though the
real home OF amber has been supposed to
lie In the bed Of the Baltic between Born
holm aad the mainland. IT. rests upon
cretaccous rocks, aud consists chiefly OF
their dfbriS, forming 4 popular mixture
known a. blue earth, which appears la
exist throughout the province OF Samland
at depth of 80 to 100 feet, and TO contain
an almost inexhaustible supply OF amber:
Immense quantities OF amber are washed
out TO sea from the coast. or brcught down
by riyulets and east up again during Storms
or In certain winds. The actual yieiu oy
quarrying Is 100000 20 100000 pounds
year, or five times the quantity estimated
TO be cast up by the waves on the strip OIL
coast above mentioned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19
THE EXPOSITION.
Another Relic Doomed.

The enormous value OF land in the heart
~ London has doomed another ancient
relic to destruction, and Sion College will
soon disappear from London Wall to re-
onpear in more commOdious quarters near
the Thames embankment. The most yalua-
HE feature OF Sion College is library Of
10 600 volumes, which is open TO all the IL
censed clergy Of the city and its suburbs rs
we'll ~ 10 the fellows Of the college. Any
CLERGYMAN. moreover, can easily obtain
tbe privilege OF reading in the library and
borrowing books. The college was found
ed Inv virtue Of letters patent granted first
Inv Charles |. in 1880 and aftcrward by
Charles II. in 1864, in pursuance OF the
viii ~ Thomas White, ID. d.. canon Of
Christ church. oxford. and Vicar OF st.
Dunstap's in the West, who died in 1928.
The n,lrpose OF the founder was the cree
tion and endowment OF college "for a
eornor, aston of all the ministers, persons,
yjcars. lecturers, and curates within Lon
don and suburbs thereof, as also for con-
venient howse or place fast buy, to make a
convenient almshowse for twentye per-
sons viz. tenne men and tenne women ,"
and IN order 10 carry out this project he
haoueatbed sum OF $4,000, and sum OF
cid, ner annum charged on certain lands,
Of which El2O year was to be settled on
the almshouse forever.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The Herald. commenting on the threat
encd lynching affair in Pittsylvania, says
1.-the entire party should be hanged Tor
murder if they lynch the negroes.
Wouldn't it be we'll for the Herdid to com
mencc the hanging Of lynchers little
nearer home?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The Government fishing party were all
present and accounted for when last heard
from. but frequent illusions to Snake river
suggest that they acted upon WATrERsON's
advice when in Louisville-asked for what
they didn't see at the Exposition soda
fountain and took it with them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

One OF the incidents Of the first day.
operation Of the Parcel Post in England
was the finding of number OF lecches in
the Post-Oflice Department. America is
still ahead. Leeches have been common in
the Post Office Department and every other
department OF our Government 10 these
many years
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

When GORHAM, Of the Washington Ma
ti0nol Repubicdn, reminds the Post that
the war is over, and asks "Will nothing
ever moderate the passions of the wal
which rage now so iierceIy in the organ ~
we deem it unnecessary 10 read the Phila'
delphla 1imeS's article headed A Jour
nalist in Bronze" II can he nothing more
nor less than n sketch Of the editor of The
Republican.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The negroes OF Massachusetts settle
ment- which, by the way, is not very fan
from the place where woman was tarred
and feathered the other day worship a
black cat and brazen image. Such state
of civilization causes us TO doubt whether
Massachusetts should send any more mis-
sionaries TO the South unless il be desirable
10 cultivate a higher development OF voil-
douism among our negroes.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19
DANVILLE.
MEETING OF THE DENOCRATs-DR. DAME RE-
TIEEs-PuBLIC-s"HOOLM MATTERS.

MEETING or THE DEMOCRATS-DR. DAME RE-
TIREs-PuBLIC-scHoOL MATTERS.
IeorrespOndcnce Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
AUGUST Is, 1883.
The Democrats were expressing them
selves enthusiastically yesterday in their
talks about the meeting held the night
before for the purpose Of organizing for
the campaign. Captain W. i. Graves,
hero Of the Mexican and the Con-
fcderate war, presided. Colonel Cabell
was elected superintendent in place
Of Mr.. l.. c. Berkeley, Jr., re-
signed. and in accepting the position
made Il speech in which he promised We
tory ii every man would do his duty. lie
was authorized To select for himself The
committees OF assistants from each ward.
DELEGATES were appointed to the conveh-
tion which is To Le held ut Chatham on the
lst OF September for the purpose OF noinl-
Mating candidates for the Senate and House
of Delegates. Speeches were made by
Capiain Daniel Coleman. Mr.. +. Il. Grave"
ly. DIR Il. W. Keen, General ii. ii. Hurt,
Vr /. w. Peatross. The delegates To the
Chatham Convention are: +. Il. Grayely.
II II. Hurt, T.. l.. Arthur. l.. Il. Conway,
". W. Barrow, Il. {. llerndon, Z. III.
CrawIey. c. II. Conrad. James G.. Penn, j.
G. Friend. c. \. Raine, Elisha Keen. .Jr.
Rev. George W. Dame. in letter TO the
trustees Of the Danylle public-school dis
trict. dated the 18th instant, announces
that he had on that day Informed the Board
Of Education that he could no longer act as
sunerinfendent OF schools for this district
NE had been appointed, he says, although
| he had informed the Board that he declined
70 he a candidate for reelection, and he did
not accept the Office, though he had done
the work Of the office in aiding the trustees
in opening the schools for the coming year
Captain X. NJ. Tuck has been elected
principal Of the public schools for the com
Ing wear, Mr.. II. &. Slaughter principal o
the iIigh-school department, and ten teach
ers have been appointed assistants. Tn
school for colored people has been organ
ICED, with eight teachers. ALPHA.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The Cincinnati Commercial Gdzette'S as
sertion that JonN 4. LOGAN's silence ri
not without significance" leads us to fear
that he contemplatcs another onslaught
upon the English language.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The account OF the capture Of band OF
outlaws who have been terrorlzing the
people i'm the neighborhood Of Troy, \. u,
reads like a special compaign telegram
from the south.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The philadelphia Bulletin calls for aims
house reform. The movement should be
commenced by restoring the roof to The
Philadelphia almShouse that was stolen Oh
by a recent benevolent superintendent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The Atlanta Constitution saws; "FoRA-
KER's mother taught him how to cook.
We should think so, from the manner in
which he has cooked his own goose in the
present Ohio campaign.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

There are some occasions on which The
poetic genius fails. The reason that the
poet broker STEDMAN suspended seems 10
he tn [ he could not metre obligation.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The st. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette states on
the authority Of the Hon. j. ii. HainIy, Of
Bernard. Mo-. that q giant Skeleton has
been found four miles southwest Of that
Mace. A farmer named John W. Harmon
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Thirty thousand Bostonians attended
the opening of Slugger SULLIvAN's saloon,
and half that number were at the depot on
the arrival of an alleged murderer the
other dav. Culchaw" will tell.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Judge +. n. Watkins, secretary Of the
Board OF Trustees OF Union Theological
Seminary, authorizes the statement that
Rev. DIR. Latimer has declined to accept
the appointment to a proiessorship In the
seminary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE has writ
ten new story. Wonder if her publish
er> appreciate the eternal fitness OF things
sufficiently to bind it in Tewksbury lea
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

II what Minister FOOTR is reported a
saving about his accommodations in Corea
is true. he will doubtless soon ask to be
eX-oCrea-ted.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

twill he seen from another column that
our Williamsburg correspondent has been
in imminent danger Of being tomahawked
b, the ghost of Black Beard the pirate.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette says {:
..Priyate DALzEIL has been invited to take
the field for FORAKER, and has put his bar
ness on" That settles FORAKER.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

An exchange asks if the world is getting
faitcr. Don't know; but there are indlea-
tions Of decided Democratic ground
swell. which amounts TO about the same
tltpn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Mr.. THOMAS MURPHY claims that he made
Arthur President. Then the wrong man
was hung. after all.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

"BrTLER wants some young lady to
dance with him." Ii he guides as he looks
the performance will be rs good as cir
CHS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

had led TO cessation Of the practice. when
a solitary dweller In that region reported
that peculiarly-constructed and foreign
looking craft had anchored off the creek,
sent boat up. and sailed again immediate
~ on it, return.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Again we have the news that BISMARCK
is broken down in health. What neighboi
does he propose 10 slice this timer
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

The Newport fox-chases are very anus
ing--to the foxes.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19

Entered at the rosi-otiice al Richmond. Va, as
second-cisss matter.l
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19
A NEW AND STRANGE LAND.

feel all the time ] am in new and
strange land. The geological formation
constantly engages my attention. Volcanic
action everywhere appears. Many OF the
finest buildings are partly constructed OF
lava.
While the hotels here are very fine. prices
Of living at them are also very high. The
first.cIass houses. like the Windsor, charge
from 81 10 s. for single rooms. In the
lower grade hotels the company is made
up Of miners, traders. cowboys. &c., ASSOC
citation with whom would be neither safe
nor nleasanl
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-19
Of the Richmond DIspatch.I

The place was evidently stronghold OF
some kind-mosi probably refuge during
the Indian wars-selected on account OF
its natural strength. The miry swamps on
the inland side, proof even against the ac,
tive step OF an Indian warrior. prevented
approach from the interior except by the
narrow ridge. which was no doubt COM
handed by other defences than the house
THE GROUND PITTED ALL AROUND.
On the other side Is the creek, with the
bluff rising from IL. Besides the diggings
OF the last prospector the ground Is pitfed
aiI around, where Bis numerous prcdeces-
sors had delved in vain. One particularly
large hole at the foot OF tree is the work
of an old darky who dreamed that that was
the location OF the treasure, and he solemn
~ swcars that he had actually struck the
gold, when a terrific whirlwind arose, ac-
companled by such Internal manifestations
that he 1ed for his life. Repeated failures
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-06-12
GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.

Is a never-failing Cure
for Nervous Debility, Ex-
hausted Vitality. Seminal
Weakness, Spermatorr-
hea. LOST MAN
HOOD. Impotency, Pa
rally sis, Prostatorrhea,
ard all the terri
BILE effects of Sell Abuse,
youthful follies and ex-
cesses in maturer years
Such as Loss OF Mem.
DRY, Lassitude, Noctur-
~