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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-23
swAIM's CASE.

REFERRED TO 4 COURT OF INQUIRY.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-Secre
tary Linculn has addressed let,
ter to the president inclosing recent
letters from A. Il. Bateman, banker
of Washington, to the secretary. OF
war, making certain charges against
Gen, Swain, Judge advocate general OF
the army, with the reply of the latter
in the form of an Endorsement when
the matter was referred to him, all oil
which has been publ she'd. Secretary
Lincoln suggests that the reply OF
Gen. Swain is not quite sutilcient 70
fully yindicate an officer OF high rank
and very Important position, ana
recommends that the president order
court of inquiry to invesIlga.e
and report on the matter: upon
receipt of this letter, the president or.
dered court of inquiry to meet a,
| Washington on the 9TH OF May, ana
make full examination of the whole
case. The officers to constitute the
court are Maj Gen. John Pope, Bflg.'
Gen. Augur and Brig; Gen. SacRel.,
with Mai. Scott Of the Third artiiiefy
as Judge advocate and recorder.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-23
IF5T e e I7s'''
whole Tickets, -. Half Tickets, 81,
~ Ticksts $50. IS Itcksts, 500.

Remit money, postal ! ote or rank draft, 70
letter, or send ny cxpfess. Ordeis oi 20 ana
pense. Address ailorders 10 t. u. srEN GER.
uoyington KY,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-23

ElsHINcToN.
k'%',,"s' Nd I'''''''
eaprr,,s. r. r.. ..,,. Senator
|. i ne Senate ". IA, and ''''s'
/. !, s,,,, Of the Day.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
Railroaol ,ra11r

We last week published an item to
the effect that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad intended running a line down
the Peninsula, through the Eastern
shore Counties, and now the Peainsu-
Sutdr NeWs has revived the project that
comes up biennially, before the meet
ing OF the Legislature, for the construc-
ton OF road from Dover ria Frederica
to Lewes. There has been nothing
In 1t from the start, but it don't cost
much to talk about it or the newspa-
pers to write about it and so we give n
paragraph from the Ners on the prob
lematical subject:
The advantages to the Pennsylva-
MA OF building branch road from
Dover to Lewes and Rehoboth are
many. They could make Lewes a
coaling station, RehOboth a popular
Summer resort and carry the products
OF one of the finest agricultural sections
OF the State-that between Dover and
Milford. Then, too, the peach belt is
moving south, and Milford will soon be
its centre. The cost to build such a
road would be comparatively small
The people along the route will wei
come it with the right of way and per-
haps considerable contributions to its
stock. The Pennsylvania system holds
charter for constructing such line
under the title of the Bayshore Road. :"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
Loss bV TCire.

Elzey KINNEY, who lives in Spru-
ance's Neck, adjoining the farm of
Matthew Hutchinson, had serious
misfortune by fire on Monday after
noon involving the loss of his barn.
stable, COW house, 1000 sheaves Of
blades, $175 worth of hay, and 30 bush
els of wheat. The corn crib that stood
a little to the windward was saved.
The fire was started by his little five
year.old child who got some matches
and ignited fire in the stack ward to
burn some corn husk. Mr.. KINNEY
was in the midst of grief from the loss
OF his wife who was buried the dav
before, and the double misfortune
makes his case one that appeals to
more than usual sympathy. His loss
will be some $500. No insurance.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
Damages for a EnIl.

They have had IA singular case in
Wilmington which has attracted con
siderable attention, wherein the re-
spOnslblllty of teams or rather their
owners has been defined by the court
and the jury. The case was that of a
man named Jones who brought suit
against u. james Belt, the druggist
for damages by being thrown from a
ladder by team belonging to the lat
ter, the jury on Saturday rendering n
verdict Of $3.50 for the former. The
Morning Ne'cs thus states the case:
The verdict against Mr. Belt, of
this city, which was rendered on Satur-
day evening, strikes us as uncommon
III several respects. The simple facts.
as we understand them, are that a
horse belonging to Mr. Belt. i'm use bv
hun for the purpose of his drug busi-
ness and IN charge of Il driver employ
ed for hauling and delivery, being left
unhltched while the driver was getting
box to put into the wagon. walked
away, took The righthand car tracks i'm
Market street, and proceeded south ON
these tracks at a walk until it reached
a point where the lower end of a lad
der stood, one side being within the
tracks and nobody watching the foot
Of the ladder. The wagon knocked
the ladder down, and thereby occasion
ed dangerous fall to the man who
was perched upon it at work upon an
electric lamp, and apparently taking
no precautions to secure the stability of
his support. II is clear that it is un-
aWiui and dangerous to leave a horse
uHhilcard in the highway, but it is
also cirdr that without a special permit
II IS unlawful and dangerous to erect a
ladder ia the highway and leave the
lower end unprotected. In other
words it looks as if there was negli.
gence on both sides, not intentional of
course, and not sufficient to relieve
either one from any actual damage
which might have been inflicted on the
horse and wagon, on the man on the
ladder or on any innocent passer-bv as
consequence Of this combined ne
glect. The verdict brought against
Mr. Belt, under the charge Of the court
was for 1850 and costs. IL appears to
us that under this verdict almost any
one who uses horses in the city of vii
mlngt0n for business purposes NAV be
mVoluntarily involved in damages
wherein the natural and proper desire
OF every principal to make absolutely
good any person suffering injury by
reason OF the acts Of an agent will not
be so much considered as the technical
case against him"
The Philadelphia Press in noting
this decision thus comments:
Had he fallen upon some old lady
who happened to be passing at the
time, she also could have sued Mr.. Belt
for her consequential damages. Had
a dude with an eye-glass and cane
been underneath the fallen lineman
and, in his efforts to save himself from
the impending collision. thrust his
cane into the eye of a passing stranger,
so as to destroy the usefulness of that
particular organ, we very much fear
the unhappy druggist would have had
to pay for that eye, as well as for the
damage done the electric lineman and
the dude, and for the repairs to his
own broken carriage In view fwhat
his bill might have been, Mr.. Belt NAV
we'll consider that for 1850 he has got
ten OIL dirt CheaD"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
1S5G-lSS 1.

The lady alluded to in the item be-
low, copied from the Centreville Record
was a Smyrnaian until after her mar
riage, Miss Sue Holding, her brother
and sisters being at this time residents
of this town:
Mrs. Sue Sutlif, lady who repre-
sented the State of Delaware in the
parade at Church Hill last Thursday.
represented the State of Maryland at
the Buchanan parade in Smyrna, Del.
IN 1886. It is probable that Mrs. Sut-
lft is the only lady on the Peninsula
who took such an active part in 1884
and who had the honor ofrepresenting
a state in 1856. The singular coinci7
dence is that Mrs. Sutliff when living
IN Delaware represented Maryland-28
years agO-and when living in Mary
land represented Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
The Centennial VI. f. Confer
enCP.

Rev. }. 3. Quigg left Yesterday
for Baltimore to attend the Centennial
Conference of the NJ. +. Church. which
was organized in that city one hun
dred years ago and known AS the
Christmas Conference when Coke
and Asbury were formally elected to
the Office Of bishop, there beng sixty
out of the eighty preachers of the then
young society, present. The other two
delegates appointed from the Will
mington Conference are Rev. II. f.
Martindale and Hon, Eli Salisbury.
This centennial of the formation of the
society will be one of the most interest
ing occurrences in the whole history of
MethOdism in America The close of
the Revolutionary War left the relir-
iOus denominations of this country.
which had been under English dOmi-
nation, without an organization or anv
one to administer the sacraments. the
rites of baptism, &C., and this Organi-
zatlon was the first of that of any
other church in the American form.
A welcome and communion service
was held last night, the welcome ad-
dress being by Bishop Andrews and
responded to by DIR. McFerrin and
Prof. J. G. Price.
1t will be attended by about 500
delegates, many of them men of dis
tinguished ability, both in religions
and secular matters. Complete mr.
rangements have been made for the
entertainment of all the delegates by
Methodist families. Visitors from all
parts of the country are expected and
the lowest estimates place the atten-
dance at 10000. A paper called the
Daily Methodist will be issued every
morning during the session. The
churches represented are the Metho-
dist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal
South, African Methodist Episcopal.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion.
COlored NJ. +. Church of America.
Primitive Methodist Church, Canada
NJ. II. Church and Independent Meth
odist Church. Nearly 100000 mem
be:s and a population of 0,OO0. 900 peO-
pie are represented by these branches.
All the bishops will be in attendance,
including Bishops Il. G.. Andrews
Washington; Thomas Bowman. ST.
Louis; II. S. Foster, Boston; &. G..
Foss, Minneapolis G. N. Fowler, New
York; S. M. Merrill, Chicago. Among
the widely-knOwn Methodists who
will attend as delegates are Governor
Pattison, Pennsylvania; Ex-Governor
Stannard, Missouri General G. b,
Fisk, New York A.. J. Kynett, Phila- |
delphla. In the list of the fraternal |
delegates are such men as Rev. John
a. Williams, of Ontario, Canada; Rev.
John Scott, ID. d., Of Pittsburg and
among the noted pastors of the church |
who have been invited as speakers are
kev. ). .. Peck, ID. d., of New Haven.
Conn; .. II. Tiffany, d. d., and Will /
liam Butler, ID. d., Of New York. and
j. }. Lansing, of Brooklyn. !
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

ACCORDING TO the Philadelphia
papers nearly 10000 persons are out
of employment in the coal regions and
some 5000 carpet weavers and 1000
shoemakers in the city of Philadelphia.
These embrace only three of the many
branches of trade and may serve to
show the depression in the business
circles. But England is as bad Off Il.
we are. 1t is stated in the London
Times that 25,0OO men in Newcastle.
Sunderland and other ship-buildiug
towns are out of work, and the towns
where cotton and other goods are man
uiactured show nearly as bad a cOndi
ton. Twenty-Five thousand unem-
ployed artisans of Lyons, France. par-
Oded the streets on the 1st of Noyem-
Der demanding bread or lead" Since
then similar demands have disturbed
the peace of Paris, and gathering i'm
portance as the trouble grew the loud
voice Of Communism once more is
heard above the mutterings of the
crowd. An open hand of charity will
nave to be extended to all these places
TO help them bridge over the hard
ships Of the Winter.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
THE announcement last week of the

The announcement last week of the
death of Harry Shermer, at his resi-
dence in Germantown, Pa, at the age
OF 60 years, was received by his many
acquaintances with surprise and regret.
Mr.. Shermer spent large part of his
life here, the most of the time in part
nership with Walter McMullen in the
carriage business, and had the conf
dence of the entire community for his
industry and business integrity.
AT the Delaware State Grange of
the Patrons of Husbandry which con-
vened in annual session in Dover, yes
terday, n resolution was unanimously
adopted protesting against the action
of the authorities of Philadelphia in
requiring that all packages containing
produce sold in their market must
bear a stamp Indicating the size of the
package. This law, if carried into ef-
feet, will make impossible demands on
the fruit growers and would result in
serious injury to the fruit interest of
the Peninsula.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

REV. W. E. COVERT, of Pittsburg.
preached in Philadelphia on Sunday
on Spiritualism as a Great Fraud" -" in
which he denounced all mediums as
liars and frauds and the belief an out
come Of infdelity, insanity and free
loyeism. He said:
There is not a materializino mod
ium OF national repute who has not
been exposed, and / am prepared to
expose any and every one. MANY
mediums are merely blackmailerS
Ihey compromise a man of good Dosi-
ton and then eXtOrt money from him
lnere IS not trick done bv any mod.
luI9 IN the world that cannot explain
and DO myself. from inaterializing To
slate writing. The trance mediums
are often rascals, but believe many of
them imagine that they are in frances
imagination, you must know forms a
large part OF Spiritualism. tis a DouJ-
eflul agent. II can cure or bring on
dlsease, and even produce instanto-
HeOus death. 1t cOnjures up visions
ana when 1t IS excited a cenfidino ner'
son can easily be fooled by a swindliu.,
HpiIiIuaIlst. / am sorry chat tr,ure
mediums should have so many vir,;,ns
WY, at the present moment. nrobaLi,,
one thousand people are collected in y
nan on spring Garden Street Iisteni,,,
10 10, an AN address by trance medium,
ne "hoie belief is opposed to Christi.
ahltY, though there are SpirituaI;et.
"... '#. Themselves Christians God
iaan must believe bv faitb
ana not ~ sight. Spiritualism Is sirbt
anu not Ialth MOrmOnism and Snjrit-
naiism ] class in the same cttrgor,
lhey both originated almost af tie
same same spot IN New York, "a State bv
the way, which seems to have tbc
Patent-rlght to produce all great
The P;ttsburg preacher several
weeks ago issued a challenge to Spirit.
ltualists. Sunday he agreed to make
1t apply to Philadelphia. It reads as
follows:
" ! will give $500 to any medium who
can get communication from the
Gead Tor me that ] cannot duplicate or
demonstrate to be a fraud, or TO anv
cialrVOyant who can read a single sen
tehce through four folds Of the Pbila-
deIphia Press without an opening in
Cne paper or the use Of mechanical or
chemical eontriyances or means.v
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

CURRENT POLITICAL OPINIONS
The following is what the Delawareaa
has to say about the "CiviI Service
Reform -:
The Democratic party having
elected their President are entitled 10
the offices, and this simpering. this
whimpering, and prating about civil
service reform is puerile and weak TO
say the least. Nineteen of
the rank and file Of the Democratic
party believe in the Jacxsonian theory
to the victor belongs the sDoils. y
The offices are the party's by right.
precedent and practice. PARTY su
premacy is retained by party power
ana party patronage is a great lever to
party success. Every one who has
any knowledge Of politics knows such
TO be the fact, and it is idle for any one
70 consider for moment the claims of
this dude doctrine Civil Service re.
form
The most Of the party leaders who
are in Mr. Cleveland's confidence saw
that he vill adhere TO his declaration
in bis letter Of acceptance for Civil
Service Reform, and his more recent
expression that he shall move with
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

THE crafty Chinese are finding a
way to get around the law that forbids
their emigration to this country. 4
dispatch from Victoria, British Column
bia, says:
The Dominion Government officials
have been making rigid inquiries in
regard to the alarming influx OF Chi
nese into British Columbia. and as a
result il is shown that the greater part
Of fthosc now arriving are destined for
the United States. They, it appears.
rendezvous in this province and
wait an opportunity to smuggle
themselves across the border into
Washington Territory As it is i'm
possible for the United States officials
to know whether they are residents Of
the country. they have no difficulty in
obtaining am order from the custom
house permitting them to visit Vic
toria, where they collect the effects
left there on their first landing. and
return with them to American terri
tory unmOlested"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
Poultl.y Shinninn

The past has been bad week for
long shipments of poultry to the citv
markets. A New York paper saws:
F." The West has shipped vast uuanti-
ties Of poultry to the Eastern markets
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week large shipments arrived in
our markets from there, when the sun
ply on hand was already great enough
to last for several days unless the al
ready moderate prices at which poultry
was selling should be greatly reduced
The large New England towns and
cities are already abundantly supplied
and the greater part of the poultry
shipments of the past three davs are
now either in the stores of the receiv-
ers or on cold storage, where large
quantities have been placed in the at
tempts by the receivers to maintain
prices. But there is no doubt that
much of the poultry now on hand must
be, sold at a decided loss to shppers.
Good fowls and chickens will be sold
for as low as six cents per pound at
Wholesale. 1t is expected that some
Of the Gamers of fine poultry will Sc
cure a large quantity of it when the
stock on hand becomes a little more
tender, at much less prices than the
lowest OF the above quotations.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

THE gale and accompanying heavy
rain of Saturday was severely felt from
the Virginia coast to New York but
was of the greatest violence when at
Chester, or at least the damages were
greater there than at any other places.
4 number of buildings were blown
down and about $50 buildings wholly
or partly unrooled. Considerable
damage was done in Philadelphia and
some in Wilmington. The storm ex-
tended from the Tennessee and Ohio
valleys to New England but nowhere
with such violence as at the place
above described.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
Smyrna and Vicinity.
ICE CREAM at Carr's. e.

CHRISTMAS is only two weeks off.
For your Christmas Goods, go to Miss
5. 3. Collins.
TWENTY-THREE SHOWS are predicted
for this Winter
THE nurserymen of all Others have
no cause to complain of 1884.
On every side are seen the busy
preparations for the holidays
CHRISTMAS CARDS, at Miss 5. B. Col
Inns, cor. Market and Commerce Sts. T
REV. w. J. d. LUCAS is holding a
successful protracted meeting at Clay
ton.
THr Meiggs-Underhill combination
are billed for Christmas night at the
Town Hall.
The London exhibition Of Prof II.
II. Ragan, on Monday night. was slim
ly attended
CHAs. ANDREWS, of Harrington. has
been engaged to organize a singing
school at KentOn.
The sunset after-glow in the clear
soft sky Of Sunday evening was one of
exceeding beauty.
THE warm weather of the past week
has been greatly to the advantage of
the belated wheat.
). w. DENNEY's drug store presents
a neat and attractive front in its new
dress of black and gold.
CONSIDERABLE quantities of ever
green will be shipped up the road to
the cities the next two weeks.
PERSONS wanting ice cream can have
their wants supplied by calling on
WIN. ii. Carr, on Market street. T
JAS. p. HOFFECKER has selected for
Christmas sales stock of superior
goods that are finding ready purchas-
ers.
The window Of J. V. Smiths iewelry
store frequently stops the passer-by for
look at the attractive articles it con
tains
The warm weather of the past week
has caused some uneasiness with those
who have killed and salted awav their
pork.
CHARLES DALEY has returned from
Philadelphia and opened carpet
weaving establishment on Market
street.
JOHN II. PHILLIPS has a very attrac-
tive window for young men. and inside
goods of u superior quality to suit both
young and old.
In the absence Of the pastor Rev. J.
Y. Smith will fill the NJ. Il. pulpit next
Sunday morning, and Rev. J. b. Mer-
ritt in the evening.
Tropical PdrQIise is the name Of a
ten-paged paper sent us bv A. w.
Barnes y Co., agent for J. T.. Tvgert
q Co, Jacksonville, Fla.
A HOG is never well-dressed but
once in his life, and that is after he is
dead. a large number of hogs are going
through this process just now.
WINTER is called dreary season.
put It can't be so awful dreary in
Smyrna u those twenty marriages all
come off that are talked about
OUR local artist in communication
on our fourth page illustrates our
water works, past and prospective. in
a way that can't be misunderstood.
SEVERAL Of our citizens are expect
ing to go on the second excursion of
Geo. W. Ingram, over the New York.
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad to
Charles City, next Monday. The
tickets, as was stated last week, will
be good for ten days. The fare, It is
stated, will be about half the usual
rate.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
j. II. PRINTROSE'S,
SHOE STORE. SMYRNA

-. II. PIfI IMROSE'S,
SHOE STORE, SMYRNA.
THE Perkins & House Non-ExpIos-
i've Lamp is the only Lamp fit to be
used among children. 1t cannot ex-
plode or break. Sold only by J. B.
Cooper.
We have a stock of Gents Furnish
ing Goods, that gets ahead of ANYTHING
IN smyrna, and must be seen to be ap-
preciated. Finest line Neckwear and
Suspenders from the cheap ones to the
finest, all Silk. Superb line Under
wear ana Hosiery. Please give US a
call and examine these goods, as we
are sure you will find here lust what
you want. Phillips.
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Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

THE uses of electricity are becoming
illimitable. In London it is now be-
ing used in lighting carriages instead
of lamps and similar lamps are used
for carriages in the Paris bouleyards.
They also arranged so as to illuminate
the interior of the vehicle, and in some
cases a headlight, with powerful re-
fiectOr, is provided for the horse. The
arrangement is due to NJ. Abailard,
manufacturer of incandescent lamps,
who maintains them for six hours by
means of accumulatOrs placed under
tue seats charged by Daniel battery.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-10
New Advertiaelnents.

The attention of our readers is called
to The following new advertisements:
Dress Goods, &c.-John Wanamaker
Business Locals-J. II. Primrose.
For Remt-W. w. Tschudy.
Holiday Goods B. Cooper
New Home Sewing Machine.
Harper's Young People.
ClOthing-BrOwnings.
Election Notice-The National Bank
of Smyrna.
A Rare O1er-Voshell, Groves & Co.
Haper's Bazaar.
Wanted-A. d. Worthington & Co.
Harpcr's Weekly.
Wanted &C. G."
The Ne1r York Tribune.