Smyrna times., 1884-01-09
WHOLE NO. 1,4S7.
Current Comment,

-, ou' Oh the cases of violent deaths in
Philadelphia last year 119 are laid 70
inc charge of the steam railroads
Inc indications are that both parties
VIII need the Independent vote in tho
presidential election this year, and that
is the best guaranty of decent nomira
tions.
Arkansas sends five lawyers to rem.
resent her in congress. Every ono of
her representatives were also warriors
IN the Confederate service during the
i"Ie unpleasantness. Shoulder strans
are sure passport to political and
pettlcoat favor.
IL was an Irish judge who told 4 too
laxative gentleman in court that bo
wanted nothing but silence from him
ana precious little of that" Sneaker.
O"rilSle ought to write the Injunction
on TWO postal cards and mail tbar, -
Bland and Buckner
Inc American Socialists formallvo,
houhce that they propose to abolish tho
0"i'eu states Senate, but they careful
~ conceal the means with which tbav
expect to accomplish it. These Social
ISIS VIII never be fully satisfied until
'neE nave abolished everybody and
everything but themselves.
Inc bicycle sled has been perfected
IN Canada. The rider sits on a wbooI
which is cogged to catch the ice and
'nere Is frame shod with four blades
OF steel like ordinary skate runners
upon which the machine glides oIonu
Still, it is said not to be 50 popular =.
skates. There is nobodv's hand 70
hold. 'u -
The bill introduced into the New
1orK Senate Tuesday, providing that
all telegraph, telephone and electric
llght wires in cities containing n noru-
latiOn of $4,000 shall be placed under
ground before November /, 1885. is n
step IN the direction of an object whose
accomplishment cannot be much Ioncor
delayed.
The large debt payment durinp
december $ll ,743, 1897, makes the total
decrease in the debt for the first halfof
the fiscal year over $4,000 This
II maintained, will make the reduction
Tor the year ending June 30. 1884 "a
large as in 1884, and not much loss
imam was paid last year in spite of all
the reductions in the revenue
The labor Congress which met last
week in Toronto took strong ground
against all schemes in favor of assisted
immigration, on the novel and not en-
Iirely unsOund principle that thew are
unjust to native workmen, in that thew
overcrowd the labor markets and de-
press wages. There is an idea in that
which is worth THINKING
over
The Washington correspondent of a
democratic paper says John Sherman
$ very bitter in his opposition to
arthur and makes no secret of it. and
believes Ohio would give 30 900 MAORI
y against him If nominated. As mat.
ers now stand, with the strong proba-
nifty OF Arthur's inaction in the direc-
lou already stated, Blaine. is fast loom
ng up, and that, too. without any
ifort or direction of his own, whatever
nay De said to the contrary. Arthur's
andidecy has been the stimulant.
BY dint of Sunday exhibitions Of
lectures the Bartholdi monument fund
a New York has reached twelve
housand dollars. This is a large sum.
onsidering the financial condition TO
inch Wall street has been recently
by losses in Northern Pacific
nd other stocks. But two hundred
lousand dollars more must be raised
efore the great statue of Liberty
the World " will cast its
ladow over New York harbor. and it
Ill take some time to get that amount
money out of Sunday picture shows.