Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1884-11-12
WHOLE NO. 1881.
Here and Elsewhere,

Maryland is committed to local
option. ~ ioc"l
The drought in Australia has nearly
swept it clean of sheep.
After the late political storm comes
the calm of store stoves.
signor Brignoli the warbling tenor
OF the operate stage is dead.
Cooperation enables work-people TO
refund their wages at interest
Bone boiling establishments are
located in the heart of London.
Edison says that steam only extracts
per cent of the energy of coal.
III. The average depth of the Atlantic is
2'ooO tathoms and a fathOm is six feet
Claus spreckles, of San Francisco.
o o' Is the sugar king of the Pacific
Angora goats are picking their wav
RADIO. mo " OOiO-
An Egyptian farmer turns an irri
back. WIZ" MS
Instead of campaign and tariff II
forth. ''' '''i "l'i'i neiice-
Roasted grasshoppers are equal 70
G On with the Indians of the
The highest velocity of shot ia G9G
seconds. '-'''o IL OF
Gen. Grant can remember the events
OF the Mexican war better than those
of the Rebellion. '''''0
Stocks considering the passenger
war are in the leading markets re-
markably steady.
The frost will soon give away MANY
hover that has blushed its sweetness
on the Summer air.
Martin Van Buren, was the only
PRESIDENT that ever came out of Office
with his salary intact.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
t threatens to cut to the quick in West
P"ooOhSCl lTdUlC.
Very indifferent artist work is feared
1or the Autumn display at the Acade-
my of music Philadelphia.
It is estimated that the loss from fires
VIII be nearer $20O,OOO,OOO than the
usual SlOO,OOO,OOO this year.
The French courts will grant 70
Iattl divorce from the STaTouis de
CauX on demand of the latter.
Mysterious tinkling of bells will soon
De heard on the most freouented
promenades of the large cities.
A couple of English nurses BROUGHT
Dyer Dyer TO train nurses are now at the
blockley Hospital, Philadelphia.
The close ventilated air of Pbiladel-
phla school houses is telling fearfullv
On the health of teachers and scholars
the Reading Railroad owns 7oOOo
acres OF coal lands enough to SUNNY
me demand and occupy its transporta-
ion for centuries.
All objects must become chilled 70
he dew point before they can CON
tense the surrounding vapor into dew
rost therefore is frozen dew.
John L. Sullivan will not agree to
lght with bare knuckles any of the re-
ent challenges for fear of the penalty
Il murder in case he should kill.
Swede leather skirts with polonaise
L navy blue serge with waist coat of
Gather can be brushed free of mud or
ond. ' 'io Ois
In the German Reichstag election
ne Conservatives polled SO votes. the
'atlonals 30, while the ImperiaIs fell
"A, ninety-seven ballots being neces-
lry to pass over a veto.
The most sensitive Photograph plates
I'VE only the slightest impression of
ght at 800 feet below the surface of
he ocean, and below this for IA, 700 feet
an average all is utter darkness.
The not overly wild Bed-a-weens of
lie arabian deserts levy tribute of
ON Si'OO 10 Sl.25 mile on the yearly
MAJ or Moslem pilgrimage from
arlo, Egypt, by way Of Nedied and
Ledina to Mecca.
The fine new Philadelphia schooner
ondthdH Knight, valued at $4,000
lth cargo of coal valued at IS 600
her hrst voyage to the West Indies
sarrlnged her steering gear and mis-
aged on Elethurea Island and became
total wreck.
The Ancient Arabic Order of Mobiles
the Mystic Shrine composed exclu-
vely of Knights Templars or those
no have passed the thirty-second de-
ee of Masonry dedicated their new
1 Lu temple at Broad above Vine
reefs, Philadelphia, in a blaze of
rental Magnificence n few EVENING
o. '''iHS
a drunkep man yelling fire near
aSgow theatre caused a panic and
loss OF fourteen lives, the scene on
stair case leading from the hall
IS terrible, ribbons, hats, sacques and
avis were strewn over the stairs.
victims being first suffocated and
EN- trampled to death.
A firm of chemists were entitled to
aw back of $1.14 cents on some nm
ed tobacco stamps. They sent a
AT to their correspondent at Wash
gton for the amount. He endorsed
for payment at the treasury. which
IS refused until he made affidavit to
identity. 1t was then submitted to
2 Comptroller, then to the Treasurer
d from there to the firm for certifica-
II. BY this time the correspondent
d died from tape worm.
The North German steamer Aaas-
n, west bound in latitude 500 So.
lgitude 30 Az encountered a vio-
It gale from the northwest on Octo-
23rd, Immediately after it was re-
rted to the officer of the deck that
petroleum tank under the bridge
S leaking. A seaman was sent with
ight to find it, an explosion ensued.
IN few minutes 1S6 of the pass
gers and crew were at the mercy of
waves in the ships boats. The
amer burned rapidly. Fortunately
hands were rescued by the steamer
en-, which had seen and bore down
the light.
The commission appointed at the
! session of Congress to visit Mexico
Central and South America in the
crest Of United States commerce.
! have fine trip. They will leave
W York on the 10th of this month
go to the city of Mexico and
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