Smyrna times., 1885-05-20
Here and Elsewhere.


" Ukraine" the wierd dialect of the
Circassian- Russians, is nearly obsolete.
Catholic Maryland wants the new
mgh-grade university located at Balti-
more.
The pitcher Of base ball club is too
BUSY now to bring his wife pitcher of
With his other accomplishments the
father of ten children is also a good
tenor.
When the Clayton boom dies the
Spruance City lighthouse will furnish
the bier. '''''''
A sailor finds one difficulty in steer
ing "A horse-the rudder is on the
wrong end
The high-salaried professionals of
the base ball clubs are paid to win, not
lose games. ''0
Freights are ruling as low as so cents
ton on ice from Kennebec, Maine. to
Eastern ports.
Hawkins" has left the darkies.
but Jim Armstrong fingers where no
woodbine twineth."
Heavy sales are expected on the an
| appearance of the revised version of
the Old Testament.
A iirst-class, tricky, "tuck up sail
boat in the upper Delaware costs
about $3.50 to build.
Like cures like" two likes boiling
on a mans neck are, however. vearn-
ing to "bust " like.
The Dominion troops are numninc
ounce bullets into Chief Poundmaker,s
Indians up in Manitoba.
Amasa Lyon ranks first among
American umbrella makers and
amazing lying among the takers.
The farmer feeds us alln and q
goo1 goo many farmers only get square
leeu when all the company comes.
The rarest gems of European artists
can be found behind the unpretentions
brick fronts of Philadelphia houses.
The Army of the Potomac. with a
rising vote and rousing cheers re-
elected General Grant their President.
Signaling by air, by Westinghouse
.he inventor of the air brake, replaces
road. ''''-
kegaITiing marriage as a civil CON
tract, prominent jurists say. places the
law law subordinate to guilty collusion in
divorces. ''''0" III
!, Examinations tending to disclose
the exact cause for the plague at PIv-
mouth, Pa, for the benefit of other
towns IS now being made.
The r. f. Lee Camp. of Ricbmond
,Eta., by invitation gave a genuine
rebel yell, at the Army of the Poto- |
macs reunion the other night in Balti. !
more. ''''i''-
The spark from a locomotive in tho
lumber yards of Chicago last weaL
came near causing repetition of y bo,
a COW and lamp i'm the oreot fro - |
the '7O's. nv Vi
The steamship Greai Eastern burns |
so much coal in forcing her huge hull |
through the water, that it abs0rbs ali |
OF her freight money, leaving notbin@
for profit. ''0'"i''s
The whaling bark Uiace, after fruit
Iessiy wandering the ocean for two
years after whales, returned to New
bedford, on the 10th inst, without a
barrel of oil. '''''0"V ="
Patent medicine men have got hold
OF the idea that a simple yeoetoblo
preparation cured General Gro"t,s
throat. Now our vegetarian viii 10
simply immense.
Young Greene in pleading his cause
closed his eyes to burn with his eIo-
quehce ms girls heart but when he
opened them he discovered she had
got out her knitting. '''''
In the one thousand bour teet =,
Philadelphia Of different electric liDbts
several companies competing oll had
lost more or less candle power at The
six hundredth hour. ~ ''''
The new time-balls on the different
maritime exchanges are hoisted five
minutes before noon and dropped ex-
actiy at y O'Clock by wires connected
ingtOn. - " 'Sii-
Judge Wilson, of the Supreme Court
OF IeXas, assessed only nominal DANE
SGs lIhe cost OF sending) against the
western Union Telegraph Comnonv
lorlalllng to transmit cipher despottb
correctly. "O''l 'l''''' Il
Inc unfortunate brig JuIfa 4 Nor-
rt", from Aracusa, Brazil, for Hamn-
Ton Roads for orders, with a cargo Of
sugar, went ashore on the beach ot
~ Ucracoke Inlet, N. c., and is now
humping to pieces. ~" {
In the beauty shows at the Dino 4
Musum, Philadelphia, the ladies arc
numbered. No 5 is far ahead in votes
ana jealousy, and dangerous second
comes from Germantown, Pa. % OO0
votes have been cast. 'O0'
The brig 0. b. StiILman abandoned
last September off Cane Hattoros
waterlOgged and sinking. n wo1
thought, has been recently picled nm
at sea South Of the equator, taken into
the Bermudas, repaired, and fl for
good service yet. "
The Numismatic Society of Philadel-
phla, has stone slab, discovered on The
site OF ancient Ninevah. The stone
adorned the halls of King AssumazipaI
b. e. 883 to S59. The chiseing IS in .
cunietorm Assyrian and recounts the p
warlike deeds. 'o v
At the battle of Batouche CROSSING
Manitoba, the rebels endeavored to
lank Canadian battery in the usual .
way, but were literally moved down I
oy tne hre OF Gatling gun, in charge
81 d captain Howard, an agent of the
Connecticut manufacturers.
The Free and Open Church Associa-
lion Ofthe PROTESTANT Epieoo,,ol a.,