Smyrna times., 1885-12-09
WHOLE NO. 1880.
Here and Elsewhere.

The marauding Indians in New
Mexico and Arizona have killed fifty
one whites and Indians.
The Atlanta Constitution thinks that
a man who eats five square meals day
should be called a grubwump.
Canon Farrar says one of the respon-
slbilities of this nation is to " strangle
the growth of mammOn worship"
"The Florida orange DAYS have
come, the juciest of the year" This is
as the Boston Transcript brightly puts
it.
Every bride who visits the White
House receives a handsome bouquet.
That what the Government keeps the
conservatories there for.
Women attacked the newly appoint
ed priests OF the Polish congregation in
Detroit last week and a furious riot en-
sued around the church.
Novelties in bracelets introduced for
the holiday trade are those composed
of graduated links, the larger of which
form the top of the ornament.
1t is now discovered that President
Cleveland works sixteen hours a day.
It's evident that he didn't have time 10
go to Mr.. Hendricks funeral
Four and three-quarter Millions
pieces of mail matter went to the Dead
Letter Bureau last year There's a
problem for the new postmasters.
General B. F. Butler has quietly an
nOunced to his friends his intention 10
run for Congress in his district in
Massachusetts at the next election.
What is all this to-dO about the re-
cent discovery of natural gas? How
amusing it must be to the Hon. Ben
Butler to be looked upon as a recent
discovery"
In a sermon lately delivered by an
Irish Wesleyan preacher, he informed
his congregation that in future their
annual collections would be taken up
quarterly.
Philadelphia always stand still ?"
asks The Times of that town. 1t would
certainly be very disconcerting to wake
up some morning and find that Phila-
delphia had gone of.
EAauuEL-
ing the memory of General Grant again.
His talk is like the babble of a muddy
gutter stream crying the greatness Of
the silent, eternal sea.
In round Numbers the weight Of
100000 dollars in standard gold coin
in IL tons; standard silver coin, 26{
tons subsequently silver coin, % tons :;
minor coin, scent nickel, 100 tons.
Missionaries find that savages who
live mainly on vegetable or fish diet
are the most quick-witted, while those
who live principally on a meat diet are
capable of doing more work and endur-
ing more fatigue.
A new overshoe for women is a soft
gray felt, coming well up the leg, and
bOrdered with white fur, lined with
red; it buttons, is soft, and of elastic
texture, so that the bows on the shoes
do not get crushed.
The liquor dealers of Jackson, Miss.
have materially aided the Prohibition
campaign in that place by making a
black list of all those who opposed free
rum. 1t is believed that they intended
to use it for bOycOtting purposes.
( The stock market, which has ad-
t vanced from to 35 per cent since last
July, begins at last to show some signs
of weakening; but, nevertheless, il
: must be said to be firm, considering the
prolonged and wonderful advance
Unless all street precedents are set
aside, an early decline is most likely.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
has decided that the word guest" as
: defined by the Public Statutes under
! the License law, is limited to persons
who resort to an inn for food and lOdg-
: ing, and clearly excludes those who re-
: sort there for the purpose of procuring
: and drinking intoxicating liquor.
Word comes from the SOudan that
!, Osman Digna is still very much alive
> and has just massacred all the garrison
> of Kassala. 1t is odds that within the
week further reports will state that the
I. Kassala garrison made a sOrtie, killed
- Osman Digna and routed his army
q ADanias and Munchausen seem to b.
4 running a nip-and-tuck race in SOudar
= news, Joe" Mulhattan as umpire.