Smyrna times., 1889-05-22


The new twin screw steamer Of the |
Hamburg Packet Line, the Augusta |
Victoria, arrived at New York Sunday,
having made the voyage from Ham
burg TO New York, 304S miles, in
days and hour. She covered the dis
tanee from Southampton to New York
in 2 DAYS, 2 hours and 80 minutes, an
equivalent of six days, two hours from
Fastnet light TO New York. Deduct
ing four hours during which she was
DELAYED on the 18th and 18th by heated
Journals, her actual time between the
Fastnet and Sandy Hook lights was
FIVE days, % hours, 80 minutes, which
beats the record of the City of Paris.
For some years the tall tower of the
Tribune building was one of the most
conspicuous objects in New York, and
served to direct the attention of stran-
gers to that newspaper. A few months
ago the Times completed its great
building, putting all other newspaper
establishments in the shade, but now
the World announces that work has
been begun on a new structure which
is to be occupied by that paper and
which promises to be the biggest build
| ing on Manhattan Island.
Steve Broodie, the bridge -jnmper,
leaped over Passaic Falls into a raging
canyon 105 feet below, aud was rescued
with difficulty, almost exhausted by
his successful efforts to swim to a place
where his friends could reach him.
Immigrants are comming from Eu-
| rope in larger numbers than ever.
Monday 1862 landed in New York.
American worllmen will not cOntem-
plate this influx with pleasure.
Edward Manning, the egg crank ,"
gave his first performance before a
! Philadelphia audience at the Ninth
and Arch Museum Monday. Mr.. Man
ming announced that he could eat sew
enteen raw eggs at every performance
and stated that he is under contract tC
Manager Bradenburgh to eat tbatnum
ber of able-bodied eggs in less than
twenty seconds each time he attempt;
it. He occupied Just sixteen seconds
in disposing Of his first seventeen. A
the second performance he accomplish
ed his task in fifteen seconds, and a
the last afternoon performance he at
seventeen large eggs in thirteen sec
, onds.
A pair ofdaring burglars who hav
secured $4,000 worth Of plunder il
Philadelphia during the past fou
months, and whose depredations il
, | several cities have given them wild
ciminal reputation, were arrested d
Ninth and Arch streets, in that cit
= Monday by Detectives Miller and Tate
The prisoners are IsaacMoiiit Mckay
alias William Mofiit, alias Hart, an
, James Croiton, who also has a Ion
= string of aliases. Both men are frOi
: Baltimore and were released from tn
= Maryland state panitentiary about
:. year ago, after several years imprisOl
= ment.
4 Arthur Frazier, captain of a cani
d boat, and his wife called on Edwar
= Howe and his wife, near Hawkin
# Ohio, on Sunday. In the course
If conversation Mrs Howe said The
l. never has been man here l could n
IF throw" Frazier said she couldu
l. throw him. They clinchcd, and aft
o a few moments wrestling she thre
e Frazierson the lounge. He did not ris
n and was found to be dead. 1t is 81
s. pose an artery was TUptured.
;. John Wanamaker distributed $40.
y 600 among his employees on Saturda
= on the cooperative plan. In Il specs
u q he represented that their efforts
l. to make sales would also increase
= own profits. 1t is an excellent pla
- SO Mr.. Wanamaker thinks, to increa
y the business of his house. or cour
- nothing is lost by the free advertisi
=" that the business obtains" The new
papers. however. do not object giyiI
free notices to WanamakeT, because
is liberal advertiser, takes large spa
Sc and does not grumble about his bills
IN Gunther, the candy manufacturer
es Chicago, was Confederate soldi
at and was tie owner of the wreck
'lr Libby Prison relics. After the war
went to Chicago a poor man lie so
cl, started in business and made hims
ne famous by inventing caramels.
u. trade increased, he made profitable
x vestments, and is now rich.
AT The New York physicians who W,
n in such haste 10 hold n post .mortem
We the case of Bishop, the mind read
will have but little sympathy from
ar- public in the trouble which they ha
of brought upon themselves. Bishop y
We subject to falling Into cataleptic fits.
frances, in which his aged mot
>. states she has known him to Law
nc several days as though he were de
&c As thus autopsy was made in less Il
~ five hours after his supposed dea
.is- and before he had been seen 10y
les mother or wife, we do not wonder t
YES they insist he was murdered. If
ne man was lying in the state CLAIM
'e' by his mother, he was conscious
val all that was taking place, and his 5
300 ferings must have been terrible.
cir will of course be impossible now
the prove that he was alive at the time.
as there is = we'll grounded faar /
:, be has, it IS hoped that those ph
~ " clans will be severely punished