Smyrna times., 1890-02-19
News Items

SeYenty-tive steamships are now mn.
uer contract to load grain in PbiladsI.
phia for Europe.
The Senate has confirmed the nom.
lnatlon of Charles Emory Smith of
Philadelphia, as Minister to Russia
Whether worlds fair is to be held
IN 1892, and, if SO, where, will be final
~ settled, we presume next Monday
when the house will vote upon the
| matter. 'ue
Ex-President Cleveland is an eur.
nest advocate of ballot reform civil
service and revenue reform. IF ba
were in Delaware he would be as aar.
nest an advocate of Constitutional
Reform.
Secretary Noble has been confirmed
that some Of the settlers in the new
territory opened in South Dakota. are
lhtrudlng on lands occupied bv the
Indians, and has given order for their
removal.
Alpheus T. Palmer. aged 60 years
the only surviving officer in Maine Of
the Mexican war, died at Bangor Sat.
urday. He Was for years in the regular
army, and was an intimate friend of
PRESIDENT Pierce and Jefferson Davis.
The New York Herald paid the w,d.
ow of Russell Wright S24, 63l damages
for libel, said to be the largest amount
ever paid in America for libel. and
the largest IN the world except that
paid by the London Times to Mr. Par,
nell.
The President yesterday issued A
proclamation directing the removal of
all cattle from grazing uDon what ia
KhoWh as the Cherokee outlet, in the
Northern part of the Indian Territory.
Inc removal must be completed by
the first day of October next.
The supreme court of Montana has
decided that state officers NAV draw
their salaries without any appropria-
ton being made for that purpose bv
the legislature. The court held that.
as the new constitution fixed the rate
OF compensation, no special legislation
was necessary.
Miss Susan B, Anthony, in celebra-
ting her SEVENTEEN birthday in Wash
lngton Saturday, remarked playfully
to her assembled friends. after "Auld
Lang Syne" had been played by the
pand, that she stood there q typical
old maid, One slip of her tongue
might have marred her whole life"
A German steamer bound for Hong
Kong last month picked up the crew
OF small Manila bark which had been
drifting about in the China Sea for
thlrty days. The vessel was unman-
agable, and those on board, twelve
men and two woman, had been with
out food and fresh water for thirty
days.
The catch.as-catch-can wrestling
match between Jack Carkeek, cham
pion of America, and Tom Conners,
holder of the championship of Eng
land, for $3.50 side and the champion
snip OF the world, which took place at
milwaukee, Wis, Saturday night, was
won by Carkeek, he winning the first,
third and fourth falls.
At the Worlds Fair mass meeting in
New York Monday night. a comprO.
mise offered by Chauncey NJ. Depew
was adopted, which provides that no
more names shall be added to the Cit.
zen 5 Committee, but that a twO-thirds
vote shall be required for the election
OF officers and the giving of contracts.
Ihls, it was stated. was acceptable to
ex-senator Platt, and would end tho
controversy.
CUTTING Ice In MASSACHUSETTS,
The knickeTbocker Ice Company has
commenced cutting ice twelve inches
thick and OfsuperiOr quality in Berk'
shire county, Mass. The company bas
arranged to cut more than 1,50O,OOO
tons of ice, and either shipit to New
Y ork or stack it on the shores of the
lakes and ponds. A number OF
other companies are engaged in cut
ting ice in the same county to furnish
other cities, including Albany, Boston,
Brooklyn, Springfield, Worcester
providence, New Haven and Hart
ford.