Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-12-23
News Items,

Fire insurance rates all over the
country are to be increased. Boston
has started.
A Chinese priest and thousand
native Christians were massacred by
rebels during the recent rebellion in
northern China.
Congressman Oates promises to begin
the work of economy in the House bv
a6olishing number of offices which
are simply sinecures.
One of the ablest politicians in the
present Congress predicts the nomina.
ton OF Mr.. Cleveland for President
and the denomination of President
Harrison.
Vice-President Morton had a bad
case of stage fright" which made the
concluding ceremonies at the funeral
of the late Senator Plumb somewhat
embarrassing.
Congressman McMillin says that for
seven years he made it practice to
commit a poem to memory before
breakfast every morning in order to
put himself in pleasant frame of mind
for the day.
Mr.. George W. Childs of the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger has presented to
the Drexel Institute of that city q valu.
able collection of hooks and autographs,
which are held to be worth somewhere
in the neighbOrhoOd of 100000.
An immense cotton plant is to be
built in Chicago which will cost s., OOO.-
600, will employ 1000 people and Oper-
ate 10000 spindles. The new company
is to be called the Columbia Cotton
Mill Company.
During three months ending June
80 of this year l ,057 1923 boxes of tim
plate were exported to the United
States from Swansea. Wales, while the
whole export from that city in 1890
was 2,479,4lS boxes.
Frank and Charles John, aged six
years respectively while skating on the
Trout Run dam near ShamOkin, Pa,
broke through and were drowned. With
arms clasped about each others pecks,
their bodies were rescued this evening.
1t is reported that the greater num-
Der OF letters which have appeared in
the London Times from Chill display
ing so bitter a tone toward the United
States government were written by
Lady JordOn, wife of Deputy Jordon,
of Santiago.
Nelson A. Bradt, of JOhnstOwn. N.
Y, finished his 10000 mile bicycle ride
on which he started January l, 1891,
using the same wheel on which he
made his great trans-cOntinental ride
the past summer. Mr.. Bradt now
holds the record for twelVe-month's
ride, the best previous record having
been but $3.50 miles.
The CHILEAN affair does not appear
to be any nearer a settlement than it
was two months ago. President Har-
rison in his message, plainly defined
the issue, and the effect of his state
ment is eagerly watched for. There is
no doubt that naval demonstration
by American vessels will be made in
the Chilian waters.
A New England Kitchen" has been
opened in New York city, the purpose
being to furnish the poor, at minimum
cost, with excellent food cooked on the
scientific principles set forth by Mr..
Edward Atkinson, of Boston, The
idea Is something more than a charity.
1t is form of popular instruction in
kitchen economies which interests all
communities; and while great field
invites it in New York, there should
be as sure field for it in all our cities.
Thirty-eight cleFgymen Ofthe Church
OF Highland have issued a proclamation
announcing implicit faith in every line
OF the Old and New Testaments. that
the Scriptures were inspired by the
Holy Ghost and that they declare in
contrOvertibly the actual and histori-
cal truth of all the records both of past
events and of the delivery of predic-
tons to be thereafter fulfilled. As
there are are 81 900 clergymen in the
Anglican Church, 1t would be interest.
ing to hear from the 20,862 who have
remained silent.
About fifty men on December d
broke into the Ware comfy jail, At
lanta and bred promiscuously into sew
eral cells. There were many narrow
escapes from death, the helpless pris-
oners saving themselves by holding uD
mattresses and the like. Two or three
hundred shots were fred. The Jail
was dark except the illuminating fash
of the firearms. The mob came to
lynch Welcome Golding and Robert
Knight, the leaders of the Warn mill |
riot and would have succeeded but for
the resistance Of Sheriff Miller. As it |
was they left with the impression that
the men were dead. A reward of 500
was offered for the arrest and convic-
ton of each man of the mob. The
county commissioners have also offered
a reward Of 800 for each of them, SO
that the aggregate reward is about
$4,000. The Governor says be Ia