Smyrna times., 1894-10-10

The present campaign in North Carolina
IS said to be the most animated that has oc
Cured since the war.
Work on limited scale has been re-
sumed on the Panama canal. The resump-
tion was marked by no evidence of fenthusi-
asm.
A despatch from Key West says that so
dead bodies, victims of the wrecks occur
ring on the reefs during the recent storm,
have been washed ashore on the islands.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina
declared the State liquor dispensary law
constitutional, Judges Pope and Gary be-
ing in favor and Judge McIvor against the
law.
Complete returns from the 164 towns in
Connecticut which elected town officers
show that the Republicans gained % towns
over 1893 Five more towns vote no license
this year than last.
The Democratic State Committee of
Ohio has issued an address to the voters in
which it is declared that the restoration of
silver to free coinage is the supreme issue
before the people.
North Dakotah, portions of South Dako-
tab and the northern border of Minnesota
are buried under heavy fall of snow.
The storm, which in some localities has
developed into blizzard, began Sunday.
1t is stated in Berlin on what is con-
sidered good authority that the Car is
suffering from a mild type of Brights dis
| ease of the chest. There is no Immediate
danger and the Gar started for the Crimea
where he is to spend the winter.
Chinese soldiers are reported to be in
wild retreat from Moukden before the ad-
vance ofthe Japanese army. A Japanese
| squadron and transports has been seen
in the Gulf of Pechili, and a landing OF
$1,000 troops is said to have been made near
Port Arthur.
Beatrice Won Dresden, aged II years
made balloon ascension at the Franklin.
vile, N. Y. fair grounds, Saturday. In
trying to detach the parachute from the
side OF the basket she lost hold and fell
l,6OO feet Her body was imbedded nearly
a foot in the ground. The young womani,
parents witnessed her awful death.
1t is rumored in England that Russia
and England, a. alarmed at the consequences
likely to ensue should Japan defeat Chinf
IN the present war, have decided that tn,
settlement of the trouble between thest
Asiatic countries shall be made an inter
national affair and that Germany anC
France concur in the proposition. Japan
1t is said, is feeling both bellicose and ar
rogant just at present.
The official returns of the Georgia elec
ton, so far as received, show that Atkin
son, the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor, ran behind his ticket by 10000, bu
that the majority for the rest of the ticke
is 25GCO to 10000 against $1,000 last wear
The POpulists claim fraud and that the,
have carried the State. They will hav
seven Senators and forty members of tn
House. This will leave the Democrats il
full control, however.
A mass meeting held in Colorado Spring
Colorado on Wednesday night in til
interest of the Republican State ticket, wa
conducted by Democrats. They spok
from the same platform with the Republi
can candidate for Governor. and, Will
dec claring adherence to the principles anC
traditions of the party of their choice
pronounced themselves ready to vote 70
the men who will give to the state tn
standing before the people of the wOrl
that it once had"