Smyrna times., 1881-01-12

THE millers say that more water has
been wasted from the mill.gates the past
week than for the previous two years.
THE filling of the ice houses Of Charles
Smith, Jacob Raymond, DR.. Cummins, J.
II. Bewley and VIM. w. Tschudy couple.
ted the list, all the others having been
filled sometime ago. The ice was from FIVE
TO six inches thick.
The Corn MARKET.-The Ice blockade |
on our rivers has made serious inter-
ruption in the grain market. The city
elevators are full, the railroad sdirgs are
blocked with cars filled with corn, there is
little or no demand and there it has TO
stand. Col Douglass says that in an ex.
perience Of twenty-five years he has never
seen anything like it. He has fifty car
loads in Philadelphia now waiting for a
favorable turn in affairs. Mr.. Hill has
also purchased very largely, but the block.
ade has knocked down prices and put
dead lock on business. There is no market,
and if there were, it would barely com.
mand As cts.
THAT lNCoRRIGIBLE OLD THIEF-On Sun.
| day night turkey and new horse blanket
were stolen from the premises of John j.
Jones, near town. On Monday he had the
property of Peter D0wnham, who harbors
the notorious thief Mary Polk, searched
on a warrant. These articles were not
found, but the lining of robe was which
Daniel Palmatory recognized as the part OF
White Bear robe stolen from him last
October. The robe minus the lining was
found shortly after in the possession of a
trader named Robert Wiley. On being
questioned where he got it he said he
bIught it from young lady named Mary
Polk. On being asked to describe her said
she was tall, graceful and rather good look.
ing We do not know whether Mr.. Wiley
is defective in vision or not. hut the slat
tern creature known as cold Mary Polk"
could not be recognized by this description.
Mr.. w. on learning that it was stolen
property surrendered it at once aud the
search for other property revealed her as
the thief and in default Of 500 bail wal
given free twelve mile sleighride yester
day to the hotel de Lecey. Downham will
, no doubt go to Dover as he has before done
and bail her out to depredats on the sur
rounding country. Isn't there some wa,
to get Mary off to Texas? They know how
i to deal with such characters down there.
r PEACHES AND SMALL FRUIT KILLED-SuCI
Is THE ANNoUNCEMENT.-It was feared
the time of the very low temperature tina
u 1t would be death to the peach crop, as wa
the case following the winter Of Sc which
; Was in every respect so much like this
y During the night and mornings of thos
cold days Of Christmas week a number O
b. persons noticed a peculiar swapping O
=. their frame dwellings as if struck by
!. switch. Mr.. Clark of Kenton HID notices
y. the same noise among his peach trees.
could be attributed only TO the sever
action of the frost. 1t has always bee
d said the peach will not stand temper,
x ture much below zero, at least in this seq
l. ton, but in the Lake region of Michiga
of where they grow this fruit with much su,
II cess, we are told the thermometer may ia
10 to 20' or even 30' below zero and not hla:
the crop. The PeninSular Ne,cS says "ths
not only the peach buds are killed, Lu
Re- even the trees in many cases are almo'
!" ruined. D. S. Myer, OF Brldgeville, say
ST the destruction above the snow line
Ut peaches, raspbPrries, and cultivated blacl
l@ berries is almost complete. Messrs. Alel
"a ander Pullen, j. j. Rosa, J. w. G. Gardne
n II. B. Fiddeman and number of othrl
express the same opinion. On Thursda
Messrs. NJ. II. Davis and Clarence Hopkir
' visited several orchards near town. and e
~ a mining about thousand buds, found evel
. one destroyed and all wood of last year
r. growth killed. In some cases limbs a
D" inch in diameter were found to be dark G
=" the inside and are undoubtedly RUNE
l. Raspherries and blackberries were four
" killed above the snow.line, as also Wei
IL pS"h trees two years from bud in Il
nursery Of Mr.. Pullen. But specimens
ri ungrafted trees, one year old, were n
=. killed. Some fruit growers express Il
od opinion that the only crop of cultivate
lv fruit we shall have this year will be stra
- berries"
- COLLISION ON THE RAILRoAD-A collisiC
occurred on the P, w. l. B. railroad
IAm0kin on Thursdav that like IN I'm,
- been very serious in its results. The a
-, nouncement on that evening of the &C
"A dent caused considerable anxiety rs to 4
fate Of several Of our citizens who we
known TO be aboard, namely William
m. rschudy, Sam'l Cats, Chas. f. Moore, Lev
his Mccoy, who were in the smoking car til
On. was telescoped, George Herrick, news M
Jet "enger, who was in the baggage car th
o.. was wrecked, and Mr.. and Mrs. I. S. L.
of ham, Jas. lie Cotton and Benz. A. Haz
to who were further down the train. Tho
nal in the smoking car ran very narrow ris
ful the roof Of the baggage car cutting rig
wn through half the length Of the car, abo
TO foot above their heads, killing Jo
er. Finn who sat beside the stove. Several
rec the others must have suffered like +.
ifp. il. they had not been thrown below I
d a seats. Geo. HerricK, of this town, and
Davis Temple, OF Kenton, and Roht. Cru
Iay Of K.ut0n Ill mana ool -,