The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-25
COLUMBUS LETTER.
The Propose! A meHdmcntt to the Sunday
Liquor LaW-Crop Prospects In Bel.
mont and Harrison Counties.

CoLrMHrs, ONO, March "a.
Correspondence of the lntellIgenccr.
Smiths amendment to the stubb's Sun
day law, which has called forth such stormy
discussion in the House Of Representatives,
asks that section GO!4 us amended April 0,
1881, volume rs Ohio laws, page l2G, be
amended as follows
Section G044-That all places OF resort
where liquors Of any kind are usually sold,
shall be closed on the tirst day Of the week,
commonly called Sunday, and the sale OF
distilled, malt or vinous liquors, or the
opening OF place where they are sold, or
offered for sale, except for the purpose Of
filling the written prescription OF practic.
ing physician, shall constitute an oiTense
punishable by a fine OF not exceeding
$50 for the first oGense, and fine OF not 10
exceed 500 and imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail or city prison, for not less than
twenty days for the second ofIense and
each subsequent o1ense.
Mr.. Bells canal bill, which has stirred
up the State generally and filled the House
with lobbyists, besides giving the commit
wv uAA N%ANuPV " ~ vi u
down the Hooking Valley, provides:
That the Governor be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to lease to the
Hooking Valley Coal & Iron Railway Com
pany, the Hooking Canal from its junction
with the Ohio Canal, at Carroll, to its
southern terminus in the county OF Athens,
and the Columbus feeder from its junction
with the Ohio Canal, to its northern ter.
minus in the city Of Columbus, with all
the wharves, lands, side,cuts, feeders, lock
houses, collectors offices and appurten-
ances, and all leases Of surplus water, and
with the right to use and occupy and i'm.
prove the same or any part or parts there
Of, rs and for railroad track or tracks, and
il need be to remove the locks therefrom
and use the materials therein for the pur-
poses OF such changes and improvement.
The said lease shall be to said company,
ninety-nine years, renewable forever at the
same rents and with the same powers, du-
ties and liabilities, and shall reserve rent
to be paid to the State at the State Treasury
ot-dollars, payable in semi-annual in
stallments in advance, the first instaIlment
to be paid on the delivery Of the deed, the
rent to be secured in the lease by a frst
and paramount lien against all mortgage
judgments or other liens on the demised
premises.
The committee having the bill under con-
sideration will advise an indefinite post
ponement, and there is no possibility OF its
getting til. ough this session.
The crop prospect in this State is good
for grain, fruit and grass, and judging from
present indications more than IN ordinary
crop will be realized yet in some counties
the outlook is not tlattering. A report from
Belmont county states that the wheat
prospect there has been rarely excelled !;
that somewhat larger acreage than last
year was sown and that the long open fall
was favorable for it. The surplus OF last
years crop has generally been disposed
OF, The prospect for apples and berries is
good, while peaches aud pears will be q
failure, as the trees generally have been
destroyed. In Harrison county, with about
the same acreage sown as last year, the
prospect for wheat is good, the winter be-
ing tavorable'for il, and also favorable for
clover and timothy. Farmers have but
little old wheat on hand. The present
prospects for fruit is good, and farmers will
put out large acreage Of corn and oats.