Smyrna times., 1897-07-14

Tomorrow our Town Council will
take action upon the first list of names
submitted by Pavement Inspector
Cummins, they having received the
legal 3O-day notice to have such pave
ments in front of their property re-
paired. The Town Council will order
the work done Immediately, and col
lect same out of the property owners.
In cases where refusal is made the
Council will resort to law and if neces-
sary will order a sale of property to
cover claim.
The executive committee of the 4th
of July celebration had a final meeting
on Thursday evening. The principal
report was that of the Financier, which
was satisfactory in that it showed that
all the bills had been paid, and the
committee adjourned sine die. The
day and occasion has been generally
conceded, a decided success. In fact
so marked has been this feeling that
there is already a general expression
for another Celebration next year. 1t
comes with a greater emphasis at this
time it is true from the trades people,
but from all classes we believe, there
is a genuine feeling for another patri-
Otic celebration in 1898.
Because of unfit weather the threshed
crops of wheat are not so numerous as
they would have been, but the indica-
tions are generally for good yields.
The Misses Cummins at "Woodlawn, :"
who threshed Friday, had 900 bushels
from 43 acres-234 bushels per acre.
Clinton Ransom, near Smyrna Land
ing, has S26 bushels from 2S acres,
nearly 80 bushels per acre. John w.
Houston in the Galley" has about 30
bushels per acre. VIM. N. Ransom and
J. w. Anderson each about 25 bushels.
William Smithers on the "Gerker"
farm, 1885 bushels from 67 acres, nearly
80 bushels per acre. VIM. II. Lurty,
near Brendford, % bushels, J. H.
Donovan on the S. G.. Wilds farm,
924 bushels, W. L. Jones, Rothwell
Landing farm, 20 bushels.
A gentleman from Baltimore, who
was a guest in town several days last
week, naturally expected the sport
which q visit to the country affords,
but he was particularly unlucky. A
visit to the grounds of the trout in the
bay was planned, but either from the
hot weather or as it was charged, thai
zone of our boss anglers had caught
them all, not a member of the finny
tribe even as much as nibbled his hook
The next day he and his friend guns
in hand, started out in quest of wood
cock, and after prowling around in the
swamps until dark returned home with
ont trOphy-the Clayton sportsmen
who illegally gunned for them in june
to sell, having got them all. So it will
doubtless be with the partridge, tn,
flicker and the wild duck, if the gam,
laws are to be violated by men wht
have no interest in it, and measure
field sport only by the pound, as the,
would calculate the value of an acorl
fed hog.
Sarah E. Clayton (colored) brOugh
suit against Frank Murray (white)
yesterday afternoon for assault anC
battery. Murray owns two double
dwellings in "Whopping," and be
tween the two dwellings is lane will
large gate for entrance. Dav
Clayton lives one side of thelane anC
Frank Murray lives ON the other
The lane has been used in common fo
four years, it being the only access t.
the rear of the property without goini
through the house. The tenant ant
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so yesterday Sarah Clayton opene,
the gate to call one of her children
Murray did not wish the gate opene,
so he he pushed it to in her face, the
entered the lane to go home. Som
vulgar language passed between Sara
and Murray, and the latter, incense
with insult and impudence, struck til
colOred woman. Sarah Clayton the
, appeared before Esquire E. V. Coope
and preferred charges of assault an
battery. The evidence seemed to g
against Murray, and he was fined
} and costs, amounting to So.
, Returns of the condition of crops i
, this county for July, made to the statil
/ tician of the Department of Agricul
ure in Washington, show a decrease i
| the acreage of corn but encouragin
3 figures for wheat. The average col
dition of spring and winter wheatco
bined, 84.9 is 1.5 points higher tina
: that of the corresponding period la
: year. The average condition of I'll
3 oats crop, 81. is only small fractio
Of per cent less than the average Jul
: condition for the last ten years. I'll
e tobacco acreage shows falling of ov'
e 20 per cent compared with last yea
/. There is a decrease in the acreage
J, Irish potatoes of S.4 as compared wit
r that of last year. The European agel
: Of the departments reports that Il
: weather during June was generally f
vorable to growing crops, except
Russia and parts of Germany and Ital
3 but the wheat crop will be below IL
e average in Great Britain, France an
Q Austria Hungary.
u TOWN COUNCIL.
/ An UItimatnm Concerning Bad Pavements
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