The sun., 1898-01-18

lights in use. Twenty incandcsccnt
lamps will be put in, and will be burned
all night.
S,n.rtime ago Clarence Pcttvman
J circulated a petition which had many
/ signcrs, and it was handed to the Town
i Council, asking that a stone crossing be
put in on Commerce street, across from
his store to that oi T. G. FAIRIES. The
! Council granted the request, and the
street supervisor was ordered to put the
crossing in, but for some reason did net
do 50. At the last meeting OF the
Council Mr.. Pcttyman appeared before
that body and asked why the work had
not been done. 1t looks now rs if the
Council will refuse to have the crossing
put in, as there is one at the "Four
Corners and one about thirty feet
above Mr.. Pcttyman's store. Should
this one be- put in the CounciImcn are
afraid other merchants will want the
same thing, and thus trouble would be
constantly caused. The matter will be
acted upon at the next meeting.
The waste water from the cannrry
causes ,qnitc Il small pond and in the
near future may prove detrimental to
the health of persons living in that Vi
entity. The management Of the cunn"rv
uses town water and feels that the town
should pay for sewer connections, as {, he
sewer Is not run on that end of the
street. The connection would have to be-
made by r'nninga pipe down Union to
Mt. Vernon street, Il distance of over Il
hundred feet. The Town Council will
permit he pip" to be run down this
street, but wont pay for the same.
Councilman Il. l.. Cummings thinks it
should be done by the town, as town
water is used, but the rest Of Town
Council is against him. If the waste
water becomes too much of a nuisance,
there is a State Board Of Health that will
undoubtedly takca hand in the matter
and have the nuisance abatcd.
The remains Of William johnson, aged
10 years, who died at his residence on
Frazer street, were inferred in Odd Fr!-
lows Cemetery, Rev. Adam Stcnglc
conducting the funeral services. Mr..
Johnson's death was sad one. lie
moved here two weeks ago from B!ackS-
toms Cross Roads, where he had been
farming. He had been a great sufferer
from consumption, hut was patient and
cheerful thr nghont his illness. He
leaves Il wife and one child to mourn his
loss
Col. Robert Hill, one of Smyrna's
most aged and and highly respected citi-
zens, who has been lying seriously i'll AT
his residence on Commerce street, is now
Miss Florence Haz,ll has accepted IA
position in Philadelphia.
William Wilds, of Wilmington. is
spending few days with friends here.
Never in the history of Smyrna has the
streets of the town been in such bad
condition. Holes and ruts are numerous
and on lower Commerce street there are
several holes over u foot deep. 1t makes
it very hard for horses to pull heavy
loads and many citizens are complaining.
James G. Robinson is chairman of the
street Committee but can do nothing at
present. At Smyrna landing there are
2OOO bushels Of oyster shells, purchased
by the town to be used upon the streets.
George Cole has the contract to do the !
halling for the town. When he took il,
there were 1000 bushels of shells at the
landing and he was informed that would /
be all the shells he would have to haul
and the coal was to be hauled from the