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Show OUTRAGE AT SMITHFIELD. On the night of Thursday, Aug. 31st, some person or persons destroyed Abel Smart's threshing machine separator by cutting all the belts into small pieces, cutting up the grain and straw cutter, springing the cylinder shaft, and otherwise damaging the separator, rendering is totally unfit for use. Mr. Smart has sent to Ogden for another separator, which is expected to arrive there so as to be at work on Monday, Sept. 4th. The machine was standing in the northeast ?? of the town at the time of the outrage, the owner, Mr. Smart, offers a reward of $100 to whoever will give information that will convict the offenders. Francis Shart. Smithfield, Sept. 2, 1882. |