Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-19

The Post Office at Cory nets the Govern.
meut revenue OF s45Oo per year. Consider
ing ths Cory Is only two years old that is doing
reasonably well. 81
Gov Brough, whose life has been despaired
OF for several weeks. we are glad to learn is
now improving. and strong hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery. ga 4
Madison Lake County, Seminary, had
festival on Thursday OF the present week, at
wh'ch pabuium for the mind, body and
fancy, was enjoyed to very satisfactory extent.
Henry b. jenkins late paying teller of the
Pt cnix Natiorsl Bank, N. Y, was arrested on
the llth inst. charged with defslca,ion Of q
quarter Of million of dollars. r 'r'fg
In consequence Of the demand for pistols,
Colts factory in Hartford. Conn, now ruus
twenty hours per day. Many Of the orders
come from southern negroes. ..
The military authorities at Washington on
tie 1lth released ex guerrilla Mosby from
arrses, and, after spending some time in Alexau-
dria, he left for home.
TIE Warren Chronicle says the potato rot
Is using up the new crop in that section, owing
to tsc wet weather. The flax hos been gener.
ally harvested and the yield ia good. aa t
AT the La Crosse Land Office in Wisconsin,
there we're $500 acres OF public lands entered
for actu al settlement. The cash sales at the
same cfice in that mouth amounted to sl,4s4-
81. -,t,...,,
| , lion. John IIutchins says the Chronicle
arrived home on Monday evening, last week
from recupera,ing trip to the ipvigorating
re, ion of the upper lakes. looking much better
for having taken the excursion. fr
Harry Leslie, the great Niagara Falls rope
walker, while performing on Thursday. when
over the middle of the river, slipped and came
very near falling into the raging waters beneath
lie. however regained his footing and returned
in safety to the shore. FL. o..at
REAL ESTATE - Reuben Butler, Of Conneaut.
so says the Reporter lately sold his farm Of
thirty three acres, to Mr. VIM. Brooks for 81 1,
200. ,''
Henry Brownell sold his farm Of 30 acres to
VIM. Blithstoue, Of Crawford Co Pa, for 81,
600.
ACCIDENT At CHARDox. Early last wedpes.
morning Mr.. b. Brewer. of Hampden Lad his
right leg broken, by the wheels of bis wagon
passing over them, while attempting TO unhitch
his team which had become frightened. After
he was taken home, Surgeons Hammond and
Nichols attended him. aud it is conf lently ex.
pected he will reco YER PainesviHc Teirgruph
| Paincsyills is moving 10 be matter of build.
ing a railroad to connect its barbot with the
LIKE Shore road with view of maki.x ina,
point coal depot, through ,be agency of our
! Jamestown Branch. A company has been
duly organized, the corporators being Messrs
r. Hitchcock, q. A. Avery, A. Wilcox, b.
r. Paige, and Is. S. Pike. rsrr
CHANGE OF TIME.-Attention is asked to the
corrected time table on the outside of to-days
paper. The charges are in the Day Express
going West, aud the Cincinnati Express and
Accommodation trains going Est. The Ex-
press aud Accommodation meet at Couneaut
as bofere, bu: some twenty minutes earlier
s:23. Instead OF AZ, p. M, aud the Cincinnati
being proportioually earlier.
The proprietor of house 10 Akron O., occu.
pied by al absent soldiers wife three children,
ELECTED the family by force few days sincs, 10
6icing serious Injury on the woman. Tus was
joue iu disregard of the fact that the soldiers
wife could 6nd DO other quarters. and paid her
rent promptly On learning the circumstances
a party Of returned veterans and other friends
Of the family organized a raid upon the inbuman
landlord and efeclually cleared out the premis.
es. smashing furniture, glass aud crockery.
Tue BATTERY RETURsED. The 2Ad Ohio
Battery has at last been mastered from the
service, aud the boys have all returned to their
homes NEARLY if not all, looking the picture
Of health. We are glad that the fortunes OF
war allow Of the return Of these veterans, and
are glad also 20 know that they have done the
country effective service, aud that the plaudi,,
Of their countrymen go up with hearty ej'cu
lAton-"Well done, good aud faithful servants
sl Conneaut REPORTER
A locomotive exploded her boiler some
lbuO cuhL u dmtbbO"u ~ Ou tuO N
g. w. r. r 4, on Wednesday OF last week
killing The engineer and fireman, brothers, name
ed Jack and Harry Cookson. The acciden
occurred in q forty feet cut and the unfortunate
men were hurled out the cut and over the tele
graph wires on the top Of the bank. Doll
we're badly scaded aud maugled. and lived bu
! few hours. A newsboy was also seriously iu
jnred. Several passengers on the train wee
more or less injured. ~.
About 300 discharged soldiers and salon
paradsd the streets Of New York the othel
day in a procession, with banners on whiel
were inscribed requests for work. 1t was
strike OF veterans. who aided 10 putting dowi
The rebellion, not for higher wages, nor highe
I law, but for woodwork. II is the duty Q
/ citizens as well as the Government to see tha
e such men have employment. 80 that their famil
les may not be left TO starve or 10 eat th
bread Of charity. They ought TO be employe,
in preference TO NIL other applicants
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