Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-30

HeVenue St0mps.-The lhtefnhl heNchue
Department has constituted this Office depository for
the sale of stamps complete assortment both gen
era and proprietary will be kept on hand at all times
and liberal discount allowed 60 those who purchase
in quantities HENRY FAsSETT. Collector.
Hay Wnnted.--Two or three tons of clear Tmo-
thy hay, or Timothy with clover admixturc, wanted
Apply at this office.
DICK has fine lot of Jet Bracelets.
200 yds. Spool Cotton for cents, at DICKS.
GEr your children's pictures,now, at BLAKEs-
LEES.
You eau buy good Pins and Needles at
DICKS for five cents a paper.
CALL at BLAKEsLEEs and see specimens of
the famous retoutched work.
SOMETHING NEw.-BLAKEsLEE is enamel
ing his photographs. Call and see specimen.
CoNNEAUT In o few days is to get up to the
dignity of a money order Post Office.
J,B Cory, has retired from the Kingsville
Academy, over which he has presided for
some two years past.
TIE barn of Myron Palmer in Richmond,
was struck by lightning on Sunday last, and
burned to the ground, with all its contents,
consisting of quantity of hay and other stuff
of value.
Mr. E. HICKS, of Conneaut, says the Reporter
has secured the contract of constructing the
brick walls fthe Geneva Tool Company's
buildings and furnishes everything required,
brick, lime, labor, ETC., at $14 per thousand
brick in the wall.
$500 PRIZE STORY The Little Corporal
Magazine offers this sum for a prize story.
Those interested can send twelve cents to the
publishers, Sewel & Miller, Chicago, ILL.,, for
the August number of the Magazine, which
gives all particulars.
THE second story of TYLER's new store is up.
1t is being pushed along with commendable
energy, and week or 50 of good weather will
see the walls completed and the roof in place.
1t fills quite place in that locality and will
add much its Improvement.
TUE house of ]. CORNELL, a short distance
west of the Fair Ground of Conneaut, says
the Reporter, was slightly damaged by light
ming on Sunday afternoon. A portion OF the
cornice was torn off. Mr. Cornell was stand
in the piazza at the time, but experienced no
shock.
The skull of BRADFORD d. TUTTLE, former
1y Of Eagleville, was fractured producing
immediate death, at Oil Diggings, Trumbull
County on the 18th inst. while using a circu-
lar saw The plank he was saving was caught
by the saw in such manner as to throw 1t
back with great force, striking him in the fore
head.
BoUGHToN MITCHELL, a son of Amos G.
Mitchell, of Kingsvlle, aged lG, was drowned
while bathing in ConDeaut Creek on Monday
afternoon, just above Benjamn's Mill dam
He was drawn into the currant of the dam,
and carried over, and the body had not been
fonnd at last accounts.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, says the Sentinel took
place at the residence of Senator WADE
which is now undergoing extensive repairs, or
Friday last. Mr.. Sheldon Lucas while taking
off lath, joist on which he was standing gave
way, and precipiated him to the story below
where he fell across lower tier of ioiss. dis
located his right hip and very badly bruisins
him.
THE REV. Mr.. ANDERSON expects to clost
up his summer rambles the present week, ant
to be in his place on the coming sabbath. Ii
the mean time the church building and fences
are undergoing Improvement by the aid o
paint and varnish. 1t is to be hoped that tho
gates of the inclosure which have been laying
around loose so long, will be put into thel
places among other improvements.
THE BUFFALO PARK.-The gentlemen o
the Buffalo Park Association have alread.
astonshed and eclipsed the world in the mag
nitude of their premiums, and now, not salts
fled with their present liberality, they hav
determined to add to the $42, 900 two NOR
thousand to be given the horse making tn
fastest time, provided such time shall bea
"Dexters's time of 2:174 at Buffalo in 1867.
THE Germans of this country are holding i
most of the cities to give expression to thei
sympathies for Prussia in the struggle betwee
that Kingdom and France In this.they are BIT
giving expression to the sympathies of the
adopted countrymen. The connivance {
France in favoring and furthering the cause
the rebellion, will contine most of the symps
thy in this country to its Southern portion
among those who were Unidentified with til
lost cause
THE following is the Congressional Distrit
Committee as appointed at the late Convel
tion at GAINESVILLE:
Portage-John Meharg, VIM Griunell.
Mahonlng-J. r. Johnston, j. F. Hudson
Geauga-J. o. Converse, Geo. ii. Ford.
Trumbull-H, B. Perkins, VIM. Ritezel.
Ashtabula-Wm. B. Chapman, w, p. HoN
land
The Committee organized by choosing !
b. Perkins as Chairman, and j. r. JohnstC
as Secretary.
AsHTABULA COACH FACToRY--Messl
MEREDITH g. Nc LANE, practical carrai
builders from Youngstown, have leased q
shops of Messrs. Sneeter & Shalor of this v
lage, for the purpose of starting the Carrial
Business. The work of fitting up for the b
siness is to be entered upon at once, and 4
busy hum of industry will soon be heard fro
another point in the Hollow" There is fie
enough in Ashtabula for another factory
this kind, and the encouragement no dou
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