Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-12-17

he was dead, and all efforts to recusitate him
were unavnilmg.
FIRE.-on Friday evening about Q. the
Cold Spring cheese factory, in Austinburg.
took fire and was entirely destroyed. with
about 300 POUNDS Of cheese just made. As
the fire took at some distance from where any
fire had been. 1t is supposed to have been the
work of design The Sentinel, from which these
facts are gathered says the loss was about
$2,500, with an insurance Of 5000
The Plank Road Company, and the condi-
ton of its road, are subjects pretty prominent
y before the public mind, just now This
prominence will hardly be lessened by the
institution of a suit by the Company, against
CHARLEY WILLIAMS the hack man, for tolls
which he has for some time, on account OF
the condition Of the road, refused 10 pay. This
suit came ON on Wednesday last, at Jefferson,
before Esq. RUGGLEs, but it was Withdrawn
by the Company. These facts are gathered
from the Sentinel, which, in an article Of over
a column. animadvefts with considerable se-
verify, upon the course of the Company in
removing the plank from a portion Of the
condition that is next to intolerablc. Tho
curses, both loud and deep, at this state of
things, are heard in this quarter frequent
enough TO prevent any dying out of interes,
in the subject.
We might hare allude to q proposition to
change the route Of the plank road from the
gate, north and west over the line of the old,
nba nna o,I l,x,a
out In front of ALLcOCK's slaughter house.
The object of this proposed change is TO save
expense in bridge building. The eject will
be to increase the distance from the gatr-to
the village, su1iectiDg the travelin all coming
time TO going around this cerner for the mere
purpose of saving a few dollars in bridging
The thing looks a little absurd and we are
foot against it.. We hope it may be circulated
lively, and SO generally signed as to prevent
the consummaton Of the movement.
THE SMUGGLING CAsE.-Quite buz went
through this village last week, caused by the
story that U. S. Marshal from Cleveland, had
been in town with warrants for the arrest Of
two of our citizens, and that they had been
carried off to answer to Commissioner WHITE,
certain charges for smuggling. The parties
were our old frienl, ID. w. GARY and FRANcrs
Fl. FINCH, person who has been here, we be.
leve, but year OF so, and about whom COM
paratively little is known. They made their
appearance last week, we believe, and gave
bail for appearance on Tuesday of the present
week, when, afterla partial hearing, the fur.
ther examination was postponed to the 26th
inst. The allegations of the indictment, arc
that six dozen pairs of kid gloves, one or two
dozen lace yeils and q dozen neck-ties were
smuggled from Toronto, in June, 1870. The
disclosure of the matter came out through
FINCH, who sent word to collector w. r.
HANCOCK, of the harbor, that most of these
goods were secreted upon the fair ground. and
that they had been smuggled by him and Ga
RY, and they were found by the collector as
stated. The story is that GARY furnished the
money for carrying on the business, and
FINCH, who had been doing peddling and
produce business, was The salesman. A quar-
rel between them took place. and the goods
being in FTNCH's possession, to prevent GARY
from getting at them by process, as was de-
signed-they were secreted where found
FINcH's object in turning informer, seems to
have been TO spite GARY, while he screened
himself by becoming States evidence. Mr..
FINCH testified in brief that GARY made the
proposition to him TO 60 to Toronto, and that
the goods were brought over in valise.
Henry Starkweather, called by the defense,
testified that three years ago he was clerk at
the Power House, Conueautville, Penn, kept
by one Butler, and that whileSthere, he was
ordered by Butler to deliver package to
Finch at onneaut. twenty miles distant. He
delivered the package, which contained kid
gloves While at Conneaut, Finch told him
they were smuggled goods, and that he had
been in the smuggling business for some
time. The examination drew out the fact
says the reporter of the Herald, that Stark
weather and Finch had been in the produce
business together since that time, and had dis
solved partnership with much ill-feeling, and
that Starkweather had no good opinion OF
| Finchs Ii onesiy or veracity.
An cwner for the goods now in the posses
sion of collector HANCOCK, is called fer by ad-
verllsement in this paper, with whom the
! claim must be filed.