Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-02-11


on the ESQ we are rather inclined to think Willie
gilmore than ordinary merit Although we have
heard but comparatively little of the company,
1t is not wanting IN reputation where known,
and the character of its music understood d.
PRnF. APPYs mastery of the violin is COM
plete, and well played violin with the piano
snakes One music alone, but with quartette
of trained voices, is about as agreeable as any
thing in the alusical world,
The Troupe of Female Minstrels that favor
ed us with an entertainment few days since,
also exhibited at Painesyille, and the Aduer-
User says. "For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, the troupe OF female minstrels
that visited Painesylle last week are peculiar.
They left several unpaid bills, d that is not the
CHIEF peeaiisrity. At Eyria they threatened
to burn the hall in which they exhibited. and
conspicously showed their true character.
They drew small audience here, and left in
gioriOusly.
TRIP the other day, led US by the old
Webb place, on Bunker Hil that has Just been
put through q radical improvement by fits
present proprietor, Mr.. s. C. SMITH 1t can
hardly be recognized by its old acguaintances;
with new covering. its porches and tower and
fastefully tinted coloring, il is quito an Access
sion to the neighborhood. Perhaps criticism
might be offered upon its proximity to the
street Mr. SMITH contemplates the putting
up of a new house for his own occupancy, in
the rear of the STRONG place-in which he
now liyes--which is 10 be a bnlding of some
architectural pretentions, and the grounds are
to by arranged with corresponding cure and
taste. n, n. u
Another dwelling to 60 up in the spring
aud summer, Is that Of NJ. G. DICKS, ON the
lot adjoining the paternal homestead, on Di-
vision street. This Is to be mansard rsof of
comely appearance, designed by HURD, and
tosbe built of brick.
THE Smith MINE, ON the Escanaba, we un.
derstand, is being steadily wrought The
work now gong on is that of stripping and
cutting drifts, and the product of this is about
one hundred tons week The early encour-
Agements of the richness and extent of this
lniRs are more than confirmed by the deyelop-
ments and experiments going on. Alusion
has hSsalofore been made TO the maleabe and
duetile qualities of the iron from this ore, and
pow those who are Interested, may see how it
fuses and islcast IN niouds, Collector FAs-
sErr has one Of DE-. EAMEs Ventlator stoves
in bis Office. the plates Of which were cast at
SEYNouR; srRoEs a SrRahy's furnace, from
some of the pigs that have been laying before
his pfiee for some time past; far Smoothness
an6heaniy they carInai be surpassed. ! This
makes tbs test 0f the qualities of this iron
pretty general and complete, and couIIed
with the thoaght of its having been brought
here by citizen OF Ashtabula. in AsAiahula
interest and wrought into siaves by Ashtabu
Ia skill and mechanism, and that this stove,
wAlchts avsuahle patent. designed 70 pro-
mote health, Is the conception af an Ashta-
oula citizen, presents a set of Condolences
that spcak loudly far our village and It's lateat
energies aud elements, lhus brought into fsee-
dem saa sxyess. .