Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-02

ton. The picnic was held in a beaut-
full grove which comprises a part of the
Fair Grounds, on the old Ford farm
At about 10 O'Clock on the morning of
the 24th, the friends began to assemble |
in the grove, and, by IL, nearly all had |
arrived. just before dinner. Judge |
Reuben Hitchcock took the stand, and |
exhibited many relics of the family, and |
gave their history. Among the more
noticeable ones were the following: |
A Bible, a set of silver teaspoons, made |
of shOe-buckles and knee-buckleS. and |
silver buttons, all of which had been in
the family for more than two hundred |
years: commissions to different officers
of ancestors and members of the family,
some of them dated as early rs
1880; deeds, account books, &c.
A broad axe. brought by John Ford on
| his shoulder from Cheshire, Conn.,. the
| first used in the. township of Burton.
Among the more important buildings
erected by John Ford, and on which
| this broad axe was used. was the old
Academy of Burton A blue and white
plate with the following memorandum:
| ''This plate was brought by Esther,
daughter of Elan Cook, of Cheshire, CT.
about the year 1879, a short time before
her marriage to John Ford She spun
tow one week to purchase six of these
| plates. This one is now in the posses
sion of the fourth generation as Il keep
sake" Two pewter communion cups,
the first used in Burton. Dinner being
over, the President of the Day called
the friends to order. Mr.. Z. Ford of st.
Louis, dressed in significant style, led
the Glee Club in singing "Auld Lang
Syne," all joining in the chorns; after
which sentiments, interspersed with
beautiful and appropriate music, were
read and responded to by gentlemen
present. The reunion proved to be all
and more than had been anticipated by
those who originated it, to whom too
much credit cannot be given for its sue
cess.
AsHTABULA CoUNTY.-From the Con-
neaut Reporter we CLEAN the following
items: During the severe thunder
storm of Monday afternoon the house of
,, Charles Harris in East Conneaut, was
struck by lightning, tearing out the
! front end of the house, cracking plaster
, ing and doing other damage. Mrs. Har-
! ris was sitting in a rocking chair at the
j time, and was seriously injured, having
, one of her ribs broken The re-dedi-
cation of the Methodist Church in Con
neaut will take place on Thursday, Aug
9TH. Rev A. Wheeler, d. D., of Erie
, will preach at p. NJ, and Prof. A. N
Craft of Fredonia will preach in the
evening. The Geneva Times furnishes
= these: Mr.. Samuel Ward, of this town
has been adjudged insane, and was re
moved to the Newburgh Asylum OIL
q Friday -. 1t is reported from the towns
= south of here that the rot has already
made its appearance in potatoes, in con
> sequence of wet weather, it is supposed
= -. The wheat harvest hereabouts i
: over and it is conceded to be very ligll
!; one. The quality of the wheat was neve
e finer. The Ashtabula ..Neegs says tina
. Contractor Mckenzie having finishe
: his work of grading at the harbor, gath
cred his forces on Monday and went t
~ Youngstown, to work on the spurs fron
that point to Sharon and Vieona. TIL
- telegraph tells that in the face of tn
,f varocious sortie of the potato bugs upo
- the potato crop, the new crop comm
into market is in very fine condition
! and the tops of those growing present
20 healthy appearance Two daughter G
:. Mr.. Combs. of Mespotamia, aged respet
9 lively II and 13.yesrs, we sent to tn
= fields for the cows on Saturday last. o
- Sunday they were found drowned in
- swale, the depth of which they did NJ
~ understand, owing to the backwate
from the river.
SUMMIT CoUNrY.-From the Akro
Beacon we clip: Wool is in good d.
mand here at ~ to 45 cents per poun,
ST Dealers report great scarcity. Thel
o., have been no clips in market for fou
u days, and one dealer, who has bee
IL looking up the supply of the countr,
st states that the farmers have less on han
,o than for several years . The enginee
g, in the employ of the Atlantic and Gre
- Western Railway Company are still
IL work surveying the new short line fro
he this city to Youngstown.
at DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
,e. A private letter from a promine
re American in Mexico, states that ii
ra Mexican Government has no desire
IL assume an aggressive position towar
Is. the United States on account of the NJ
IL Kenzie raid over the Rio Grande, 1lid
or is not feared that any efforts at retail
of ton or diplomatic complication will
no the result. The truth is the MeXica
are dealing with that question vel
tenderly and the punishment McKen2
, inflicted on the treacherous thieves e
- gagged in the depredations on the r
Grande is not regarded as sa much of
offense against international law
some would have it appear.
The United states Consul at Monte
ve- edco, in view of the civil war in Ent
ry Rios, recommended that the Unit
sy- States Steamer Wasp proceed to the pc
be- of the Parana and Paragua for the pl
led lection of the persons and property
ng American citizens.
he WISCONSIN.
Ito 41o Da.,, 70 TT.
~ bandry, of Dodge county, Wisconsi
rs Us held at Beaver Dam Tuesday, adopt
op op resolution calling upon their brethe
IiS,,, throughout the State to meet in St;
~ convention at Milwaukee on Thursda
~. August 21st, for consultation and sl
~, W. action as may be deemed best for the
10 10 terests of the order and of the State.
as UTAH.
,he Ann Eliza Webb. seventeenth wife
zen Brigh am Young, has filed in the CIerl
ly- Office of Third district court complai
A sueing for 5000, 900 damages, and aim
ere ny pending the suit of 81 900 per mon
aw and 500, 900 for counsel fees. The C.
ep- will be argued probably before Jud
ole Emerson, Judge Mexican being abse
for his health. on the 5th of Agust,
-, preliminary points. Other suits of Ii
;o nl1 nature will be begun soon.
de MARYLAND.
hat Baltimore has had it's st great conf
ng gration," though after Chicago and b
ast ton it is comparatively modest affa
zen A hundredihouses are reported buru'
are abont sixty families rendered housele
led and property. destroyed to an amou
Gil estimated between $500, 600 and $500, o.
so This is not so very large an item af
lie, the other great fires, but when it is &C
18th sidered that the average daily loss
the fire in this country is now estimated
aid half million dollars, the Baltimore f
rk, makes an unpleasant addition to t
TX. sum total of capital vanished in smol
naI MASSACHUSETTS.
Pursuant to call a meeting of t
W " members of the, Republican party
~ ~ posed to the nomination of General b
tot .'at Ter for Governor was held in Bostt
na1 ni1 The hall was comfortably filled wi
AZ alu Republicans from all parts of the Sta
ny Among those present were III. l.. Daw
ICY E. r. Hoar, George G. Hoar, SpeaE
o oie Sanford, Ii. II. Coolidge. EX-Speal
as. as. Jewell, Adm Thayer, j. M. Forbes a
.Iea 4sa others. The meeting was called TO
LuC Il Inv xyl