Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-20

BEING Netcs Notes contributed By our
Special Correspondents and gathered from
oar Exchanges.
MAHoNING CouNTY-Ffom the Youngs-
town ReQister:
The employees of the A. & G. W. r. r.,
haye received notice of Il reduction of II
per cent from their wages.
The Morris coal bank, near Brier Hill,
commenced work ON Monday last, and will
give employ ment to some two or three
hundred men.
AsHTABULA COUNTY From the Ashta-
buia 1elegraDh:
The Center Cheese factory OF Colebrook
during the season received the milk of $50
cows, weighing 1904 ,029 pounds, which
Ihrougrlts 80 cents hundred in cheese, pay
ing the patrons after =dedifetfHg the eX-
pense of hauling sixteen thousand and ten
dollars, or tweuty-nine dollars and thir-
teen centS COW.
Coal has been struck, on the west line
of Wayne township, at depth of ITO feet.
With coal beds at Wayne and Conneaut
as thus intimated. the commodity will be
| produced so near our own doors as to
make fuel almost as cheap as at Pitts
| burgh. The Conneaut bed is said to be of
| superior quality and extensive in guam
| tity, and a company is already being
! formed for working it.
i sPoRTAGE CoUNTY.-Our correspondent.
| sc. A. RI writes from Hirahl, under
| date of the 10th inst, as follows:
| The term has opened very favorably for
| the hard times. One hundred and eight
l students were enrolled at last accounts.
Mr.. Clarence Young has opened a store
| in the old Humston and Ellis block.
We are to have new barber, Mr.. john
son, of Mantua. The shop is to be opened
in the office of the old Humston and Ellis
store.
Our Post Master, Mr.. j. G. Ellis, has re-
signed his Office. VIM. j. Streator will
probably succeed him.
| FRANKLIN CoUNTY.-The annual re-
port of the State Auditor was made to the
Governor Monday. 1t shows that the
amount of debts of the counties. town.
in Ohio, is $40. .033, 1928, an increase over
| 1872 of So, 1925 The city debts are "a
per cent. of the whole Indebtedness, and
the debts of Cleveland. Cincinnati and
Toledo, amounting to SIC, 1915, $40. are 81
! per cent. OF all the debts Of the cities in
Ohio. The Auditor recommends the pas.
+ sage of law providing for the appoint
ment of a special officer, whose duty il
shall be to examine into the affairs of ev
cry county in Ohio.
GEAUGA CoUNTY.-Our correspondent
from Claridon writes as follows:
Contrary Sto the multifarioHsg predic-
4 tions ef weather seers sfOfeknowledge en-
abled them to furnish us in their imagin
alton with a surplus of snow and intense
| cold weather. which Was correct in thu
: Iexception, we are now enjoying the no
r lvery well appreciated advantage Of indie
scrioable mud and rain. with one sole ben
eft, the softeDing of the ground to assis
: remiss farmers in digging potatoes. On
s hitherto quiet village is awakening frou
its state of lethargy into the never to b.
b realized anticipation of becoming cit,
+ of no common magnitude. We can no
e read it's destiny in ever advancing i'm
q tprovements looking to the crOwning ape,
e of modern civilization. All of these glowin
# advantages are attributed to the railroa,
THAT runs short distance east of the vii
l. lage. The long disputed question as t
S the location of the depot is now definitel
l. settled. There were number of point
l. in view but after "a long. and seemingl
= never ending deliberatiOn ltjs determine
9 to locate the depot at the crossing east c
l. the village. No tongue can depic. til
IT great and ever increasing benefits tina
j. will accrue to us deeply imbeded in a
l. obscurity whose end was eternity's vel
l. We have emerged from the burden Of th
q past clad in the habiliments of prosperity
e No longer annoyed by the vice of ayaric
]t we have become common sharers with tn
a revealed spirit of generosity. We neye
sr indulge in the expectation that our destin
IS WIFI be sealed by fate whose DEGREES al
lv ineXorable and dilapidations superced
le our prosperity. A large building is erecte
at the rail road crossing designed for
II store ard an Odd Fellows Hall. A nun
20 Der are to be built in the spring. Coul
to Jay Cooke, with depressing fortunes /
SIS induced to settle among us? He coul
ID soon be reinstated to that adored pOsiti0
t of affiuence that he once enjoyed almo
x in solitary grandeur with no apprehel
no sions of distant or possible failure. Time
lessons are taught IN vain to a peOp
" whose proclivities and energy always ter
$. towards success and personal advanc
nd ment. The Unfortunate loss of day
H. supplied by the accumulation of year
a Stimulated by individual eXertion, fai
r. ures never become lasting, and we mo-
at than realize it since the railroad has bee
n. in operation. Large quantities of chez.
If and other produce has been shipped fro
this place and to us it is a remarkable j
noyation in public improvements, viii,
we appreciate by compulsion If not othe
wise. 1t is a somewhat peculiar pha
of of human nature to invest itself with di
10 nifty arising from pride of country sup
hs riOrity of ethics and a plentitude of wi
N dom when ascribed to the enterprise
on other people.