Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-05-09

the city of San Francisco. 1t is we'll
choOsen spot. We should judge, for re-
gaining the health of Mrs. A.
HARBoR IMPROVEMENTS = The bill
making appropriations for this purpose,
has been received from Hon. ]. A. Gar
frld, as it passed second reading
and was referred to the Committee on Ap
preparation and ordered printed. 1t contains
the following items for this and other har-
bors along the lake. Ashiabula, there
fore, is all right thus far:
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor of refuge, Lake Huron. sevenIy-five
Thousand dollars.
For continuing the imprOv' ment of the
harbor at Monroe, Michigan, ten thous
and dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harl'Or at Toledo, Ohio, seventy FIVE
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor al Sandusky City, Ohio, twenty
five thousand dollars.
Far continuing the improvement of the
harbor at Huron, Ohio, one thousand five
hundred.
For continuing the improvement of the
harhor at Vermilion, Onio, three thous-
and dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor at Black River, Ohio, twenty
thOusand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of h..
harhor at Cleveland, Ohio, thirty thousand
five hundred dollars.
For continuing the improv' ment- of the
harbOr at Grand River. Ohio, twenty
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
hsrbor at Ashiabula, Ohio, thirty-fvr
Thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the
hnrbor at Conneaut, Ohio, one thousand
fiY.' hundred dollars
For continuing the improvement ofihe
barber at Dunkirk, N. Y, thirty five
thousand d: liars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbnr at Buffalo, N. Y, seventy five
Thousand dollars.
The total amount recommended by the
bill is $4,5OO,OOO.
THE VILLAGE EXTENSION second hear
ing, took place on Tuesday last. at the
Court House. J, # rson. The Commission
rrs Messrs. HurhurI, Peck and Morrison
OPENED the court about eleven O'Clock
The members of the bar present, with
whom the deslinies of the case in its re-
sp' ctiVe interests had been entrusted
were, for the petitioners. Chas. Booth and
TheO. Hall. Esqs, aud as respondents,
the formidable array of legal talent as fol-
lOws--Mpssrs. Shermen, Kellogg, Simonds
Fitch and Wade. The witnessrs appear
j.. 1 to be in about the same ratio of num-
I,,rs - the Counsel. For the petitioners
there wee five and for the respondents
dozen or more During the afternoon,
the five witnesses we're heard, bringing the
time down 10 about train time, when
motion was made by the counsel opposed
TO annexation, TO adjourn oJ,-r I" Friday.
This was so far modified by the commits
sioners and opposing counsel, as 10 20 ON
through the remainder of the afternoon
aud into the evening, as far rs night he |
deemed expedient, and If an adjournment
was then necessary, to yield to what might
then srem hest. Most, if not all of The
Witnesses for respondents. together with
Messrs. Sherman and Hall, left on tir
train Tor home.
The arguments were now matle-five in
all-Mrssrs Booth and Hall on the one
side, and Mes>rs. Simnnds. Kellogg and
Fitch on the other AT about six o'clock.
the case WAS committed 10 the commits
siOners Tor decision. EighI o'clock was
named as the hOnr for the verdict, hut
il was not until about II they came to
conclusion. This was adverse TO the pray.
er of the priiiIOn. Annexation has, there
fore. failed. The commissioners claim that
the testimony warranted this decision,
uf ihCi 10 ClFdl ahS
es .or the petition were not well posted.
their doubts and unceriHinli s, given in
answer 90 the searching examinations OF
the opposing counsel, was good evidence
that there had been no thought or burn
ishing up OF memory, with regard 10 facts
that had been well enough understood.
CHEAP TREES First class Peach trees
81 81 90 per dozen ;2d class. 50 90 per
hundred n. spruce, IL inches. 50 90 per
o. Hard Naples. nins years old. once
traasplsnid in nnrs ry rows. $500 per
dussn, PsaFs, ChsFri-s, and mher nursr ~
stock ~ pbssp wish to clos" out all
my stock wjtbiR 20 dsvs, and by the
hundred or tllouslnd Yng oan make n
barGain Ivy calling at the g nrva Mrs ry
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