Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-28
CONNEAUT.

Winter has fairly come, and with it is
hailed the approach of Thanksgiving, a:
the joyful aniIcipations of family reunions
the melody of happy recreations, and
the "Praising God, from whom all bless.
ings fow." Your correspondent trusts
that the editor is amply provided with a
go0oler-tor nothing less will suffice to
compensate for the toll and the political
montrositY of the recent national greet
ing "by ballot"
The late visit of number of Govt Off
cials to this vicinity, and the polite invi-
tatlon rendered to two or three ''fellow
citizens" to visit head quarters at Cleve-
land, is suggestive Of some Irregularities /;
or in other words. that persons are en-
gagged in smuggling. 1t is said upon good
authority, that several cargoes of Cana.
dian cornjuiee have reached this port in
hshing boats, and that lively trade has
sprung up from the traffic. Search has
brought to the knowledge of officials that
one OF our temperance saloon proprietors
has made his residence a store house for
the eontraband article, which has been
conhscated; and that other prominent
individuals are indirectly implicated. The
end is not yet.
A dwelling house owned by Alvin Fox
in the southwest part of the township,
was destroyed by fire on Tuesday eyen-
ing last. The house had not been occu.
pied for two or three months past and
the burning was beyond question the work
of an iDeendiary. Mr.. Fox had left the
neighbOEhOod but a few hours previous to
the discovery of the fire, for the West
The building was fully insured.
Several months ago, a Vender of patent
rights visited Conneaut, in pursuit of |
victim; and in the course of a few DAYS, |
by the aid of two or three confederates.
and a lawyer, found purchaser for his
Llftingjack," to whom he disposed of
the right OF sale for the county; but be
must necessarily go through some sort of
slight-Of-hand performance to make the
notes received, in psymentInegotiable,
without the insertion of the item-"Giyen
for Patent-Right," and clearly a fraud
was perpetrated. The sister of the DUR
cnaser Of the patent, who is the possessor
OF snug little homestead in the tp., was
lnViegled by the trio to lend her name as
enaorser' and thus backed up, the yender
soon discounted the notes and lit ont for
some other field, and for new victims
The whole proceeding was wicked f-aud
q made the perpetrators liable TO The 60.
Yerest penalties Of the law. A few d,vs
ago the patent right man was found near
Mansfield, arrested and brought here for
trial. The examination was 10 take place
on Tuesday last, but on the opening of
the Justices court, objections wee raised
to the trial on account of insufficient spe-
ciication in the affidavit of the plaintiff,
which, after discussion, was sustained by
decision Of the court, and the prisoner set
at liberty. The case was represented on
both sides by disciples of Blackstone
from your city. The prisoner once free.
felt the preciousness of the moments be-
fore him, and before many minutes had
elapsed was astride of livery horse
bare back-and under whip, made for the
PENNSYLVANIA line, before new papers
could be served. And thus escaped a :
bold william