Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-22
Local Brief,

About 800 cars day now pass over
the OIL CRY road. g .gHa 9 T7
A new sidewalk is being laid in front
of the Opera House.
Mails, by the fast trains, are now re-
ceived here regularly.
A Teachers, Examination will be held
at jefferson. next Tuesday, Oct, 26th.
The new water works at the L. s. b
n. S. depot are now IN working order. :
Areward OF $500 has been offered by
the Sheriff, for the arrest ofJohn Reed.
Hayes majority by tue news of Thurs
day morning is put at 5,549.
See notice of North Ridge Vigilance
C0npitte elsewhere in this number.
The fast mail trains have passed Ash
tsbula on tins every day since they COM
menced running.
The Pittsburgh excursion netied about
$780, About 10 persons from Ashtabuls
accompanied the excursion.
Strong & Manning are doing an exten-
siye business in the coal trade Two
teA16s are constantly employed deliver
1uE.{ & 1EAk
An appropriation of 500 for bridge
across the gulf on the Baldwin road. in
Morgan, has been made by the commits
sioners.
The Hoorsadf the isl. at Jefferson,
: through which the escape was recently
made, is to be protected with three-eight
.g,s iron plate.s - 9Tsa - v
The eplzootc-the Warren 0hr0piels
ssys-has made Its appearance in all the
livery stables OF that city. 1t is not of
typeto prevent gentle use. q
We hear Il rumored that through
passenger train will soon be put on the
LIS. GINS. road, that viii make as
good time as th fast mail train.
The Ashtabula P o. is supplied with
the new postal cards. They are quite
an Improvement ever the old ones. being
of a much finer quality OF card board.
Parties wishing any ofthe leading pub
locations of the day, for 1876, can pro-
cure them at low rates by taking adVan-
tsge of our club prices. A list will soon
be pu blished.
Some of the freight cars on the Paines-
vile & Youngstown R. R. are numbered
g as high as 1900 II is really wonderful
what progress that narrow gauge con-
ceTn is making.
Recorder Mason left for Philadelphia
cn Monday last for the purpose of being
fitted with one OF the most approved
cork legs, his presence in person being
necessary to secure this end.
Council met on Monday evening last,
and passed the current bills Of employees,
and considered a few other matters of
little general interest, which we deem of
not sufficient interest or importance 10
Jay before our readers
Blakeslee 6 Moore, the photograph
ers, will commence business next week
in their new rooms, opposite their pres
ent quarters. They have an excellent
light, and the rooms will be fitted up in
very attractive msnner:
Hamilton has successfully gone over
the upper half of the spire of the Oongl
church with coat of paint, and every
beholder breathes q little more freely |
now that the giddiest portion of his Job |
is done. and terra frma is becoming beau
tifully nearer. =. i
Some of the Cleveland daily papers
have very bad habit of copying local
items from thelr country exchanges and
not giving the paper credit for the same.
To make matters worse they never tail |
TO head the stolen. article From our
own Correspondent"
A few hats were taken at this election.
: The bets that brought some of them were
made upon the Democratic reports that
game in on Wednesday, and threw such
Q vet blanket over our Republican
friends. Some of the cooler and more
confident Republicans took advantage to
draw Democratic enthusiasm. /
The frontispiece of Harpsrs Weekly is
rather a significant picture Grant, with
all his imperturbable and provoking
GOODNESS, has his foot upon the Pope's
big toe, andwhile Plo Nino is held firm
ly, Grant, smoking his cigar, calmly sur
veys the old fellows frightful contor tions
and helpless rage.
The horse disease is having a pretty
extensive run. But few horses escape,
and some of our stables, Cy Fuller IN
forms Us, has had two runs of it during
the summer. II it is to become so CON
tinuously prevalent, farriers should en-
deavor to hit upon some intelligent, re-
liable mode of treatment. Thus far
there seems to be no remedy, and all we
can hope for istake good care Ofthe pa
tent, sheltering it from the cold, and let
the mslady run itself ont.