Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-04-16
AsHTABULA COUNTY NEWS.
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KINGSVILLK.
Ed. TeI.-I promised this week to say
something about the sugar party at DR..
Webster's. The Pres. Society, under the
auspices of the ladies' social, were at the
bottom Of it. twas q success in every
particular. The house was full, the sugar
was sweet-enough for all, and that
means all they could eat The best was
done by all towards having social time
and the receipts were all that could be
expected.
Your last paper narrstes the stealing Of
Mr.. John SilPs horses. of East Ashtabula
It so happens that Mr.. Geo. Campbell of
this village. lost his two, horse wagon the
same nighi-Tuesday, the 9th inst. The
fact is also established that the horses of
Mr.. Sill drew the wagon away. One of
them. having peculiar corks on his shoes,
is known to have been along from tracks
made. On Tuesday, rather tall, slim
man, dressed in black, with cap and dark,
sandy whiskers, was lettering about the
town and premises for cOnsiderah lie time.
Suspicion was excited as to his character.
The barn, wagon-shed, &c, were recon-
nOitered. The horses and express wagon
were away. The lumber wagon, minus
neck yoke, in the shed, the same opening
out on TO the street. Thus, with Mr.. Silrs
horses a neck yoke was brought along.
Mr.. Campbell did not miss the wagon u D.
til Thursday. We understand the horses
and wagon have been tracked in and out
Of the barn Of the hotel al Gifords Cor
ners.
Our citizens now are ripe;for the organ
izing of vigilance sOciety-meeting last
Saturday evening for that purpose. All
wonder about an experienced thief hitch
ing into lumber box wagon in stead of
carriage or express wagon. Josh says its
one of the same family who stole a saw
mill and in going back TO steal the dam,
got caught. and that if we ell keep still
he may, in coming back after the shed,
come out the same way. .-s.-.
We sent by private conveyance the re-
turns of our election. Not seeing them in
your list, last week, the inference is,that
you failed to receive them. The follow
ing are the officers elect: C. E. Curtiss,
Chas. Newton, P. N. Whelpley, Trustees
J. H. Kinnear, Clerk A. B. Luce, Treas.
Horace Luce. Assessor G. G. Eastman,
Il. E. Grover, Constables. The election
was very quiet, the ticket elected meeting
with no particular opposition more than
what usually obtains. Mr.. J.E. Glezen
getting the highest number of votes for
trustee among the defeated candidates,
takes the place of p N. WhelplY on cleo
ton board-he getting the lowest num-
Der among the successful candidates. AS
for the expression taken relative to estab-
fishing a Children's Home, of course the
blank remonstrance got more or less
names. With such way of getting at
public opinion, however, the probability
is, our Co. Commissioners will neither
feel encouraged or discouraged in the f.
nal decision.
Some of our neighbors on Depot street,
through the carrying out of a survey of
last tall, have had the limits of their front
yards somewhat euItailed. From one yard
the reduction is 12 feet, leaving shrub
berry, &C., on the wrong side of the fence
line. The work of setting back fences on
tthe west side of the street is more thor
ough and general than upon the other.
Though these movements are apt to stir
bad blood, the widening shows such an
improvement, that we are induced to
think it will find favor on the sober Sec
ond thought. .s "
Potatoes, we notice, are moVing-75
and 80 cents being the going rate Such
was the general success of the crop last
season, the probability is that the usual
breadth will be devoted to the crop the
present season.
Onion raising Is talked of to an extent
that would seem to warrant the expecta-
ton Of considerable attention to that
crop. The devotional posture required
in the cultivation, may get our people in
to good habits. In WethersHeld, CT,
where this crop is largely raised, the girls
are employed to do the wedding. They
prepare themselves for their work by
leather-clading the knees.
With the fine weather Of the past few
days, plowing has begun, and nature has
pretty much walked up. Let US rejoice in
the promised seed-time and harvest, and
forget not. that he who is "dilIgent in his
business, shall stand before Kins."
Kingsville, April IL, 1875. G.