Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-02-12
KINGSVILLE.

Last Thursday night Feb. 4th, house
occupied by E. G. Woodbury. in tn
south east part of our towns hip, was
burned to the ground, and with the ex-
ception of very few articles everything
was burned including clothIn z, bedding,
and some 200 bushels of potatoes in the
ce liar. The night was one of our most
stormy and cold the family taking refuge
with kind neighbors-Who we under
stand are circulating subscription paper,
towards supplying their very pressing
and.present needs. The house and farm
on which it vas situated belonged to
Lyman Webster known as the old "Way
Farm" in the Bugby district.
Our townsmen have been Of late very
much exercised over the result of a
surgical operation performed on Mr.. Jo-
seph Mullett, of our will age. For years he
has been troubled more or less with her
MIA or rupture of the bowels and about
g week ago he was prostrated with one
of the paroxysms incident to that condi-
ton, and the condition of the patient up
to Thursday P. N. was very precariOus.
On the succeeding morning with the
counsel of our phYsicians-Dr. Sherwood,
of Madison, who has been having much
experience in such cases, was telegraphed
for and came in time that day to success
fully perform the operation of making an
lncision some four inches in length and
removing the obstruction and securely
closing up the wound, since which time
the condition of the subject with the
skillful nursing of Mrs. F. G. Lille, is
very favorable for recovering and the
enjoyment of sound health.
To-day the funeral services of "KittIe"
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Lyon, took place at their residence in
North Kingsville. She was rare flower
of IL summers, and with her ever win
ming ways no one knew her but to love.
Diphtheria did its work rapidly, and only
allowed her three or four days for prepa-
ration for her passage "oYer the river"
Rev. Mr.. Stearns was the officiating
clergyman and despite the inclement
weather, large number were in attend
ance at the funeral.
The present term of our High School
closes on the 18th, with literary exer-
cises. The students are busIly preparing
for the occasion.
We have of late giveniyou some adven-
lures and results connected with sliding
down hill on the part Of some Of our am
bilious and somewhat reckless boys and
girls We have another incident not
fraught with any damage only as exper-
enced by the vehicle employed. One of
our kind and obliging townsmen has been
wont to let the scholars connected with
our centre district school house the use of
light pair of bobs, in their sliding, ex-
pecting of course when not using them
and the manner of using has been with
good resolute boy to geton to his han d
sled top of the hill and taking hold ofthe
pole of the large sled thus do the steering
and in one Of their trips some way the lat
ter got away from the pilot and with its
precious load of SO passengers dashed
down into a fence and as luck would
have it, the sleigh alone sustained the
damage. Grateful for the use, the chill
dren levied tax of from ten to twenty
cents each on themselves and have now
got q new lease on It, Being now put
in good repair, ready for another series
of passengers, but probably to be manag-
ed in the future with more care. G.
KInpsyille Feb. 10, 1875.