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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
DRY GOODS & MILLINERY HOUSE
IN THE COUNTY.
IN THE COUNTY.
$14,847.32 worth of Dry Goods
1a eooa and Millinery,

bought personally by Mr. Smith, during the late heavy Auction
York These sales the that took
place Dry Goods trade and like again for
or virtually GIVEN AWAY! of them select
will find other two stores in this section
Fast coored prints goods Think of it! These good
bought at H. B. Clafns late SALE Batting l13c worth 5c
Gnchams for 7c better lO heetngs cheaper
ever thought buying before wide
Sc worth l2c Ionsdale and Fruit of the Loom l2c.
Hambugs New Styles that saw BEFORE from 7c
Blankets per pair fulzed horse blankets $lO4; Large
ira tb New Hampshire sl58 Lap robes very cheap
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
.oLF0r Sale.

For Sale. eIl
HE subscriber offers for sale, OH
reasonable terms, his house and. lot Also two
other lots, Situated on the South Ridge Road,
about twenty rods south Of the corporation line.
Also other lots, upon the height Of land command
ing beautiful view OF the lake. and country
aronnd,l LaLds Conveniently situated may be
added to any Of the aforesaid lots II desired.
Is Ttf. JAMES PHILLIPS.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10

The Largest and Finest Line of Imported Cloak and Dress Trimmings
displayed in this place. and about hafce Worsted and Silk
Fing great variety Ladies invited the above whether
they wish to purchase or not - --,.-.--..-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10

A page of advertisements in
Hdrp6rHS Magazine for December
cost the occupants fifteen hundred
dollars. At one time space was sold
at $500 per page, but Harper Bros
learned by experience that the space
devoted to advertisements would be
more profitable when applied to the
recommendation of their own pub
lications, etc, and have for some time
past excluded all other advertise
ments. The exception 70 the rule
shows how advertisers appreciate 9
really good medium even IN daii
times. 20. ses - -s rF '' aa
Emperor William, of Germany,
has a double who is a Naples porter.
Photographers make use of the lat
ter successfully in obtaining pictures
of the Emperor in all attitudes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
PUBLIC HALLS.

sTONRs oREHa HALL. Orwell, Ashta
buia %. Qei6so 08erlne Of AT. r rail-
aeaa-refrd, Ylfh4t1le and scensry, viil seat
20. - O. rea1y4to rentto travelling troppes.
B. BuFTOaE. Prop. 1883
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
CABINET WARE.

JOHN DUCRO. Manaiaeturer OF and
eer IAatFnituse ofthe best descriptions,and
every Y ". Also General Undertaken, and
4an1AoeT e oofins TO order. Main street,
HOr1 OF Sseu Public Square, Ashtabula.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
CLoTHIERs.
JOB PRINTERS.

JAMES REED a. SON Plain and Ornament
alJob Printers, and general Sta;ioners. Speci-
mems Of Printing and prices for the same sent
on application once corner Main and Spring
streets. Ashtdbula. =. 1880
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
JEWELLERS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

GEO. w. DICKINsON, Jewsler. Repairing
q all kinds OF Watches, Clocks and JewelrY.
Stsresn Ashtabula House Block, Ashtabuls, o.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
ASHTABULA. YOUNGSTOWN
PITTSBURGH RAILROAD.

CONDENSED TINE TABLE--Dee. 6, 1875.
,r.-,-r rc, snrr-rr nr-.r,-rnrs ,soI,lu
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
HOTELS.

aS8TARULA HOUSE. 4. c. WaFmington''
Prom INNS House has Just been Thoroughly a.- 5en-
gyated AL refarnsshed- Livery ana OhaHlgus 1ss,
line connscted with the House. lzoI
FISK HOuSE,-Ashtabuln, ohio.-A. FIELD. s1..
Propris OF. an Omnibus runnlng 70 anu nSiI Sie
evarv rrsIr OF irs, Also, q good hFery-st1ple
keDf In connection with this house, 10 eoissgg 1sgg
passengers to any point. -%22-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10

~ 3 =. w. SAVAGE dealers in choice
Is ,-,,serIrs aud isrOFision. also. pure Con-
testIoaery. and the finest brands OF Tobacco and
Sgcsrs' Iss's' = 80 1861
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
MERCHANTS.

- &c. EoM8ES & CO., q. c: F9m6ss, Il Z;
. Rockwell 4 A. G. Tom5es.) Wholes1ie ie az ~
Retail Dealers in GrOcerics and PROVISIONS;
Fruits aad Grain. Agents for Amerlc.1ln AZ az
Union Express COmpanies, and Ciefeiano sIs a1s'
AID Naln street. A-htabula AS'9
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10

n. u. bartlett 8, n. D. Homeopathic
Phyeician and Surgeon. (successor 70 DR..
MoorS,) efice N0.1 Main street. Residence in
Shepardss building. frst door south Of Office.
1854
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10

1t is admitted that we have three times the of
any other store in theplaee. q y - oEE-- --.e
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10
DENTIsTs.
T7MANUFAerURERs.

q. G. CULLKY, Manufacturer Of Latn'
g Siding, Mouldings, Cheese Boxes, &c Flahlhes NJ
Nsfeiifng and ScroWl Saving done on the
shortesf notice. Shop on Main street, oppo-
site the Upper Park, Ashtsbula. Ohio sse
HART UDKs DsaleT in Sranlteana t4
Na-hle Monpmenfs. Grave Stones, Tablets, Man
teIs. Crates. &C. Building stone, Flagging and
Curbing cut to order. Yard on Center street
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The Massachusetts PrOhibitOry Law

1t has been good while since the
controversy against the "Prohibitory
Liquor Law" began in Massachusetts,.
but the opponents of the statute which
caused SO much agitation and discussion
have overthrown it. At the November
election in Massachusetts, last year the
Anti -Prohibitionists succeeded in elect
ing n majority of the members of the
State Legislature who were of their way
thinning, and no sooner had the new
Legislature assembled this year than
measures were introduced looking to the
substitution of license law for the pro-
hibitory law. The license law was final
ly adopted, and on July 1st it went into
operation throughout Massachusetts,
under very favorable circumstances. In
framing it the wishes of all parties were
consulted, so that not only did Republi-
cans cooperate with Democrats in its
adoption, hut it also has the advantage
of hearty support from the two classes
theoretically hostile to each other, the
liquor sellers and the State Temperance
Alliance. The license are granted by
the local authorities and at their option,
and persons receiving licenses are requir-
ed to sell pure liquors only. A violation
of this provision revokes the license,
and selling without license Is punish
able by fine and imprisonment. In
canvassing the enforcement of the new
law in Boston, Mayor Cobb declares
that these provisions of the new law
shall receive close attention, as it is in
their non-enforcement that license laws
usually fail, and he pledges himself to
revoke the licenses of all persons found
selling impure liquors. The working
of this law will be watched with interest
in other States.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-16

Last Thursday night, about II
o'clock, band of daring robbers
made an Intellectual attempt to rob
the express car of an east bound
train on the Vandalia Railroad, at
a lonely place called Long Point,
three miles east of Casey, Ills. AS
the engine stopped to take water,
two men were seen by the fireman,
who was engaged in letting water
into the tank, to get into the en-
gineer's cab. They at once ordered
the engineer to "pull out" and af-
ter few words they drew their re-
volvers and shot him, killing him
instantly. A third robber had de-
tached the balance of the cars from
the express car, and as soon as the
engineer was killed, they pulled
out" with the engine and express
car, and ran distance of about two
miles, when they stopped and de-
manded admittance to the express
car. The agent, who was within,
took in the situation, and secured
the car in such a manner that the
robbers were unable to make an en-
trance. They fired a number OF
shots through the car, thinking
doubtless they could scare him into
opening the door, but it was no go.
He said to them: "you SIS of BIS,
I'm ready for you" They tried
to break in, but the car beinga very
strong one, all their efforts were il
vain. The conductor with a mum
ber of train men and passengers
started in pursuit, but when they
arrived at the scene, no robber'
we're there. The pluck of the ex
press messenger baffled them. The
The dead body of the engineer wa;
found in the cab.
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Something About Thumbs.

Man is the only animal with thumb.
The thumb is his mark of distinction,
and with it, the most brutal Van Die
man savage can never be called an ape.
We are, no doubt, safe in saying that
this important member has played a
part in the shaping of the world IS histo-
ry, since its aid alone has made it posi-
BILE to grasp the tools of labor and the
reins of empire. Young Folks Ne,os,
fresh from some scientific reading, says:
We did not know, until we saw it in
print recently, that the thumb represent
ed intelligent affection. Born idiots Of
ten come into the world without thumbs
Infants, until they arrive at age when in
tellect dawns, constantly keep their fin
gers folded above their thumbs; but
they soon know better, and as the mind
developes, recognize the dignity and use
fulness Of the despised digit.
At the approach OF death, the thumbs
of the dying, as if impelled by some
vague fear, seek refuge under the fingers
and when thus found, are an almost GER
tain announcement of the end. So, in
leaving this world, it would seem that
our hands, in their last desire for move.
ment, assume with our growing uncon
seriousness, the same suggestive posi- tion
in which the hands of a new born babe,
with faculties all dormant, first shape
themselves
Small thumbs denote an ahectionate
disposition; long thumbs go with long
heads; short, thick, stumpy thumbs
mark cruel man; and much more is
told us of the same kind.
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HONOR TO THE NETERANs.-Honor
also TO the inventors whose :enius have
emancipated the face Of women from the
drudg-ry of the needle. Honor above
all to n firm which like the Wilson Sew
ing Machine Company, distributes its
machines broadcast throughout the land
at prices that even the poor and humble
can afford TO pay. A iirst-class machine
for fifty dollarsl This il the proclama-
ton of the Wilson Sewing Com
pnny to the people. Machines will be
delivered at any Railroad Station in
this county, free Of transportation
charges, if ordered through the Com
pany's Branch House at 327 and 500
Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
They send an elegant catalogue and
chrome circular, free on application.
This Company want few more good
agents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-16

THE CRoPs IN EURoPE.-The Mark
Lane Express, in its weekly review,
says the crops have been progressing ia
vorably, and reports TO this effect have
produced quieter feeling in the Lon
don market, where prices had begun to
advance, but there has been further i'm
provement in country, the prices in
many places being again one to two shil-
lings dearer for wheat; and as the idea
of having crop equal to last years is
given up and stocks decrease, there is
plenty of room for n futher rise. In
France the damage TO crops from floods
has been very extensive in the Provinces
and the figures show rise in wheat OF
one to two shillings.
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ID lgs and Finance.

An observer, who has recently been
examining into the causes of various
Southern States defaulting in the pay
ment of the intetest on their debts, has
discovered, says the Philadelphia Ledg-
er, an unexplained connection between
this default in Virginia an1 Tennessee
and the number of dogs in those States.
The dogs are said to average three to
each voter, and he thinks that State
supporting so MANY dogs can "hardly
be expected to meet Ii other current ex
penses in tight times like these" Other
observers may possibly not blame this
impecuniosi:y upon the superabundance
of dogs, but upon The general financial
debility from which so many people
West, North and East as we'll as South,
are sufferers at present. But is there
any concealed relation between an ex-
cess of canir wealth and dearth of
coin and currency? In Virginia, West
Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas
the surplus of dogs has had bad effect
upon the wool-growing interests, and in
this way the dogs have eaten upa part
of the substance of the inhabitants. Yet
good dog is generally cherished as a
good thing to have about the house, and
what sacrifices will not good master
make for the welfare of his faithful
companion? Were dogs only made a
|
illegal tender" in that Expansion OF
currency" which some of our southern
and western friends desire, there might
be developed mine of unestimated
wealth. But unfortunately the intrinsic
and Interchangeable value of a dog too Of
ten widely differ. 1t is sad commen-
tary upon human nature that usually
the more a man thinks Of his dog the
less would neighbor be willing TO give
for the animal The most extraordina-
ry dog trade on record is that whereby
man made his wife glad By telling her
that he had sold his dog (Which was a
nuisance to his wife) for fifty dollars.
She straightway began to congratulate
both him and herself on this welcome
accession to their little stock of money
when he put terrible wet blanket on
her satisfaction by telling her ait was
not exactly cash trade, but | got two
pups at $25 a piece"
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A Ruined Railroad Company.

Sir John Swinburne, one of the En-
gIish Trustees of the Leased Line Rent
al Trust Bonds of the Atlantic & Great
Western Railroad, who has lately inves-
tigated the affairs of the road, has just
made his report to his constituents in
England He says that the position Of
the trusts is in most respects as unsatis-
factory as could well be. Interests cross
and conflict with each other, and powers
are divided, or mixed uI, or overridden
in a way that renders the whole subject
hopelessly bewildering to an outsider;
but one purpose is always clear, that
money should be made by promoters,
and one effect is always visible-wreck
and ruin. There have been divisions Of
money to purposes for which ii was new
er raised; fraudulent leases have been
made, such as that of renting the Pit
hole Line, eleven miles long, TO the At
lantic & Great Western, foE. $50, 900 per
annum, and the Pennsylvania Petroleum
Line for $500 900, the one being value
less and the other unmade, and assign
ments of surplus earnings have been free
ly decreed where no surplus earnings
could possibly be made. This PithDle
Line was sold recently to the President
for $500 at the instance of a creditor for
5000. 1t cost the Atlantic and Great
Western Line S45, 900, and has about e8,
600 worth of rails Oh it. Jobbery has
reigned everywhere, one instance being
given where line of less than % miles
in length had 13S persons engaged in
working it, including a chief engineer
with a salary of $4,000 per annum. Some
of the trusts, however, represent really
good property, such as that covering the
Mahoning Valley, the Shenargo and
Allegheny, or the Cleveland and Co.
lumbus lines, and it has been the stren-
uous endeavor of Sir John Swinburne
to protect the interests of the trust bond
holders in these properties, and to pre-
vent their being swallowed up in the
general wreck fthe Atlantic and Great
Western affairS.-Pitttburgh Telegraph
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The great food which washed away
a large portion of the city Toulouse,
France, and destroyed hundreds of hu-
man lives is entirely unprecedented in
the history of France. The destruction
of property, stock, and crops is of a
magnitude SO great that it must neces-
sarily cause vast amount of suffering
among those who escaped with their
lives. However, prompt action to rem
der them relief has been taken by the
Government and charitable people
throughout the country. AS to the
cause of the Unprecedented inundatlon
the London Post says:
In order to form an idea of the causes
of the inundation it is only necessary to
glance at the physical geography of the
departments ia which it has occurred.
They lie on the northern slopes of the
PyFenees, and are intersected by num-
erous and rapid rivers, of which at least
four unite TO form the Garonne before
it reaches Toulouse. There has been
COhblhoOuo ONGE TIC
whole of the mountain range, and fall
of snow at Luz, where it would directly
swell the headwaters of the Garonne: 1t
is said that at least a contribntory cause
is furnished by the great destruction OF
timber in the district during the last
century. Trees not only absorb water
largely from the soil, but they also pre-.
vent the surface from being baked and
hardened by the sun, and they check
the rapidity and abruptness with which
rain would otherwise reach the ground
When it falls unimpeded upon dry and
barren hillsides, it will run from them
almost as freely as from the sloping roof
of houses, and few hours will carry
the water of the mountain storm to
swell the volume of the nearest river
1t is easy to be wise after the event; but
in district so situated there is great
room for measures of prevention, and
the riparian authorities, whoever they
may be, should be intrusted with powers
commensurate to the magnitude of the
recurring evils, which, by wise precau.
tions, they might do much to mitigate
or avert. Even the tiny foods which
sometimes occur in this country are of.
ten greatly aggravated by local neglect
by some sitting up of the channel of q
stream, or by some ill-placed bridge
which forms an obstacle to the passage Of
ain unusual body ofwater. In rivers which
are liable to be swollen by mountain
torrents the channels should be made
the objects Of unceasing solicitude, and
the span and construction of bridges
should be determined by other than
purely local considerations.
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Alta a New Material for Making Pa
per.

Much attention is given to the valu-
able properties of vegetable fibre found
in Algeria, where it is known as "Alfa." d"
1t grows spontaneously over vast tracts
of country where cultivation of any de-
scription is impossible. Ten million
acres are said to be covered with this
plant, from which a quantity of paper
making material may annually be col
lected equal to three-fourths of all the
rags used and sold throughout the world i.
There appears no limit TO the number
and variety of manufactures in which
paper, if tolerably cheap, may be made
to replace more costly material. Opti-
clans use it for telescopes, shoe-makers
and hatters turn it equally we'll to ac-
count; excellent casks have been made
of it, bnt for its cost, 1t is said that it
would be largely used in ship building.
The discovery is, therefore, important.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-16

The ancient city of Cptobriga, in Por-
tugal, submerged by the sea with all its
inhabitants in the fifth century of our
era. ia to be disentombed. The sea has
within some years receded, and left the
buildings covered with sand, but free
from its irruptions. The city was first
Phenician, then Carthaginian, then Ro-
man, and excavation is expected to re-
veal remains contemporary with Dido;
A Frenchman, NJ. Bin, has purchased
the 7,5oo, acres, and is going to work di-
rectly
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-16

COLUMBUS, o., July 12.-Last night
the now notorious Corbin saloon build
ing, at Westerville, was found to be on
fire, but before it was fairly under way
the flames were extinguished. 1t is said
some unknown parties entered the build
ing and placing lot of rubbish in an
inner room. piled all the bottles of liq-
uor on the pile and then set it on fire.
Between the explosion and the fire the
building is worth very little. Corbin is
at present ill with fever, but declares
when he RECEIVERS he will try another
saloon. The people of Westerville are
greatly elated over the closing of this
place, and declare no saloon shall live
in their town. A report is current here
that the parties left by Corbin to watch
the saloon, got drunk and upset lamp,
which caused the fire.
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Great Offer.
NUMBER FOUR.

Fated to be Free, Jean Ingelow's
great Story, price, in book form, SI.75.
Twenty short stories. rich variety Of
miscellaneous reading; over sixty large
pages splendidly illustrated.
Ten steel productions, fac-similes Of
famous pictures; original engravings
worth $1,000
All the above sent post paid with
Hearth and Home, the great illustrated
weekly magazine, wo months on trial,
tor only 90 cents. Object; to introduce
the paper to new Subscribers. Price re-
duced to only $3.50 per year. Single
number, six cents-none free. At news
stands or by mail. Great inducements
to agents and clubs. The Graphic
Company, Publishers, 39-4I Park Place,
New York. Please state in what paper
you saw this advertisement
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The condition of Colonel d. r. An
thony, the Kansas editor who was shot,
and whose days were supposed to be
limited by the period required for the
sloughing away of a part of mn artery,
is greatly improved, aud there are now
well-grounded hopes of a complete re-
covery. The artery has been treated by
compression, and there appears to have
been no suppuration along the track of
the wound, a phase of the case which
the attending surgeons deemed highly
improbable. He is still confined to his
bed, and must be there for weeks yet,
until the artery becomes closed and per-
fectly solid beyond the possibility of
rupture.
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Somerset Grain Market.
CORRECTED BY AsHBROOK & co.

EAST LIBERTY, July Receipts
of Cattle to-day 74S head, and for the
last DAYS 2 .261 head; of the arrivals
to-day % cars were through stock and
21 cars for sale here; the supply is good,
ont at good figures; best S6 1907 25, me-
dunn to good S606 80. common to fair
So 5o@5 IS, stockers $304, Texans So
5o04, Bulls 50 1904 25. Receipts of
Hogs to-day 1,76o head, and for the
days past $3.50 head; Workers 81 5ol97
60, PhiIadel phia 81 65t07 IS. Receipts
of Sheep to-day $500 head, and for the
two days past Z, 400 head selling at SAG
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stockholders Meeting.
OFFICE NEWARK, SOMERSET &
STRAITsyILLE RAILROAD Co.,
NEWARK. Ohio, June 10, Is7l

OFFICE NEWARK, SOMERSET &
STRAITsyILLE RAILROAD Co.,
NEWARK, Ohio, June TO- 1879.
To the StockhOLders Of the Newdrk, Somerset d.
STGitSUiLe Rail Road Company:
NOY are hereby notified to meet at the Office
il of said Company, in Newark, Ohio, being
the principal Office Of said Company, on the 20th
day of July, 1875, at O'Clock p. NJ, and then
and there vote upon a proposition to issue not to
exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars of preferred
stock of this Company, which preferred stock is
to be delivered TO the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail Road
Company, as per existing Lease in payment
Of Indebtedness, and liabilities Of this Com
pany for thai amount in value and cost Of right
of way. and permanent improvements and fix
tures made by said Baltimore & Ohio r. Il. Co.
to the Newark, Somerset & Straitsville Rail
Road. I. j. DAVIS, Pres't.
F. G. MCCUNE, Sec'y.
June II, 1915. 9w4