Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-11

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Desirable village proRrty is offered
for sale in our advertising columns by E.
F Hazeltine.
Bessie Turner is to lecture at Cise
Hall, Cleveland. tomorrow evening
subject, "The Reason why"
Rising Sun Lodge. F. s. A. NJ, parlici-
pated in the funeral ceremonies of F. j.
Lille, at Kiugsville. last Sabbath.
Another furniture establishment is
spoken of in town. The name of Wood,
of Geneva, now in that trade, is connect
ed with it.
LII. Hall continues to add to his real
estate possessions. The purchase of a
house and lot on Griswold street, from
C. E. Bruce is one of the last.
A memorial to Congress opposing the
erection of bridges over Detrois river aud
the impeding of navigation, has been in
circulation here, and very generally
signed.
Our former townsman. George Hail.
now the lead Of the piano trade in Cleve-
land, gave at the recent Hospital Bazaar,
in that city, piano which netted in cash
the sum of $780,
David Barrett, aged about sixtY-seyen
years, residing at Bostwick Corners.
Thompson Township. Geauga County,
committed suicide on Saturday last, by
cutting his throat
The dancing party of the coldred folks
at HaskelPs Hall, last week, was not nu-
merously attended, but the white folks"
in considerable numbers, gave it coun-
tenance and attention.
We are indebted to Mr.. P. P. Chamber
lain, of the SaYbrOok cheese factory, for
an excellent sample of the product of his
factory, which, always-we believe
ranges with the foremost.
Allen Prindle has sold the balance of
his farm of 55 acres at North Bend, 10
Mr. George Seamons, of Geneva, for the
sum of$4.OOO. The Yates purchase, on
South Ridge, does not consummate e, as
yet.
Despairing OF the ice bridge which it
was expected to take advantage of in
blasting out the shaIe on either side o f
the channel, near the mouth of the Har-
Dor, that work has been begun without
its aid.
The firm of Leonard s. Means OfJeffer-
son, has been dissolved, and the card OF
Prosecutor Leonard has been inserted in
our Business Card column. We under
derstand that they will co ntinue tor the
present to occupy the same Office as here
tofore. hf
A Band has been organized in s. New
Lyme. and Prof King-the leader ofthe
noted Lenox Band-engaged as its in
structor. A subscription was raised tor
the purchase of the instruments,to to which
W. c. Demming contributed the liberal
amour! of $1O0
The Telegraph is now read in most of
the well regulated and appreciating fam
lilies in the county, and is steadily find
ing its way into new households. As the
campaign for the centennial year ap-
proaches, deeper interest and stiIl
greater demand will be manifested
G. A. Streeter has purchased lol on
the Hubert property-twenty fl. front
on Main street-for the sum Of 81, 600, or
500 front foot. The building now oc-
cupied BY him Will be moved upon the
purchase. The work of clearing away
has been already begun.
Smith, the Photographer, has been en-
tertaining the children of the schools by
lectures aud illustrations with the micro
scope. The children were deeply inter-
ested, as they might well be with these
to them, new creations. The instrume Mt
of Mr. Smith. and his mounted objects,
are among the best procuFabie- -Il u
Correspondence will be found in this
number from several new localities, and
some new writers offer their favors from
old ones Old contributors will rot, we
hope, act upon the conclusion thatthey
are supplanted, and bold up. The more
the better. If too voluminous, little
condensing and concentrating will only
leave the result all the richer. a-
Blakeslee s. Moore have been getting
up photograph of Mrs. ]. B. Watrous.
of cabinet size, which has been finished
up in India ink by her daughter-Mrs.
Post-with all her admitted skill and
tastefulness. The picture is not only
very faithful one, but bears the impress
of true merit in its execution. 1t has been
on exhibition in Carlisle & Tylel's WIN
dow.
: The ladies of the Presbyterian church
are to have gala time at the Opera
House on the evening of Valentines
Day-Feb. 14th.5 The programme is a
rather rich and varied one, embracing
amusements that have never been intro
ducedfin this place, with oyster supper
for refreshments. The avails are to be
appropriated towards the payment of in
debtedness incurred by recent repairs
upon the church. u-fa5scAa
The last Sentinel publishes a'notice of
the Tribune Almsnac for 1875, and al
though lis article credits the compiling
OF the work to c. S. Hunt, the suggestion
is offered that Charley Hunt, graduate
of the Reporter Office, aud who for ten
years has held place in the Tribune Of
fee, may be the person meant. There
would be nothing very singular about
this confou nding Of names and persons
in view of the fact that Charley is o legit-
innate scion of the house Of Hunt, and not
without the qualification for such labor
yet We are authorized to say-he is not
the man.
ROCK CREEK.-Our lasI weeks contri-
bullion from the Greek frightened our
compositors by the compactness and il
legibleness Of lis ehirogrsphy. A difficult
piece of copy is apt 10 be pushed aside
as long as their remains in the copy
drawer any other, until the narrowing in
and closing up, when it is found there is