Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-22
LOCAL n e w 8

The Geneva schools have an attend
ance this winter of 29O scholars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Colfax spent
last Sunday in Ashtabula, as guestsof Mrs.
Laura Harrington.
Ice of about eight IT "A thickness
AID Eery eood quality has been harvested
during the past week.
The Council met last Wednesday eve
ming. The proceedings of the meeting
will be found in another column.
Fighting dogs and runaway horses
have had things pretty much their own
way on Main Street during the past week,
Our many y.stores in the various branch
es of trade never displayed larger or
more useful variety of Holiday goods than
are to be seen at the present time.
The ordinance for the numbering Of
houses in the corporation passed at the
last meeting of the Council. II is publish
ed among our new advertisements.
The ladies Of the NJ. E. church will
give a social in their lecture room for the
benefit of the organist, Miss Victoria Ben
ham, Wednesday evening, Dec. 9th.
AT the last meeting of our Council the
question of the safety of our public build
ing against fire was discussed and COM
mittee appointed to investigate the matter.
Two tramps, with rather suburban
.eproclivities, wandered off last week over
TO the Hub. They were duly recognized
provided with lodgings at public expense.
After the usual weekly drill of the
Ashtabula Light Artillery last Monday
night, the battery was marched to the res
idenee of Commandant Bartlett on Park
Street, where bountiful oyster supper was
served them.
Mr.. R. J. Mapes. of Chagrin Falls, O.,
on Wednesday purchased the Jefferson
Cheese Factory of f. J. Lamb & Co., and
will soon take possession of the same and
make all necessary arrangements for the
next seasons business.
&c. C. Case closes his Institute in Ash
tabula with concert on Friday evening,
Dec1s7th, at Armory Hall Go out and
hear Nc Granahan and Williams, and a
chorus of one hundred, including some of
.-Asf ftabula's best singers.
The Christmas Holidays are upon US,
and .'Merry Christmas" greetings will be
heard on every side before our next issue.
Our readers desiring to know ''what to buy
and where to buy," are referred to our ad-
vertising columns for information. The
men who are enterprizing enough to collect
together tempting stocks of goods for Hoi-
day presents are also the ones who adver-
tise.
The annual election of officers of Jeffer-
son Chapter 141, R. A. NJ, took place last
evening, and resulted as follows: G. W.
Dickinson, High Priest; E. J. Belts, King;
d. S. Loomis, Scribe; c. H. Simonds, Capt
Host; S. G. Fuller, P s.; George Hunter,
Royal Arch Capt; B. c. Linzee, Grand
Master Sd Veil; A. H. Petit, Grand Master
I'd Veil; J. c. Howard, Grand Master 1st
Veil; J. A. Crisp, Guard; H. Talcott,
Treas. R. NJ Norton, Sec'y.
During the clustering snow storm oi
Friday Dlght-a week ago--the storm Of
the season-a window to the variety store
of the Sentinel office was thrown open and
the combined ingenuity of snow and wind
in finding and filling ehinks, was quite
amusing in the morning, but for the Labor
of shoveling out some foot or so on the
floor. and the handling of some 5000 rolls
of wall paper, and other traps and calami
ties, and clearing away the obtrusive, bu
frisky and beautiful snow.
Rev. s. D. Peet of this place is con
templating the establishment of a Scienti
fie Quarterly as the medium of communica
ton for the members Of the Archaeological
Societies of which he is the secretary. H,
is now in correspondence with Rcber
Clarke of Cincinnati, J. R. Osgood & Co..
of Boston, and Scribner & Co., of New
York. The last named firm have gener
ous,- offered TO furnish all or any of thei
01nt.. frea of cost. Mr.. P. is now MAXIM
an effort to 8, ~eare the publication by tina
firm.
Sheriff Young had quite a nishSP o
Thursday of last week, over the ofher so
of East Village. His cutter dropped lnt
a hole in the road, and the jerk broSe tn
bolt and let the whifitrees upon the heel
of the team, and the sheriff and a lad.
with him were thrown out. In the fall tn
sheriff dislocated a shoulder. Assistane
came and they were taken to the house c
E.R. Metcalf, where the dislocation wa
reduced by Drs. Eames, though mue
muscle was required, and considerabl
pain suffered in accomplishing it. Tb
sheriff was enabled to take the evenin
train for home. The team was soon eaugh
without injury.