Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-11-24
LOCAL N E w 8.

Mr.. John C. Lewis, of Pittsburgh, was
in town last Wednesday.
"A new time card will soon be issued
by the L. S. & NJ. S. Ry.
The TELEGRAPH is furnished from this
time on to the end of 1877 for So.
Another very pleasant party was given
by the Light Guards at their armOry last
Wednesday evening.
The young ladies of the NJ. E. church
will give social Wednesday evening
29th. Supper 25 cts.
-Silas Cook has disposed of his sorrel
gelding to Danford Young. of SaybroOk.
Price said to be $500.
"A corrected time table of the Ashtabu-
la, Youngstown Pittsburgh R. R. will
appear in this paper next week
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held next Thursday in the Methodist
church, commencing at IL o'clock, a. m.
Sermon by Rev. J. N. McGifert.
DIR. Hall has introduced highly bred
trotter from Saginaw which, it is expected,
will cause something of furry among our
horse men. 1t is black, six year old geld
ing.
Opposition journalism to Garfield had
a greater influence than the opponents
themselves dreamed. Who would have
supposed that they could have provoked a
majority of about 1900?
The Symphonian Orchestra are to give
a public ball at the Opera House on
Thanksgiving evening, Nov. 80. The or
ehestra is to be assisted by the Knoll Bros
OF Erie, who are not surpassed as musicians
in this section.
Geneva has had an election for can
didate for postmaster, in accordance with
a suggestion from General Garfield, and
Az votes were dropped, of which d. W.
Turner had 191-the largest number of
shree aspirants.
The ladies of the Cong1 church had a
very creditable time at their oyster supper,
and served up some of the finest oysters Of
the sesson-for this we have the assurance
Of those present. The amount of avails
has not transpired.
Wilcox & Son, Rock Greek, have a
standing adv. in these columns notifying
the public of their readiness to pay the
highest prices in cash for peltries of all
kinds for tanning purposes, as well as fur
dressing. tallow and glue scraps.
We have to acknowledge the present
Of bushel Of turnips from Mr.. W. W.
Castle, and having tried them, we are en-
sbled to bear unequivocal testimony to
their excellence as winter variety-euual
at least, if not superior to any we have ever
met with.
The First National Bank of Geneva, as
the Tines informs US, has purchased one
Of HoWe's Improved Time Locks, with an
electric attachment for starting, when ii
stops. This makes the fourth time lock in
the eounty-three of which are in Jeffer-
son, including the Treasury safe.
--Miehsel Mulcahey fell from train on
Tuesday night last on the Ashtabula & Oil
City road, near Jefferson, and had one leg
run over between the knee and ankle, snd
the other near the body, He was taken tc
the Thompson House for treatment anc
died about Eve the next morning.
Cooper and Cary, on the principal thai
short horse iE soon curried, are not KEEP
in doubt about their fate. Not having car
ried one State they are enabled to reach
conclusion with about the same readiness
a. those Painesville-anti-Garheld fellows
who failed to carry a single town.
The advertisement of the fall term o.
the Grand River Institute appears in thu,
number of the TELEGRAPH. This schoo
ranks among the best in the State for thor.
enghness of its instruction, and we ar
glad that the people Of this county lool
Hpon it as such.
Since the attempted burglary Of tn,
First National Bank of jefferson. severa
agents for ohronometer locks have beer
visiting our banks with the hope of max
ing sales of their valuable locks, The most
ingenious, as wellas desirable lock we hav,
seen, is one with an electric attachment
Should the lock fail to allow the safe to b,
opened, the electric attachment is put il
operation, which turns the clock-work anC
permits the safe to be opened.
The reading given under the auspices
Of the Light Guards by Alfred P. Burbanl
of Chicago, last Friday evening, was no
as well attended as the occasion merited-
there being not more than one hundred
persons present. 1t is spoken of, however
as being very amusing and entertaining
and we hope our citizens will in the futur,
show their appreciation of the efforts of tn,
Light Guards in furnishing first elias,
lecture course, by patronizing them NOR
literally.