Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-01
AsHTABULA COUNTY NEWS.
FROM OUR own CORRESPONDENTS.
KNOXVILLE.

Eds. Iek.-Our High School, under its
new board of teachers, has now been Just
one week in session on its fall term. The
attendance is fully up to the highest ex-
pectations, and with Mr.. E. B. Wilson as
Principal and Miss A E. Cole as Precep-
tress, the prospect is that they Will give full
satisfaction, and that the utmost harmony
between teachers and scholars will prevail.
The Baptist church edifce, with its re-
pairing. was not expected to be occupied
very soon, but through the presence of
Rev. Julius Todd, of Brookfeld, N. Y, the.
house was yesterday thrown open to his
occupancy. Mr.. Todd has in this section
many old-time friends, who were very glad
Of an opportunity to hear him.
Our Republican banner is here thrown
to the popular breeze, and will be kept
'nailed to the mast" until the ides Of No
vember shall reveal to us the status of our
incoming administration after another 4th
of March.
Last Wednesday evening, Hayes and
Wheeler club was formed with the follow
ing officers: President, J. P. Eastmun;
Vice Presidents, NJ. W. Wright, Esq.,, B.
F. Phelps, ESQ.,, and DR.. NJ. Kingsley; Sec
retary, W. 7. Bull; Asst. Sec., Q. A. Case;
Treasurer, A. B. Luce; Executive Comm,
E. NJ. Curtiss, Lyman Luce and L. W.
Kimball.
North Kingsville Independent School
District-Wm. Strong and Harris McCrea-
ry; 1st TIP. School Dist. C. Case; I'd
]. A. Fickinger; 4th-C. E. Curtiss; 9TH
Edmund Hewitt; 7th-Alvin Fox; 8th-F.
W. Gee; 9th-Geo. Vanslyke; Union with
Conneaut-Chester Mitchell.
In addition to all these committees. J. II.
Kinnear, from the action taken at the Co.
Convention recently, was placed on the
County Central Comm. Thus we are very
well differed, indeed, and mean to give
good report of ourselves.
In addition to all this, an organization
of the ''Boys in Blue" was effected on Sat-
urday evening last. At this writing we
have only the names of ]. E. Glezen as
Captain and NJ. L. Davis, 1st Lieutenant,
to report among the officers. We hear the
organization was effected with the utmost
harmony and good feeling, and that much
promise Of effectiveness is in the future
given towards the direct end and object, e 9
Our Centennial pilgrims who have thus
far reached home, have seen so mneh as to
awe them into reticence-not knowing
where to begin description CT all the sights
seen. There is very much talk about the
prospect of cheap excursion rates. giving
time for a week or ten days stay, instead
Of three days, as mooted. We hear of
school excursions on foot, and weak's so--
Journ. How much of benefit is obvious in
such week occupancy. Aids of so much
promise " the student should be accepted.
The best part of the world is at our doors.
Anything they contribute to our knowl-
edge and greatness, we may as well take,
and from all that they derive from us, we
can safely say we then owe them nothing.
Mr.. c. W. Kinnear has recently left US
for home in Colorado, having received IT, !
dings Of the severe indisposition of BROTH
er, whom he has gone to care for. The
ranch of which his brother is proprie
tor is somewhere about twelve miles
from Denver, on the Central Pacific r. R.
The probability is that his home for some
time to come may be considered transferred
there. His health in that locality is expect
ed to be much improved. His leaving has
cast shadow over us from the fact of his
great usefulness. He had recently organ
lied an Army Post here, of which he was
commander, and with the enterprises Of
the day that tended to the elevation and
amelioration of man, he was truly allied.
Such men are missed, and their works live
after them.
Our Infrmary Director, C. E. Curtiss,
has had fine, large patch of melons, and
whosoever wanted one or two has always
been welcome. Last Friday night, some
parties not content with eating what they
wanted, pulled up the vines and smashed
up about 20 melons. This is sad, wanton,
devlish. We have reason TO think that
some ''outside barbarian" were the perpe-
traitors. On our northern border, that
night, quite a party were attracted to-
gether by an advertised dance and the sus-
pleion is that it was from this assemblage
that the perpetratorJ of this dastardly bus
iness emanated.
The Rev. Mr., Hickok gave his last ser
mon yesterday, for some three or four
weeks, Hay fever is again at hand, and
Little Mount ain airs are to be sought for
its antidote.
Messrs. P. NJ Whelpley, John Gates and
John Wheaton have returned from Phila-
delphia- the latter after having been some
what indisposed; ortherwise all has been
we'd with them. g.
KinuSH-ilIa Aro- 1914