Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-07-13
An the white-Rsh sold in this vicinity

"A Murphy mass meeting VIII ne ne"
at the Opera House this-Friday-evening.
A social will be held in the NJ. F.
lecture room Friday evening. July Is. All
are invited.
We noticed the familiar face of W. F.
Swift, of the Cleveland Sunday Post, on
our streets last Tuesday.
Communion service at the NJ E.
Church next Sabbath, July 49, conducted
by the Presiding Elder.
The new residence of P. F. Good. on
Prospect street is approaching completion.
and is the admiration of ali who see it.
"A tank car coming in from Oil City
last Monday, burst open and the fragrant
crude oil was sprinkled for miles along the
track.
The o. S. lighthouse supply steamer
Haze put into this Harbor for a short time
last Wednesday morning on her way up
the lake.
is it not about time that the job Of
numbering the houses in the corporation
be let to some responsible person and the
work completed?
-Chas. McClanning, formerly with E.
G. Pierce, has opened a clothing store in
Halls building at the Harbor. Charlie has
our best wishes for success.
The Ashtabula Light Artillery are
moving in the matter of procuring new
coats. They are to be of blue cloth, and
will conform to the regulation style.
Geo. H. Mcintyre, Supt of the
Franklin Division, with his lady, spent last
Sabbath in town, the guests of H. NJ. Flick
enger, train dispatcher of the same road.
"A lady of jefferson by the name of
Porter, fell from a cherry tree on the SEQ
vile place-down toward the Harbor-
broke her left leg, and was conveyed home.
DIR. D. S. Hall has sold his little bay
mare, which has sustained such reputa-
tion for road and track service. Cleveland
will be her field for the future, where she
will no doubt put some of the trotters Of
that proud city upon their metal. The
terms are private.
Those of our citizens who are tired of
such amusements as one horse eircuses and
second class minstrel entertainments, and
long for something novel and amusing,
should visit the council chamber during a
session. Doors open at 8 O'Clock, perform
ances as soon as the members are wound
up.
The Board of Directors elected at the
recent annual meeting of the Rolling Mill
Co., was as follows: A. F. Hubbard, H.
L. Morrison, A. Dienst, George Harris end
A. C. Fisk. In the evening the Directors
held meeting, and elected officers as fol-
lows: H. L. Morrison, President; A.
Dienst, Secretary; A. F. Hubbard, Treas
urer.
Rev. J. F. Stilling. who had entered
into an engagement with the Painesville
Congregational church to become its pas
tor. has asked for release from that en-
gagement to meet the claims upon him by
the Lutheran denomination, and the
Painesville church has voted to cancel the
engagement, leaving them still without
pastor.
The reader viii find in this paper an
other of those intelligent and instructive
letters Of our regular correspondent, ''Ex-
aminer, from the far West-from Nebras-
ka, this time. These letters are no doubt
read with more than common interest by
those who have made up their minds to
ego West, F" and are looking for place to
locate.
"A correspondent of the jefferson Ga
zetts after giving an account of the milk
ing qualities Of grade Durham COW,
down in Andover, adds the following
ga. F. Sperry, of the Ashtabula Neacs,
is likewise a pOet!'
The connection between new milk and
the editor of the Nelcs, is not so difficult to
understand, but the ''likewise a poet, is
not so clear. - EL
1t is with feeling of disappointment
that we sit down to our frugal. vesper re-
past, since the disappearance of the luxu-
rious strawberry, which in its abundance,
chespness and unusual continuance, this
season, made it staple for the table. Its
only competitor is the fragrant red rasp-
berry, which follows close upon the heels
of its forerunner bnt inferior relative-the
seedy black one. When it shall come in
the full tide of its lusciOnsness, then again
we shall be happy.
"A sufficient amount of stock having
been raised, the eorporators of the Paines.
vile & Southington Railway Company have
issued call for meeting Of stockholders
at Mesopotamia on the 26th of July, for
the election of directors. Through the en-
ergetie influence of Mr.. Geo. R. Crane, the
right Of wayfrom the P. & Y. R. R. and
Windsor has nearly all been secured, and
the prospect of completing the road to the
latter point this fall is, at the present time,
EerY encouraging. PainesVilLe ES.
We have to add to the names of pro-
posed candidates for Governor that of Hon.
Henry B. Perkins, of Warren, which his
TrumbulI county friends, and not least
among them, the Warren Tribune, are
nrging. The editor of the Tribune passes
this eneomiHm upon him, "In private life
and personal character, there are points of
close resemblance between Mr.. Perkins
and President Hayes This is high praise
in view of exemplifcations so recently Civ
en- IN the gubernatorial Office, by the Pres
ident.
"A gentleman from Pittsburg, and
prominent railroad man, while in Ashtabu-
La the other day, remarked that the pros
poets of Ashtabula becoming a great bust
ness center were not surpassed by any town
or city in this vicinity. We are free from
heavy municipal debt. which few cities
can boast of, and when the business of the
country revives, Ashtabula viii take ad-
vantage Of large share Of it. He also said
sBst the Baltimore Ohio road would be
running cars from Pittsburg to Ashtabula
Harbor within the next two years.
On Thursday, Mr.. and Mrs. Beckwith,
of Colebrook. Ashtabula county, came to