Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-24

WHEAT-No. /, red, ranges at $1.3O.
oArs-old, are worth 40 cts, while new
range at SOc.
The next regular meeting Of the Conn
Gil viii be held Sept. 5th.
What is more pleasant to gaze upon
than the face Of an Office seeker?
-strongs new milk wagon. "No. u is
the finest looking wagon inrhe business.
The present incumbent of the county
treasurer's Office viii hold his position un.
til Sept. 1st. 1873.
1t has been proposed and general.de-
sire manifested, to have military encamp-
ment at Ashtabula, next year.
The Ashtabula Light Artillery have
received their new coats, which are a great
improvement over their old jackets.
We regret to learn that MIR. W. E
Blakeslee has been confined to his houst
for the past two weeks with spinal fever.
MIR. N. c. Hawley, late of the Ne,os,
expects to takea trip up the lakes for the
benefit of his health. We wish him a
pleasant trip,
One of the Light Guards had the mis-
fortune to lose pOcket-book, containing
about 500, while at the encampment at
Conneaut, last week.
The appearance of the depot grounds,
both a, Y. 6 P. and L. S. & M. s., are
greatly improved in appearance by the
clearing upthey have recently received.
When you want job printing at an un-
usually low rate, get the prices of any
concern about town, and they will be dis
counted at the TELEGRAPH office. This
viii pay.
That popular school, the Grand River
Institute, commenced its fall term last
Tuesday, with nearly two hundred stu
dents. Mr.. C. Enir Allen, A. B., is teach
er of Languages. tt
Henry Clark, locomotive engineer on the
Franklin Div. L. S, & M. S. Is taking a
vacation. When last heard from he was
il, Salt Lake City. He will visit the Pa
cifc coast before his return.
The New York papers bring to light a
new horror, within day or two, in crime.
A woman took to bed with her a razor. and
because her paramour would not consent
to marry her, unnamed him, and death
ensued.
Tim. Strong, the milkman. had twelve
bushels of plump, white wheat, of some
what peculiar character, taken from his
granary on Thursday night-15th. So fal
as any clue is concerned, the thief is pretty
secure, thus far.
TROTrNG.-We are informed by some ot
the Jehues, that trot will come off al
Fields track, on Saturday afternoon next
which will afford some amusement. There
is to be one or two contests with yer!
good horses engaged.
"A new arrangement is to be carried in
to oPeration-st the millinery store Of Mrs
Prosser. The store is offered for rent, snC
millinery business will-when the store il
taken-be removed to the second story
and continued as usual.
Some of our Plymouth friends. Wilbur
Mann, E. NJ. Blakeslee, and Randall Sew
mour, while attending the show on Thurs
day last had their houses entered. 5ut ex
cepting in the latter case, who lost som,
S25 worth, little was missed.
Among the announcements published
in this paper is one for E. F. Mason for re
election to the Office OF County Recorder
Mr.. Mason has proved himself an excellen
office and we doubt not that the duties o
another term win fallupon him.
We see by the Reporter that Mr.. Georg
Hunt, OF Cpnneaut, is announced as a can
didate for the Office Of Infirmary Director
and is backed up by the first men Of Con
neaut. George has business capacity 70
that or almost any other county position.