Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-28
LOCAL n e w s.

We wish all our readers q happy new
The week of prayer viii begin on Sun
day, January 6.
-Burdette, the HaUksys man was in
town last Saturday.
The L. S. 6 NJ. S has declared an
other dividend Of 2 per cent.
The Council will meet in regular ses-
sion next Wednesday evening.
-Nasby's lecture, let it be remembered,
will occur on the evening of the 9Th of Jan.
Post Office hours on New Years day
will be from 7:9O to 80 a. m. 4 to $50 p.
m. J. F. SEXTON, P. NJ.
The excursion to Kansas advertised
in last weeks TELEeRAPH, has been post
poned one week.
st. Peters Episcopal church was very
beautifully trimmed en- Christmas with
flowers, evergreens, SC.
II. Fasse;t, Esq. goes to Cleveland
next week in the capacity Of a grand juror
before the U S. Court.
Remember the lecture of Petroleum
V. Nasby. at the Opera House, Saturday
evening JAM, 5th 1878.
As we go to press Henry Ward
Beecher is telling a good sized audience
about the Wastes and Burdens of Soci-
ETY.
The jefferson Gazette refuses longer to
mix its local news with local advertising.
Though advertisers do not like this. it gives
more character to a paper.
Almost everybody in these reading
times takes more papers and magazines
than one. and clubbing makes the county
paper about as cheap as any.
-McClanning's clothing store near the
Loan Company's Office, makes the fifth
in town, and increases the competition aud
the inducement to look for bargains.
"A subscriber mentions as one of the
remarkable phenomena of the mild weather
of a few days past, that, in coming to
town, he had seen some live grasspoppers.
The Christmas decorations of the Pres
byterian church, were very fine and in ex-
cellent taste. They were mainly due to the
generous. efforts of Messrs. Wells and
Harris.
"A project is on foot for the removal Of
Western Reserve College from Hudson to
the city of Cleveland. Such a. step it is
thought would be for the interest of the in
titntion.
The party given by the Light Guards
on Christmas eve was well attended and a
financial success. The supper at the Ash
tabgla House was like all of Landlord
Brenuau's attempts, excellent.
The fees of the grand and petit jurors
and witnesses at the Common Pleas Of this
county amounted to the snug little sum Of
ss,592.6O. The expenses for the same
purpose in Trumbull county only SO, ,227. 40
Standard.
The stock of holiday goods was never
so large as at the present season, and the
purchasers were cofrespondingly numer-
GUS, and the sales also large. The stock
Of confectionery was large and rich-Sav-
age was little ahead.
The Sentinel fears that the effect of
the savage onslaught upon the Ohio Jour
nal, by the Standard may be to drive it
out of its present asylum, and thus, per-
haps, unfavorabIy affect the coneiliation of
the Republican party.
Our doctors do some riding on the cars
to reach their patients. No less than three
Of them on Saturday last, distributed
themselves along the line of the A, Y.
P. between this place and Orwell.
Mr. George B. Root telegraphs from
California % his friends here that his
principal Christmas present was liz
pound boy baby. Mr.. L. C. Newell Of
this place also received like present,
only it was of opposite gender. Z.
AN exchange that has been running
on tick for many years says: Banks may
bust and go up, but we defy them to get
any of our money to soar with. We de-
PosIte our spare change with delinquent
subscribers, and none Of them will ever
go upf'
The Standard Tribune of Tampa,
Florida, of the sth inst. contains the fol
lowing item:
We are pleased to note the arrived by
last Sundays steamer Of DR.. w. r wal
lace of Ashtibula, Ohio; Mr.. WIN Ven
Fleet Of Chicago, Ills. and Mr.. Alfred r
Parslow Of London, England
Peter johnson and family have re.
turned to Ashtabula again, and Mr.. J i.
giving the best evidence that he mean,
business, blythe building Of very comfort
able house on Fisk street, just back of Cen.
ter street station. for his occupancy and
enjoyment. BE is just the kind Of man
that, after wandering away from home, We
like to welcome back aga