Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-16

Inc fd4ueSflll6 0OAfttttt says IL . buS
only live Democratic paper in the district.
What does the Standard say to this.
The Ohio Farmer makes a statement
in reference to the value Of an acre of water
for the propagation of fish. The Editor
says:
Turkeys are plentiful and nc lack Of
material for the full enjoyment Of the sP-
preaching national festival. Remember
the poorl
The Cleveland Sunday Post says John
R. Hendry, clerk Of the johnson House,
was shot st by an obstreperous colored
man, but the bullets failed to hit him.
Dan Fargo started for Massachusetts
the fore part Of the week with car load Of
dairy COWS. which he expects to turn into
cash among the farmers Of the old Bay
State.
The Painesville Council meets on Sat-
arday evenings 1t would never do for our
Council to meet on that evening for all
the members would be late for church
Sunday.
The wife of George Rood of Plymouth,
having been left alone for an hour or so
after dinner on Saturday last, was found
deed upon her bed. The cause of death is
mystery,
Those casting about for a good school,
may find new advertisement in our col
umns of one of the best in the region
that under the principalship of Prof.
Tuekerman-the Austinburg Institute.
The Young Ladies of the N. E. Con-
gregation will give an oyster Supper at
their church on Wednesday evening 21st
inst. Price % cts, All are cordially in
Tited. Mrs. L. L. Metcalf. Sec'y.
What's the matter with our friend of
the Timss9 Has he gone back upon the
''young man. whose arguments we're erst-
while so logical? He shall never more
speak for the Tines. Alas, poor YorrickI
-Chesp George is to move back into his
old quarters tomorrow, which have been
enlarged, repaired and generally improved.
A fresh stock Of tobacco and cigars viii
be found upon his shelves, as well as full
line Of smokers goods.
Printing offices, and newspapers, too,
it is asserted, have been started, or are in
contemplation, in the villages of Rock
Creek and Orwell. Of their political pro-
clivities we are not informed. What
shall fha harvest he
And now our grocerymen are at war.
Sugars have dropped two or three cents a
pound and many other articles in proper
ton. One firm advertises four pounds of
crackers and one can of oysters for 80
cents, and another, coffee A sugar at 10
cents per pound
-Mr.J F Blair tells that he has the best
three year old in the State. He is recent
purchase in the State OF New York. The
colt has never been harnessed. 1t is pro-
posed to break him this winter. We ae-
cept the invitation of Mr.. B. to test the
impartiality of his claim.
Those suffering with rheumatism,
neuralgia, nervous diseases, etc., should
try the electro-therapeutive bath, as ad-
ministered by DR.. J. W. Carver, at the
Ashtabula House. We have heard of
several Of our citizens who tried the bath
and speak of the effects in high terms.
Are national finances forgotten, and
our village statesman become mum? The
NeaOs man is made of sterner stuff than to
allow that Center street bantling to take
the buekram out of him. After following
the cue so generously given it, the world
should not now be left in darkness and
doubt on the silver question.
The new jail, as we learn from the
Sentinel, is hardly a secure place of eonfine-
\ ment. 1t was found the other day that
one of the heavy flag stones had been raised,
and an excavation made large enough to
admit Of mans bOdy-s good beginning
for a general Jail delivery. There is bak-
er's dozen prisoners now in Jail.
The approach Of winter is all the
more sppsrant and sure from the more
lively demand for marriage licenses. The
Judge of Probate, we suppose, is not the
least happy over this state of things.
What pity it is that some of the more
mature maidens among us are not over
taken by this halcyon state of affairs.
"A new plan to protect potatoes in ship
ment from the effect Of frost is being adopt
ed by shippers along the lake shore. The
bottoms of the cars and the sides, for about
three feet up, are covered with MANILA pa
per, which we are informed entirely pre-
vents any danger from frost. The Come
aut Paper Co. is furnishing quantities of
papers for this purpOse.
Our rolling mill last week was brought
to a stand by the squshing out of its side
track, and preventing the approach of sey
eral cars of material needed for use. Beech
ties are not very durable. Cashier Hub
bard went down the road On Saturday
last and contracted for new lot, which
have no doubt been put in place, and ap-
prOaches made all right again.
Our Hub neighbor has passed its first
year and entered upon its second, with in
creased confidence and promise. The Ga
zette holds in good degree that quality SO
essential to local paper-industry and
enterprise. a majority of readers care
more for news in its freshness and bloom
than labored disquisitions on national
questions upon which the wisdom Of the
nation is at fault.
The body that was discovered on the
shore of the lake about three miles below
Conneaut and published in last week.
TELEGRAPH, has been identified as that o.
Mr.. Joyce, the man who so mysteriously
disappeared from Ashtabula Harbor on tht
night of October 24th last. He probably
fell into the river below the bridge. tn,
current carrying him into the lake, anC
the strong southwest winds carried hi
body fifteen miles down the lake to tn,