Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-11
LOCAL d d w s..

The May term Of the Ashtabula Com
mon Pleas Court commences Nay 21st-
Large quantities Of lake ish-Pike and
pereh-are being shipped by express from
this place.
The Conneaut hshermen-the Reporter
says-are meeting with good success, CON
sidering the season.
Hall Stevenson & Nettleton win soon
open up store at the Harbor in one of Il.
Il. Halls new stores.
IT. E. Boyt and F. A. Pettibone now
have their law Office in Smiths block-Op-
posite the Fisk House.
-old newspapers for sale at this Office
at fifty cents per 100. Just what house
keepers want these days.
Mallory has removed his meat market
to Manns building on Centre street, where
be Is finding many customers.
VIII Swift was home on visit on
Wednesday last. he is now engaged on
the Sunday Post, Cleveland.
"A game Of base ball between the Ash
tabula Light Artillery and the Light
Guards viii occur at an early day.
Our military companies viii soon re
ceive from the State treasury their company
funds. The A. L. A. viii get $50 and the
ALG. 500.
The Lake County Guards, of Madison,
have been rendered an invitation by the
Ashtabula- Light Guards to participate in
heceremonies here on Decoration Day.
The Annual meeting of the stOckhold-
ers of the Ashtabula Youngstown & Pitts
bureh r. R. will be held at the company's
office in this place on Tuesday June 9th,
The Bowers Post G. A. R., of Gene
va haYe been invited to participate in the
exercises here on Decoration Day. They
viii be the special guests of the A. L. A.
The Sentinel speaks of Dwight Crowell
as the candidate for the clerkship Of the Su-
preme Court. Dwight is a gentleman and
a scholar, and we hope he viii get the posi-
ton
-At the annual election Of commissiOn-
ed officers, Of the AshtabuIA Light Guards,
held last Monday evening, all the old of
icers we're reelected to their respective Of
fees.
I've are prepared todo all kinds of
printing suitable for temperance Organiza-
tions, Murphy pledges, badges, etc, fur
hished to order on short notice at very low
prices, at this Office.
The Ashtsbula Light Artillery viii
make a mounted parade on Decoration
Day. As to numbers, drill, and equip
ments the battery will make a better ap-
pearance than heretofore.
On Saturday last, the Cleveland Paper
Company received an order for two-hun-
dred and fifty tons of paper to pack car
tridges to go to Turkey. The delivery is
to be made during the year.
-Menneiley has sold out his stock Of
boots and shoes to Wheeler, and quit the
business. There are still seventeen estab-
lishments Of this kind remaining in town.
where this line Of manufactured goods are
sold.
Mr., NJ. Mooney the popular merchant
tailor Of Cleveland was in town last Satur-
day taking orders for clothing. His fine
Gifts, low prices and excellent quality Of
goods always secure for him many orders
from this vicinity.
"A road to the beach on the east side Of
the Harbor was laid out the other day by
the commissioners. 1t nOtehes into the
bank along the line of the railroad track.
Should the cutting extend much into the
bank, there wiH be some dangersof slide.
Keep it in mind, dear readers, that
Colfax's lecture will come off, at the Opera
House, on the evening Of Wednesday. May
2Srd. 1t win be such treat as none Of
our citizens will care to miss. Tickets
may be had at the Ashtabula Store, Dick
insOn's and Gilkey & Perry's, Il Z 4
Miss Latimer, Of New Lyme, who pre-
sided so well at the organ when the Muir
ply movement was inaugurated at the
Centre, and who sang several solos in a
manner that indicated that her throat was
filed with canary birds, the Sentinel says
will give lessons in music, at Jefferson.
j. B. Crosby's barn, located in the rear
of his house on Prospect street. vas diseOv-
cred to be on fire last Monday afternoon,
but was discovered before much damage
was done. Sparks from some of the neigh
boxing manufactures, or from a passing
locomotive, were undoubtedly the cause.
-Messrs. Wood & Wentworth have
started 3 nanufactory Of force pumps in
the rear part of Ducro's old shop, where
the public are invited to call and examine
their wares. They are practical mechsn-
les, and OF counse are Just the kind Of men
we want to foster and encourage. See adv.
The mode Of selling church sittings in
the evening and following the sale with a
collation., was adopted on Monday evening
last by the Presbyterian church society,
and pronounced a very pleasant method of
doing up the job. The selling was sue
cess, and the social and gastre- lie enjoy
ments, ditto.
-i.Annabel Lee, is the title Of para
phrase or revision Of the poem of that
name, sent Us for publication, which is
worthy enough Of place but for the fact
that it is without . sponsor. The rule is
TOO good an one-to insist upon the su-
thor's name to his contributions-tha we
are not disposed to omit it.
About 1890 O'Clock last Saturday
night freight train on the Oil City road
broke loose from its locomotive while COM
ing down the Plymouth grades. The en-
gineer being unable to see the train follow
ing, made his locomotive fly through town
to avoid a collision. but the train was
brought to a stop at the Center Street
crossing.
u. King, opticiau. s1s Superior street,
Cleveland, o., makes as a specially the fit-
ting Of difficult eyes. We know lady
from this place whose eyes are unequal in
sight, and who has tried DR.. Kings mode