Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-23

There was no meeting Of the Council
last Wednesday.
New subscribers are coming in rapidly
for the TELEeAPH.
1t is truly said that the Common
wealth Brass Band makes most excellent
music.
Another effort is being made in JEFF
ferson to organize military company.
We wish them success.
"A telegram from Mr.. Walter Rowe, Of
Lawrence. brings information that he is
on the way to pstrarchal distinction. A
boy.
Rev. DR.. Moore, left home few even
ings since for a trip to the south, to be alb
sent some couple Of weeks.
The Public are invited to attend
Thanksgiving service at the Baptist Church
in Ashtabula at the usual hour for service
on Thursday the 2sth inst.
Il. W. Kimball, Of KlngsviIle is doing
some business for the Telegraph Office in
the way of collecting bills, and canYsssing
for subscribers, in any part Of the county.
"A large and enthusiastic Murphy meet
ing was held at Pierpont on Sunday even
ing last. Addresses were made by Prof.
Andrews, J. A. Davidson, S. E. Bundy and
Walter Bond.
If you expect to subscribe for Har-
pers' ,Scribner's, or any of the leading publi-
cations. call st the TELEGRAPH Office and
get our club rates, and thereby save about
twenty-five per cent.
The Times tells us that Woolever of
the Mechsnicsville and Rock Greek mills,
has patch of winter wheat that embraces
17s acres, which looks splendid. Big
wheat farming, that for Ashtabula county.
The situation of Mr.. Milo Rice, who
has been seriously i'll for several weeks,
does not indicate much change. Although
it has.been thought, that he had expert
enced the worst. Progress in the way of
recovery is too slow to meet the expecta-
ton of friends.
Mr.. Len. A. Watson was home on a
visit last Wednesday. He left on the even
ing Of the same day for New York where
he is to attend the Columbia Law College,
graduating next Spring. He, with WIN.
NJ. Eames Jr., makes two young men from
this place now attending that excellent law
school.
MIR. b. b. Hunt, express messenger
Of the Union Ex Co., and route agent on
the Ashtabula & Oil City road has been
sick for about two weeks past and gone to
his home in rmboy. Mr.. B. B. Seymour Of
the Ashtabula P. o. takes his run out as
far as Dorset, where he meets the in COM
ing train. yste
We hear it reported that an effort will
be made next spring to orgsnize accompany
and build q street railroad from the Trian-
eular Park, through Centre, Main and Lake
Streets to the Harbor The charter that
was procured for the purpose several years
ago having expired q new one viii have to
be rroeured. '55 = itAe
Custer Post Of COnnesut, held Camp
Fire on Thursday evening last, to which
other Posts Of the county, and vicinity were
invited. This invitation was responded to-
by some 1875 comrades-some IS going from
this place. The evening vas spent with
song and sentiment and liberal indul-
gence in gsstronomic pleasures.
"A sale of short Horns was advertised
in some Of the county papers by Mr.. Ste
vens Of Austinbnrg for the 9Th inst. Of his
fine herd, and as the superiority Of his stock
is pretty well,known throughout the coun-
ty, the attendance, we learn was good, but
the bidding was not sufficiently spirited to
meet the expectation Of the owner, After
the sale Of single Gov for s75 the ssle was
stopped.
The light Of some Of the churches, on
Sunday evening last, was darkness. The
The atmosphere Of the Congregational and
Presbyterian churches particularly. was g.
bout as thick as IL they had been burning
incense, but the favor was much mere
pungent and sufccating. The smoke from
the gas was 50 great in the Presb church
that some of the chandeliers were extip.
guished. Either the gas or the burners were
Of fsult,
Centre Street is rapidly growing to be
be business street. 0nlya short time
ago one store owned By WIN. W. Mann,
was the only place of business on that
street; now there are two grocery stores,
one printing Office, one wholesale liquor
store, one meat market, one picture store,
one blacksmith and one gun shop, a dental
office, Touring mill and tin and sheet
iron working establishment, two marble
and granite cutting yards, victor wash
board and planning mill.
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