Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

ter Commissioner, TO John n. Hutchinson
and others, for the stock and bondholders
Of the road for s6OO.OOO.
The following order has been issued
by the Assistant Treasurer Of the L. 5. &
NJ. S. Ry. The American Trade Dollar,
also the Mexican. and other foreign coin,
Except Canadian) and all mutilated coin.
will not be received as remittance hereaf-
ter, from date, Aug. 2Srd.
Mr.. A. r. Houghion, Of jefferson, one
Of the candidates for the Office of county
Clerk. announces himself in the field as an
independent candidate for the elerkship.
Mr.. H. is very good man for the place,
but we do not feel any considerable degree
of confidence of his success.
If one of the many excursion steamers
in Cleveland would make daily trips from
Ashtabnla to Cleveland and return, during
the Northern Ohio Fair, it would be great
accommodation to many citizens Of this
county who will attend the Fair, and
profit to the owners Of the boat.
"A party of excursionists numbering
about 800, came up on special train from
Beaver, Pa, over the Pittsburgh & Lake
Ere. and Franklin Division last Wednes-
day, to this place, where they took the Ia
S. & NJ. S. Ry. for the Falls. The party
was to have returned yesterday.
is there no way Of abating the nuisance
of the street hswkers and brawlers by
lamp light. Their trade is of no earthly
use. and often an outrageous swindle, and
besides they are disturbance of the peace.
II an ordinance is necessary to put stop
to it. will not the Council put one through?
The Psinesvills Telegraph speaks Of a
night blooming cereous. in that place,
that bore four blossoms on Saturday
evening Of last week, and the fifth on Sun
day evening, which began to open soon af-
ter sunset and were fully expanded by 9 |
o'clock and closed before sunrise next |
morning. The plant was only three years
old from slip.
We are pleased to announce that Mr..
James Hedley, the eminent physiognomist
and orator, is TO delivers course of eight
lectures at Haskell's Hall in this place.
Subject, ''The Human Character and the
Art of Reading it IN the Face" The first
lecture viii be free, and viii be given
Monday next, Sept. I'd. Mr.. Hedley comes
highly recommended.
Our citizens show much satisfaction
over the tidings that our former fellow
.citizens-Juage Caldwell. of Cleveland, has
given another evidence of his popular ap-
probation by the people, in his unanimous
denomination to the Office of Common
Pleas Judge for the Cuyshoga District.
MIR. J. P. Wallace and lady who have
been spending some time rusticating in
Colorado, haye reached this place and are
stopping for few days with their friends,
Mr.. J. P. Jennings and family. The read
able letters from Colorado, that have sp-
peared in the Telegraph were from the pen
of Mr.. W.
The L. S. & M. S. Ry. is doing an i'm
mense freight business. All the cars be-
longing to the company are in use and still
there is a demand for more. The freight
is principally cattle for the European mar
ket, grain, refined oil and general merchan-
disc. The Franklin Division is also very
busy transporting crude oil. Some Of the
train crews on this division, have been
obliged to run four consecutive days and
nights.
-Rarus trotted three successive heats at
Hartford, Ct, August % in 2.15-2.13-
2.1S&. His half miles were made as fol-
lows-1.714-1.61I-1.71I. Edwin Forest
made the first heat in better time than
Rarus, and in the second made the best
half mile of the cireuit-1.54. It was
thought in this second heat. that he might
beat Rarus' time, but he made two breaks.
His half mile in the first heat was 1.61S.
he did not trot the third heat.
"A collision occurred near Geneva early /
last Wednesday morning, on the L. S. &
NJ. S, Ry., which resulted in the injury of /
q brakeman by the name of Henry Wood, ]
Of Collinwood. The locomotive had be-
come detached from the train, while in
motion, and was run slowly back to again /
make connection. The train was then run j
ming down a grade with greater velocity ,
han was supposed by the engineer, and it t
struck the locomotive with great force.
Wood was standing on the tender and in
some manner was thrown between the for
yard car and the tender, and fatally in /
ured. II
The money consideration that gave I
Painesvills the advantage of Ashtabula in a
king the encampment question was put i
It $40O-Ashtabula only having raised Z
1850. When the order was giving by Col. /
Robbins in favor of Painesville, as we are l
informed by, the PainesYille advertiser, .
,ut $500 had been raised, and the potent h
ourth hundred was yet to be secured, we '
we're therefore $50 ahead of PainesviIle b
Vhen the decision was reached to go to e
with free transportation, while I
Pon the narrow guage full farr is de- v
handed. d
The supervisor having in charge the n
1arbor road on the east side has been work s
ng it up east of the railroad crossing. It
makes beautiful sand heap and dust to
7ade through while the weather is dry, and
must be as beautiful in mud when the =
utumn rains come. So we go-using the !, !
uts Of last winter up to harvest and then :. !,
re change to loose dirt and mud till winter :,
cts in-haying no season of good roads y y
lnless it be in winter. No innovation can I
e made, we suppose, upon this state of 3
hings. As the fathers balanced the bag ?
nth stone in one end, so we their chill. 0
Iren follow suit.
The excursion to Niagara Falls, under
he auspices Of the COnneaut Congregation
! Building Committee, took place yester- :,
ay morning as advertised. The train =
rom AndoTer on the Franklin Division
rought up about $50 excursionists. and
he train from Warren over the A. Y. &P. b
!. R. brought up $50 more On the L. S.
NJ. S. train there we're about $50 from