Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-15
"A flra took in a barn belonrinr 70 A.

"A fire took in barn belonging to A.
J. Giddings, Of Cherry Valley, an evening
Of last week, which was destroyed together
with quantity of farming utensils, stock,
hay, a carriage and other commodities. OF
the stock COW and horse made gsod their
escape. Insured for S25O-loss estimated
at $1,000.
The Street Commissioner with force
Of laborers is grading and coating Centre
Street with blast furnace eindSrs. The
car load of these cindsrs that was placed
on the street near the railroad tracks about
three years ago, as an experiment, proves
this material to be very substantial and
economical.
The editor of the Standard thinks the
consideration of the question-''Is thsrs
Hell?"-nonsense There is another cid
fellow down in BrooklyA, N. Y, who is
trying to make himself comfortable in the
same way. They are both old enough and
intelligent enough to know that ''there is
no peace for the wicked"
Our young Jshus who 90 out to speed
their nags on Sunday, had better keep out
of range of our Ssybrook correspondent
]. J.-for be is not slow to detect irregu-
larities, or anything like want of respect
and reverence for the Sabbath, and as in
this weeks cogitatiOns, he may make them
known in print, and thus their chickens
will be coming home to rOost.
Our friend Howslls, seems to be &
cherub among the woman. They subscribe
for the Sentinel in their own names, and
offer to hire out to him-When their hus-
bands are contumAcious,-to pay subserip-
tion bills. We are little surprised at
this, for we know better looking editors in
the eounty-one certainly-than he, by
long shot, but they say nothing publicly,
about any yesrning Of this kind.
We were misled, last week shout the
name of the lady who supplied the sopra-
no Of the Presb. Church quartette, last
week. It was given out in advance that
Miss Eggleston, was the lady, but the en-
gsgsment was made with Miss Cora Ship
man. Of Austinburg. for 3 trial term Of
three months. Miss S. is doing finely,
and we believe giving good satisfaction.
The four voices-Prof. Howard taking the
tenor, gives good balance and blending.
Though Mrs. Harmon is parted with, not
without regret, the present arrangement
is decidedly good one, and the musical
execution highly creditabls.
"A rumor is current that the Pennsyl-
vanis Railroad Company is exceedingly
anxious to get rid of the lease of the CleVs-
land & Pittsburgh Railroad. The stock
holders Of the latter company ara also, it
is said, desirous of being freed from what
may be called an ''entangling alliance"
The depreciation Of the value Of this rail
road property is charged as being due to
the management Of the lSssee-quitS as
much to freight discrimination as any
other cause-snd the utmost anxiety is
now felt lest the building Of the new Lake
Erie road should entirely ruin the old line. |
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
There seems to be 3 widespread and |
general disposition to vote the little brswn |
English Sparrow nuisance, and the ques-
tion-is raissd-Rhat can be done about it
Their fecundity is wonderful, and the YER
diet against them is-that he is not only
noisy, filthy, greedy. and totally unmusi-
cal, but he is quarrelsoms, ovsrbsaring |
little tyrsns who is determined that ne
other bird shall be permitted to share his
domain. From the parks of the Eastern
States, he has driven away nearly ali the
indigenous birds Of song and pleasant
robin. blusbird, oriole. the
Woodpecker, &C., find it not for
their welfare to esme within his range.
The Cleveland Leader thus laments over
the effect of the presence of this little sxo-