Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-27

ming who seems fitted by nature for all the
exigencies of the campaign.
We did not notice, among our flood
items, the complete removal some distance
down stream. Of the iron bridge at Stults
& Javnes mill on the road from New Lyme
station to Dodgeville. Also the covered
bridge eas,and north over Rock Creek,
was demolished.
The publisher has sent US copy of
Johnson's method for singing classes. This
is an elementary work containing seventy
one practice lessons-melodies with words,
in all meters, well selected anthems and
secular pieces for recreation. Price so
cts. or Sc per dozen. Specimen copies
postage free at retail rates.
Mich. Tinley is making good progress
in the work of filling the "washOut" at the
foot of the Harmon Hill. Some of the
holes were quilted out at least twelve feet
below the surface of the road. The ma
terisl is taken from the creek-qnite bank
had been deposited nearly opposite the
mill.
Capt. ]. L. Paine, leaves on our table
four apples, which for size are seldom
eoualed in this vicinity. He is in some
doubt as 10 the name of the variety, but
calls them Fall Pippens. The largest one
weighs II ounces. measures "A inches in
circumference and the combined weight Of
the four is 80 pounds.
Cupid is scattering his darts around
the village rather freely. On Thursday
evening. as rumor has it, no less than three
couples are to be-we write in advance
joined IN the silken meshes of eonjugal
happiness. Unless there should be some
untowarl event to prevent, they viii each
have place under the hymenial head.
Mr.. A. T. Dorman, for several years a
salesman in the Erie Store, has recently
opened, in Kane's new block at the corner
of Lake and Depot streets, dry goods and |
grocery store. He has fine stock of goods,
81 excellent location and one of the finest
stores in town. and the trade he has al
ready bailt up assures the success of his
enterprise.
-Pierce's great closing-out sale Of Cloth
ing, Hats, Caps, and Gents Furnishing
Goods has commenced. and will continue
until all are sold His stock embraces a
very desirable line of goods, and being de-
termined to give up the clothing business
he is making great sacrifices to accomplish
that end as speedily as possible. Read his
large advertisement.
"A balloon was seen high in the al
working eastward with smart breeze, on
Wednesday afternoon between two and
three O'Clock. We judged it to have been
about over Kelloggsville. 1t was seen
some ten or fifteen minutes. The opinion
was that it was Prof. King, having risen
from Jefferson. though we believe we be-
lieve Wednesday was the day assigned for
going up.
For several weeks. past we have noticed
the almost daily arrival of the Fall stock of
boots, shoes and rubbers at Hastings store.
He has now one of the largest and best as
sorted stocks that we have ever seen in
town of the size of Ashtabula, and his
prices are so low that he will find ready
buyers for all. His new advertisement
will appear next week which every body
should read.
Mrs. J. W. Rockwell, of East Ply
mouth, died suddenly, while about house
hold avocations, in her usual health. on
Sunday morning last. She came into the
house with something to start fire and
was taken i'll and dropped into chair.
From this she was taken up by her husband
and placed upon lounge, but she had ceas-
ed to breath, and died, of what was supposed
to be heart disease.
The next annual meeting of the Ash
tabula County Christian Temperance Union
promises to be unusually interesting. Ad-
dresses will be made by Dr. E. B. Linn,
E. Jay Pinney, Esq, F. A. Pettibone,
Esq, and Gen. W. H. Gibson, of Tifin,
O.-Gen. Gibson is known as one of the
most eloquent men in Ohio; he will be at
Ashtabula on Monday Nov. 4th, and at
the Convention at Austiaburg, Nov. 5th.
j. F. Ryder, of Cleveland, has pub
lished beautiful modern copy of the cher
ubim looking over the battlements, Gener-
al Butler and Dennis KearneY standing for
the cherubim. Kearney's face would raise
a blister on a railroad tie at thirty PAGES.
he is not a particularly ugly man, but it
would give a fourth century ghost the
nightmare for month to look at him.
The Pittsburgh Telegraph, in speaking
of the Exposition in that city, says:-The
third week closes with very satisfactory
attendance throughout, notwithstanding
the obstructions to railway travel which
existed during the opening days. With
anything like good weather next week, the
attendance will be infinitely greater than
hitherto. The attractiveness of the dis
plays seem to be added to rather than di- ]
minished.
Two more bodies snatched from their
graves-one at Ravenns. and the other at
Garrettsville-both women-haYe been
found at the Homeopathic College at Clsve-
land, since that of Mr.. French of Will
loughby was found. Re-srrests have been
made of the parties concerned in the other
case. Joiner, one of the parties arrested,
will turn States evidence, and disclose in
detail something more than is known of
the manner in which this ghastly business
of body snatching is carried on.
The stock of ice IN this place may now I
be considered exhausted. Russell Son {
are delivering no more, and it is with diff '
Guilty that any can be procured from pri-
vste ice houses. Should the coming Win I
ter make no more ice than did the last, next &
Summers supply will be less than this, as
the old stock, which has been supplying US
for the past few months, is exhausted in {
this vicinity. No very great competition {
in the oyster trade will commence before