Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-03

Our cid friend LUCE, of Kingsville,
under the impression that some things can
be done AS well rs Others. introduced n
large stock o. sea>onable goods direct from
eastern markets and purchased at the pres
ent almost unprecetlent low range of prices.
He proposes To >eI as low as the lsweSt,
and calls attention to the quality and a
comparison Of his goods. We will guuran-
Tee that he will make good all that he
promises. See new adv't.
p. F. Coon, it will be seen has started
in on his own account in the lumber brsi-
ness, at the yard recently occupied by
Messrs. Good & Randall-Ceutre street
| crossing. Mr.. G. has every facility for
carving on the business successfully. and
there is no doubt but that he will offer as
strong inducements as any other dealer.
| \ cargo Of 300 IN feet Of lumber has just
arrived--making considerable addition
| to the stock on hand. See adv. elsewhere.
Some allusion was made in connection
with the notice of the mastodon fossil dis
covery, to the character Of the blue clay in
which the bones were found. Prof. Tuck
erman calls onr attention 20 the fact of
this clay having been used, with oil. for
paint, and also for putty. This paint WAS
used for painting a school house in that
town, and the putty used for putting in
the glass, it had the firmness of stone, and
could be removed only with the utmost
difficulty.
Our neighbor of the Standard seems
to be exercised, that all the iminent frauds
of the Presidential election may not be in
stigated-thoroughly sifted, &c There
is some prospect that that investigation
may be as full and thorough as the Demo
Gratis will care to have it, if the Republi-
cans can only have voice IN it. If, too,
some of majority, are as earnest to show
up and dispose OF the old man Tilden's
case, he may be more thoroughly disposed
of than his friends care for.
Mr.. E. A. Wright, of Morgan, writes
to the Cleveland Herald as follows:
Colonel David Wright came here from
| Winsted, Conn.,, in the spring OF lSO2,
driving an ox-tean to wagon loaded with
/ goods the whole distance; and has resided
/ on the same farm in this township ever
since, seventy-sIx years. He is ninety-two
years old July 9th. 1878, and now carries
| on his 2O0-acre farm under his own eve,
being able to walk over every part Of it,
and superintends the whole. His son is
the oldest person living in the township.
who was born in it, having lived here near
Iy 66 years. Colonel Wright was soldier
| OF 1912 and pensioner."
Quite a number of our English friends
Of this vicinity, have determined, in COM
pany, to make transatlantic trip, and en-
JOY a season of recreation among the scenes
of early life and family friends, in merry
England The party consists of seven, and
they leave New York at 2 p. m, on Satur-
day of the present. week, i'll the S. S. Brit
annie, for Liverpool, except Miss Beacon,
who goes TO London. They are Job Harley
of Saybrook, Edwin Cole and wife, and
Mrs. Mary Smith, of Ashtabula, Miss An
ma Beacon, of UnionYille, and John Wilson
and Miss Ella Wilson, of Conneaut.
"A real estate trade of some Importance.
has recently taken place between A. A.
Southwick and P. F. johnson, in which
Mr.. Johnson's new house and lot on Fisk
street, is swaped off for the McNutt ma
chine shop, foundry, dwelling, &c., at
McNuttville. Possession is given immedi-
ately, and Mr.. johnson moves into the
dwelling at once, and Mr.. Castle finds ac-
commodation in the Cheney house on the
Round Head road. Mr. Castle will con-
tinue to occupy the machine shop and
foundry, where he will be glad to receive
the orders of his friends and the public.
The annual report of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad tor the year
1877 shows: Freight earnings, SO, 476, COS;
passenger earnings, So, ,2O3, 1879; other earn
ings, 1926, ,351; total $1S, sos, 15s, against
$13, ,949, ,175 for 1876. Operating expenses
and taxes, So, ,963, ,965 against 1874, S35
the preceding year, 1876. Increase in the
net earnings $166.0O0. President Wander
bilt says of the ninety-twO killed by the
Ashtabula disaster, eighty-three cases have
been settled for; of 1.-THE sixty-four wounded,
fifty-six cases have been settled for. This
absorbed $453, 800 of the earnings, yet the
road earned three and one-half per cent.
on its capital stock, Of which the stock
holders received two per cent.
We have another letter from Mr.
Thorp, fixing what was said to Mr.. Fisk
in the presence of Capt. Field and Others
in that memorable conversation-both
admitting and tacity denying the part Of
that conversation which formed the basis
of our article last week, and virtually
charging that gentleman with mistate.
ment, and another has been received from
the same prolific hand, by Mr.. Fisk him.
self, for the most part instructing and
cautioning that gentleman about what he
should attest to, if deemed desirable tc
make such attestation of what was said by
the young man; and probably his wardens
of the press have each received another
with allegations as varied as that which
come to US. We have already devoted a:
much space to our young friend, in thi:
paper as we care to, and, therefore, hi:
latest epistle will have to wait week fol
attention, if, indeed. it is deemed worthy
of attention at ALL
Glass Ball SmaSherS.
Score Of the Harbor Shooting Club.