Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-27

N NelcS ana ot1lsaodN. LUIS AAcc it1"1
Der putting is causing too much strife
smong our younger citizens and at the
-sfe things are going on there is no tell
ing where il viii stop.
is there aot something a little signih-
,snt in the restriction Of the committee ex-
7Iuding ladies from the viaduct celebration :
There is no assurance that the ladies may
not put an unfayorable construction upon
this rather oouivocal feature Of the pro-
ynmme. What if they should arrive at
The conclusion that it was precautionary
measure against the Witnessing Of scenes
shocking to female refnement-sueha as
getting under the table, for instance.
The Stockholders Of the A-htabuIa &
Railroad Co.. at meeting,
held the present week, approved the action
Of the directors in leasing the road to the
Pennsylvania Company. and in bonding
.he road for 81, 800. 900, according to the
heretofore alluded to. The
proposed expenditure at the Harbor IS
met by a surplus OF earnings, after the
paym-nt OF the last half years intetest.
The lease is a fOrmable One-rnOre 50 than
the previous one.
The little English sparrOvs in their
migrations from the cities, where they we're
introduced and carefully and fostenngly
housed from the rigors Of Winter do not
fare so comfortably in the provincial towns
where they have planted themselves. They
are friends OF civilization and gather about
in the hooks and corners Of the business
loeslities-ths busiest portions Of the town
and pick up their living from the streets
with little or no fear or timidity. The way
they propagate and increase would throw
Irish feeundity into the shade.
The Cleveland Herald says. an officer
from Sheffield, Eng, is in that city after
woman named Mrs Dyson. who is wanted
in England as a witness in mur'ieF case.
About two years ago Mrs. Dyson's husband
was murdered. and by the offer Of a large
reward the murderer was lately captured
IN London. He is now awaiting trial. and
Mrs. Dyson, who came over here since the
murder, is wanted there as a witness. Mr..
Dyson was a well-known civil engineer,
and it is said laid out the route of our Ash
labula & Great Western Road.
The Plymouth poet has abdieatsi his
position as Poet Laureate Of this region
and passed his good will and stock in trade
inspiration and rythmetical dieticn-
over 10 Bro. Spencer Of the Times. Such
! responsibility, Of course, is assumed with
sOme delicacy, and our cotemporary places
the chaplet upon his brow with becoming
modesty and meekness. A little familiar
ity, however, will beget an easier feeling,
and we may then expect something worthy
Of the important trust thus repOsed, with
this eonsolation-that his sweetness viii
never be wasted upon the desert airs of
Democracy.
The storm has been wide spread, and
the blockade OF snow has been among the
worst experienced. From the east, we
hear of from four TO six feet OF snow, and
fierce driving winds, and about Buffalo
there has been almost a suspension Of rail
road service and the carrying of mails.
After two days Of such suspension, our
eastern exchanges due on Monday morn
ing, reached US on Wednesday about 9 p.
m. Though we have not had the amount
Of snow here as at the east, it has been
flying almost all the time for several days,
and the temperature has been down to
zero with westerly winds moreo less fierce.
The eight-page, Christmas number Of
the TELEGRAPH Of last week, was the largest
ever published in Ashtabula
county, and all Of the work upon it was
done in our own establishment.
That the TELEGRAPH is the best advertis-
ing medium is clearly shown by the liberal
patronage of advertisers, on this as in our
regular editions. The following from let
ter from Mr.. H. B. Speed, manager of AN.
Kellogg's Cleveland Auxiliary Newspaper
Printing House, shows the TELEGRAPH is
duly appreciated by one of the best news
paper men in the countrv:
81 received a few days ago your Christ
mas edition. Allow me to congratulate you
On its handsome appearance; also, on the
splendid showing of advertisements.
Merry Christmas to you, and may the
TELEGRAPH and its publishers live long and
prosper.
Some of our eotemporaries-We notice
say that HoweIls, of the Sentinel has got a
new Campbell Press. Well, we should
think it wise step. he will get up to the
Of modern Office after a while.
He has been the purchaser of more old
superanuated and crude printing presses,
aud hot air engines, and so forth, than all
the rest Of the county with the rest Of the
state thrown in. The last investment pre-
eeding the Campbell, required home lot
for its location, and the most powerful
crank ever used in this region to swing it
into place. Its two cylinders however,
can be turned to good account for form
rollers, and really having more for that
than any other. That therefore may be
well and pro6tably disposed of, but what
under heavens can be done with its pre-
and that family heir loom, man
ufactured across the way, is more than
any fellow can tell. We would as soon
have rolling mill or two upon our hands.
Clear them out friend Joseph, and with
that new Campbell, that modern Job press
and that gem of an engine, you will be in
a fair way to mOdernize the whole thing
in due time, if you only set your face like
a flint against buying any more old
trumpings.
New VoLUME.-With this number of the
TELEGRAPH begins its thirtieth volume,
and with it is offered cordial happy New
Years grseting to our many readers, not a
few Of whom have taken it from its first
now near a third Of a century.
Many more haYe been its steady patrons
and readers since our conneation with II