Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-01
THE TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY. NOV. 1st, 1875.
LOCAL NEWS.
Mayor Morrison is in New YORK


Mayor Morrison is in New York.
Wood wanted on subscription without
delay.
The Council meets next Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. DR.. Hall and family left for Sagi-
nav on Thursday morning last.
W. S. Deming of New Lyme is re-
ported not to be in sound health.
Capt. Stiles made our sanctum a call
last Tuesday, in very comfortable happy
state Of mind.
Thursday morning Mr.. E. q. GiIkey
shot wild duck on the creek at the Harbor
that weighed five pounds.
The rear room Of the second floor Of
the Loan Association building is to be oc-
cupied by Mr.. John T. Strong, attorney.
Remember the poor in fOrecastng
Thanksgiving. The village editor could
dispose of-say ten or twelve pound tur-
key.
Miss West of Kingsville has been ehos-
en- to fill the place made vacant by the res
ignation of Misf Sullivan, in the C. Gram
mar school.
"A retinus of circus wagons, horses, tent
poles, &C., halted for the night here on
Monday last, on its way to Girard, for Win
ter quarters.
Officer Scoville thinks he knows who it
was that made a raid upon the house Of
Rev. Mr. McGiffert, on Sunday night and
has been on trail since.
The Reporter says letter in eypher
wasIfound on the premises of Lee LOOMS.
Buglars and petty thieves do not commonly
resort to this vehicle Of secrecy.
Mr.. L. G. Hanna, who formerly had
charge of the coal and iron ore business of
L. Hanna & Co., at this harbor, is now
treasurer at the Opera House, Cleveland.
Snow on Monday morning WSs appa-
raut hereabouts, and at Dorset an. neigh
borhoOd, we hear that it lay to tue depth of
three inches. Snow also covered the
earth in CleFeland.
MIR. A. W. Fairbanks, formerly pub
Usher of the Cleveland Herald and since
engaged in the job printing business in that
city, made an assignment to Mr.. Sam
Briggs, for the benefit Of his creditors last
Wednesday.
AT the Teachers Examination at Or
well last Tuesday. there were Al applicants;
IS ladies and sS gentlemen. Of the appli-
cants at the Conneaut examination, 20 have
received certificates. The next examina-
tion win be at Andover, on Tuesday, the
5th inst.
The oyster shuekers at Baltimore went
on strike last Monday, and at Ibis writing
are still cut. The result is there are few
oysters to be had here and other towns that
depend en Baltimore for their supply fare
the same. It is expected the strike will
soon end.
Mr.. Levi B. Hoffman, of Plymouth,
is suffering from a lame and crippled arm
and shoulder, the effect Of a fall some week
ago, from the head of barrel, upon which
he was riding over uneven ground, near his
cider mill. The escape without broken
bones is fortunate.
The Sch'r N. Capron was alive with
mice when she reached Conneaut Harbor
for winter quarters. Fumagating brought
the little varments out to draw around the
fires. and The Reporter says that two bush
els Of them we're gathered up. Does any
body question that statement?
-Mush and milk is the refreshment Of
fered at the festival of the Literary Society
of Kingsyille, on the evening of the first
prox, If we can give it something of the |
character of rarity or luxury, perhaps we
shall take to it the more readily, when the
times close up a little tighter, and require
it.
-Gaius ". st. John. late of the Rock |
Creek House, who has been filing the place
of landlord Of the Exchange Hotel, Austin
burg, died on Monday of last week, of bow
el disease contracted in the army, having
served as a member of the 29th, o. VI.
The remains were taken TO Rock Creek for
burial.
Sen. ". H. Gibson, of TifEin, O., will
deliver temperance lecture at Smiths op-
era house, Monday evening, Nov 4th. Gen.
Gibson is well known as one Of tIe finest
speakers in the country, and it is boped
that he will be greeted with full house
Admission free, and cordial invitation Is
extended to all.
The new arrangement for ordering
goods from other towns through the Amer
Jean Express Co, is proving great accom-
mediation to the public, and is literally
patronized at the AshtabuIa Office. Goods
ordered from Cleveland in the morning are
received here the same day, when the order
is promptly filed by the house addressed.
The great viaduct that unites Cleve-
land with its western suburb, with its four
teen arches, its extent of a half mile and its
cost Of near $2,25GOOl. approaches COM
pletion, and before the new year comes in,
will be in the full enjoyment of the people
Of our northern metropolitan enduring
monument Of their undaunted energy and
intripidity.
The Peach Blow potatoes must be
considered failure, and no longer to be
relied upon in this vicinity. For several
seasons they have rotted 50 badly as to shake
the faith Of those who planted them.
The present. season has confirmed the worst Vi rrist
opinions, and the crop to a considerable
extent has been total failure. Some new
variety must be introduced