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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

Those who like cup of coffee in its
highest state of perfection and excellence
the epIcure-acespts nothing but coffee
fresh from the rOastsr-ground and made
up with the least possible delay. Those
of our groCers who have supplied them
selves with both reaster and grinder, are
enabled to meet this want, and therefore,
hold an advantage over their competitors.
Andy TOombes, knowing that editors have
liquorics tooth in the back of their heads,
has left us package of regular old Gov
srnment Java, hot from the roastsr and
bids us put it in the pot before it is cold,
and then tell the world if we like 1t. Well,
we've followed the directions and must say
there is nothing bad about that coffee,
well crsamed and sugared. PshawI Talk
about the nectar Of the gods!
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

AsHTARULA AND W. r. COLLEGE,
Among the features of the Annual Com
menement of W. R. College, most inter-
esting to our citizens, were the graduations
OF Two Ashtabula bOys-Albert and Charles
H. Shsrman-sons of Judge Sherman.
both Of these young gentlemen, gave ora
tlons IN the closing exercises, and that of
the latter is reported to have been in both
matter and manner the best oratioB of the
day" Charley has gifts for snaski,o
which with culture will rival those ~ ~.
honorsd father, who has BEEN admitted
to be the most powerful advocate Of ,b;s
bar. The Subject Of Albsrt's Grafton was
THE Art of Politics." while that of
Charley's was-"The Early American
Spirit" Another feature of the occasion
in which general, pleasant interest was
taken by Ashtabula, was the comforting Of
the honorary degree of L. L. D.. upon
Judge L. S. Sherman. This honor could
hardly have been more worthily bestowed,
and the discrimination that directed ii is
recognized by the bar and laity of the
county.
Among the graduates was a young lady.
MISS Singleterry, who started with the pre-
paratory school and passed steadily along
win the class. Her essay is said to have
Deen IN dietlon and delivery, vigorous.
The Glass of '76 numbered l6, and is
SAID TO be an exceptional one as to bearing
and scholarship.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

The steamer Pearl left Cleveland for
Buffalo last Wednesday evening at o'clock.
She will give an excursion out of that port
on the Fourth, and then take her place in
the line with her companion, the Alaska,
these two composing the Buffalo, Cleveland
and Put-in-Bay line, which begins opera
tions on the 5th.
The Alaska goes from Cleveland to Put
Inlay on the Fourth, returning in time to
give moonlight excursion the same even
ing.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

As summer g heat IS close approacbin0 all per-
sons. SONS alCtsa M WITH Catarrh viii promote their in
this favorable season to effect more snss5v -
radical cure of their lOathsOme disease No. as i
OF application, safety and p.easantness In me-
Win certainty Of cure, DIR. p HalI,s CafavsrS,
Hemedy mas no equal Wherever used coma
osnee IN It's merits is established. Sold by Druo
slsts- ASK for circulars. Price 80 cts per bot
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

Inflammation Of the kidneys is known bv fewer
pain in the region Of the kidneys and SHOOTING
along the course ureter, numbness OF the thivh
vomiting, urine high eolored and frequently iis.
charged, costiveness and collie pains. The Baros-
ma, ma, or Buchu, Baek-ache, Liver and Kidney Cure
A y warranted to relieve these symptoms, as it has
1 lalled IN 50 doing the past ten years. Daily,
o Sa 70 tell Us OF the great benefit received
t,sVI i Isi y. =. Prepared b 5. K. Thompson IT,
For sale.hg Chas e. swim Ash,.bn,, s,5 r,
H. Palmer, North KinrsviIie 1'OAi1' anu ~
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

Arthur Metcalf, son OF ]. Q. Metcalf, Of
North Bend, Saybrook, had his leg ampu.
tated for chronic affection of the knee, last
week. The young man is doing we'll.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

Rev. c. L. Morrison, of Andover, has re-
eeivsd a call from a church in Niles, With
er he will soon move.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

-Gresns and Mecca are becoming lOeali-
ties of deep interest to oil speculators, and
one frm-Scott 6 Lucas-have leased all
the land in the neighbOrhOod Of the Fife
well-amOunting to some thousand acres,
and are sub-lstting taking advantage OF
the lively demand for territory. The heavy
oil here found is the kind used for lubri-
eating, and is worth SIS barrel or more.
Farmers from the neighborhood are
discovering that our village affords greater
advantages for residence than can be en-
iOyeG upon their farms, and are moving
into Iown. This change is induced by a
little figuring-which shows that more
money is made by letting, than ty carry
ing on farm in these times-at least, so
tbev tell US. Some half dozen cases of
this kind are in mind.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
Family Reunion.

A reunion of the Cowden family took
place at the residence Of William Tuttle,
Esq, of Greenburg, Trumbull Co., on
Wednesday of last week, in which 81 mem
bers of the family were present, including
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. D. Badger, of Ashtabula;
and Elder Cowdsn, who commenced preach
ing at the age Of nineteen years, was pres
ent and delivered fine address.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

QUERY: Why will men smoke common
tobacco. when they can buy Marburg Bros.
Seal Of North CarolinG,' at the same price?'
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
A RiIinn.poo-,

Americans are bilious people. NAM 80 -.
Billions Others, from Overeatirg, ,overworIin,, ~
through living in marshy or poorly drained sec-
tons Of the country, OVertax the natural novzs-,
OF the system and the organs, whose function is
70 nee the system from all poisonous matter. and
tnus counteract the effect ofthe ma aIariOus poison
become overloaded; engOrgement follows and aS
natural result biliOusness is most thorouobIV
ttstsolshed- AS rule, we make no effort TO conn.
eraet the evil effects Of our indiscl etious but %
~ ~ lung hastily, OverwOrkIng our brains and
~ ID powers, until we are completely prostra
oea; ana forced to resort to medicines that viii
toS t oul oVelIaxed organs to regain their aecus-
so-ie5 a.; ooIe n@ an aha V1gor For this purpose MANY
len hheLnelles nave been brought into pubIic notice
oI9 nohe nave attained the marked de0ree Of a1r
geIIence possessed by DR.. Smiths stiIinoia RIoo5
fnrlneT, Wnlch 90 stimulates the action Of ne
stonlach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. ss to enabIo
tnOse organs to free themselves Of All eno-o-
iments, gives the system tone and invigorsfss 10
is Ionic and Alternative properties, the whole bo5
Every bottle is guaranteed to give satisfaction ~
money VIII be refunded. Price 70 cents per bottle
oold oy druggists, or sent by mail postpaid IN
receipt Of so cents. DR.. B. A. Smith & Co. DrouSi-
eLors and manufacturers, Erie. Pa. II
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

WHITE LANCASHIRE SWINE are now taking
the palm among the various breeds of En-
glish Hogs. They are longer bodied, of
greater breadth and depth, not surpassed
in fineness and lightness of bone, head and
general waste, in the readiness with which
they take on fat and fiber, or of general
rapidity Of growth. So small and incon-
siderable are their head and feet as hardly
to be taken into account in the weight of a
fat animal. We haye had occasion to look
at full blood boar and sew owned by
Richard Stevens-at the foot Of Bunker
Hiil-which are beauties, and so we'll is the
breed appreciated that our farmers are
sending their breeding sows to Mr.. Stevens
yard, and some Of those who have had pro-
pagators Of other breeds, upon seeing the
Lancashire have turned them to other uses.
These specimens Of the pure breed were
procured from Massachusetts, from breed
er who had the stock direct from the Lam
cashire yards. Breeders desirous OF i'm
proving their stock will hardly fail to see
them.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

an oriental traveller describes this busy scene.
Witnessed on historic shores: 'Our steamer land :
60 on a beach which was the port of Antioch
Rhere the disciples were first called Christians
Inere was no town on the waters edge no neo-
pie no wharf. The passengers and the mercban-
alse were put ashore in lighters, which ran M, it
tne sand, troup Of camels, with their drivers
lay on the beach, ready to transfer the Goods ,D.,
the interior. Among the articles landed vsro
DOAe' marked DR.. J.C.Ayer & Co.. Lowell. Mass
u s. A. showing that they contained medicines
and whence they came. These with other goods
were holsted on the backs Of camels for trsnsDo-.
tation to Antioch. Thus the skill Of the West
sends back its remedies to heal the maladies 0,
populations that inhablt those eastern shores
whence our spiritual mama came.n-Wfnes,o.,
(Ht.) Chronicle. n
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

The ClsYeland Leader in an article
giving biographical sketches of the MEM
bsrs of the Forest City Base Ball Club says,
Of Chas. II. Morton a former resident of
Ashtabula: He is the tenth man of the
nine, is Cleveland boy and a son of the
Rev. A. d. Morton of this city. He is
twenty-fOur years Of age and was born in
KingsYille, Ashtabula county, in this State.
He was sducSted at Grand River Institute
and at Mt. Union College, and has played
ball for number of years as an amateur.
He belonged to last years Slow and Easys,
and is well-known throughout the city. He
is five feet, ten inches in height and weighs
l4O. As player he is very ambitious and
always does his level best. He has done
some brilliant work for yeung player.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
Wool Wanfad.

Universal Java Coffee ground zoe pei
pound at Riddell's Store.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

We are paying the highest market price
for wool at the store of J. N. Faulkner &
Son. S. B. WELLS,
STILES DODgE-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

We are rather getting out of concert
with the English sparrow. We have been
disposed to treat him with generous favor,
and to come to his defence when disrespect-
fully spoken of. We further thought he
had some virtues that would appear on bet
ter acquaintance. Unfortunately, for the
last two years We have been subjected to
his incessant, monotonous and vexatious
ehirP as it came from the cranies of brick
walls, some hiding place in the cornices Of
buildings, or from the streets where the
greater part Of his time IS spent like COM
mon vagrant. All his habits give the lie
to the reputation brought with him from
over the water. Insect destroyer! Why
the thought is a burlesque. The idea of
an insect never entered his head. He is to
all intent and purpose graniverous, and if
be ever touched an insect, it is only when
starved to it. He is a selfish, pugnacious
and noisy little rascal, and all the good he
seems capable Of, is what he contributes for
the dicipline of christian people mega
tive virtue perhaps-by which their grsces
are improved. A friend fIom the cid
world, from which the sparrow was an un-
willing emigrsnt, tells us that there he had
. price put by law upon his head, for the
purpose Of encouraging his obstruction as
3 worthless and pestiferous little varmsnt.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
THE TELEGRAPH.

1t is the oldest paper in Ashtabula.
It is the only Republican paper in Ash
tabula.
It is the largest paper in AshtabulR, prin-
ted entirely at home.
It has the largest circulation OF any paper
published in Ashtabula.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

The Mineral Springs will be open for
bathers tomorrow, Saturday. and Sunday,
and the same days of each week during the
balance Of the season. s6-7
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

Judge Sherman's yard is in the course
of grading. The grade on Prospect street,
after considerably reducing the sidewalk,
was found to be too heavy. and it has been
relieYed by q terrace of something near
two foot face within four feet of the line
of the fence. This is considered some
thing new in grading, and is made the
provocstion of considerable comment by
the passing observer. each of whom has an
opinion to sxpress-all being compstent to
settle the merits Of the work, in advance
forgetting the spOthegm-''that children
and fools find fault with work half done.
As h. P. Hepburn has the grading in
hand, it is hoped that the fine field he
there has for the display OF taste, may not,
in any measure be lost.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

MasOn's improved quart Fruit jars,
Porcelain lined top, the best in the Market
$1.O0 per dozen at RiddeIl's Store.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

"A lively time was very fairly inaugu-
rated in front of Hubbard & Cos store on
Monday morning last, by the team Of Far
gO's milk wagon. The near horse, four
year old colt, recently obtained Of Ned.
Fitsgsrald, began kicking, unaccountably,
knocking of the dash board, and in that
exercise some of the traces became unhOok-
ed. The horses whirled for run down
Main street. At this moment, when every
thing indicated runaway, destruction Of
property, and injury to life and limb, a
man named Rietz, belonging to Pullman &
Hamilton's Circus, sprang from the side
walk and caught the kicking horse by the
bit, and Major Haskell caught the other one
the same way and prevented further trou-
BILE and danger.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05
Leave Your Orders

For all kinds of Job Printing at
the Telegraph Office, and there
by get the best work for the
least money.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

15O deg. Test coal oil. I sell no lower
Test Oil. You can rely on getting the
best and safest oil for 15c per gal. at Rid
dell's Store.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-05

QUERY: Why will men smoke common
tobacco. when they can buy Marburg Bros
Seal Of North Carolind,' at the same price?'
1y
Universal Java Coffee ground zoe pei
pound at Riddell's Store.
Wool Wanted.
We are paying the highest market price
for wool at the store of ]. N. Faulkner &
Son. S.B. Wells.
STILES DODGE.
MasOn's improved quart Fruit jars,
Porcelain lined top, the best in the Market
$1.OO per dozen at Riddell's Store.
The Mineral Springs will be open for
bathers tomorrow, Saturday. and Sunday,
and the same days of each week during the
balance Of the season. s6-7
$50 deg. Test coal oil. I sell no lower
Test Oil. You can rely on getting the
best and safest oil for 15c per gal. at Rid
dell's Store.
Linen Suits-Sixty different styles to Sc
lect from and at wholesale prices. Having
closed out line of samples from large
manufacturers we are enabled to retail
these goods at same prices other dealers
have to pay for them. Linen, Batistss.
Lawn and Bouretts styles from 80 cts up to
S12. Kepler & Co., Erie Store. 85-87
Arbuckle's best Roasted Ariosa Coffee
22c per pound at Riddell's Store.
The Beaver College, Boarding School,
offers the best advantages and lowest rates
for board, tuition and music.
R. T. TAYLOR, Beaver, Pa.
The best Red Wheat Flour s1.4O per
sack at Riddell's Store.
The Hall shingle is the best in Ashtabu-
la, and sold by P. F. Good.
A good Brown Sugar, &c., Yellow c
815e., White C &c. Standard Coffee A
91Sc. Granulated 1Oc. at Riddell's Store.
DR.. FEease's Water cure, New Brighton, Pa
II you want shingle that ysu can rely
on, get Halls, at Centre st. Crossing.
a Bars India Blue Soap, for 25c at Rid
dell's Store.
Hundreds, yes thousands, who have been
rescued from a life of misery join in prais-
ing the cleansing, healing, purifying, in
vigorating, nerve restorative properties of
DR.. Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and
Nerve Tonic with his Capital Bitters. Use
his Cough Honey in all coughs. 1t
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17

The third comes a Key-a perfect Key
And when he thinks, deluded man, full surely
His prospects are a-ripening, busts his mask,
And then be falls as do
Vain pomp and glory of this world, hate ye;
And also ye, ye horde of nincompoops.
L feel my eyes new opened. Oh. how wretched -
Is that poor man who tries to bribe electors!
There is betwixt that seat he would aspire to,
That vote of bribej electors and his ruin,
Such pangs and fears as or Marble have,
And when he falls, he falls Hke-well, like me,
Never to hope again. Deuce take the cipher.
Pelton, did not think to shed a tear
In all my misery; but the Tribune makes me
Out of Its honest truth to play the woman;
Let's pack our trunks; and listen to me, Pelton,
And when I'm execrated as shall be,
And sleep with, d. that Marble,
Where no mention of me more shall be heard,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17

THE STATE
Pennsylvania Expenditures.
A Favorite Theme for the Democratic
Politicians in the Campaign.
Some Interesting Facts and Figures that
Throw a Little Light on the VAR
Ious Administrations of the
Commonwealth.
The increased expenditure of the State admin
istration has been and is chosen supJecI Oh
comment in all Democratic discussions. III Is
a thoroughly legitimate topic, and one we are
glad to have opened. The only fear IS lest IL
shall drop out of sight after the elecllon' as IL
has so often done heretofore The periods gen.
orally chosen for comparison are those Oh
Packer, Democrat, in 1s5S-eO, when the costs
were 81, 209, $40 II for the term; of Curtin, IN
1S6i66, when they were 81, ,s85, l57 6S; of Geary
first term following, when they amounted 10
50, 453, 14S "a; of his second term, in which they
were -, 8OS, ,3O5 OF, and of Hartranft's late ad-
ministratiOn, in which they have advanced
from s999 9S7 II in 1873 to s1.2l3 ZIG 81 in 1871
Resting upon these facts, the Democrats and
Nationalists censure the Republican party un-
stintedly for extravaganza, and hint at malfeas-
ance.
1t is so difficult to procure absolutely trust
worthy and ineligible statistics in such debates
that Hon. Chester N. Farr rendered good SER
vice to the interests of the State, the knowledge
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17

POETRY.
LATEST LAY OF THE DEMOCRATS.
The Story of an Attempt to Steal the Presi-
dency-The Effect of SamuePs Roguery
"A Miserable Failure.
BY Samuel J. Tflden, Late Reform and Fraud Can
didaIe, now grievously afflicted with ciphers-
have touched the highest point of all my great
ness,
And from the full meridian of my glory
haste now TO my setting faster than Rarus
trots
When at his best; shall fall
AS falls the slyest knave that wears mask,
And no man see me more-my goose Is cooked. =
Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17

i HONESTY.
The True Republican Policy
How the Credit and Faith of the Ma.
tion Have Been Kept.
What RepublIcanism has Done for the Ma
tlon-Reduoed Its Debt, Cut Down
the Interest, and Lessened
Taxation 0ne-haIf.
| The election OF the last Democratic President
| that the country had was followed by the crisis
| of 1851, and we had hardly begun 10 recover
| from that heavy blow, when the rule of the
| Democracy was at last overthrown, AMI the war
| OF the rebellion was begun TO destroy that which
| they could not control. The Republican party
came into power with the revenues of the coun-
| try wasted, and the credit of the nation so poor
| that 1t was paying higher rate of interest Than
| ever within the generation, and even more than
il was paying in the height of the war that fol-
lowed We had this war forced upon us when
our navy was scattered TO the four quarters
OF the globe, and material and ammunition piled
up by traitorous officials in southern forts and
arsenals in readiness for the contest which the
mad rulers OF the south had planned long before
the north awoke TO the desperation OF the men
who saw slipping away from them, never 10 re-
turn, the power that they had held so long. We
had TO begin from the beginning There was an
army 10 raise and TO equip, navy TO build and
TO man, with not a dollar in the Treasury
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17

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NATI0NALISM.
Its Significance in Politics.
Something Of What We May Expect
Should 1t Succeed to Power.
A Party that CounseIs IFS Members to
Make Themselves Proficient In
the Use of Firearms-WiII
You Aid It?
As the National -Greenback and Democratic
parties are running lashed to all intents and
purposes, the Subjoined extracts from docu-
mentS circulated in the west by the first-named
party must have a very important significance
TO the friends of law and order.
From the tract entitled ''Meat for Men,
issued by Pomeroy, Chairman of the National
Committee for organizing Greenback clubs,
page 9:
"Let Congress, SO soon we, the people, can
be heard in that heretofore UNANIMOUSLY corrupt
body OF pIunderers, declare that in order 10 save
the American Republic, the bond must be
burned, and destroyed even as slavery was
destroyed. That ii must be called in and retired
in ashes, even as the greenback money has
been taken in. That the bondholder shall nave
grecnback, legal-tender, lawful money of the
United States for every claim he holds against
the United States. If he refuses this, then let
him howl If he wishes TO. Let him rave, and
his financial damnation rest on his own dis
honest head. We will have no bonds of any
kind issued by the government
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17

I BLAINE.
HIS LETTER TO WENDELL PHILLIPS.
The Senator from Maine Answers Some Per-
tinent Inquiries-He States Clearly His
Position on the Currency Question.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. o, 1878.
WENDELL PHILLIPS, Esq:
MYDEAR SIR: remember the conversation
| in the Senate Chamber to which you refer, and
| 1 beg to recall to you-possibly more fully than
/ then stated-the objections to the tntercon-
yertible bond as the basis of our currency. 1
am aware that many wise men besides yourself
have approved and advocated this theory. The
power to hold bond which may at any mo-
ment be converted into legal-tender notes for its
face value, and to have legal tender notes which
may at any moment be converted into bond
at par, appears at first sight attractive. But
no scheme is more deceptive or delusive, and
will briefly state the objections which seem to
NE insuperable.
OBJECTIONS TO THE SCHEME.
First-If the bond be of sufficiently high rate
of interest to float the currency even to an ap-
proximate equality with coin-say four per
cent. or Ihereabout-the inevitable tendency
will be for the currency to run into the bond
rather than for the bond to be exchanged for
currency, and this with such force and volume
at critical times as to compel scarcity OF
notes, an eyer-recurring stringency in the
money market and general instability in
affairs
Second-If you make the bond of rate so
low as to avoid the tendency and the danger
lust stated, you of course abandon all idea of
having your currency at par with coin. If your
interconvertibe bond is worth but IS TO so cents
on the dollar in coin, you thereby fix the value