Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-08
A. R. THURBER & co.
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LOCAL n f w s.

Representative Thorp was in town last
Wednesday.
Dubois new building is rapidly approach
ing completion.
The demand for houses is as great this
Spring as it was last.
The Council met in regular session last
Wednesday evening.
Mayor smith. OF conneaut, made Us call
last Tuesday afternoon
The corrected time table Of the Erie Ry.
appears on the second page Of this paper.
-our busmen have vetoed the deadhead
act. and are inforcing the silver bill-of25 cts
Mayor Hepburn has sold his residence on
Prospect street to Mrs. Levea Seymour. for
S275O.
Maple sugar making has been carried on
extensively in this vicinity during the past
week.
VIII Richards has added Lunch Depart
ment 70 his establishment near the Center
st. Station.
in our account Of the fire last week, the
loss of DR.. Fricker was put at $1,000, it should
have been 500.
The PrOsser store has been rented to a
gentleman from Waterford, Pa. for what bus
iness, is not stated.
"A drag-hook for pulling down buildings
in case of IRE. is to be purchased for Alert
Hook and Ladder Co.
Geo. R. Lewis, Jr., the young man who
assaulted his mother, has been taken to the
State Educational Institute.
The vertibra, spinal column or backbone
of winter, If not broken would seem 70 be
undergoing powerful strain.
The Ashtabula County Medical Society
will meet at the Temperance Union Hall on
Centre Street on Wednesday,
Why is love ike the measles ?-Because
you can't have it but once, and the later in
life the attack, the tougher it goes with u.s.
You can get cut howors, loose and made
up in Crosses, wreaths, Stars, Crowns, Sic
kies and Boquets, of VIM. P. Simmons, Gene
va. O.
B. Webb, the ciothier. has completed the
repairs to his enlarged store, and is ready to
show customers his large estock Ofnew Spring
clothing.
Look at the statements Of Green and sher-
wood. in this paper, and perhaps you viii
ind something to guide you when looking
for insurance.
The: masquerade bali given by the Light
Guards. on the evening OF the lst inst. was
attended by thirty-hve couples, and was
pleasant affair.
-Runkle's Petition for the road to Ply
mouth, has been faVorably passed upon by
the Commissioners and acommittee appoint
ed to view the route.
-Mullet and Suckers have made their ap-
pearanee upon the street, but it takes severe
and eoraa crit II, r1ak attack
upon their complex anatomy.
"A loss upon my store in oolebrook by fire
on the 18th of Dec. insured in the Faneuil
Hall Co., NJ. P. Sargent agent was fully and
promptly adjusted by said agent.
B.F. PHILLIPs.
Eliza Humphreys fine wool bovine pro-
pagstor-Emma-Iost his life, on the Island,
by the late freshet and overflow. He was
chained and the flowing ice beat him to
death.
. The essays of misses olmstead of Come
aut, and Beardsley, of Wayne at the closing
exercises Of G. K. Institute, have been receiv-
ed snd win probably appear on the f1rst page
next week.
--In the press dispatches we notice that
Senator Rowland on Friday last introduced
bill in the Senate authorizing the Council
CT Ashtabula to levy a tax for the improve
ment Of the harbor.
Mr.. Prosser, has returned home Tor a
months vacation from his mercantile agen-
cy.-his last theatre af operation havingbeen
the city Of fPhiladelphia. Weare indebted to
him for various late papers ofthat city.
Prof A. L. Howard, of Kiugsville, sup
piled the tenor in the Presb. quartette, on
sunday last, while Miss Eggleston, Of Geneva,
hlled the place OF Mrs. Harmon, on the su-
prano-Mrs. a. having returned tost Peters.
vAshtabula sent but one representative to
to the Ohio Reform School, during the past
year, out Of a total or 225. At the close of the
year there were 55s boys in attendance. The
current expenses Of the institution for the
year, were s55, 5,5ss.so.
The Ashtabula County Musical Associa-
ton viii hold its semi-annual convention at
Geneva, commencing Tuesday, March 18th.
and closing Friday, March 22nd, with grand
concert. Prof H S. Perkins of Chicago viii
conduct the convention.
y ASH Shaw ofshefheld. having determin-
ed TO lay or this summer among his children,
in Michigan, viii sell his loose personal pro-
perty at auction on the 18th inst, and having
leased his farm. will be prepared with his Ia
dy, to take things comfortably.
Mr.. Chas. E. Warner, one Of the Jurors in
the Harmon case, had to be excused from the
jury on Wednesday morning, on account of
sickness. he being unable to continue in his
seat. Owing to the illness of Mr. Warner,
the case has been put over until next term of
Court.
- -Donavin's g original Fenesseans are to give
one entertainment at the Opera House-to-
night, Friday, March Sth. This troupe is too
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remarks from US, and their appearance on
this occasion win. undoubted, be like all pre-
vious ones a pleasure to our citizens and
profit to the troupe.
The account Of the late fire, published in
last weeks TELEGRAPH was generally spok-
en- of as being the most correct and complete
of any published. Notwithstanding a Iar-e
number OF extra papers were printed, the
supply at the news rooms and this office
were soon exhausted.
Mr. J. E. Doran, dealer in breach and
muzzle loading guns, is prepared to furnish
any style OF American or imported euns at
the lowest market prices. He keeps ON hand
stock Of fine guns, and hunters who desire
to purchase or rent can always be accomnno-
dated. See adv. in another column of this
paper.
The Ravenna correspondent efthe Herald
says arrangements have been completed
for the organization OF joint stock compa-
ny, with a capital Of s., 900, for the purpose of
buying the printing office OF the -assignees of
L. W. Hall & Son. The paper will be under
Encouragement ofH. R. W. Hall, the Junior
member Of the old irm. The first number OF
the new volume will be issued this week.
. 1t Is not pleasant to be made the medium
OF the exhibition Of so much i'll feeling as has
been shown in the contributions to our col.
umns by our venerable friends-dessrs Peck
and Phillips about the early history Of the
county, and we are glad that one OF the dis
putants withdraws from thes field with an
article 10 the present number. We trpst thot
the other Will agree with US, that enoupb has
been said, and that further ordinations and
recriminatiOn. can only have the effect to an.
gender more acrimOny and widen the breach
already made. Both gentlemen seem to be
equally earnest for Che truth OF history. and
so far as we are able to see. both are honest
and sincere in their utterances. While we
regret that the Dafh offha Williams Rros no 6