Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-18
THE TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY. OCT. 18th. 1875.
LOCAL NEWS.

IOCAL NE w o.
The Sentinel semi-weekly viii be pub
lished on Wednesday next.
That big show on Monday next will b'
awaited with an Impatient interest.
The Odd Fellows Encampment is tC
give a grand social party on Thanksgiving
evening.
The good order and sobriety observed
at the County Fair is matter of general
commendation.
Arrived home on the ninth inst, Mr.,
and Mrs. J. Q. Metealf and daughter, from
their trip to Michigan.
Warren Packard, of Warren, has been
elected President Of the newly christened
company-the Ashtabula & Pittsburgh.
-Swift's store has been greatly improved
by the putting up Of neat wall show
case, and the tasteful display Of his fancy
and toilet articles.
The Williams Bros. have begun the
delivery Of their history Of Lake and Geau.
ga counties. 1t is highly spoken of by the
Painesville Telegraph.
John WATSON, man about 55 years Of
age, fell from the hay loft OF the Fisk
House stable last Monday afternoon and
fractured his collar bone.
Frank Watrous has got into his new
house on the site Of the old Winthrop
Watrous homestead. It is one Of the most
tasteful farm houses in the county.
1T was expected that Rev. DR.. Muir
dock, Of Painesville, would occupy the
desk of the Baptist church on Sunday
next, but sickness viii prevent his coming
The old Caldwell farm, at the East
village-the property OF Judge sherman
of 65 acres, has been sold to Frank Halle
tine of Amboy-late Of the oil regions, for
some $4,000.
Our neighbor Dickinson, not content
With new fence around his corner lot, is
new rebuilding bis walks, and laying down
one Of the best brick walks in the bnrg
along his Psrk street front.
Mr.. E. H. Roberts and family left the
present week to visit friends in western
New York, to fill out the time probably,
before frost, when they may return to their
southern home with safety.
The Common Pleas Court opened
again on Monday, as per adjournment;
and the Grand Jury were sworn and charg-
ed. or civil cases, the case Of Rogers vs..
Hubbard, is now on trial to jury.
George O. Chapman has been swapp-
ing farm in Pennsylvania Of So acres, for
thst Of Il. Munson-Munson Hill-Ssy-
brook-of 76 aeres-the estimated value of
each being $4,000. Possession to be given
April 1, '79.
Should the weather be favorable on
Monday next, Ashtabula viii see a gather
ing. probably, never before equaled, as We
msY tailly expect that the great 7.elephant
show vii be in something Of the patio Of
great attraction,
Such delicious Autumn as the pres.
ent one is proving itself, if prolonged to
Jsnuaay, should put every delinquent
farmer who shall be overtaken with Winter
and Fall work unfinished, beyond the
pale Of sympathy.
"A petition for the pardon Of Jsmes NJ.
Thompson, Of Rock Creek, for fraudulent
Iy representing himself as o. S. Detec-
tive, and exsOrting hush money from Vi
olator Of the liquor law, is in circulation in
both this village and Rock Greek.
IS. c. Smith, Esq, attended the fair at
Conneautville, Pa, and entered his iron
grays, and notwithstanding that there were
q score Of carriage gelding teams, he
brought of the first premium. That To-
eality is prOfuse Of good horses.
The Gazette is usually rather modest
and does not often venture upon sticking
pins into his contemporaries. 1t, however,
got q jeenng remark into its last number
oyer the Stiles election, that made some
s9bsr faces relax into q genial grin.
-Landlord Baldwin, Of the American
House, jefferson, fills up his time very sat
isfaetorlly between his store and house, and
the interests of both seem to be we'll looked
sitter. The hotel certainly does not suffer
PF relax its popular hold upon travellers.
-BrainaFd's Musical with 1G pages of
new music-$1.eO, with three months free
TO new subseribers-by Brainard Sons,
CleYeland-a very attractive literary as
well as musical work, ably edited by Karl
AerE. A copy may be seen at this Office,
TX the United States Court, at CIeye-
land, decree for complainant with order
to sell railroad was entered few dsvs
since, in the case of Farmers Loan and
Trust Company VS. the Painesvile and
Youngstown Railroad Company.
-Old Blazing Star" is coming into
fine OonditIen after p rather exhaustive
season. He will be shown on the track on
Saturday next in q half-mile heat against
time, where his admirers may see him and
his performance. He is in the care and
and handling Of Mr.. D. T. Gardner
The annual convention Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union Of the Nine
tesnth DISTRICT elased its session on Thurs
day evening. The Officers eleoted for the
ensuing year are Mrs. g. W. Phinney of
Genevs, President, and Mrs. J. G. Frazer
Of Madison, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Pastor Of the Congregational
ehHFeh, Of COnneaut, returned last Thurs
day evening, after a short absence. with c
wife, and the lanies proposed q surprise,
filing the house with kind friends, bo4n-
tiful table Of refreshments, music and hap
By spirits. The occasion seems to haVe
been one Of great pleasure to all.