Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-10

nous stallion Blue Bull. Old Blue Bull is |
valued at S25, 900. being the sire of some
Of the most valuable trotters in the coun-
try. He is owned in Rush county, Indiana.
DR.. D. S. Hall, has reached his family |
and home via Saginaw, in rather PROSTATE |
condition from an affiiction Of the spine. |
His residence at the Hot Springs of Ar |
kansas, did not prove very benefeial-the |
change from the malaria of Saginaw to |
that of the Springs, reduced, rather than |
built him up. Time will be required for a
restoration.
Mrs. Senator Plumb reached town on
Thursday evening last, from Washington,
where she parted with the Senator. She
has the appearance, and enjoyment of ro-
bust health, such as has not been her won't |
in years past. She is stopping at her
brothers, Mr.. A. A. SOuthwick, and is not |
decided whether to return to Kansas or to
Washington.
We find the following floating about
among our exchanges:
A Diary written by the late Joshua R.
Giddings has just been discovered at his
old home in jefferson, Ohio. 1t covers an
entire session of Congress Q848-49). and |
is said to be faithful portrayal of Mr.. |
Gidding's thoughts on the national topics
of the day.
1t is about time that the gangs OF
loafers on our streets be broken up. All |
Of last Sunday and late into the night |
Main street was occupied by these loafers,
many of them drunk and all of them dis
orderly. Ladies going to and from church
in the evening were seen to turn back rath-
er than pass through these crowds and run
the risk of being insulted.
Albert Harmon is to start the season
with a new skeleton trotting wagon, the
paint Of which is now seasoning in the
show room of Messrs. Thorp & Pfaff. 1t
is fine piece of workmanship, and as
light, gossimery and tasteful as could be
desired, and yet, is so strengthened and Sc
cured as not to leopard life or limb. Its
weight is hardly an impediment to speed.
An important astronomical event will
occur on the 29th day of July next--a to-
tai eclipse Of the sun-which will be visi-
BILE generally in the United States. The
eclipse will be visible from 4 to 6 o'clock
in the afternoon. The path of totality
in this eclipse runs diagonally across the
centre of the United States, from Montana
to Texas, and Is between 120 and $50 miles
wide.
The name of the Erie railroad has
been changed; it is now the New York,
LakeErie and Western Railroad Company.
A regretful and numbering change from
the short, easily written, Erie. If the
names Of some of the shysters who have
Yictlmlzed it and made its way like Jordan
"A hard road to travel, could be blotted
out with it the inconvenience may be put
up with.
Our Potato Bugs have made their ap-
pearance, but do not appear to be numer-
GUS, and the GOODNESS of the weather is not
favorable for filling their mission. Yet
they are dSpositing their eggs. The work
of picking them off and clipping tbe leaves
with the eggs, and destroying them togeth-
er, is but little work upon garden patch,
and early potatoes may easily be made
sure crop.
Commissioner Stsrkweather has at
length got to work with that scraper upon
the roads. This will no doubt help mat
ters somewhat, but many of the pitch holes
are too deep for the scraper. More radical
treatment is requisite Giving the Mayor
a turn after the black mare, the other
evening, we were glad to find that he was
sensible of the forlOrn condition of the
roads CT the village.
In ''Scribner's" for May DR.. Egglsston's
paper on "The New York Post Office, -
with rich illustrations, takes the first place
There are illustrated art iclos also on "Our
Pets and Protectors. apropos of the COM
ing dog show, upon Camps and Tramps
about Ktaadn," and BIRD Architecture" /"
Bayard Taylor furnishes Gan Impossible
Story;" there is another "Ruddsr Grange
Sketch" and the serials are continued.
The Culley manufacturing company
have on hand some 2O,OOO feet of white
wood-part of lot of more than 10000
feet furnished by PlymIton Williams, from
the farm Of Mrs. Cooper, that is seldom
equaled in range of quality, breadth, &c.
Some of the stocks are three feet wide and
others thirty-two inches, and all of good
width, and nearly free from cuIis. Not
withstandlng the quietnsss of trade, this
company is doing a good business, and
their orders come from all along the lines
of our roads.
"A little sensation was raised on the
street on Friday morning, by the arriva
IN town Of the wheelbarrow man, on his
way to San Francisco, having started on
the 10th Of April, from Albany N Y
stipulating to make the trip in $50 davs
This is an estimated average of 13 miles a
day. Thus far he has made from 21 or %
to 30 day, and has already surplus of
days. If he makes the journey in the
allotted time, he will be entitled to purse
Of s., 900. His barrow and load weighs
about 60 pounds. He is quite confident