Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
THE TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY APRIL 26th, 1878.
LOCAL n e w s

Charley Field, went to Tampa, as an
assistant of Mr.. Hepburn.
Read the large, new adv. of the Ash
tabula Store on the second page.
The freight on coal to Lake Michigan
ports is now from S5 to 40 cents per ton.
There was a beautiful floral display at
the Episcopal church on Easter Sunday.
We notice our new livery man A. W.
Call is sending out some very fine horses
and carriages.
The debris from the wreck at Hadley
station, came up on the Oil City road last
Sunday morning.
The drsdgs Ashtabula steamed up last
Monday morning and is at work just cut
side of the piers.
The Ahrens Mfg. Co., of Cincinnati
are anxious to supply this corporation
with new steamer.
If the Health Officer will pass down
Spring street, his olfactor will discover an
Clean up cellars and outside surround
ings. Cleanliness and health are better
and cheaper than languishing fevers.
We are indebted to Hon. Senator
Matthews for copy of his speech on the
bankrupt law repeal in Senate April 10th,
1873.
Il. W. and 81. R. W. Hall, proprietors
of the Ravenna RepuJlie0n-DsnOerat fled
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy last
Wednesday.
The steamer Metropolis has left this
port for Chicago. She will run during the
present season from that port to South
Haven, Mich.
Representative Thorpe, who was in
town on Saturday, furnished US with
q portion of the documents of the Gen
eral Assembly.
Mrs. Henry Fassett, at this writing, is
suffering from serious attack of PDsumo-
mia, which occssioned considerable appre-
Lake Erie is said to be one foot higher
this spring than it was one year ago. On
the contrary Lake Superior is one and
one-hslf feet lower.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Lake Shore railroad COM
pany will be held in Cleveland on Wednes-
day of next Weekday 1.
"A party of our marksmen have been
practicing their skill on glass balls at the
HRrbor. We shall publish score of some
of the contests at an early day.
AT meeting of the members of St.
Peters Episcopal Church last Monday
morning, all of the wardens and vestry-
men Of last year were reelected.
The most severe thunder storm Of the
season occurred last Monday afternoon.
At the Harbor the storm was accompanied
by hail stones as large as marbles.
The gill-net fishermen at the Harbor
are catching more, and larger whitefsh
now than heretofore this season. The re-
tail price remains the same, ten cents per
pound.
The festive potato bug has already
made his appearance in this vicinity and
the tender potato sprouts that have ven
tured out are succumbing to his voracious
appetite.
Landlord Field, of the Stockwen
House, Painesville, took turn about town
on Tuesday last. The Stockwell is in good
heart, and the Williams Brothers are in
stalled with him.
Haskell is on the road again with his
horse Prosper, and finds him feeling well,
and performing well, and encouraging
strong hopes of a thorough restoration
from his severe accident.
Steam fire engine No. was at work
last Monday morning pumping the water
from the large fire cistern in front of the
Ashtabula House. The cistern is in leaky
condition and is to be re-plastered.
The ordinances Of some of our neigh
boring cities must have driven the poor
blind men from their streets, judging
from the number of blind bsggars that
have piled their vocation here during the
past week.
Several large trees were blown over the
track of the A. Y. & P. R. R., just north
OF Warren during the severe storm of
Wednesday morning, which delayed the
train due here at 1:15 p. m. about an hour
and half.
Capt. Gale of the sohr. Brown which
arrived from Marquette the early part of
the week reports very moderate winter
in that vicinity, the weather not being
cold enough to make ice sufficiently thick
for storing.
AT the Teachers Examination at Aus
tinburg, on Monday of this week, there
were 80 applicants. OF the g. applicants
at Ashtabula on the 18th inst, 3s received
certificates; and 35 of the 65 at Andover
on the 10Th inst.
Prof. Perkins, lays US under obliga-
tions, for the favor of copies of the Chilli
coths-Mo.-Tribuns, and of the daily
Repu6licGn-DsmOeras from Council Grove,
Kansas, in both of which places, he was
holding musical conventions.
Mr.. B. Sseley took his horses home
on Tuesday last, well pleased with the i'm
pro7emsnt they had undergone while in
the hands Of our friend Chapman. They
are lively and rather nobby team, and
will no doubt bring generous price.
Assessor Harmon, it is understood, no
longer enjoys the comfortable eompensa-
tion of $3.50 per diem, for his services.
The rate, by an economical Legislature. has
been put at 50. This is probably right,
considering that he makes steady business
of it.