Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-05
LOCAL n e w s

LOCAL NE w s
We are indebted to Mr.. Garfield for
copy of Woods new tariff bill.
Our former citizen, A. NJ. Cox, Esq,
has been elected Mayor Of COnneaut.
-Chsrdon has just organized fire
company and purchased hand engine,
Corn has advanced in price, and is
therefore finding its way more freely to
market.
The fire limit ordinance, was read for
the first time at the Council meeting last
Wednesday evening.
Neptune steamer and hose Co., were
out for practice, last Wednesday, for the
= first time this season.
They had a planting bee on the fair
grounds at Painesvills, on Thursday, last
week, and about $50 trees we're set.
The next meeting of the Council, will
be held on Wednesday nth inst, at which
time, the new officers will be sworn in.
How about those BEST Men?" as the
Standard has given the subject some at
.tention, will the editor rise and explain?
VIM. C. HoweIls, Esq, Of Jefferson,
now Consul at Quebec, was nominated to
be United States Consul at Toronto, last
Tuesday.
We recognize in the results Of the
election, the potency of the Standard.
That Extra on election morning, is what
did the workl
The Stockwell House at Painesville,
has been undergoing improvements, and
has been again leased by Landlord Field,
for another year.
The Neptune hose company, had an
election of officers last Wednesday eve
ming. All the officers with the exception
Of Sec'y were reelected.
"A wagon load of fine peaeh-Dlow po-
tatOes were peddled of on the street on
Wednesday last, for 20 to 25 cents bush
CAg Al potSCio VI i've DuSubiS.
The Narrow Gauge road from Paines-
vile, has obtained a contract for carrying
coal to Fairport, and the service was be-
gun on Thursday of last week.
Somebody has been trying TO black
mail our Ashtabula County representa-
tive and deplets his purse to the tune of So,
fha rrioa Of
newspaper squibs.
There were n applicants at the Teach
ers' Examination at Orwell last Tuesday.
At the Examination the previous week at
COnneaut there were So applicants, of
whom 20 received certificates.
The property owners on Main St.,
and St. Clair St.-Painesyille-are revolv-
ing the question Of paving, says the
journal. There is no doubt economy in
it, over annual ballasting with gravel.
Those who furnish US with local news
OF interest from any of the townships of
the county. lay us under obligations,
which We shall be glad to repay by pla-
cling their names upon our cOmpli msntary
list.
H. Dubois & Co.. have opened their
new establishment, and very neat and we'll
arranged business stand it is. Their full
stock is not yet in place. Stationery and
fancy articles is the line in which they have
begun.
The condition of Main street demands
the attention Of the street commissioner.
At present it presents one sea of mud.
Standard.
There's money in it for raising eels,
founders and catfish.
The roads. after getting about as bad
as at any time during the spring, are dry
ing up and are quite psssabls again.
They could be considerably improved by
the use of that scraper, Mr.. Commission
er.
Levi Ensign received box Of Florida
lemons, one of which, measured 121S inch
es in circumference, and four inches in di-
smeter. Its weight was II pounds. The
new fruit in this line, is all of good size,
and more than usually fine
"A Council is to meet at Painesville on
Tuesday next, for the examination Of Rev.
Mr.. Clark, the new candidate for pastoral
honOrs, and if found to be sound, to admin
lister the ordinance Of ordination-examina-
ton in the afternoon, and ordination / n |
the evening.
The postofice at Jefferson, was burg
larized on Wednesday night of last week.
The job was evidently the work of bung-
lers' as only about $40 in stamps were ts-
ken, the money drawer and contents of the
store in which the Office is located being
left untouched.
Where were those celtic cohorts and
those fellows with ''dirty fists. :" that We
read Of? And where!oh, alas! where was
their gallant and intrepid leader? That
eomplacent grip that led them like sheep
alas, where IS it? Could he direct the
lightning and not them? >
Statements OF runaways Of horses
from fright by loose papers blown ABOUT
the streets, are met with so frequently as
to raise the wonder. that an ordinance
forbidding the throwing paper upon the
streets, is not passed and enforced by ev- :
cry corporation in the land.
The effect Of the steady pelting rain
OF Sunday last was apparent in diminish :
ed congregations and empty pews at tn.
churches, but grass felt the refreshing in :
fnsncs. and when old Sol shall show his /;
face again, and scatter his genial warmth I
an influence viii be felt and seen in the .
freshness of earth, and the deepening green ;
Of lawns meadows and pastures.
Never were fresh eggs so plentiful and J
cheap as now. They are bought from the
farmers direct, for 8 cts. Initiation can't
help us on eggs much, however other l
products of the farm may be affected
With 0uOc z fl,s. -. -