Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
LOCAL NEWS.
Court commences Monday, Oct. 7th

court commences MohuS!' OSe' '1"'
Coal is lower this year than it was last
season.
The Council did not meet last Wednes-
day evening.
Judge Sherman's Office is once more in
Haskell's block.
Mr.. Omar GiIlett is attending to the
wants Of the customers of the Erie Store.
Hon. James A. Garfield will speak in
Ashtabula on Monday evening, Sept. Both.
The Grand and Petit Juries viii not
meet at Jefferson until Thursday. Oct. 10.
The Cleveland Lender elaims its Sun
day edition has reached circulation Of
1900 copies.
We see by the Gazette, that our friend
of the Ssnt,neI has competitor in vari-
ETY. haberdashery.
The auction sale OF buggies on Satur-
day and Monday last was rather slow and
improbable business.
The Crawford County PA.) AgricuI-
tural Society holds its twenty-sixth annual
fair at Conueautville, Oct. I'd, Sd and 4th.
We hear Of considerable losses in Mon
roe and Sheffield BY the food, COWS, calves
and sheep were the animals carried away.
The new fire eistern that is being con-
stracted on Station Street, was filed with
water during the severe storm last week.
The Rev. James Bonnar of Davidson
vile, Nd, formerly rector of St. Peters
church, Of Ashtabula, is visiting friends
here.
"A ballot box has been placed in con-
spicnons place in the Post Office. as re
ceptscle for contributions for the yellow
fever sufferers.
Work OH the Pittsburgh Lake Erie
Railroad is progressing very rapidly. The
road will be finished throughout within
FIVE or six weeks.
The absence Of the pastor, in attend
anoe upon conference, will leave the desk
of the N. E. Church unOccupied on Sun
day next-99d inst.
Items Of the food will be found in our
local correspondence, somewhat in addi-
tion to the information given in our local
account Of damages.
Russell C. Humphrey, lime manufae-
turer at the HarbOr, made an assignment
on Wednesday last to TheO. Hall. Losses
from fire and the recent food were the
cause.
Some Of our citizens went to Will
oughby to see the President and to be
present at the regimentaf reunion. Our
neighbor chamberlin and lady were Of the
number.
Mr.. s. B. Wells informs us that he
purchased, last Saturday, 200 cheese, the
make of the Richmond factory, through
the Jefferson Board of Trade, at the rate
OF ~ cts.
The oOnneaut Express boasts of an in
crease of subscribers last week amounting
to 70. 1t wouldn't take long to gather a
very fair list at that rate just kept along
for while.
1t is said the Standard OIL Co. has just
given an order to the Superintendent of
the Franklin Division TO send them 200
cars of oil per day. This viii take about
Is trains each day to fill this order.
The expense Of heaving off the York
State belonging to George Willard and
others, and the Jessie belonging to Hub
bard & Co., which went on to the beach,
is not given among our list of losses.
The Northern Ohio Fair held over Sat-
urday, and as the track was in fair condi-
tion couple of trOts we're had, in only
one Of which was anything decided. In
this Belle Bras6eld was the winner, in q
2.s1 race in s.2O, 80 and 2.SOA
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Q. Metcslf. of Say
brook, left on Thursday to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Bixby, living at Water
ford, Oakland Co., Mich,, where their
daughter Alice has been spending the
Summer. After the visit of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. Miss Alice will return with them.
The AshtaJula County Temperance Id
vocate is the name of new seven column
folio that made its appearance last Satur-
d4y. It is published in Cleveland on the
..patentn plan, and as its name implies is
devoted to the cause of temperance. This
makes only eleven papers (said) to be pub,
lished in this county.
"A new dry good store has been opened
in one Of Kain's new brick stores at the lskG
shore station, by our young friend Augls
tus T, porman of the Erie Store. Mr.
Dorman is a young man Of sterling integ
rity and principle and good business habit
and is worthy to and win make success
Of the enterprise il anybody could.
The amount Of material sympathy
that is being sent forward to the yellow
fever sufferers of the South is a prett,
forcibIe refutation Of the charge that
there is an unfrisndly spirit towards tn,
South. Il should have some influence il
plaeating the FsneorOus spirit breathsd to
wards the North by some Of the papers ol
the South.
The packages Of the TELEGRAPH, in tn
absence Of the mails, were sent by privat
hands on Saturday last, as far IS was prac
ticable, but the large bulk Of our snbscrib
eFs, especially those on the southern roads
were obliged to wait for their papers unit
the regular trains were started on Tuesday
This Of coarse. we with our patrons regret
but, there was no remedy.