Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-29
THE TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY. NOV. 29th, 1875.
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
The Penny Press is canvassing this
village and county for subscribers.
The Penitentiary at Columbus has a
good share Of lady boarders-S1.
Poultry ranges low. Turkeys retail
at 10 cents, and chickens at 8 and cents.
Rev. James Bonnar has so far recOY-
cred from his shock as to be able to talk.
James L. Smith and mother are about
to leave for California, to be absent for the
winter.
-Squires-the freight man at the A. &
P, station leaves his position for a resi-
dence in Michigan.
Don't fail to read the adv. Of Charles
Talcott, of Geneva. Our musical friends
may avail themselves of bargains.
That new smoke stack of Ziele's is an
ornament to that region. Beside it is an
indication Of industry and prosperity.
The ladies Of the Me. church will give
"Cap SociaI' in the lecture room Of the
church, Wednesday evening, Dec. 4th.
The Cold Spring Bridge in Austinburg
got another set back in the late high water.
One end is said to haYe settled three feet.
"A half dozen of the faculty of the
Cleveland Medical College, have been in
dicted for lifting "stifs, at WillOughby
&c.
The enterprise Of getting of the Sch'r
York State, from the beach east of the
HarbOr, is not very promising, for the
present.
B. Webb is actuatei by the rather odd
notion, that in these times, when there is
no loose dimes afost, a fellow must pay
cash for his clothingl
-Blake-the loon that fired pistol at
Miss Durham, in Painesville some months
ago, has been found guilty of shooting
with intention of taking life.
-Ashtabula has another Masonic organ
ization-Knights of Honor-having been
formed with twenty-five charter members
on Wednesday evening Of last week.
Charley Snedekor we hear, has. become
a resident of Cincinnati, and taken a
clerkship in one Of the large dry goods
establishments of that city.
FLANK" our cleyer contributor from
Sakbrook-on-Erie, having returned from
his easterly trip, is welcomed back to his
home and weekly offerings.
The fishing award of $5,5OO,OOO in
gold has been passed over to the credit of
the Government of Queen Victoria, and
Her Majesty is probably in funds again.
The Reporter returns upon Father
Conway in a response Of more than col
umn's length. It handles the ecclesiastic
rather deftly, and gives Romanism some
home thrusts.
The weather was not auspicious on Fri |
day night last for Pettibone's Temperance
address. 1t was, therefore, laid over one
week-at the Opera House, Friday evening
Of the present week.
The Ladies Society of the Congrega-
tionsl Church, Austinburg, will give an
Oyster Supper at the G. R. Institute Fri
day evenieg. Proceeds for the benefit of
the Ladies' Aid Fund.
Our friend J. H. Camp, who has been
beating about two or three years past in
quest of a place favorable for the building
up of his health, has again returned to St.
Paul, where his TELEGRAPH is now ordered.
50 will pay for the TELEGRAPH from
now to 1880, and perhaps prevent rush
at the beginning Of the year. Other bills
may also be settled now, and thus better
enable us to persue the even tenor Of our
way.
The Clevelanders are about to change
the location of the statue of Com. Perry,
from Superior street Park to Lake View
Park, the beauty of which shoald very
properly entitle it to all the statuary adorn-
ments Of the city.
An effort is being made to put the
TELEGRAPH to press a day earlier than
usual, to allow of more delibeate enjoy
meEt OF our Thanksgiving dinner. If we
succeed in carrying our design into effect,
the reader will understand the reason.
The Times passes a high eulogium
upon the unfortunate Capt. RoIlin L.
Zones, who has been sent to the asylum at
Newburg, from LindenviIe. IT is but
Just, and we fully sympathize in its gen.
srous and humane prompting and object.
Steve Murphy, an employe of the
4. & P. Railway Co., was thrown from
the platform of a moving car, beneath
the wheels, causing instant death, on Mon
day last in the Company's yard at Youngs-
town. He left wife and three children.
Miss May Marshall, is allowed to be a
great walkist and proposes to prove it at
the Opera House by tripping over so miles
in eleven hours, on Thanksgiving day.
We are not informed whether she eats a
regular Thanksgiving dinner before start
ing.
-On Tuesday evening last while poor
was causing considerable distur-
bance on the street he fell through two
lights Of glass in the store occupied by
John Porter, the tailor; he afterward fell
into the ditch, when officer ScovIIle arrived
and escorted him to the lookup.
DIR. R. Y. Pierce, the patron Of news
papers, and the great mollifer of human
inhrmities. has been elected to Congress
from the Buffalo district by some 8, 600 ma
iority. The Doctor, it is said has the quail
ties a ~ lawgiver. as well as those that put
him at the head OF 1,-' lie healing AFT