Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-08-29

L AhE Ahslr uA 10 tiiE ctfulu pl u. AuG light
ming struck large barn Of Mr.. Skies,
just south Of Jefferson, on the premises Of
the old cabinet makers shop on the west
side Of the plank road, and destroyed it.
We hear that there was no insurance.
The A. & p road is turning its addi-
tion switch tricks to very good purpose.
Not a day but that they are filed with
coal trains, and the other morning there
were no less than 80 cars thus located,
nearly all Of which were loaded with coal.
The coal business would therefore seem
to be heavy, and uniformly 50.
These New York commission mer-
chants are a little severe on our dairymen.
With cheese down to four or five cents a
pound it is peculiarly disagreeable to be
obliged to take 30 cents upon the dollar
I for even that, as has been the case in the
failure of Tracy & Brothers, Philadelphia,
in connection with sundry dairymen of
Trumbull and Ashtabula farmers.
When the Sheriff Of Trumbull County
reached Columbus with an old man named
McNabb, convicted OF bigamy, and SEN
fenced to the Penirentiary for one year, he
was confronted as he left the cars with a
pardon, aud forced TO let his prisoner 90.
The Sheriff is disconsolate, As he can not
collect the fees due only after the delivery
Of d prisoner at the PenitentIary. Uncle
Dick is quick on the trigger.
DR.. Burns went TO the Hub the other
day and administered some Of that vital
lied air, that has created so much excite
ment, to the editor of the Sentinel, and
drew from his jOwl three several snagged
teeth, in pleasurable and unconscious bliss.
The result is a puff of course, as hearty as
anything that has been committed to pa
per So that the Doctor and his vitalized
air, as we take it is strictly orthodox
We are not disposed to be hyper-criti-
cal, or unduly exacting, but if the Stan
dard could afford to abate little of that
intimation that the editor of the Telegraph
is a common thief, would it not better
cOmport with the ordinary amenities of
society, to say nothing of professional
courtesy and consideration? If, however
it is the best that can be done, then, Of
course, it will have to be, we suppose, put
up with.
A trip down the South Ridge as far
as the place OF Mr. B. n. Sperry, the 9th
er evening, was rather a surprise from the
uniform, fine condition of the road-hard-
ly equaled by any running out of the
burg. This is true of both hills-the Cy.
Fuller and the Osborn. We found upon
enquiry, that Lucius Amsden and W. H
Landon are the supervisors beyond the
corporation line They deserve well of
their country.
The reunion in this place of the 1O5th
regiment-a regiment raised in this Con
gressional district, and commanded by
Capt. Hall, of Jefferson, will be upon us
in considerable force on the 1st and 2d of
September. 1t is hoped that our citizens
viii be prepared to give them. hearty
welcome and generous reception. No
more gallant regiment went into the ser
vice Of our country, and they should be
remembered for their gallantry upon the
field by the loyal people of Ashtabula.
George Russell has the honor of being
the first to establish fish pond in Ashta-
bula. A year ago last Spring he put
number of black bass into one of his ice
one or two acres in area
and now it is fairly alive with young bass,
in all stages of growth from eight or nine
inches down to the veriest little bait-min-
nies. The multiplication has been very
rapid, and their health and vigor are indi-
Gated by their rush and spring to catch in
sects-grasshOppers and crickets-thrown
into the pond to bring them near
The thirty-third annual fair of the
NOuAty ASAlCuIeuIdl COCltGy VIII De nelu
at its grounds in Jefferson on September
%, "a, 25 and 26. The Board of Directors
are doing all they can. They hope to
make the fair this year the best ever held
in the county. The rules, regulations,
premium list, &c, will be published in all
the county papers soon, and all special
features viii be noticed in the papers as
they are arranged for. Every farmer has
something which excels in its kind. Let
him bring it, with his family, to the fair
The premium will pay The expense,