Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
LOCAL NEWS.
-Wnte it 1879.

Very little ice has as yet formed in the
lake.
The post Office was closed from 10 m
to p. N. on New Years day.
The store-room recently occupied 0y
Gilkey & Perry is now vacant.
There is to be teachers examination
At Ashtabula tomorrow, Jan. 4th.
We are indebted to Mrs. L. W. Smith
for a sopo of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Another grave has been desPOiled in
Lake county. It was that of Mr.. ROwley
Eddy and was in Mentor cemetery.
The January term Of the Court Of
Common Pleas will commence on the 18th
inst.
The public schools will open next
Monday, January 9th, after a two weeks
holiday vacation.
Schuyler UOliax and family spent
Christmas under the parental roof of Mrs.
Colfax, at AndOver.
The banks and money order depart
ment Of post Office were about the only
places Of business that were closed on the
First.
We regret to hear that Mr.. E. A. Hal
lock, merchant, at Rock Creek, has been
constrained to make an assignment. EI-
Sheriff CoveIl is assignee.
Some Of the ice-houses are now being
filed with ice, from Mr.. Geo. Rnssell's
spring water pond. 1t is Of excellent gust
ity and about ten inches thick.
That Rolling Mill will no longer ex-
poss Us to the jealous iesrs of our neigh
bors, It has not only been sold, but is to
be rolled away down to the Smoky City.
We would advise some Of the young
men who play poker in e certain block on
Main street to drop the curtains. It looks
bad to passsrs-bY, particularly on Sunday
nights.
"A severe snow storm accompanied by
8 heavy wind from the southwest set in
early last Thursday morning which caused
considerable delay of trains on the L. S.
&M. S.Ry.
One Of our liYerymen said he could
have let 100 horses and sleighs on New
Years day if he had had them. Such
day for sleigh riding seldom occurs in
this vicinity.
last Wednesday evening vas the time
for regular meeting Of the Gonneil, but
as it happened to be Jan. list, the Mayor
notified the members that there would be
no meeting until tonight Jan. 3rd.
Candidates for the Office Of Prosecut-
ing Attorney are beginning to pop up their
heads. We hear of no less than four at
this saFly day and there are twenty-five
townships in The county yet to hear from.
-Tbe Holiday number Of the Jefferson
Gazstts vas printed on tinted paper aRd
contained an unusual amount Of interest
ing local matter; last but not least, it was
elegantly printed. The Gazette shows en-
terprise and prosperity.
Mr.. G. h. Harris, of rolling mill fame,
whose return from Kansas few weeks
since to engage in his old occupation at
Niles, found things less hopeful than was
expected, and returned again to his home
snd family in Kansas, last week;
The Cache Commandry, Knight Temp.
lars are soon to give another reception al
Conneaut. Their reception last Winter
was a grand success and every guest was
trssted in royal style. We expect this oc
casiqn Kill be sFsR superior to the last.
-Fhe disappOiptmspts 9oeasiOned BY
the blockade Of the trains by the FeeenI
storms were quite numerous, and not {
little grsSous. A passenger from New
York says the griefs expressed by th'
passengers, were Of quite e melting char
aeter.
-zop Sunday last was buried, at Chicago
Mrs. ", F. Bradley, Fho passed the or
deal Of the bridge disaster At this place
losing child and It's nurSs-just two year
from the time Of the calamity. She vii
be recOllected as a guest, and recipient o.
the generous hospitality Of Judge ParsOni
and lady.
-Dr. Laughlin informs us that there il
RoEs eF less disease among horses, tha
keeps blm little aetiFe to meet the cslli
Hpon him, Though the sld-fashioneG
horse disease prevails to some extent, tbi
maladies are Of variety of types. Th,
Doctors time is pretty generally occupied
in his profession.
The papers at the Hub sent out thei
Christmas numbers on tinted paper-an ev
idence OF taste as well as progress. An
est, these matters OF taste are not lit
eapricioAs. The tint in this case was cream
while the highsst AalRiratiOn Of the unsc
phisticsted JOeko, iH the RsF Of persons
sdoFnment, was for slzy-blue.
The Ashtabula County Educetiona
Association viii hold its January meetin
ia the Institution building in Jefferson
Fhe following is a list OF tbs speakers 70
tbe session: Prof. Treat, Principal denev
Normal, Prof. Sharp, Principal orwel
RoFmsi; sasegiHtendent Dustin, COnneaut
and Prof. COltOa Of Hiram College. Tn
date of the meeting Wiii b given in tn
next issue.
On Thursday morning Mr.. Daniel Marc
gas ogt feeding his cattle, when from som
cause be baeewa faint and fell forwar
with his face ID TIE snow, where ne lay 10
Ten OF ffteen minutes beftqEe assistanc
came. L appears to hass hes9 = para
lytic shock. SegtjBsI