Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-05-23
THE TELEGRAPH.
Friday Morning, May %, 1879
LOCAL NEWS.

The gods Of the Council Chamber will
assemble this evening at 8 o'clock.
The American Express Co., has made
a further reduction Of rates on small
amounts Of money.
Senator Thurman great speech did not
inform US what the extra session of Con-
gress was called for!
Mr.. and Mrs. Ansel Udell, ofJefferson,
observed the fiftieth anniversary Of their
marriage on the 18th inst.
Potato bugs are not plentiful, and yet
their cards have been left upon the leaves
of some of the young subers.
The suit of Geo. Field vs.. Sch'r Kate
Richmond, in the o. S District Court has
resulted in favor of plaintiff.
Among our new advertisements this
week is one for John Ducro, to which the
attention Of the public is directed.
Major John Watrous has been in town
for several days, having been brought here
to attend the funeral of his mother.
Mr.. E. J. PinneY, of Jefferson, gave
a lecture before the friends of temperance
at the Hsrbor On Saturday evening,
Joe Rasey has traded round until he
has come in possession of one of New York's
three-year-Old colts, and very good .one
at that.
". 7. Webb is a sort Of Isaac Walton
having taken over a hundred pike in two
or three hours, at the Harbor the other
morning.
The rain of Thursday of last week,
which did so much for vegetation, has so
far dried out as to need another one of
the same sort.
Bull, of the Geo. Willard store, is run
ming off an old stock of goods with wonder
full facility-the store being filled with
eager customers, most of the time.
"A change of time took effect on the
Franklin and Youngstown branches of the
L. S. & NJ S. BY last Sunday. The tables
published in this paper are correct.
H. R. Latimer and family have re-
turned to Rock Creek and Mr.. L. goes into
the drug and grocery trade in the place
heretofore occupied by S. 0. Latimer.
The house and contents of Mrs Adelia
Cheney, east Of the village, were destroyed
by fire on Saturday last. Insured for
$4OO on building and 800 on contents.
There is something of ''mOrtality'
among COWS, and We bear Of their dying in
various directions. Fred Blakeslee Of this
village lost one on Sunday last from fever.
The two lots Of Hart Udy, embracing
that used by Mr.. Beer as a marble yard and
that adjoining it, with a dwelling house
have been purchased by Mr.. Patohen, for
$4,000.
The Episcopal services at st. Mich
ael's memorial reunion, at the Harbor were
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Irvine. Brother
Fisher, of the Baptist church, conducted
those at Temperance Hall.
The Times Office sends US a very gen
teel sample Of its job work for the GenevI
School. The taste of the parties ordering
the work is alike cOmmendable with tina
of the printer who executed it.
Mr.. Josiah Allen, of saybrook, VIII,
has been of late very infrm, requiring
watcher every night. is so much more com
Portable as to dispense with every other at
tention but that of Mrs. A. His age is SO
"A reunion of the 1O5th o. V. l. is to b
held in Ashtabula on the 1st and 2nd o
September next. This regiment was com
posed of members from this vicinity an,
there are now about $50 SURVIVING members
That poison ivy spoken of by the Sen
tinel is the same as we used to kill wart
with when boy. The milk turned then
black, and after amounting them thus thre
or four times they disappeared, and hav
never since reappeared.
Senator Blaine rather checkmated Sena
tor Eaton, on Monday last, in calling t
to his aid an alleged assertion of DAM,
Webster's favoring the idea of confeders
Jion and secession. His reading of Wei
ster was proven to be at fault.
&C. D. Snow-the Orwell WeIeon
says-has traded his property in ths
place to Mr.. Kingsbury,of Huntsbury, fC
property in that place. Mr.. Kingsbur
has moved to Orwell, and hereafter NJ
Snow will be at home in Huntsburg.
The Tennessee Jubilee Singers, VII
sung at the Opera Hall on Tuesday evel
ing, to a fair house, will hold two day
picnic and camp-meet at Egleys grow
some half dozen miles east of Conneau
next Saturday and Sunday-24th and 25t
Queen Victoria, it is now claimed,
a great-grandmother This rather bea
our time and we are constrained to tend
her the palm, for we have no such honors
boast, although tho same moon witness
our respective entries on the field Of co
jugal life.
We were shown, the other day, a Ii
size picture, Of a child, recently painted
water-c6!lors by Mrs Mary Post, Of Il
place, which Is very superior piece
york, and reflects the skill of her artist
taste. 1t was painted on an enlarged ph
tograph.
The Council met ia regular session Ia
Wednesday evening, The Mayor, al
Councilmen Seymour and Israel WsF0 q
sent. The only action of the membt
present was to nominate Mr.. Manni
President and adjourn to Friday event
at 8 o'clock.