Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-10

Inc Officers OF A-Aeulduult county AE-
ricuItural Society elected for the fol-
lowing year are G. E. Nytileton, Esq,
President; E. o. Peck, Viee-frssident'
Henry Bowman. Saybrook, B. F. Perry,
West Andover, E. G. Hurlburi, Hartsgrove,
and Stiles Dodge, New Lyme, Directors
We stated last week that We were un-
able to say who built the first gulf bridge.
Mr.. A. c. Fox tells rs that 1t was built by
himself and his brother Gibson. some 35 or
40 wears ago. It was Of some 50 feet span.
The road at that time was hardly passa-
BILE one from the heavy slides from sugar
loaf hill.
The Russell and Harrington wood and
timber lot on the lake shore, east, took
fire on Tuesday afternoon, and the pro
gress Of the fire was such that II was fear
ed that much damage would be done, but
the timely rain on Wednesday made the
work of mastering the flames compare
lively easy.
Sheffield had a chapter of accidents on
Thursday last. Beside that Of the wreck
ing Of the buggy Of Mr.. Henry Stevens,
given elsewhere. the chapter seems to have
been pretty well filled up at home. MIR.
Orange Record had fall by which he had
shoulder dislocated, and John Kemp
drove an ak into his foot.
Our engagements have been too ex-
acting to prepare an article upon the con
stitutional amendments, in accordance
with the expressed wish Of one or two Of
our readers. The work, however, was
done at length in a recent number Of the
Leader. the views OF which we, in the
main, look upon with favor. As many Of
our readers also read the Leader, they
have no doubt perused the article.
The south, or Plymouth abutment of
the gulf bridge, has been completed, and
the work begun on the north one, or hither
side. The work Of grading on the Ply
mouth side viii be put through without
DELAY, by the farmers of the region. That
on the north side will be done by contract
as soon as bids can be obtained by adver-
Using. We understand that the Mckenzie
Brothers contemplate making bid
The repairs on the rooms Of the Clerk
of Common Pleas Court are about complet-
ed, and will greatly add to the convenience
Of those doing business therein. An arch
ed doorway has been cut through the par
tition into the room formerly occupied by
the County Recorder. and the walls have
been wainseotted and neatly painted.
Clerk Simonds is an officer who will take
pride in keeping the rooms in their present |
neat appearance.
Pom. Poor, of Conneaut, while haul
ing an engine through town on Thursday !
afternoon last, left his team to their own
guidance and they made close haul to
the sidewalk, in front of Hall & Stevenson's |
store, locking wheels with the buggy of
Henry Stevens, of Sheffield, and demolish-
ing the wheels, shafts and reach, throwing
the horse, and putting all Mr.. SLeyensOn's |
powers and cleverness into operation to pre-
vent a rather dangerous runaway for the
horse.
George S. Jones has been nominated
for Real Estate Assessor for little Ply
mouth. The Republicans of this Town
ship propose to lay Greenback Nationals
and Democracy all on the shelf together
on Tuesday next. The Republicans "Over
there" know their party to a man, and
generally work up to the line. This year
they are bent upon a gain.
Saybrook, too, generally knows her
strength and counts results in advance.
VIII she not also show gain?
Attention is directed to the advertis-
ments on this page of Messrs. Gee & Rog-
ers, druggists and grocers. About one
year ago this firm commenced business
here, and by selling only the best quail (
ties of goods at the lowest market prices |
they have built up an extensive trade, and |
they now propose to still further increase
their business during the coming year by
the aid of liberal advertising in the TELE-
GRAPH. To those who have dealt with
them anything we might say is unneces-
sary, but to those who have not formed a
business acquaintance with them, we viii
say, you will find them gentlemen and |
thorough business men. Their mammoth |
advertisement will appear in this paper
next week.
The general opinion has been that
Mayor Morrison was an out and out Green
backer, without mitigation or reservation.
That error-we are assured-was correc-
ed in a sidewalk interview between the
Mayor and Mr.. Northway, the morning
after the speech, in which it was revealed
that the platform of the party and that of
the Mayor were not identical. When
Horace Greeley was once defining the par
ties in Congress he put it somewhat in this
way-Whigs, Democrats and John C. Cal
houn. History thus repeats itself.
Councilman Manning and David
Sloan, c. E., by direction of the Council,
visited Cleveland last Saturday to confer
with Chief Engineer Clark of the L. s. &
NJ. S. Ry Co., on the proposed sewers
through Station and Depot Streets. Mr..
Clark was in favor of the sewers and said
the company would pay their portion of
the expense. As to the emptying of the
sewers at bank, on Company's grounds
near the bridge, he had no objections so
long as there was no nuisance connected
Herewith. As was expected the Company
was fair and liberal in all that was asked
of it.
The sowing Of wheat at the present
day has taken on a new feature, and one
which has been so generally adopted the
present season, that, with the generally adj
mitted broad acreage which has been put
in, viii, with good year, bring an enor-
nous yield the next year. The seed is
more generally than ever put in with dril,
and the phosphate and other fertilizers are
drilled in with the seed. One of our en-
terprising farmers-Mr. Seeley of Austin
burg-used guano instead of phosphate