Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
LOCAL NEWS.

AN(OAA IN IL w Ne
Mr.. George Brown, son of Rober
Brown, Esq., of Chicago, is visiting friend
here.
Mr.. s. B. Wells returned from Troy,
n. Y, last Wednesday after sn absence o.
a week.
Another change in the running Of th'
I. s. &M. S. trains will soon be announced
it is said.
Would not a course Of lectures for th'
coming Winter be well patronized by oul
citizensg
Jim Wiley bought on Saturday las
of his sister, sixteen acres Of the old pattern
al tarm, on the turnpike, for S4S5.
Freight and passenger traffic Ovel
the Youngstown branch of the L. s. & NJ
S. Ry. TO Pittsburg continues to increase
The Intelligent compositor," who
played such havoc with our types last
week, was shot at sunrise last Friday
morning.
The hOuseof Henry MOnteith, of Rock
Greek, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night, of last week, Mr.. M. barely escaping
with his life.
1t is one of the unsOlved problems
why fourteen year old girl viii obstruct
the view of more persons at a theatre than
q $50 pound man.
u. Q. Farmen who went q few years
since to Minnesota, and whose star has been
stesdlly rising, has just been elected to the
Common Pleas bench.
There was no meeting Of the Council
last Wednesday evening. A special meet
ing will undoubtedly be held soon after the
return of the Mayor from New York.
You need not wait for the first of Jan.
uary If you intend to subscribe for the
TELEGRAPH. It will cost no more to begin
now, as the fraction Of the old year viii bC
thrown in.
Thanksgiving services will be held this
year at the Methodist church, and the SER
mon win be delivered by the Pastor Of the
Presbyterian church, at the usual hour Of
such service.
As next Thursday is Thanksgiving day
the TELEeRAPH viii appear on the morn
ing of that day instead of Friday as GUS
touary, so as to give our employees a day
to pray and feast.
Mr.. Curtis Kellogg, of Kelloggsville,
who met with an accident by the falling Of
q tree in TidiOute last week, and which was
mentioned in these columns, died of his
injuries, aged % years.
Hon. SamI Hayward, of Conneaut, by
appointment of the Probate Court, in
spected the books and vouchers in the Of
fee of the County Treasurer, on the 11th
INST, and reports them correct.
Mr.. q. E. Grover has harvested a sec
ond crop of potatoes from the sams
ground He planted the second crop
July 81, and says that it yielded far bettel
than the first one-GeneUa Times.
We are indebted to J. c. Donaldson
fof an abstract of the vote at the last elec
ton in tsbulated form-full and concise
and indispensable as an authority for ref
cree and comparison. Thanks returned.
That msteOric display on the night o.
the 18th did not accommodate the star
gszsrs, but left those ofan sstronomic turn
of mind to darkness and disappointment
for all their watchfulness and vigilance.
Unless coal and oil should get dowr
again to more moderate rates, these lonl
evenings will draw rather heavily upoI
the puFss strings Of pster families VIII
may have half dozen unmarried daugh
ters to work OF.
The people of North Kingsyille are t
enjoy the services-every alternate Sab
bath until April-of the Rev. Rufus Clark
The church is nnion, but the Reporter doe
not say what the denominational character
Of the gentleman is.
Prof Howard took Meve Of his friend
Of the Presbyterian church, on sunda
evening last, preparatory to moving t
Chicago. The Presbyterian quartette O.
fciated at the Congregational church, q
the Union Services.
The social given by the Masonic fra
ternity last week Thursday was, like al
former occasions of the kind a grand sue
cess, There were no less than 80 couple
on the floor st once and general goo,
time experienced by all present.
"A severe snow storm from the ives
ward commenced about 10:3O o'clOc
last Wednesday night and continued yes
terdsy. 1t was accompanied by gale c
wind, which delayed nearly all Of th
trains and disarranged things in genera
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church wi
give a Thanksgiving dinner, Thursds,
n ovember 9th, at O'Clock P. NJ, in Il
lecture rooms of the church, turke
dinner is to be served. Price Is cent
children half price V.M. B., Sec'y.
The squall and tornado that came dow
upon US on Friday last about one No'cloc
P. m. was rathereKteRsiFe iH its Yisitationi
and varied in its destructiVeness, ]
reached beyond this into several adioininI
States. It was especially severe in Cincir
matt,
Mr.. J. A Howells, of Jefferson, II,
returned from his Eastern trip, where /
has been making extensive purchases
fancy goods, etc, for his holiday trad
Brother Howells has had years Of exper
ence in this business, and his good tas
is well shown in the fine display of recel
purchases.