Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-26
LOCAL NEWS.
The County Fair closes at Jeffers0n

The County FAR closes at Jeuersoh
to-day.
The Wallace Sisters failed to fill their
appointment.
There viii be a regular meeting Of the
Council next Wednesday evening.
Orwell public schools are closed on ao-
count Of the prevalence of diphtheria in
town.
DIR. James Headly, the physiognomist,
will appear in Ashtabula early in Novem-
Der next.
-BlakesIee & Moore, the artists, dis
play fine, large photograph Of Newber-
rvs fine block.
Mr.. R. F. Couch has been admitted as
a partner in the firm of Strong & Manning,
coal and lumber dealers.
The Erie Store in dry goods, and
Chamberlin IN boots and shoes, make dis
plays at the county fair.
Mr.. J. q. Bugbee the clothier, will oe-
cupy the store No. 1876 Main street, next
to Hall s. Steyenson's, October 1st.,
Work at Hitchcock's shops was $ hut
down yesterday to give to the eighty en-
Ployees an opportunity to attend the fair.
Prof. Webster's Commercial School at
Rock Greek, has been closed, and the Prof
has taken position in a school at Cleve-
land.
The assessors returns Of the dogs in
the county are 2, 2,2s2-enough, certainly,
to make some havoc among the sheep in
the county.
"A new lodge of Odd Fellows is to be
instituted at Austinburg on Wednesday
next, and Asbtabuls lodge has voted TO at
tend en- mssse.
The omission Of Treasurer Cooks name
in the county ticket was an oversight of
course, for we are coming to think him one
Of the most valuable public servants Of the
county.
That new hearse of Sanders & Harvey
was out at the funeral of Mr.. VIM. Humph-
rey, and attracted much attention. 1t is
Of Revenna build from the shops of Ments
& Riddle.
The twenty-seventh annual fair Of
the Crawford County Agricultural Society
will be held at Conueautville. Pa, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 1st,
Cd and Sd, 1879.
The house of A J. Show, between the
center Of Sheffield and Griggs Corners,
took fire in the absence of the family, on
Saturday night, the 18th, and was destroy
ed with its contents. The origin Of the fire
isamystery. Insured.
AN amstuer brass band has been or
ganized in town by a company of boys,
whose ages range from twelve to sixteen
years. Master George ScOville is the lead
er, and under his instruction the organizs-
ton is making good progress.
-Freights and seamens' wages have
gone up; butter and cheese have gone up;
the price Of iron.aud manufactures Of iron
have gone up, and gold and greenbacks
baye approximated, while greenbackers
and inhatiOnists are rather 'igoingup" too.
Martin Newberry has a pup two
months old that should receive the atten-
ton Of all good temperance dogs. The
said pup is a cross between a terror and
bull dog. and will drink clear whiskey with
as much relish as an ole topper.
Mich. Tinley was badly hurt on Sat
urday last, by an accident while accompa-
nying-on the saddie-one of Fields trot-
ters upon the track. His horse came in
contact with wheel of the skeleton caus-
ing him to stumble, throwing him head
long a number Of feet. He was taken up
in apparently unconscious state and re-
moved to his home.
The special train that left Ashlabula
for the Pittsburgh Exposition last Wednes-
day morning on the A. & P Ry., took cnly
three persons from this place, but the
train was we'll filed before it reached
Pittsburgh. The early hour at which the
train departed must have deferred many
from going. It is hoped Supt. Mccoy will
send out another excursion train before
the close of the Exposition that will start
at later hour.
-There was q special meeting of the
Council last Tuesday evening. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was to arrange with
the township trustees in bearing the ex
pense Of filing on the west side Of a new
bridge over Hubbard Run in the Gulf
The County Commissioners are now build
ing the sbutments, and it is proposed t.
have the village bear one-third of the ex
pense Of the fill on this side, the township on
third and county one-thrd. The COuncl
appointed Messrs. Haskell and Seymour
as special committee, who, with the town
ship trustees will confer with the Commits
siOners to that end.
On Wednesday afternoon some Of on
Democratic friends were so excited over th
prospect Of Ewing being here to speak Il
the faithful in the evening that they coul,
hardly behave sesnly, and some of tn
more sober Of their party friends though
their behavior was rather Of the ludierou
stamp. On Thursday morning all wa
quiet, and such Of the Democrats who wer
found upon the street didn't seem to nav
any stomach to talk about the meeting
One Of them was so far enlisted in conver
sation as to say that warner did yer
well, but Ewing didn't amount to much.
1t Itreally looks as if Ewing had-as ha
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