Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-06-13
THE TELEGRAPH.
Friday Morning, June 1s, 1870,
LOCAL NEWS.

An cd fashioned Fourth Of July is
determined upon at PlerpOnt.
Reeves, Of the Central News Room,
is serving up fine quality Of ice cold lem
onade. Good!
An effort is to be made for the pardon
of J. C. Waters. OF Madison, now serving
out term in the penitentiary.
strawberry festivals are in order, as
may be seen by the way they have been ar
ranged for by the different societies in our
midst
Twelve car loads of IRON ore we're
shipped from Painesville. last week to
YOungstown-the first ever shipped in
this way.
As the season. for shearing is at hand
the buyers are on hand. Prices are not
yet established, but the premOnitOry symp-
tom is IS TO 40 cts.
An adjourned meeting. of the Council
was held last Tuesday evening. The next
meeting will be held on Wednesday even
ing next.
The Knights Templsr of both Paines.
vile and Conneaut, will be present at the
Masonic celebration at jefferson on the
Gath inst.
Capt. Bartlett, ''the good man at the
wheels around sgain, al right, with
his face set against the beggerly elements Of
bibulous indulgence.
Chestnut Grove Cemetery is visited by
hundreds of persons these pleasant Sun
days. We noticed several carriage loads
last Sunday, Of citizens from Geneva and
Conneaut.
The twentieth Anniversary Of Lake
Erie Seminary, Painesville, will occur June
10Th inst. Hon. J. A. Garfield is expected
to deliver the annual address at the gradu-
ating exercises.
The finest strawberries Of home rails
ing appeared on the market on Saturday
last, and sold for one shilling 3 quart.
They are well grown, but not sufficiently
ripe to be sweet.
DR.. D. S. Hall, Of Saginaw, sailed not
long since, in vessel from the port of
New Orleans, for the shores of tie Mediter-
ranesn. The Doctor is a worshiper at the
shrine Of health.
Mr. Josiah Hicks Of Conneaut, has been
selected TO fill the vacancy in the Board
of Infrmsry Directors, oecssioned by the
death Of Ed. Hammond. We believe there
was no want Of candid ates.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
viii give a strawberry festival on the
grounds Of ]. P. Robertson, Wednesday
evening. June 18th. Should the weather
prove unfavorable, they viii hold it in
Haskell's Hall.
The obituary notice Of Zebulon Whip
pie, and the account of the ''scribblers"
meeting at Jefferson, from our Saybrook
correspondent are both laid over for next
week, because Of the crowded state Of our
columns the present week.
One of the dock laborers, at the Har-
bor-J. M'Carty-went to the L. S. & NJ.
S. dock on Saturday evening last for s-pail
of water, and accidentally slipped into the
water and was drowned. His body was re-
covered in the course of the evening.
Attention is called to advertisement,
in this issue, Of sale of A. W. Stiles as as
signee of D. C. Sperry. The hearse men
toned is very nice two horse hearse,
nearly new, and can no doubt bebought at
bargain. A dividend Of Is per cent. has
been declared on the estate.
-Hartz, the Magician, closed a very
successful weeks engagement at the Opera
House last Saturday evening. The grand
prize on that evening Of S45 black walnut
chamber suit, was taken by Mr.. Charles
Field. Hartz opened in Youngstown, last
Monday for weeks engagement.
The Psinesville Advertiser says that a
title son Of Mr.. F. N. Barker was so bad
" poisoned by eating poke root the other
day, as to require considerable medical at
tention to save him from serious effects.
The poke weed makes an excellent green,
and is used to more or less extent for the
table. The poisonous quality of the root
is a little singular.
The jury in the State of Ohio VS. Hen
ny Sumner and others, indicted for unaw-
fully cOnceaIing the body of the late Ed
win French, Of Willoughby, came into the
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court,
Thursday night last with verdict Of
guilty as to Henry Sumner, DR.. J. Edward
Smith, and Or. N. Schneider. DR.. Smith
is known to our citizens as a former resi-
dent Of this place.
Our whilom friend-C. R. Stone, as
d. noticed elsewhere, has stretched his tent
in Hartsgrove, and wished US by no means. tc
fail to send the TELEGRAPH after him, in
his new home, as he could never think Of
keeping house and rearing family without
it. Perhaps that versatile pen Of hi.
might chiAk in an article occasionally,
among those very acceptable on IS of our
respected friend Norris.
The attention OF the Council is directed
20 the dangerous condition Of the ole
building near the Franklin Div. Of the L
S. & M. S. BY. on Main Street, formerly
occupied by the Gillelt Bros as a shaft anC
pole factory. One corner of the building
to use sailor term, has been carried away
and the whole structure is ready to toppl
over without much warning. It should b
repaired. taken down, or burned, and tina
imlnadiefa.lr