Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-05

fortunate the trip was given up, for the
sea was heavy and few would have ven
tured out.
The scene of a fire, without some
amusing incident is a rare occurance, and
the fire of Saturday last was no exception
to the rule. One young man who was
moving out goods in Morrison's store,
seized a plaster cast Of female figure
and hurled il against the large glass front,
with the remark "save herr The collar
bone of the frail creature was found in
the gutter, which was The largest piece
left of her anatomy.
"A tramp by the name Of Peter Nc
Donald, called at the residence of Mr.. II.
E. Parsons, last Tuesday and made him
self disagreeable in the eyes of one,
Schenck Holmes, a young colored man
in Mr. Parsons employ. The tramp was
threshed out in the first round, and he
beat a hasty retreat He was afterwards
arrested by Mashal Thorpe and Justice
Richards sent him over to jail to be tried
in the Common Pleas Court, as a tramp.
"A political discussion was had over at
Dorset on Friday evening of last week, in
which A. C. White, Esq, Of Jefferson, ap-
peared for the Republicans, and Mr.
Bissell, Of Michigan, for the Democrats
and Greenbackers. 1t is claimed that
the Republican carried too many guns
for his opponent Dorset seems to be de-
batable ground as our candidate for Rep
resentative, n. E. French, Esq, and some
other speakers are cypected to hold forth
at the same place on Friday evening next.
"A new furniture store has been open
ed up by Messrs Saunders & Harvey, at
No. 154 Main Street, Redhead's block
The senior member ofthis firm is a prae-
tical cabinet maker, and their stock en-
braces a large and varied assortment of
plain and fashionable furniture, which
they purchased al cash prices, directly of
the manufacturers, and their customers
are to have the benefit of these advantages.
In addition to the furniture business they
win be prepared to attend to undertaking
having purchased an elegant new hearse.
1t seems a mistake was made in the
statement about the work on the Fisk &
Silliman dam. We were under the impress
sion that the work was in the hands of
Mr.. Castle, as was stated. We have since
learned Mr. Ed Russell had the job in
hand from beginning to end. We are
glad to make the correction, and put the |
saddle on the right horse, for the job is
admitted on all hands to be good one
and creditable to the one who bossed it.
The Standard comes down as a gen
tleman ought to, in reference to the gross
intimation involving our common homes |
ty, in late number of that paper. We
have never, in our social intercourse with |
the gentlemen of the Standard met with
anything but courtesy, and, we confess
that this intimation was something of a |
surprise. In whatever attentions we may
pay to our contemporaries, we hope to
avoid impugning their integrity, and if |
any one shall feel aggrieved at anything
that may appear to bear such a construc-
ton, we hope to be as full and free as our
"Cincinnatus" friend has been, in making |
the amende honorable.
"A special session of the Common Pleas
Court was held in Jefferson on Wednes-
day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of |
last week for the purpose of appraising |
the property at the Harbor sought to be
appropriated by the Village of Ashtabula |
for widening, deepening and straighten-
ing the ship channel. Solicitor Hoyt and |
Theo. Hall, were the Attorneys for the
Village, and Charles Booth, S. A. North |
way and F. A Pettibone for the defense.
The following persons composed the jury:
TT. Carlin, Conneaut foreman; o. ]. !
Marvin, Windsor; H W. Lamphear,
Trumbull; A. H. ROwley, Orwell; Hiram |
Knowlton, Morgan; c. c. Payne, Con
neaut; r. W. Payne, Austinburg; E. A. |
Spaftord, Trumbull; A. .Congden, Cole
brook; a. Stahl, Denmark; D. H. Garner, |
Saybrook; o. K. Lattimer, Saybrook. |
The finding of the jury is published in /
There seems to be deal of dissatis-
fatction among the patrons of the public |
schools on account of the frequent chang |
es of the text books and the consequent
enormous tax imposed by the purchase of |
new books. Our attention was attracted to |
the matter, the second day of the term, by |
one Of the patrons being called upon to |
foot the bills for four. several new books,
needful for taking higher grade, the ex-
pense of which was 1920. This is COM
planned of not so much for the largeness
of the outlay, but from the changes that
seem to follow, which make the books |
useless for. handing down TO younger
members Of the family who follow along. |
The large price of the books, as we are
further informed, proves a hardship to |
the poor, who are unable to make such |
outlays and some children are deprived |
Of the advantages of free education be-
cause of the heavy tax for books. We have |
attempted to give expression to these com
plants from one party, because of the
assurance that there are dozens of others
that could be named, who are equally
dissatisfied
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