Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-21
Friday Morning, Mar. FL, 1879
LOCAL NEWS.

? -Aoout twenty fremen's uniforms be-
longing 70 the Cooperation have b.enstolen
from engine house No. 1, by the tramps-
DIR. E. L. King returned from Detroit
last ,Tuesday bringing with him Mrs. King
whose health was at that time improving.
-$117.7O has been collected during the
past year by the Mayor from licenses and
permits-about the same as the previous
wears coli6etions.
. 4Fhe contract for furnishing the iron
and haFdEare for the LIS, &.MI S. docks at
this place, has been awarded to the firm of
Geo. eSHubbArd.$ CO. fll Noi -
-7A tWO-year sleer weighing i, 1,2sO
pounds and raised by VIM. q. LandOn will
be on the blocks at the market Of W. a.
Field & Co. on Saturday. sT
MIR. Asa Lamb, formerly clerk of the
Court Of Common Pleas of this Comfy was
admitted to the bar at an examination held
at Jefferson on Tuesday last.
-ClaIk's bridgsat Sheffield, was carried
aNeS lsst FsllbY bhe freshet, and now the
breaking up of Clark's dam, to the extent
Of sOneisixty feet has followed. " Jl4
Is Nh ]. GIDdvidso6. of the COhheAut
Ezpfssss who is an efficient lecturer on
temperance, is putting IN some good work
In upholding the cause in the asgion. 10
There was regular meeting of the
COaneiI last "wednesday evening. 4hets
will be at least two more meetings Of
present body. before the new Coune;
venes.
-Thos. McEwen, of the HarbOr, is In
luck, having sailed for Scotland, the other
day, to present himself IS oneof three heirs
D. $ ,foranef pf The snug little sum of
1900.
"A new time schedule is soOn to be IS
sued, on die franklin and jYonngstoFn Di-
visions which will shorten up, the time Of
passs6gsf trains between Ashtabula and
fGeWngSt'0pTFpn;;)s 4feG q II
Mr.. aud Mrs. P. W. Strader and. son
Jacob reached Florida last week Thursday.
and are now enjoying themselves ,'4'camP,
ing out" on the banks uf the St. Johns
river above jacksonville.
DIR. Ross. reported to be at some time
a resident of Ashtabula, eloped-a few
days since-Fith a married woman of
6HeFthe wife of an Oil Creek man
named Withinburg. No cards.
4 e -fLan ga Gf Ei~ ttE.tI|
The Ladies' Temperance corner is oc'
cupied briefly, but very creditably the pres
ent week. We shall not begrudge the space
pledged to them, if it shall continue to be as
well used as in the present number.
b The District Court was to have opened
up at Jefferson last Monday, but as the
| judges didlnot get together until late ID
the afternoon it was Tuesday before the
business Of the Court was commenced. q
I -SimOnst has rented the north side d
NJ. H.. Haskell's bloek-second tAoor-and
4 will occupy il for. a billiard hall. Fht
Partitions are to be. removed aud what ar,
now four rooms viii be thrown into one.
| George M'Kenzie, son of Mr.. Kenneth
M'Kenzie, returned from Western Texa
on Friday last, and win remain at home TO
the present, taking charge of the eartl
work Of his fathers contract at the Harbor
We failed of the pleasure of hearing
DR.. Tuttle's lecture at the Opera Hous
laet week, )bnt hear from those Who wen
more fortunate, that the effort was high
ly cOmmendabls one and gave general cat
faction, lrrrG9 vdW ia
Calvin Dodge-the great Short Horl
breeder made US a cali on Monday last
on his way east-probably into. Massaehu
settsLWith the intention Of picking u
some premium stock, withwhisb 10 stOe
up his herds.
I've are Indebted to 4Ed.h Field fo
fles Icf California pspers-eSpecially. 70
e that very sharp and scholarly one-th
z saArgoTaUtl It's radiance and rolliekin
d humor is quite refreshing in these plethoTi
b days ofhumdrum medocrity of JOURNALISM
I;l} The sarcasm man. of the St1ndar
has had dream and it is hard to say wheiht
he shows to the best advantage when aslet
or awake. We are equally puzzled to d
i eide which, is the most to be. sdmired-h
radiant tersahIty or his Stubborn endu
. auoe and application.
-Messrs. 3. II. Richard, of Ashtabul
: Asa6Amb, Of Geneva, George johnson,
Plymouth, F. E. Mum, of 0neva, Myt,
q Nj. Thomas, of Niles, Samuel R. Fellow
b of Youngstown and F. W. Beckwith,
= Elyia, Eere,sxsmined q Jefferson on Tut
s day last and admitted q the bar.
The lecture Of Mr.. James Phillips,
e. Friday evening last, was well attended, a
was we'll received as almost snylhing fro
this gentleman generally is. He is origi
\ al N his line Of Thought and exprsssio
10 and never fails to gain the attention of |
t audience and to keep them in a good b