Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-06-20
THE TELEGRAPH.
Friday Morning, June 20, 1879,
LOCAL. NEWS.

Mrs. h. Fl. Perry is visiting friends
here.
Remember the temperance festival TO
night.
Our market gardeners and florists are
busy these days.
The Council met in regular session last
Wednesday evening.
Some of our marksmen are discussing
the propriety of having a pigeon shoot on
the Fourth.
The wool merchants here haYe gobbled
about all the wool in this vicinity. Price
generally paid is IS cents.
The Mineral Spring baths are open
every Saturday afternoon aud Sunday for
the remainder OF the season.
-Dorman has taken possession Of the
new store in the burned block, and a very
neat establishment is presented.
The celebrared Jewett refrigrators, for
sale here by Messrs Geo. C. Hubbard &
Co., are finding their way into many fami-
lies.
"A new street light will be erected this
week in that much needed locality-in
front of the old cemetery on Division
street,
When you want a fine job Of printing,
at as low a price as first class work can be
done. leave your orders at the TELEGRAPH
Office.
"A car load or so of Cincinnati carriages
recently brought here for sale, have met
sluggish market and are being slowly dis
posed of in adjoining towns.
"A large number Of tramps at the Har-
Dor suddenly vanished from sight when the
new police force went on duty. The few
that remain are quiet and orderly.
Mr.. W. c. Chambers, of Painesville
connected with the N. 0. Journal, had
severe attack Of the paralysis, on Sunday
last, leaving him in a critical condition.
Mr. NOrthway will give the Fourth of
July oration at Orwell. His ready and
and popular address gives him considerable
prominence and demand in the county.
Frank Gregory has made another ad-
dition to his livery stock from Fiekinger's
workshops. 1t is new pheatOn Of much
taste and beauty, and exquisite workman
ship.
On Saturday last, says the Conneaut
Reporter, the fisherman at our harbOr
made their first large hauls Of white fish,
the average being about 500 pounds to the
boat.
Next week Friday is the last day in
which persons can file claims for damages
by reason of the proposed Harbor improve
ment scheme. At this writing no claims
have yetbeea fled,
The Chardon Republican says:
We are authorized to state that the new
brick hotel, to occupy the site of the old
Ohardon House, destroyed by fire, is to be
Immediately rebuilt.
Three bids were made for the job Of
putting up the new town house at Jeffer-
son, of which John Waters and W. S.
Andrews were the lowest and successful
bidders, at $s,5S5.4s.
The shade trees along the north side
Of Division street, from Park to Station
streets, have been nicely trimmed under
the direction Of the Sidewalk Committee.
Let the good work continue.
The co-partnership of Stone & Putnam
publishers of the Conneaut Express was
dissolved on the i4th inst, Mr.. L. V. Stone
Withdrawing from the firm. Mr.. c. S.
Putnam has the entire proprietorship.
Robert Ovens, the popular cracker
broker, Of Buffalo, who supplies this re-
gion. and who is one Of the pioneers of
that city, was in town day or two, the
present week as the friend of the Richards
family.
"A celebration at Fort Meigs thirty
nine years ago, at which Gen. Harrison
was speaker, was sttended-as the Paines.
vile Advertiser, informs us-by fifteen
of the prominent citizens of Painesville,
now living.
The fine wool sheep breeders Of Trum-
bull and Mshoning counties have called a
meeting at Warren on the 9th inst. for
the purpose Of forming an association
with view Of better protecting their bus.
mess interests.
Strawberries are unusually fine this
year and very uniform in size. They are
also eheap-the price at last accounts had
run down to and s cents a quart. The
Advertiser tells US that the range is the
same in Painesville.
The lawn .ete on the premises Of John
Harmon in behalf Of the Harbor Temper,
snce Union, on Friday evening last, was d
complete success in all things but the
weather-it being too cool for out door en-.
joyments. The net receipts were over $40.
The Painesville Telegraph corrects the
common SANDER against the little sparrow
that Of driving away the robins and blue.
birds. The fact is cited, that must have
become apparent to all, that these latter
we're never more numerous than this sea.
son.
After pastOrate of ten years Of the
First Presbyterian Church, Of Warren, tn,
Rev. DR.. Bailey has rendered his resigna
ton. We had hoped that the relation be
tween this large society and its able pastor
might remain undisturbed for long year
yet to come,