Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18


his confederate rag.
As We failed to send an agent to arrange
our KingsVille club this year those who
wish to take advantage of club rates for the
present year may do so by paying their
subscriptions to Mr.. A. B. Luce any time
before the close of the present month.
Those who neglect so to do must not be
surprised if the regular subscription rate Of
50 shall be demanded.
At the late election Ashtabula village
pOled 746 votes, and the township SS5.
By this it wOuld appear that only 139 voters
outside Of the village exercised their right.
Now the question is: Does the village en-
brace most of the township? Or don't the
country voters come out? Sentinel.
To the first question We answer, yes. To
the second no. The greatest number Of
votes cast at township election was about
1900.
The L. S. & NJ. S. Ry. Co. have erect
ed stand pipe west OF the railroad cross
ing at this place, from which the eastern
bound locomotives can take water and thus
save time by making only one stop at this
place. Another stsndpipe is to be erected
just east of the LAKE street crossing, from
which western bound trains will take water
and thereby prevent the Obstructing of
Lake street, as is now the case when trains
water at the depot.
"A copy Of the Farmers RevielU-an
agricultural monthly, Of sixteen pages,
published in Chicago, handsomely printed,
appropriately illustrated and edited with
ability, being well filled with practical in
formation varied Rnd valuable in character
and adopted to the wants of every farmer
which is offered to us at clubbing rates
so low that no one of our farmer readers
would hesitate to make it regular visitor
at his freside. Call and see about it.
There is an amusing sequel to the Cha
tauqua horse thief story. Notice Of the
thief having been generally circulated.
When the case was supposed finished the
thief had been sent home for trial, and the
owner of the horse and buggy moved off
with his property towards home, and being
of about the same age as the thief the prop
elty was identified along the road and the
owner was arrested for the horse thief, no
less than four times on the way. So says
the Sentinel
The Townsend Dramatic Troupe COM
menced a three nights engagement at the
Opera House last Wednesday: It is an
old and popular troupe and Is meeting |
with good success. Many of our citizens
will remember this troupe and the venera-
BILE tragedian, Mr.. John Townsend, who
was with us a week some years since. He |
has now retired from the stage and settled |
down to enjoy the balance of his life in
Canada, leaving two of his sons to the |
of his excellent company,
which they do with commendable SkiIl.
Mr.. H. H. Hunt, route agent and ex-
press messenger on the Ash.abula and Oil |
City R. R., editor, printer. philosopher
and bachelor, has recently taken a rest |
from the every day paths of life, started |
yesterday for New York, and it is an
nounced 10 the world he has gone''for |
weeks visit to his brother Charles" This |
sounds very plausible but when we take
into consideration that the said Hunt has |
recently purchased snug little home in |
Ashtabula, and give due consideration to |
what Dame Gossip says, we expect to hear
of Mrs. Hunt at an early day.
i'm Ashtabula are quite number of |
fast bOrseS. At the Fisk House stables are |
Little Jake, Loafer and Bob Ingersoll. |
Neither Of these horses has a record of more |
than 2:36. Reporter
Yes, and these are not all. There are
Buckeye and Postmaster, two of the most
promising horses in Northern Ohio, at the
Fisk House stables. Then there is Pros
per, who has made mile in 2:242l, Har-
mons Satellite colt, and Southwick's step
per. If brother Reig will bring his Clydes-
dale down some Saturday afternoon during |
the coming summer we will take him over
to the track where these trotters are trained. |
In looking over the Treasurer's state
ment Of Ashtabula village, We find that |
the cost of running that village for the past |
year was 81, ,951.15. This is at a cost of |
nearly So head for every man, woman !
and child in the village; and even then the |
village has been without police force for
some time. In addition to this the school |
board expended s., ,SS1. IS. Making total |
of $50, 1898, or about $40 for each inhab-
liant Of the village. Sentinel.
The above article is correct so far as it
relates to the amounts expended, but when
the Sentinel attempts to simmer the cost
upon each inhabitant in the Corporation,
it gets beyond its arithemetical capacity
and sPoils whal otherwise might be an in
teresting and truthful article. At the last
election there were cast TAG village ballots,
which is considered small vote. 1t is
customary to estimate the population OF
place upon the basis of six inhabitants for
every voter. Taking this estimate to be
correct Ashtabula village then has a pcpu-
lation of 4,476, which will make about
$3.50 for each inhabitant, instead of $40
as represented by the Sentinel.
Y. NJ. c. A district convention of