Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
-Altenlion IS direcled % the adrertise.

Attention is directed to the advertise
ment Of Messrs. Sanders & Harvey, the
new furniture dealers, which appears in
another column Of this paper. Their store
is located at 154 Main street, in the room
formerly occupied by Mr.. C. A. Hastings.
They have large stock Of rich and plain
furniture. which they bought for cash dl-
reetly Of The manufacturers. An elegant
new hearse has just been received by them
and they are prepared 70 attend to under
taking in all its branches
The Connesut Express says there Is "A
father Of a family, in that village, who Is
chargeable with incestuous Intercourse
with a p year old daughter, and that anolh-
er daughter aged 13, is in fair way Of
adding to the numbers OF the family, and
compliesting its geneOlogy. The singular
feature about the matter is, according to
the article in question. that the community
seem to be waiting for some one to move in
the way Of bringing the brute to punish
meni, and breaking up this beastial relation.
Mr.. Arthur Hepburn and wife, nee
Miss Lille Shears-have been residents of
Memphis through the prevalence of yellow
fever. The Office force where Mr. Hep
burn was engaged, were stricken down,
and the management succeeded to him,
until he was in turn attacked. He passd
through the course, and has just come out
all right, while Mrs. Hepburn has thus far
escaped the disease. The season is so far
advanced and the fever so much lessened,
that there is now little ground for appre-
hension. With much heroism Mrs. Hep
burn, stood by her husband in his sickness,
and determined to continue to remain with
him, if be deemed it his duty to stay and
hold his place.
Many Of our citizens were startled on
Friday last by the information, that Mr.
VIM. Humphrey, had been overtaken with
an attack of appoplexy, and that the indi
cations were not favorable for his rallying
from it. He drove home during the fore
noon, and was only able to reach the
porch of the house, when he fell, and it
became necessary to carry him to his bed
He uttered few words, but for the most
part he was helpless and unconscious
Tidings from him on Tuesday morning,
afforded some encouragement, and on
Wednesday morning still more. Although
his mind was not clear, yet he held some
limited conversation, and turned himself
in bed.
Passenger train No 8, on the Pitts
burgh division of the L. S. & NJ S. road
Belknap conductor, is a lively train, and
we have had occasion to speak of it be-
fore. The intention is to make it equal
in its running time, with the accOmmOds-
tion train on the Cleveland division Its
average rate of speed between Pittsburgh
and Buffalo, is about 90 miles an hour in
cluding stOppages. The distance between
these points is 26O miles and the time for
its accomplishment is hours. Of course |
the rate of speed is not uniform, varying
often running 35 miles an hour, and as
high even as so. This rapid transit gives
character to this new route, and will at
tract travel from other channels. Its
speed, with its new, pleasant and easy |
riding coaches, makes one feel quite a
degree of complacency in taking a seat in
this train.
Our friend Cooper of the Black River
Falls Banner, is spending some time under
the paternal roof at Saybrook in attendance
upon his aged father, who is suffering from
a broken arm, which at his time of life
over SO-does not heal readily. Mr.. Coop
sr is well posted and a pertinacious Re-
as sll the family-with a single
been. His calls are al
ways pleasant His location is in the
midst Of a wheat district, which he says is
the only poor crop they have. In speaking
Of the granger organization in that region,
he says, it was a few years ago very strong,
but there has hardly been a meeting among
them for the last year or two. They have
thrown up their organizations.
The union stores that used to be part of
the machinery of the grangers have also
fallen through, and the farmers have re-
solved themselves back into their normal
elements.
The Ashtabula Shooting Club is to
give a shooting tournament on their
younds on Harmon's flats on Monday and
Tuesday next. Competition is open to all
except professionals; the purses are to be
divided as follows: Best shots 80 per
,ent; second, 80 per cent; third 20 per
,ent Bogardus' rules are to govern the
and dead birds and lost balls
o the field. The following is the pro
yramme for the first day: