Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-18

1000 armed men and 900 citizens par
Tally armed on duty on sunday last
The occasion Of the alarm IL the threaten.
ing movements Of The strikers, 800 Of
whom parade tie streets A charge was
made upon them by a squadron Of cayelry,
though no life was destroyed.
The rose bug Is no less prompt and
attentive 10 business than the potato bug.
lie Is week ahead and got his work well
along. Mr.. Dunbar says that about one
half his crop Of grapes are already dispos-
ed Of. Peaches, he says, are not molested
as yet, but every apple on some Of his
trees have been destroyed.
We have on exhibition at the TELE-
GRAPH office, pair Of Wilcoxs rubber
spring shoes for horses with tender feet.
The lntent meets with general favor. us
the shoes are humane aud neroiful re-
lief to that servioeable animal, which tnan
In his thoughtlessness and reckessness has
subjected to so many infrmities. They
are made and set by Mr.. Silas Slot OF
Rock Greek.
Civil Engineer Sloan had the dredges
removed to the upper side Of the bridge on
Monday, for cutting out the east bank
OF the creek-the work below having been
completed so far us practicable until
ONeilPs store shall be removed. a 15O
foot channel in the place OF that heretofore
narrow curve, makes the passage OF the
bridge much easier aud safer operation,
with large propoller-such as the ore
trade is now so generally confined to.
"A tremendous fire occurred at Titus.
vile on the 11th, by a flash of lightning
striking 10000 barrel tank of oil, which
burst, and running down the hill upon
which it was located, set fire to several
others, which in their turn also burned,
and bid fair to furnish blazing surface to
the creek and burn everything in its
range. A large amount of property was
destroyed, estimated at a million, and
much difficulty was encountered in putting
out the flames.
The Jaynes family had gathering
on Friday last at the house of Mr.. Ed
win Crook in Orwell. The tribe is nu-
merOus and a COOL time is generally
vouchsafed.
The Stults family had a gathering a
few days before at the house of R. E.
Fillmore in Dodgeville The annual
gatherings of this family generally afford
the best satisfaction, though we have not
heard especially Of the result of the past
one
"A tramp, on Monday night last found
the coat Of Thomas Glfswold, where it had
been left the evening before, in his barn,
and appropriated it, When found the
coat was on the tramps. back. A pocket
book with some valuable papers, had been
removed from il, aud placed in another
pocket. A search by officers Renhick and
Thorpe, brought to light all the stolen
property, and Justice Heath demanded a
recognizance of 5000 of the fellow. and in
the non forthcoming Of which he was sent
to jeff erson.
Daisies, like the Canada thistle, is one
Of the curses of the farmer. A sight Of
them anywhere-however small the patch
is painful to behold, for it is a reminder
that without persistent attention and la
Dor, the fields will soon be white with
them, and the grass run out. L. Tylers
land and IA lot Of George Cooper's adjoin-
ing, we notice, have well started patches,
which Mr.. C. has cut early enough, per.
haps, to prevent seeding this year, but
they will all be on hand next season. We
caution the owners of this land that it
stands them in hand to grub them out
root and branch. We have seen the effect
Of them in Connecticut, and therefore, do
not speak of them at random.
-Messrs. Ed. Crook and s. Kile, of
Orwell made us call of both courtesy
and business, on Monday lasL--one to pay
for copy of the TELEGRAPH, and the
other to enter his name upon our list
These gentlemen are both prominent citi-
zens-Mr. Crook successful and intelli-
gent farmer and Mr.. Kile lumber dealer
and manufacturer of that article. Mr.
Crook was particularly interested in the
development of the Harbor, and its rail
road and commercial facilities. OF the
growth and importance of Ashtabula with
the cuisines of the great railroad
companies on either side of the creek,
and the favorable location of the Harbor
TO the coal fields of the South and East,
and for the carrying trade of ore to the
mills of the valley of the Mahoning, he
thinks are evidences that there is future
fOr A shtabula