Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-17
ASHT1B BULACO UNITY.
The News of the Week as Collected
by the JOURNAL'S Corps Of Young

The election is over, and all are not
happy.
-Partles from Canada are purchasing
ship timber in Lake and Ashtabula coun.
ties.
The weather for the past few days
has set everybody to talking about gar
dens
The Geneva Tool Company loses
about $500 by the recent fire in it's dry
house.
The latest report is that the Balti-
more Il Ohio Railroad may be extended
to COnneaut.
A Dorset correspondent says: The
residence of DR.. &. Slater burned Satur-
day, April 10th.
Mr.. G.. l.. johnson. of South Ridge,
opened his cheese factory for the season
on Monday of last week.
In the River and Harbor bill, now be :
fore Congress, is an appropriation of &c.
900 for Conneaut Harbor.
MIR. Ralph WaShbuin, of Monroe, has
Of late added to his herd a thorough bred
Alderny bull. Ralph is a believer in good
stock.
WIN. Ely, late assistant of tae Con-
neaut High schools, has resumed his
medical studies, with DIR. Tuttle OF JEFF
fersOn.
"A three days meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association will be held
in Geneva, April 23d. oath and 18th
An old citizen of Wayne, Mr.. Luclus
Ward, was found dead in his bed last
Wednesday morning. He had been suf-
fering from fracture of his hip.
The Spring term of the Pierpont Cen
week. The drama "Among the Break ers''
will be presented in the evening.
Mrs. Parmeiia Brown. aged 6S wears.
who disappeared from the County Infirm-
arv at kingsville on the Doth uIt., as not
ed IN the Ne,os two weeks ago, has not
yet been fund.
Hons. ). n. Nerthway and E. e.
Wade of jefferson, have spent four days in
Conneaut. on the case of Baldwin, Cap
ron ana Kinnaman, and still it is not set
lied.
The entertainment given by the Good
Templers of North Kingsvil'e proved IA
very pleasant affair; and although the
roads were in very bad condition, a good
sized audience was present.
The Ashtabula county Musical AS
sOciatiOn will hold it's thirtieth annual
Convention at Rock Greek, April 20, 81
Conductor; Mr.. Henry Kreosen. of Cleve-
land, Pianist.
"A barn or the old Capt. Wright place
in SaybroOk, burned about II O'Clock
night with its contents--two
horses and three cows. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
No insurance.
The seventh anniversary of the W ON
ans Foreign Mission Society will be held
at the NJ. E. Church in AshtabuIa next
Sabbath evening, 18th inst. The meeting
will be addressed by Mr.. Hingely, OF
Ohio.
-"PiscatorIal Vigilantes'' is the name
of a new organic alton in Conneaut form
ed tor the purpose of protecting the fish
in Conneaut Greek and TO see that the
letter and spirit OF the law relating there
to are enforced against all who violate
its provisions.
During the high wind last Saturday
fire was blown from field to the barn OF
DIR. Hurd, at Padan Aram. The excite
ment was too much for MIN; and he fell
senseless, and expired in few hours.
The DR.. had been sick great deal, this
last winter. Heart disease was probably
the cause OF his death.
dispatches last week from Washing
ton stated that in the River and Harbor
bill, as agreed on by the
House Committee, We're items of $50, 900
for Ashtabula and $4,000 for Conneaut.
Since then, though keeping watch closely
we have not been able to gain any further
about the matter.
There will be a Republican Conven-
vention at the Court House in Jefferson,
A shtabula county, Ohio, on Saturday.
April oath, 1880, commencing at 80 r.
NJ. for the purpose OF selecting twelve
delegates and twelve alternates, to rep
resent Ashtabula at the next Republican
State Convention.
General orders just received from
n NATIONAL Headquarters of the &. A. Il.
announces that, as the 3Oth of May this
year Will be Sunday, the 29th of May will
be observed as Memorial Day. The Com
mander-in- Chief recommends that the
Ministry be invited to deliver appropriate
discourses on the Sabbath preceding.
There is now not point between the
docks at Ashtabula Harbor, which has
less than 10 feet of water in the channel
and the dredge Hercules, when she COM
pletes her present Government contract.
which will require Uut a few days of IA
vOrable weather. will leave channel
with II feet OF water through the bar out
side.
Mrs. Margaret Brick of Cleveland
wants Conneaut township to pay her 800
which she claims is due her late sbaud
as bounty. The papers in the case set
forth that Barney Brick reenlisted In the
10Th Regiment OF Ohio Infantry. and was
credited to Conheaut township. She
says the law emitting her to this bounty
was passed by Congress last winter, and
''ratitied . by the Legislature of the State
of Ohio"
The recent rains heve come just at
the right time lor wheat and grass. One
would think the winter had been a wet
one, but we are told that the swamps
were never before known to be as dry as
they were week since. There has been
snow and rain enough all winter to keep
the roads in bad condition. but moi
enough to soak the ground to any depth.
The contract for the proposed dredg
ing of the Channel of Ashtabula river has
been awarded to Patrick Smith, of Cleve
land, his bid being II cents per cubic
yard, if dumped in the lake. and 10 cents
if placed upon the banks of the river. J
w. Grover and Son, of Cleveland, were
Smiths bondsmen. MIR. smith proposes
to remove from 10000 to $4,000 yards a
the above terms, at the option OF the
Council.
Last Saturday evening a man WHIT
gave his name as Henry Miles, of Mon
roe, started home from Ashtabula with
team. Being considerably intoxicated
be managed i'll some way, in the dark, II
drive Oft the embankment of the new
bridge in the Gnlf, himself and the whole
outfit falling distance said to be some
20 ieet. Miles was very badly cut ant
have been otherwise wounded. How
| much damage was done to the horses ant
wagon We haven't learned.
-Messrs. 5. d. Smalley, J. I'll. Whelple,
and l.. }. McNutt, OF this county. hav'
just completed IA contract with Franci
Henry, OF Warren, Pa, to cut and manu-
facture into lumb ber the timber on clever
hundred acres of land III Warren county
| and deliver the same on the bank of TIT
Allegheny river. The estimated quantit
| is from 10 ,000. .0G0 to $4,000, ,000,0 900 feet. L
will take from fl We to six years to do tn
work. TheV expect To begin busines
| about May 1st. One the first things tt
be done. after setting the mill, will be t.
build seven miles of plak road, and trar
roads into the woods for hauling logs
| They expect to Gu, from 2a.000 TO 10000
| day. 1t is all to made into inoh boards, 1
and Is feet long.
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