Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-11


UMoN SrY-Our citizens will have a.
entertainment IN the presentation Of thl
Union Spy that will be well worth lhei
attention Mr. Dan p Howard and vii
7. Witmersupporlcd by some 30 ladies ant
gentlemen Of our own citizens, will Civ
Il cast from which much may bc expected
and whichwill command an ovcr1ownl
house and give entire satisfaction.
The number Of oil wells completed Il
the Bradford region during May was 800
with production Of G,GO3 barrels. tn,
number Of wells drilling, 30s; number o
rigs up and buildings $40. The actiy,
operations, us compared with Apul, show
decrease of % per cent
SharpsUiHe advertiser.
The withdrawal Of Mr.. Saml Harri,
from the leadership of the quartctte al
the presbyterian church is source of re
gret' Mr.. VIM. Scovillc has taken the bass
part, keeping up very pleasant balance,
and Miss Mary Stradcr fills the place
temporarily, Of Mrs Wellman, upon the
alto, with very smooth and well modu.
lated voice.
-Georgie, a 10 year old son Of Mich.
Washburn, of East Village. after watering
his horse on Monday last, stepped out up
ON the shaft TO hook up the check, and
slipped of and went down betw cen the
horse and the whifllo-tree bar. When he
dropped from his hold upon the hip straps
and the dash, the wheel struck his ankle
iracturlng both bones above the JOINT,
and breaking one Of them twice.
The Commissioners will meet in this
place on the 10th inst to let the contract
for the work on the gulf road. They will
also receive the complaints Of the North
kingsville parties who have lost sheep re-
Gently by the depredations Of dogs. These
are Mrs Hammond, Sabin Holmes, Reu.
ben Harmon, John Wheaton and Phillip
Whitman. Several of these ravages were
committed on Saturday night last.
-Chas. Madden informed the public
through the Cleveland Herald on the Goth
ult., that he was going to his rewards by
way of Lake Erie, in drunken debauch,
and assurances were repeated that he
would certainly take himself off according
to program. He probably changed his
mind, as the Herald received letter from
Colebrook since his farewell, stating that
Madden ha" been there, and that Cole
brook was his native village He looked
as II he had been on months drunk.
The Street Committee, while work
ing in our neighborhood, and making so
thorough job at the lower end of Pros
pect street, struck out little and wasted
some surplus gravel on Vine street. Most
Of the water running on that street had
found its way along the ditch in the middle
of the travelled track. This, the commit.
Tee have filled UP, leaying, for the most
part, that part Of the road little the high
est, As Il resident of that street, we remove
our hat
The rcader-car eful of reliable. COM
pact statistical table of the ballotings of
the National conveil ltion-will find such an
one in the TELEG RAPH, which may be
found Of use for future reference. We
also give that uneqtAled speech of Gen.
Garfield, nominating Secretary Sherman,
which should be coupled with his nomi.
nation as forming together an epoch of
his life, and furnishing an important page
Of American history.
-Thirty-two colorod delegates from
Lake and Ashtabula counties met at Fire.
mems hall, Ashtabula, Wednesday evening
1f last week, to make arrangements for
10th Amendment Celebration. After
general discussion, in which those present
rom Lake county favored Painesville as
he place, it was voted to hold the cele-
lration at Sturgeon Point, and commit.
ees were appointed TO make the arrange.
nents.
Several fellows lumbermen - from
yilds of Canada, having been down in the
'ounty getting out timber. While wait
ny for connection with this Il. S. road at
hat station, concluded 10 have IL jambo-
zee, and undertook to clear out the police,
he other day. They, however, found
themselves unable so cope the ebony and
ncust OF officers Rennick and Hussey.
some of their scalps were lealed before
living in. They were arrested and taken
'efore Justice Heath, fined and left to go
heir way.
"A we'll written article from valued |
has been sent for publica-
ion, but which is little long Tor place
this weeks issue, in view of the matter |
lready LAID out, when it reached us. We |
onslder the artic lie rather important
ne, as it is review of the policy of the
Management Of the County Infirmary.
Is principal drift is against the absence
I proper classification of the inmates
that institution. This subject is open
criticism, and we are pleased to have it
1ken in hand by one so competent to
eat it with fairness-justness. 1t will
ppear next week.
The Dentiphone is the name of new
for making sound audible by
ay OF the teeth. Mr.. j. p. Jennings
lowed us one the other day, and its OPP
ltioD. 1t is shaped like fan, and made
ryicable by taking the upper edge be-
Vefn the teeth, and with one hand upon
le handle, so raising it as to make it
lrye out toward the person listened to.