Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
THE TELEGRAPH.
Friday Morning, May 21, 1880.
LOCAL NEWS.

We have found out at length, VINO inc
village cnumerator is.
The TELEGRAPH is always for sale at
the Central News Room.
Ice is selling in Ashtabula this sea
son for G5c per 100 pounds.
There are no second hand baby car
riages for sale in Ashtabula.
Grand River Institute graduates a
class of II at the close Of the present year
10th prox
The Council met last Wednesday eve
ming, and the Board Of Health last Tues
day evening.
The L. S. & NJ. S. Ry. Co. is laying a
side track from the Franklin Division to
the Tool Cos grounds
-Freights are, on coal from Ashtabula
to Lake Michigan ports, so to G5c wheat
Detroit to Buffalo, 2lic; corn, Chicago to
Buffalo, 515c. wheat, &c.
Miss Sophia Root expects to start at
m early day for San Francisco where she
will make an extended visit with her
brother George and his family,
DR. II. H. Bartlett of Elgin, ILL.,, has
been among his Ashtabula friends during
the past week. on business connected with
his loss in the Numainville fire.
Shears old mare Dolly, recently
snapped off for a four year old Scarcher
gelding, died at Rock Creek the other
day after a heavy drive to Geneva.
On Saturday last Capt. E. II. Gilkey,
1st 1t. W. B. Menneiley and 2d 1t. f. H..
Frazier received their respective commits
siors as officers of Co. G, 10th Regt., o.
n. &.
There was an adjourned meeting of
the Council last evening for the purpose of
passing an ordinance for the issue of bonds
for continuing the Harbor improvement
work.
AT a special meeting ofthe Board OF
Education held on Saturday evening last
Mr.. A. D. Strong was added to the list of
examiners of the Ashtabula public
schools.
-ScoviHe's Cornet Band on Tuesday
last, received new alto and tenor trombones,
B. flat cornet and a snare drum. They
were purchased through the agency Of w
E. Reeves, music dealer.
Councilman PfaiT, when boy, lived
in house in Germany which was once oc-
cupied by Schwartz, the German monk Of
the 14th century, who was popularity attrib
uted as the inventor of gunpowder.
Members of Protection Company will
receive an order on the Treasurer for las
pay roll by calling on the Secretary to
day. The company will drill at Ligh
Guards Armory this evening at S:3C
sharp.
"A dock hand while leaning over tht
rail of the steam barge Forest City las
Tuesday, was struck on the head by {
lump of ore which dropped from buck
ct He was severely, though it is though
not dangerously injured,
We learn that Mr.. Ed. Hitchcock, i
revolving the matter Of moving his dwell
house across the street and farther West
The object is to secure more room 70
business-the grounds attached to hi
shop being to much Strengthened.
The Rev. Hugh Bailey, Of Camden
n. Y, is expected here to-day, and OF
next Sunday will commence his abors a:
rector of st. Peters Episcopal Church
lie has rented Miss Sophia Roots place ol
Park street for his residence.
Rev, Thos. Guy of jefferson, vii
preach at the NJ. e. church-Plymo
and administer the sacrament of tn
Lords supper, on Sunday evening, Ma,
8Oth, at ~ o'clock. The pastor-H. I
Beede-preaches at II O'Clock a. m.
Any one owning a horse, win find
both convenient and profitable to inves
% cents in Kendall's Treatise and diseai
es of the Horse 1t is to be found at tn
TELEGRAPH Office, or at the stores O
Messrs. Chas L. Swift and Thurber 1
O.
Mr. J. w. Collins has rented the stor
recently occupied BYE, A. Willard, an
about August next will open fresh stocI
Of dry goods therein. Messrs. Amsden
Harris, jewellers, win occupy part of tn
Foqm, which has been undergoing genel
al repairs.