Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-05
THE TELEGRAPH.
Friday Morning, March 3, 1880.
LOCAL NEWS.

"
Spring.
Blue birds and robbins have been here
for week past.
New lettuce for sale in town, grown by
Mr.. Roger Griswold.
Skating rnks have not been financial
successes this winter.
The hardest worked men in Ashtabula
to-day are house.hunters.
There was regular meeting Of the
Council last Wednesday evening.
The winter terms of many of the
schools in this vicinity have closed.
Large flocks Of pigeons were seen fly
ing eastward last Wednesday morning.
Albert Harmon was asked for refusal
of his Satellite gelding at $25OO, and did re-
fuse,
-Talman began Thursday to arrange
his nets for trout fishing, aud expects in a
day or two, TO have his gill nets out for
white fish.
We noticed couple of cars on the
o'clock train west, on Saturday afternoon
last filed with U. s. Soldiers moving to-
ward the setting sun.
On Monday last general order, au-
nonucing the restoration of the old rates of
wages paid to the employees of the L, S. &
NJ. S. Ry., in 1877, was issued
The March meeting of the Ashtabula
County Educational Society meets on the
Goth of March instead of the 18th, at the
High School building in jefferson.
The members of Protection Company
will call on ourcitizens personally in a day
or two, with tickets for Prof. Hedley's lee
lures. 1t is in "a good cause, so be liberal.
"A 6.pound tumor was removed sue.
cessfully from the breast of Mrs. Hodge,
of Concord, aged 81 years, Thursday Of
last week, byDr. Cowles, of Chardon, in
fifteen minutes. .. ..
Well, what next? Those fellows at the
Hub are now talking about sewerage and
sanitary measures. Fastidiousness about
health to be sure! Overo on thatsucculent,
oozy mortar bed .... '.-. ...
The East Village cheese factory goes
into the hands of VIM Mead of Saybrook,
by lease, the coming season. How shall
we get along without the CHEEKY presence
of Capt. Klumph. .....|. .'
For the benefit of our fishermen it
may be said that seine fishing began at
Fairport on the 22d ult-20O pounds Of
mullet, yellow pike, few bass and a
muscalonge were taken--the earliest fish
ing known,
Some Of our tribe seem to run to
length of days, James Reed, of Marion,
on the Goth ult., celebrated his 9Sth birth
day. We have not known any centuro-
rions in our family yet, but this is coming
pretty near to it. ..',r ....'.....'.I......
With such constant and growing de-
mand for neat and convenient houses for
rent, it is a mystery to us why our capital
lists do not erect more OF them, We doubt
not that twentylImore Of them could be
rented this spring were theyto be procured.
Mr.. T. S, Edwards, formerly OF Ash
tabula, but now Of the firm Of Edwards,
Bailey 6 Co., manufacturers, Of slaves and
heading, Carlton, Mich, in renewing bis
subscription to the uTELEGRAPH, says
"Three hearty cheers forSteve Northway'
"A case was brought before Esq. Rich
ards on Wednesday morning last, in which
John Bolton, living belowthe l.. S. &M. S.
station, with cutting tim Der ON property Of
Jeremiah Howard, decd, in Saybrook
Belton was required to recognize the sun
Of$75 to appear for trial, ,r.n,. .
Mr., @. G. Williams musical institute
opened last Monday according to aunnonce
ment, with an attendance OF 70 scholars
The institute closes next Friday evening
with CONCERT at the opera house, Pu
pills viii! stillbe reeeived. Sessions at foul
and seven p. m. of each daysd Iy .mHr
Persons desiring TO become subscriber
to the TELEaRAPH should bear In mind tha
the new and enlarged paper is furnished q
the old price of SO per snnum. 1t contain
more miscellaneous reading matter thai
ever before and more original local new
and regular correspondents than any pape
in the county.
Does advertising in tbe TEtEaRAPi
puy2 Ask Mr., e, T. Meclauning. who 70
the past three weeks has been advertising
in this paper Spring hats, Gaps and othe
additions to his large stock Of clothing
On Saturday last he sold twelve fne hat
besides quantities Of other goods, and o
other days nearly as much' a.f