Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-04

nc nuH iuuue on OuI blftclHs Al Oi the
repairs and improvements under his direc.
tion, show tho marks Of good judgment,
and best Of all, the interests Of the tax.
payers have been considered
The real estate assessors Of the coun.
", had d gathering in the Grand Jury
rooms at jefferson Tor consultation, last
week, and organized by calling j. j. Hoyt,
Esq, Of Rock Creek, 10 the chair, and
Sam' Jones, Of LindenyIle 10 the Office
Of secretary. They were addressed by
Auditor Crowell with reference to their
duties.
The recent action Ol the Council in
regard to trimming the trees in the parks
has caused little discussion on that mat.
ter, and caused one petition to come be
fore that body Our citizens may rest as
sured that il is not the disposition Of the
present Council 10 disturb a single tree,
other than to trim the lower branches to q
uniform height
The bricklayers will commence work
on the walls Of the Ashtabula Tool Co.'S
buildings next Monday. The brick are
now being delivered from the yard Of Mr..
Geo. Hall, who is to furnish 100000 Of
them. Mr.. W. S. Carter has the contract
for doing the wood work The two boil.
ers, each AZ inches by 10 feet, with domes,
have arrived and been put in place
"A team worth some $3.50, belonging
to Capt. Nelson Humphrey, was driyen
into the creek for water, near the lime
kiln at the Harbor, on Saturday last, and
the driver, not realizing the fact that the
dredge had been at work near the spot,
got into deep water, and the team was
drowned. Thus the loss of three horses
by our friend Humphrey the present sea-
SCH
Prof II. c. Spencer is running a bust
ness college in Washington, and making a
successful thing Of it. The graduating
exercises for the closing year-May IA,
| lSSO-shOws its measure OF success. The
number of graduates was six ladies and
thirty gentlemen. The exercises, both
literary and musical, are represented by
the Washington papers TO have been Of a
high order OF merit.
The firm of Henry Hubbard & Co., at
the HarbOr-says the Standard very Just
ly-was formed over fifty years ago. Ma
jor Hubbard is seventy-seven years old,
and Mr.. Hubert something over seventy.
These gentlemen bear their years well,
and to all appearance, haYe several years
Of work in them yet. Asbtabula is under
great obligation to this firm for the labor
performed by its members in making the
harbor what it is, and securing the build
ing Of the railroads which lead to it.
Our fishermen are little uneasy
about the provision of the law regulat-
ing their industry. The law of 70 pub
lished a week or two ago, it was thought
was not the last act of legislative tinker
ing Our efforts however, to find any
thing later have failed Hall Bros. kind
ly favored us with their advance sheets of
the laws Of last session, now in the hands
of the printer, but we find nothing in
them touching the case. We rather
think that Capt Tallman is right, in
going on with fishing business until he find
some law forbidding it. There have not
probably been enough caught to violate
any law.
The communication from our friend
r. W., transmitting subscription, is duly
received. As it is leveled at ex-President
Grant and could not make its appearance
before the nomination is made, and could
not, therefore, in any way stave off the
nomination Of that gentleman, and no
good Republican would care to defeat
him after securing the nomination, there
is no end to be subserved in printing it.
We are sorry to differ from our friend,
but candor cOmpels us to say, that the
General-in our opinion-has no equal for
taking the helm Of the ship of State. I'm
til loyalty and patriotism get a stronger
hold CT the Democratic heart, prudence
suggests the choice Of chief magistrate
that will hold them level--and protect the
weakest citizen IN the enjoyment Of all his
rights.
FISHING IN LAKE ERIE.-The advanced
sheets of the amendments to the revised
statutes, regulating the taking Of fish in
Lake Erie, kindly furnished this Office by
Prosecutor Pettibone, contain-page 1876
the following:
Section 69GSa. 1t shall be unlawful for
any fisherman, fish-dealer, or other per-
son, to catch, except with hook and line,
any fish, except minnOws, in the waters of
Lake Erie, and bays tributury thereunto
between the twenty-fourth (24th) day of
May, and the first Qst of September in
each year; or buy, sell, or offer for sale,
any fresh or salted fish so caught in said
waters, except with hook and line, be-
tween the twenty-fourth (24th) day OF
May, and the first QsD day of September; ;
and it shall be unlawful 10 take whitetish
with gill nets in the waters of Lake Fri e
during the spawning season.
Section 606Sb. Any person infringing
upon any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, be fined in
any sum not exceeding fifty dollars nor
less than ten dollars, or be imprisoned
not more than sixty days nor less than ten
days, or both, at the option of the court,
for each otfense, and the mayors of cities
and all justices of the peace shall have ju
risdictiOn.
The Council is making more radical
job of grading Prospect street, than wai
at first contemplated. The knoll at the
foot Of the street has been cut down somt
18 inches or feet and we understand il
not yet down to grade. That locality il
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