Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30


ciaracter should be AN udmbniuon
against undue freedom Of gyratlon PeiL
AIR. J. A. Davidson the yelern editor,
who hus built up more papers than my
man in he district, has we perceive. cast
his lot with the spicy Geauga Leader, II
will not be long in showing evidence Of
his presence IL It's originality, viyaiclyand
power ...
The Pastor Of the Presbyterian church
takes his summer relaxation from pulpit
labors for the next three Sabbaths The
church will be closed, and the Sabbath
School will have respite The regular
weekly meetings for prayer will be con.
tinucd
That paroxsmal sensitiveness of the
Newsman over the bare allusion to Africa
the land of those missing ng.link.fellows-
is all unwarranted No disrespect was
intended toward that much abused land,
or the claims Of Its people to regular eYo.
lutionary descent.
DIR. $. NJ. Smend. formerly Of Ashta.
bula but recently U. 5. Deputy Marshal
Of CeyeIand has We learn from ;he Her
aid, been confined to his house by illness
for the past few days. The doctor has
been IN feeble health for many years, but it
is hoped his present indspostion will be
OF short duration.
One Of Fishers patent improved re-
| frigiators is in use at the meat market Of
Harmon & Wetmore at the Harbor, and is
the finest thing Of the kind we have seen.
We stepped into it the other day, and the
feeling of being packed in an ice berg was
quite refreshing with the thermometer
outside crowdIng the ninetes.
The Third Grand Excursion from Ash
tabula, under the direction Of the Congre.
gational Church, will be given Thursday,
August 9TH. The steamer Pearl has been
chartered for this occasion, and will leave
Ashtabula Harbor for Cleveland at 8 a. m.
AT least three hours will be given to the
excursionists in the city. Refreshments
will be served upon the steamer
1t is asserted on medical authority
that one OF two cases of stomach disease
in the village took on much of the char
acter of cholera. That of Mr., Thomas
Rolf last week, in its suddenness and 9TH
er symptoms was a rather marked case.
We learn that he performed his regular
labors on Wednesday, felt little i'll on
Wednesday evening at supper, and died
on Thursday AFTERNOON.
-Forepaugh's circus and menagerie
seems to over slough even politics. Our
Democratic friends have postponed their
club meeting foI the purpose of attending
the show. All right they may find that
lesson or two in neutrality-suspicious.
election somewhat servicable on elec-
tion day! The gentleman in corsets has
no sympathies that will take the votes of
the hard listed and horney hand chaps
who cast them hereabouts.
The Wilcox patent rubber spring for
horse shoes, which has been noticed in
these columns is a most valuable contriv-
ance for relieving tenderfooted horses
They are only used upon the fore feet.
They afford immediate and perfect relief,
and while they relieve suffering, they re-
store life and spirit to the animal. Let
any one with tenderfooted horse make
the trial and test the truth of our asser-
tions. In the lower part of the county
they are used very generally with satsfac-
tion, Mr. Sloat, of Rock Greek makes
and sets the shoes, and postal to either
he or A. 9, Wilcox of the same place,
will meet with ready response.
"A most gratifying pleasure excursion
will that be, gotten up by the ladies of the
Congregational church-noticed elsewhere.
The refreshments will be served on the
boat, and the uniform success of these la.
dies in reaching the satisfaction of man,
woman, or child, by way of their palate:
is admitted. The boat is commodious and
safe. The arrangement Of the time oI
starting-9 a, m.--that spent in Cleveland
3 hours-hnd the delightful time Of the
day for the homeward sail, and the timely
hour for reaching home, have each beer
fixed with thoughtful care, and everything
is calc ulated, with good weather, to make
the excursion one Of the most pleasant.
Our friend of the Sentinel is something
of traveller, an ornithologist and evident
ly something of sailor. But his instruc
tions for passing He'll Gate, do not tally
with the careful practice in days of yore
Slowing up" was then deemed fatal tc
safety. To get into an eddy, without full
headway, was almost sure to shoot upon
the rocks, Sail vessels had, therefore
TO wait for wind before encountering the
dangers Of a passage. Steamers under full
headway were then known sometimes tC
stop and it became a struggle with pret
ty even thing of it, whether the power Of
the machinery or the power of the current
should carry the day. SLOWING up
therefore, would not be safe business.
The announcement of Mr., E. H. Pifer,
OF Rock Creek, as a candidate for the Of.
fee Of County Recorder, may be found in
this paper. Our acquaintance with Pifel
has been OF many years standing, and we
are fully persuaded that his popular bear.
ing, his intelligence, fitness and competen
oy, are beyond question. II nominated
and elected, he WILL we have no doubt, FL
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