Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-15
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.


The pedestrians, O'Leary, Hart, Guyon,
Dobler and Davis sailed for Liverpool
Tuesday on the steamship Wisconsin.
O'Leary takes bis running mare, Thought,
with him. and it is expected she will take
part in races in England. The pedestrians
will be present at the contest Tor the Astly
belt to take place at Agricultural Hall,
London. commencing November 1st. Dob
Ter will take part in the contest ,OLeary Las
entered him, and he expects great things
Of the Chicago boy. The entries have been
closed, and among the Americans who
have entered are Dobler, with record Of
531 miles; Howard, ,538 miles, and Pegram,
(colored) 53i. The Engishmen are, Row
ell, $50 miles; Blower" Brown, 553 miles (;
Corkey, 521 miles, aud Hazel, 500 miles.
Hart goes as spectator Guyon will be
matched against Vaughn in heel and toe
walk. Vaughn was second to O'Leary
when the latter won the Astly belt in the
first contest in England. O'Leary says
that Dobler is the best man we have here
to send for the belt, and that the man who
wins it will have to walk for it. Rowell
has plenty OF money and wants to marry
and settle down. 1t is his ambition to set
tie down as the owner Of the belt, which
he can be il he wins it this time, as he
has already won II twice. Besides, he and
nroyp ara bitfar .psr,fas arI tL. late,
will do bis best to win the belt. The gate
money does not amount to anything in
England, and the belt must be brought to
New York in order TO make anything like
enough to pay expenses.
For some time the horses Of New York
and vicinity have been troubled with a
complaint very similar to the epizootie OF
1873, only Of much milder character. A
general improvement has been noted dur
ing the past week. In most CT the stables
nearly every horse has been more or less
afflicted by the sickness, but except in
comparatively few instances they have been
able to work. Stable men are inclined to
believe that, with favorable weather, by
another week the affection will have entire
~ ulthppeuiths ne eDlLUOilC has lllhut
IFS appearance on Staten Island, both in
public and private stables, but, as far as
known, the horses on the farms in the in
terror Of the island have not been attacked
yet with the disease. 1t is believed that
in most instances the sick horses contract
ed the disease in New York. William
Rose, the county veterinary surgeon, yes
terday visited the brewery stablesof large
at tho E,rnp In, t1
Of the Island, and found twelve horses sick,
but in all cases only very mild type ap-
pears. 1t is said that any stable may be
kept free from the disease 10y simply hang
ing a large bag OF coarse charcoal where
an easy rrmedy to try.
The six European steamers which sailed
from the port OF New York Saturday last
carried total Of 1880 barrels OF apples,
in addition to other freight. American ap,
piles having become luxury much sought
after in the old country.
Fall with its brilliant tinted leaves is
with us, and every sunny afternoon ladies
and children throng the parks Of both
New York and Brooklyn gathering al
within their reach. You who live in the
country, or in beautiful villages have lit.
tie idea with what avidity these fall pro
ductions are sought after by your city
cousins. Indeed, it is safe to say that
there are 10000 people in the city Of New
York who have not seen a green leaf thi:
summer, and many children who nevel
saw grove of trees in their lives.
Chestnuts are plentiful this year, anC
the average Brooklyn boy has only Pros
pect Park for his nutting ground. No
tices are conspicuOusly posted on everJ
| tree to the effect that nuts may be picked
from the ground, but no trees are to bl
| climbed or nuts beaten from the branches
These rules are very hard to enforce, fol
| the moment the backs Of the park polio,
are turned the sticks and stones rattle
among the branches like hail. For every
nut striking the ground, there are three oil
| four boys ready to grab for it.
To give slight idea Of the enormous
amount Of labor and expense necessary Il
keep the streets of New York in fairly
clean condition, give the following figure
for the month Of September. Number o
loads of dirt taken away, 20,932; loads o
ashes, 57,062, at total cost Of $4S, 945
| This is the first month in which an accu
rate table of street cleaning matters ha
been compiled and laid before the public
1t will thus be seen that the annual eX
pense OF removing the refuse will far eX
ceed $500, 600.
New York, October 18th, 1880.