Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-25

the old Watous corner at the nafbor
and are making u useful Institution.
They have the skill, aie satisfied with fair
compensation, and wthall very accomm %.
dating.
The use Of Fields driving park has
not been sufficient to keep the coarse
twitch grass down on the outside rim, i
and resort has been had TO surface
plowing to get rid Of IL. II drivers would
use the whole surface, this labor might be
avoided
The work Of enumeration Of the in
habltants Of the village, is drawing to
close, as the enumerator had reached the
fourth thousand some days since, and the
common estimate is that we shall not vary
much from five thousand. Farms and
factories will be taken last.
Garfield and Arthur clubs are being
formed in about every direction. Will
not Ashtabula, also, start the ball without
delay2 The majority Of this county should
show our esteem for the man, and our
hearty endorsement Of the ac lion Of the
Convention.
"A lad Of some 1S years by the name
of Lovejoy, while driving one of Fuller's
wagons loaded with baggage to the sta
tion, was runaway with, last week, and
thrown out with the baggage, and had a
wrist bone broken, and the wagon was
badly broken.
The first pole up in the villsge,
in honor of Garfeld's nomination,
is that upon the premises Of Mr.. WIN.
c. Haskell, on Prospect street. 1t lifts
its tall head one hundred feet into the
elemental field, and its long streamer
nearly measures length with it.
Mr.. Rlckard sends us copy Of the
program Of the commencement exercises
Of the Law Department OF the National
University-closing 1880, June 9th. The
candidates for degrees number %. The
graduation of our friend from such an in
stitution bespeaks the standing it will con-
fer
The sexton of Magdeburg, France,
caught little girl plucking a flower in Il
cemetery, recently, and thrust her into the
dead house with four corpses He forgot
about having locked her up until the fol-
lowing day, and when he opened the dead
house the child was found frightened to
DEATH
We have few more OF those invoice
books loft, so nicely adapted to keeping a
concise, tabular account of the sales of
cheese factories. These are the first in
troduced INTO the county. Beside being
found handy, they save time and remove
all chance for discrepancies between buy
er and seller.
Amos C. Fisk, accompanied by DIR.
Hubbard, left on Monday last for trip
east-Mr. Fisk for New England, il equa
to the journey, and DR.. Hubbard fol
Oneida county, N. Y. AS Mr.. f. has moi
returned, as was his apprehension, the
presumption is that he found himself able
to Withstand the fatigues Of the journey
The grading of Prospect street does
not progress rapidly. Councilman Has
kell has put up his oak curbs and is grad
ing out to them, for the strip Of lawn
which is to ornament the front of every
one who arranges for it, The grading o
the street, however, seems TO have subsid
eddor the present, with the removal o
the knoll at its foot.
1t is known that Mrs. Wellman-th
alto in the qusrtette Of the Presbyterian
| church, is off on her annual vacation amonl
Pittsburg friends. A Pittsburg pape
speaks of her as one of the finest altos
which is no more than true. She has givel
samples of her powers in some of the cit
churches Her rustications we understand
have been extended to Chicago.
The ladies of the Presbyterian churcI
had their social gathering on Wednesds.
evening of last week at the house Of Capt
N. W. Brown and lady, on lake shore. A
it is generally understood, the hearties
hospitality meets every one who lifts tina
latch, there were between so and hun
dred present, and generous and happ
time was had.
The result of the meeting of the May
or, C. L. Sloan, and committee Of tn
Council, with the Commissioners, las
week, was that the Commissioners agree
to lengthen the pontoon bridge 90 feet a
each end, without changing its character
and have contracted with Frank M'Kenzi
to do the lengthening and driving tn
piles for the approaches.
-NumainVille has passed through
trial for firing his goods with feloniou
intent to defraud the insurance companie
and again for firing the building, and aftC
a pretty well contested trial hay
been discharged on both. The Prosecute
was assisted by Hall Bros for the Stat
and Messrs. Northway and Hoyt AN
Charley Sherman for the defense.
-Gen. Garfield arrived at Cleveland o
Sunday morning last and proceeded at ono
to Mentor, where he will give himself u
to rest and reeuperation, and indict h
letter of acceptance. The General di