Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-23


Those beautiful and happy twltterera
--the martins have made iheir appearance
and taken possession Of their haunts u
former years Their advent is always a
source of happiness, and their onrly Eight
Is the irst monition Of the departure ot
summer.
Our exchanges furnish the evidence,
that Boards NJ Trade are being organized
by dairymen in various parts Of the coun-
try, which are successful in makiog Won.
siderable savings to the dairymea ap3 pro.
ducers When will the dairymen ol this
county conclude to make start2
Justice Heath has obtained his com.
mission and has cleared away for action.
His ciearness and fairness are above ques-
tion. Ifhowever, he had the qualities Of
Gabriel himself, he would hardly avoid
criticism and carping, At least, we know
no one ofhis predecessors escaping
The Assessors met at the Auditors
Office on Thursday, and decided on the fol-
lowing rates for this year. Horses 500; 3
years old $45; years old $50; year, $50;
COWS, s1s; 2 years old, $14; yearlngs, 80;
fat cattle $3.50 per hundred; Sheep $3.50;
hogs per hundred, $3.50; bees, s9; per
hive.
Albert J. Bieder has considerably i'm
proved his store and restaurant by the intro
duction OF new cases, and by the extension
OF its area and increasing ITS accommoda-
tons by the addition of new tables. The
advent Of the ice cream season will, with
out doubt, show the wisdom Of these meas
ures.
The pastor OF the Presbyterian church
Rev. j. N. M'Giffert-at the recent
meeting of Presbytery Of Cleveland was
made chairman OF the standing committee
on Home Missions, &c. No one among the
members OF Presbytery is better and more
accurately posted in church policy than
the appointee.
Mr. Pat Smith of Cleveland, TO whom
was awarded the contract for dredging in
the municipal job Of widening and i'm
proving the ship channel at the Harbor,
says he will commence the work on the
10th of May, The contract calls for the
completion of the first 10000 cubic yards
by the first of June.
There was regular meeting of the
Board of Education last Monday, at which
Messrs. II. 7. Carlisle and John Ducro
members elect, were sworn into office. DR..
E. L. King was elected President of the
Board; John Ducro, Treasurer; and A. A.
Southwick, Clerk. Several bills we're al
lowed, and the Board adjourned.
An eagle dropped into IA flock of sheep,
on the Stevenson farm in Plymouth the 9th
er day, and picked up lamb which it car
ried into tree on the opposite side of
Ashtabula creek where it tore out and de-
voured the inwards of the lamb. The car.
cass was left in secure place among the
branches of the tree, probably for another
meal.
The house of Henry Apthorp-just be-
low the Lake Shore orosslng--was broken
into on Friday of last week, while the fam
lily were attending the funeral of the faith
er of Mr.. Aptborp, at Nottingham. They
were disturbed by some of the neighbors,
and left without having secured much
Hooty. The losses only amount to some
$40 or $15.
Mr.. Patrick Smith of Cleveland,
whose bid was accepted for dredging fol
the proposed Harbor Improvement, was
in town last Wednesday and signed the
contract. He is required by a bond oi
$6,OOOto remove 10000 cubic yards by
June 1st, and the balance not exceeding
10000 by Sept. 1st, should the Council de-
eide to continue the work.
Well, Mr. Editor, do you get mac
when fellow pays up and stops your pa
PERI The writer did this to one ofthe vii
lage papers the other day, and it was no
the Democratic paper either and the edi
tor got so mad thatitw was difficult to avoiC
looking behind to see if there was any
body behind, with blood in his eye, ben
on helping us down stairs.
Some of our young gentlemen of ele
giant leisure, have graded the spacious lot
on the east of the armOry any converted i
into fine croquette ground, The gam,
seems to be quite taking and elegan
one, disciplinary and thus useful in it,
effect upon the mind. and is, withal, a re
lief to the implication, sometimes cynical
ly used-"a busy man without employ
ment."
On Wednesday last, the dredge, Her
cules put in one whole day at work on th,
bar that formed during the past winter a
the mouth of the harbor. For about thre
weeks previous to this date the weathe
has been such as to prevent the working o
the dredge. The work can be finished, an,
uniform depth of II feet of water made
should the weather be favorable for FEY
days more.
There is not much that is new to II
port in regard to the Ashtabula Tool Ok
The work of erecting suitable brick built
ings will be commenced as soon as poss
BILE, and track will be laid from tn
works to the Franklin branch of the L. s
g M. S. Ry. 1t is expected part of the oil
rolling mill building will be used, as we
as the old foundations upon which reste
the heavy mill machinery.