Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-10

-The paper mill at Conneaut has re
Gently been receiving a quantity OF ma
chinerv.
Rev. o. 7. Wyman, of Conneaut. is
holding protracted meetings in the Put
ney School House.
Rev Henry Smith, of East Spring
field, realized $40 from a donation visit
one day last week.
"A. H. Bissell and Ii. p. Smith are to
start, this season, brick and tile yard at
Dorset Center.
H. r. Spencer, of Austinburgh, has
gone to Wheeling, w. Va, to engage III
the practice of law.
--Prof'E. G. Greenlee is holding a mu-
steal institute at the Congregational
Church in Kelloggsvile.
w. D. Smith, of Dorset has gone to
Cleveland to teach in the Spencerian
Business College there.
The Geneva Murphy Association holds
it's Scmi-annual election of officers on Fri
day evening April 9th.
Geneva complains of a growing ele-
Dent of rowdyism and loudly calls for an
effective police system.
VIM. Beach, of Saybrook, sold off his
COWS and other stock last Tuesday, pre-
paratory to moving away.
Last week. Nettie Coon tell down the
stairs of the High School Building, in Jef-
terson, and broke an arm.
Joseph Barrett. of Monroe. has sold
his place to MIR. Walding. of Pennsylva-
MIA, and moved to Pierpont.
recently severely Kicked by morse, is
recovering from his injuries.
All interested are invited to busl-
ness meeting at the An,boy Cheese Fac
tory on Thursday, April Sth.
The seatingS in the Congregational
Church at Ashtabula, were disposed OF
at auction. on Thursday of last week.
The W. G. II. U. hold regular meet
ings, in Conneaut, on the first and third
Friday OF each month, at 2:30 O'Clock p.
Hon. l.. >. sherman, of Ashtabula, is
suggested as a peculiarly able dark
horse for the Republican Con gressional
race.
The base ball season has opened in
Ashtabula, a game between a town and
harbor nine having recently been played
there. E
-On Sunday last Mrs. A. G.. snyder,
wife OF a prominent manufacturer of Ash
tabula, died after a long and severe ILL
ness.
Miss Harriet n. Fassett, of Ashtabu-
la, is now living very ill of pneu moEla, at
the residence of her brother Hon. Hen ry
Fassett.
Mrs. Kent Mason lectured on Tenn
perance, in Geneva, last Friday ever ing
The lecture is highly spoken of by the
local press.
A recent addition makes the library
of the Conneaut Christian sunday School
number about 300 volumns, probably the
largest in the county.
-lue OOiucdub .1oSiS1'
meets on Friday evening, April 9th
There will be a debate and various inter-
esting literary exercises.
A slight fire in the drying room OF
the Geneva Tool Works April-io oled peo-
pie into the expectation of big confla-
grafton. Loss about 5000.
The underpInning for the Geneva
Sewing Machine Company's new build
ing is now completed and work upon the
superst, uctiOn commenced.
tQAnhar,S examination a Sl-
tabula, last week, there were 80 ippli-
cants; 66 ladies and ID gentleman. And
still they call it benighted Ashtabula!
Last week, while drunk, yole Gask-
ell and George Clark, both of Richmond,
quarreffed and the former stabbed the lat
ter with a jack-knife. Injury not serious.
Last week Mrs. Libbie Raymond, of
East COnneaut, had riD broken by oeing
thrown from a carriage. Mrs. Hiram
Lake, who was with her escaped without
serious injury.
A short time since donation party
for the benefit of Rev. j. w. King, was
of Kelloggsville. About 500 was the
amount realized.
-Shrewd operators recently got under
John Granger's wheat crib, in Ashtahula,
and boring a hole up through the floor
managed to secure several bags OF grain
without being detected.
On Monday of last week MIR. and Mrs.
l.. X. Taylor, of Ashtabula, celebrated
their silver wedding. A large number of
guests were present and the presents nu-
merous and valuable.
Last week a literary enterta inmeRt
was given by the Temperance people OF
Rock Greek, to raise money with which
to provide the Sunday schools with copies
of the Temperance Banner.
The residence OF e. IL. Lanphier. OF
Rich hmond, was recently burned, the fire
originating from a detective stove pipe.
Loss partially covered by insurance III
the Ohio Farmers Company.
"A lot OF goods. consigned TO carlisle
& Taylor, OF Ashtabula and Gleason d
Co., OF Geneva, we're stolen from Mer-
chants Dispatch Car between New L ork
and Ashtabula, one day last week.
Geneva has fire engine but no one
knows how to use it and when, at re-
cent fire, 1t could not be made to pump
backward the citizens proposed to trade
it Off for dog and then shoot the dog.
Rev. D. l.. Hickok, formerly the pas
tor OF the Presbyterian Church in Kings
vile but more recently resident OF Ash
tabul4, has again accepted charge OF the
Kingsvilie Church tor. the ensuing year.
Election reports from the various
towns in the county all agree that the
vote polled was exceedingly light and
wonderfully divided; scratched tickets
being the rule rather than the exception.
-kev. Rufus Clark has been engaged
at South Ridge. for the ensuing year. He
is to preach every Sunday afternoon. at
the Union Church in North Kfngsville.
i The Ashtabula Tool Company has
ordered $4,000 Gorliss Engine of 100
horse power and boilers and other ma
chinery aggregating over $1,000. All
of which are to be completed and in
place by June 1st. The total cost OF ma
chinery Will be over $4,000.
The teachers examinations for the
spring will be, held at Andoyer on April
9th, at Geneva on April 18th, at Pierpont
April 20th, at Orwell on April 9th, at
Conneaut May 4th and at Austinburgh on
May 10th. AT all these places they will
begin at $3.50 O'Clock am.
AT the term of the District Court
which began at Jefferson on the 22d OF
March the following cases were disposed
Of: G. Bartholomew ct al VS. G. W. Nor
gan, Com. Pleas Judgment reversed with
costs: w. j. Clark VS. G.. w. Roberts,
Common Pleas Judgment affirmed with
costs; l.. Taylor VS. M. Barrett, Common
Pleas Judgment affirmed and petition dis
missed; F. D.. FickInger VS. +. Burch.
Common Pleas Judgment reversed with
costs; Adams, Jewett & Co., VS. j. Nc
Curdy, Com. Pleas Judgment reversed
with costs; S. o. Latimer ct al VS. A. B.
Reed, Com. Pleas Judgment affirmed and
petition dismissed; L. A. Clark VS. Fl.
Stillman ct al. Com. Pleas Judgment af-
firmed add petition dismissed; j. Beck
with VS. r. N. Beckwith, Com. Pleas
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