Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-16


Village 4444 inhabitants. 900 more than
Painesvillc and with the Township over
one.seventh Of the entire population Of the
County.
The Rev. Hugh Bailey, rector Of st..
Peters Episcopal Church, has so far re-
covered from his recent indispostion rs
to enable him to conduct part Of the scr.
vices last Sunday.
-Raspherries have followed their pre-.
decessofs-the strawberry and arcno long.
or to be found on the market. The black
berries, abundant and fine, have already
made their appearance
Madison is to attempt the support Of
another weekly paper E. Gill & Co. are
the experimenters. 1t is expected to make
its appearance to day, under the uame Of
Inder. Wewish it prosperity.
The L. s. & NJ. S. Co. have at length
an per cent dividend-the semi-annual
per cent. portion Of it is payable in Au-
gust This will be comfortable for the
many stockholders in this region.
"A new campaign song, just published
by George D. Newhall & Co., Cincinnati
Jim Garfield at the Front. . cents u
copy. Campaign quartetts will be look
ing up something in this line soon.
Lack Of space forbids the publication of
Gen. Garfeld's letter of acceptance this
week. 1t will appear next week in juxta-
position with that of his competitor, if out
so that they may be read responsively.
The members Of the Royal Arcanum
of this place, with their ladies and invited
guests, 60 to New Lyme on the 2lst inst,
on baslle. pic mic. A special car on the
morning train Of the A. & p. Ry. will
carry them.
If any of our subscribers would like
the Kansas, Topeka Farmer, an old and
valuable agricultural journal, at the low
price of 81 ayear, we can procure it for
them on the receipt of the amount named
and three cent stamp.
The wool season is about closing up.
but Mr. Sam1 w. Humphrey brought in
load of 100 feeces, weighing 1888 pounds,
on Monday last-an unusually good lot of
medium staple, for which he got AZ cents
the top of the market.
On last evening the contractor for
moving the o'Neill store at the Harbor
had reached the end of Bridge street
where the tnrn is to be made. Consider
ing the difficulty Of the work he has made
good progress during the past week.
MIR. George Wright & Co., of Jeffer-
son have had on exhibition during the
past few days at the Fisk House, some fine
specimens of campaign banners and trans
parencies, Of their own production. Po-
liticnl clubs throughout the county should
remember them.
Geneva Is alive in the way Of prepa.
tion for Tuesday the Sd of August, the
dedication Of the soldiers monument
Let il be borne in mind, and give her
lift. Garfield and other distinguished
gentlemen are promised to give inter
est to the occasion.
Some fellow has been getting up
bogus letter Of acceptance for Gen. Gar
field, which has been pronounced fraud
Although there may be fellows smart
enough to attempt an imitation of Gar
field, no one-we think-would be likely
10 make successful imitation.
The current is setting with commend
able force, to Red Brook Austinburg,
jefferson, Ashtabula, are tending that
way, all are looking forward to good
time. The Sentinel man, we observe is of
the number We trust Ashtabula flies
and mosquitoes will deal gently with
him.
The accident of Sunday morning last
on the "Gulf fill, " should serve as a warn
ing to the Lake Shose officials as regards
fast running over that locality. Had the
accident happened to a passenger train,
there you'd have been large loss of life,
and the horrors Of another "Ashtabula
disaster" repeated
That toy pistol is a cruel one. It fills
the papers with accounts of fearful acci-
dents. An Erie dispatch OF the 11th, says
that seven children have been seriously in
jured during the last few days. One of
them died of lookjaw, and two others were
threatened with symptoms of the same
from the injuries received
Occasional showers have prevented
the languishing of any OF the growing
crops, while the harvest of the wheat crop
has hardly been interrupted or unfavora-
bly, affected. The temperature has been
very uniform and steady for most of the
time since the month came in, and the |
grain is in an excellent order.
"A good colt, four year old gelding Mag |
gle Mitchell and George Wilkes stock
standing well up in the world, brown |
about the hips, running into lighter bay |
below, has just been introduced into town
by Mr.. A. A. Strong. He has good |
natural gait, and bids fair to meet any |
reasonable expectation OF his owner.
The house of Mr.. Charles Tinker on |
Park street has also the frame up, and the |
cornice on, and is also about ready for the |
masons, in brick laying The height of |
posts and general design of this building |
bespeaks the aid of an architect The
fngerof an architect may always be dis