Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-02-20

houses, very mucn neeos re-iA! !lhB. OO"-
siderable of it is below the surface OF the
ground on either side, and all Of it is COW
cred with sunken holes, which after q
shower or thaw, are filed with from one
to three inches Of water, and will easily
take person in sbove their shoe tops.
The last snow fell in sufficient guam
tity and density to make good sleighing if
the other conditions had been right, but
with the mud and mild temperature it
soon vanished away. The snow was never
more worthy Of the distinction of beauti-
full, for every tree, branch and twig bore
its burden-muf1ed to the extreme and
CAV aad beautiful in its own cerements.
Last Saturday was Valentines dsy,And
the number Of susceptible young hearts that
we're pierced with Cupid's darts no fellow
can tell. We had thought, somewhat, of
sending perfumed missive to the patriarch
of the Standard, merely as feeler after
his tender sensibilities, and to crafty q va
grant curiosity as to how long these quali-
ties will shoulder aud occasionally show
Rtful light in such old hulks. We didn't
quite reach it.
SEMI M-CENTEENIAE.- Central Cong.
Church Of Madison will celebrate its semi
centennial epoch on Thursday. March 4th,
beginning with historical address at 1O1k
a. m. A dinner at p. m. served by the
ladies, and q reminiscenee meeting at 2115
p. m, and an address by Rev. Chas. w.
Tory at Up. m. Former members Of the
church. with the people Of the township,
especially are invited.
Com. of Arrangements.
Mr.. C. A. Hastings returned from
Batavia, n. Y. last Monday evening,
where, for the past three weeks he has been
visiting and receiving medical advice.
His condition was not improved by the
visit for he caught a severe cold, which so
weakened him that he is unable to walk.
He was taken to the residence of Mr.. Ed
gar Hall, and on Wednesday last was to
have been removed to the home Of his
mother in Austinburg.
The Schooner Mary E. Perew, of Ash
tabula, owned by Messrs, Ford & Richard
son, was sold last week Tuesday to lum-
ber company in Chicago where she now is,
for S1S, 600. Messrs. Ford & Richardson
have since purchased the fine schooner
Exile on private terms. Sheis eOmpara-
lively new, rates Az straight, and has
capacity for 81, 600 bushels Of wheat. She
is now in Chicago and has cargo Of grain
aboard ready for the opening of Spring
business.
Bill West, who went from Sheffield
among the King City Colony is one of the
boys that shows what talent, grit and vir-
tue there is in him. He runs a store
stocked with some $25, 200 or $50, 900, is
member of a church, and stands among
the very first Of the community of M'Pher-
son. The depr eciatiOn of King City lots,
Mr.. J. W. Hill says, may be understood
by the fact that he bought several of them
at from five to twenty-five cents a piece.
Such lack of defniteness, of range, leaves
us in doubt about the true value Of our
two lois, which orig inally cost $40.
No sentence had been reached in the
case of State Of Ohio vs. W. A. Church, as
we went 10 press on Thursday evening.
A verdict Of the jury had been reached
which was-shoOting without malice-dis-
charging fre-arm and injuring complain
ing witness. Fine not more than 800,
and imprisonment not more than one year,
or both. The jury stood ten to two for
penitentiary. The sentence will not be
known for a day or two. The costs, we
are told, are likely to amount to $500 or
S4OO, Some Of the lawyers are laughing
about the jury being made up of ten Re
publicans to two Democrats.
Mrs. E. W. Herrick, of Minneapolis,
who had been spending the winter in
Florida, for the benefit Of her health, died
at Jacksonville on Thursday morning,
Feb. 10. Her critical condition for sever
al weeks called for the presence and kind
ly attentions Of MI. H, who was with her
when she expired. Her remains we're ex-
pected at her home on Monday the 10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herriek formerly lived in
Ashtabula, and enjoyed the esteem of the
community, and the announcement OF her
death will cause a feeling of sadness here,
as well as in Minneapolis, where tie fam
lily enjoyed large circle Of friends.
"A telegram was received here last
Wednesday announcing the death on the
previous day Of Miss Emma NJ. Ensign, at
Indianapolis, Ind. Mr.. A. A. Strong and
Miss Sarah Ensign started Immediately for
Indianapolis, and are expected hack to-day
with the remains. The deceased has de-
voted her time to teaching for number of
years past, and was so engaged at the time
of her death. She had received a careful
education, and being endowed with a re-
markable memory she readily absorbed and
retained the knowledge impaired to her.
She was pleasing conversationalist and
lady Of most engaging manners. The
memory Of her worth and beauty of her
character viii soften the bitter blow, il it
cannot altogether heal the wound.
-Messrs. J. A. Braden 8 Co., Of Rock
Greek, are taking advantage of our sdver-
tising facilities and insert several locals in
this number. They are thorough mer-
chants, full of tact, energy and ample stock,
The Akron Gazette says. u
Esq, and wife have returned home
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