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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1879
Page
3
Fragmentary text discusses a price claim related to cheese and an inquiry into value. Mentions Greyhound a Kentucky horse and races against Double-Head, plus a reference to coaches and large sums. Details are garbled and unclear.
Portions of local news report events from last Wednesday noting Lent begins on the next Wednesday and a question about readers this week. Uncle Peter Eitehoock of Geauga is mentioned as a potential candidate for governor amid scattered notes and unclear text.
The article reviews local debates on treasury drafts and appropriations for improvements, mentions a powder mill incident near Cleveland, and lists annual meeting officers for the Hie J. Topky organization. It also covers a large black walnut tree harvest near Ashtabula, a hotel landlord's improved business, and railroad schedule notices for Port Jervis to Chicago routes with early morning departures and connecting trains.
Council met last Wednesday with all leaders present. Minutes were read and approved. The Street Committee proposed funding for Camp Street access via Mary and Ann Cherney with a $500 offer or appraisal by three appraisers. Fred Carida to act as appraiser. Gas and Light Company accounts granted more time to settle as directed. Fire and Water Committee given more time on a glass issue. Deputy Marshal J F Kitdy case reviewed. Eddy’s pavement slip damages noted. Neptune Hall repairs completed. disbanded organization not reformed. Company objections to payment terms noted. Manning’s resolution: appoint committee to study best practices for a village water and power service. Ordinances enacted on Walnut and Bridge Street sidewalks, auctioning goods, and paying town armory expenses. Solicitor tasked to collect township costs. Manning committee to consider village ward division. Mayor named Manning Butler Randall. Adjourned 11 o’clock.
County News reports meetings paused last Thursday and to resume Thursday at 2 pm and 7 pm with likely Friday hours unchanged. It notes rumors about Mr. Gietege Wilkinson taking a Sarbrook girl to Katinas, but no confirmation. Several residents, including Hiram Lewis and Rev. Collier’s wife, are on a sick list but improving. Mrs Ambrow Brown visits Euclid. Lottie Norton returns from Madison to resume dressmaking. F L Brwnoh rents the Bowman house for spring. Social scenes show sleighing and fashionable turnout, with commentary on ladies' influence over smoking as a social issue.
Members of the Austin Post and local actors staged a successful dramatic entertainment at the old church renamed the Post Opera House. Farmers discussed wartime price contrasts, noting shifts from self-sufficiency to money payments for goods and threshing, reflecting on economic change.
A fractured ashtabula court report lists disposed causes since the last update including Abyll W doward versus Bageos Bi ard and others for 2190 dollars. A donation visit is scheduled for Rex Tech at Kelloggsville hosted by George Harly on February date.
Real estate transfers list multiple conveyances including Grieva A M and J W Simpson to Catherine ee Sa for 105 acres at $2000, E Condon and wife to Catherine en Ig ont bealf acres at $3000, M Eggleston wife to James W acres at $308, Wis. Pestle and others, sheriff, special master commissioner spins, various parties exchanging parcels from 4 to 50 acres with prices from $1000 to $2205, followed by a dense block of local ads for stores, groceries, medicines, and household goods, with discount prices and product names, interleaved with prose on health and consumer items.
An old town ordinance appears amid a flood of notices including a divorce proceeding, a road improvement petition, and a lengthy cheese curing guide. The mix shows municipal governance measures, court actions, land or road work, and procedural dates with scattered names and locations.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a Roe of the Argeanaee Businieka on the Int day eConstancy. The text mentions 18 Loans and a etaal detail, but exact figures and full names are unclear.
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