Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-07-17
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lar skeleton was found near lho came placa
some months since.
tits said that Mayor Ticmann is about to
make an onslaught upon q number OF persons
contemplating motrimony on the ground that
smafiiugo is'only u lottery"
au- A sorvnnt nslsod her mistress whether
she could obllge her BY going out on a particu-
lar alternoon, rs she WAS goi.ig to have party
Of friends, aud wanted The oan Of the drawing
room
nv II is sthfed that thera are bet three Re.
volutionary soldiers IN Ohio. Their names and
residences are as lollows jonas Frazee, Har-
rison, William Jonee, Bataviai John Strait,
Galipoiis.
So City Marshal Beofd, Of Lexington Ky
was murdered by man named Barker, while
cndeavoring TO arrest him A crowd collected
and hung the murderer few hours afterwafd
ON the 10Th inst
The trial Of the captoin and crew Of the
schooner Franeis French, on The charge Of
stealing slaves, commenced at the Hustings
Court, Smithhcld, on the sth. The Steward
Thompson, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
to ten years imprisonment 10 the Penitenliary.
c0r IT. c. Gilbert commercial editor OF the
Buffalo Commercial .4durtiser, aud CONNER.
cia reporter VI the New York Associated |
Press, was instantly killed on the 9th, by the
falling of q scafFold at Central Wharf
ss~ A man named Porter was blown in pie
ces on the 5th, at New London, Ohio, by the |
premature discharge OF cannon, which Is said
70 be the same piece that has been the occasion |
Of fatal accidents in Elyria. Sullivan aud Mount
Vernon.
A certain cookney blue.beard. overcome by |
his sensibilitics, faiuted at the grave of his |
fourth spouse. "What can we do with bimfp
asked a perplexed friend of his Let him
alone said a waggish hystaudcr he'll soon
revive
7zr The British War steamer styx from
Havana on the lst inst, arrived at Hail.
fax, Friday, July 9th. She reports the yellow |
fever raging badly there Her officers appear
TO be highly amused with the American ver-
sion Of their proceedings in the Gulf of Mexi-
co.
&C. Plutarch SAYS, in bis life Of Alexander,
that the Babylonians used, during the dog days
to sleep on skins filed with water The Bos-
ton Times adds that in these days men sleep on
skins filled with liquor.
~ Madame Jenny Lind Goldschnidt re-
solved, as is well known, a long time ago after
she had given up her projected journey TO Rus.
sia to leave her present residence, Dresden and
settle IN England This intention she has now
carried out. Jenny Lind will repose in retire
ment on her laurcls, at villa near London.
R5- An immense estate IN Louisiana, EN-.
hracing over four thousand acres of land, with
80 negroes belonging TO the plantation, was
recently sold for quarter OF million OF dol
lars. The purchaser was free negro, who is
said TO be Que Of the wealthiest men OF the
South.
2ss- Queen Victoria has long shown an aver
sion 10 Buckingham Palace which it has puz-
zled the Court gossips to explain. II now ar
pears that the building is infested with rats and
! bugs. Every attempt TO expel the ycrrnin has
/ proved unsuccessful. The rats have got into
the new ball rooms, and every apartment dis
| plays theswonders OF the insect world.
The Society of Friends have addressed let
| Ter TO the French Emperor, cntreating him SO
4 to exercise the power entrusted to him that no
\ proceedings on the part Of the French govern
Inent may in future open the way for the revi
! val of the trade in human beings; that oil at
4 tempts to introduce into The colonies Of France
natives Of Africa, under the name Of free emf
grants, may henceCorth be absolutely prohibit
! ted.
zS- A strawberry was picked il the garden
OF an amateur says the Buffalo Commercial
.adusrtissr, yesterday morning, which measured
eight and fve-cghts inches 10 circumference
The weight of the berry was one ounce, two.
pennyweights and twelve grains. The specimen
was Of the British Queen variety, aud is per-
haps as large berry as any on record
John Wright. an Englishman. who has re
sided in Willoughby for some time past was
killed on the Railroad near Wiloughby on
] Thursday morning last week His legs Gdd
arms were cut of and be was otherwise bonib-
/ ly mangled. He was an incorporate man, had
purchased pint of whiskey the evening pre-
vious. and it is supposed became intoxicated,
laid down on the track and was thus ran over
He leaves family.
! On Sunday last Mr.. Frank Quant, who has
been in the employ Of the Cowles House, at
Painesville, for few weeks says the CONNER
ciaI AdUert'seg, went out shooting frogs, and
in attempting to get aboard Of har d car. his
gun was accidentally discharged, and the con-
tents lodged IN his right hand, shattefing it SO
badly that amputation at the wrist became me-
cessary.
/ 1S- A man named Giluey who was walking
on the track Of the II. A. Railroad, as a train
was leaving the city few days since, was hit
by the locomotive. thrown several feet into the
air. and so fearfully mangled that he died with
in a few minutes. John McShafIer was on the
other track, and was calling TO Giduey, caution
: ing him to get out Of the way OF the approach
ing train when downward train suddenly ran
against him, mutilating him in terribles man
ner from the effects of which he died 10 les,
than half an hour.
Hs- TIE First Presbyterian Church OF Mt
Vernon was destroyed by fire oD Saturday
Some tuners were at work on the cupola
and accidentally permitted FIRE TO drop below
igniting the wood work The fire spread rapid
ly. consuming the building in spite Of the efforts
made to save il. No estimate OF the amount o
loss. The last instalnent Of debt on the build
ing had Just been paid. from the proceeds Of .
raspberry festival given by The ladies.
zs- Within few days past several yesse,g
have arrived at the port of New Y ork. from
Cuban ports. with their whole crews sick viii
yellow fever, and Of Others which have lost 4
large portion of their number by this disease al
sea- which has awakened considerable anxiety
in tho public mind, and has furnished the health
officer with fresh arguments for the rigid en-
ioFcement Of the Quarantine regulations for
J protecting the health OF the port. On their
arrival at New York they are sent down 10 the
Loser Bay TO avoid danger to the city
DscAE OF SIAvpRY rs AtIssoURL-The 81.
Louis Democrat shows the tendency Of fFeC
emigration to drive slavery out Of Missouri by
comparing the free and slave population o.