Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-20

SUMMARY.

f8 Nlzabeth Carr ono of the domnalicu
who vas wounded ~ the 0onldy tragedy. died
oo Sao'lay last, at the hospital
Esgs Common mullen leaves, Smoked N !
new pipe--one 10 which tobacco has never beer
used--is said to be cure for brocbfis,
es- The Buffalo Republic and Time. mn
administration pnper OF late has nut the. nome
Of Stephen A Douglas up as It's candidate fol
president Ia 1860.
ng- a Philadelphia street beggar was nrrest.
ed last week for drunkenness. Ills greasy tai.
tered waiscoat was found literally lined with
bright halt eagles carefully sewed into The lar.
mcnt # M ni e sH AslsAh3
~ The candle-box Ia which John Calhoun
buried the Kansas election returns under M,
wood-pile, whence they were dug ont bv a com.
mi,teo Of the free->late territorial legislature
has been taken to Boston for exhibition.
eg Another change in the outline of,that
wonderful cataract Of Ningara The road to
Termination Point has fallen nway-mortal
being will never visit that 'pointo again, and a
promenade OF yard long only is now left under
the falls. at,
! sy- The st, Louis cornet baud has ordered
made in Boston full set of silver instruments.
2 in lumber, even the snare drum to be of pnre
silver. The set will cost about $4,000, and a
gold cornel ordered in addition for the leader
will cost $500 more.
.zsg- In a recent trial before the courts at
Cincinnati, it was given in evidence that wo-
man who died not long since had accumulated
SS, 600 in her business Of playing on hand or
gan and singing in the streets.
.ag- 4 lad named Avery irll from a pile of
boards distance of sixteen feet, at Augusta,
Me-. and struck on his head. lie was stunned,
but is siuce perfectly well, except an entire loss
of speech. lie attempts to talk and thinks he
is speaking, but utters no sonnd.
9.y- lady near burlington, Iowa, has got
herself into the following distressing complica-
ton by marriage she is sisterin-aw to her ia-
ther, aunt TO her brothers, sister to her uncle,
daughter 70 her grandfather, aud great aunt to
her own children.
aS- Mrs. Roe, an English woman, living in
New FORK. offored her drunken, abusive hus-
band his choce--a complaint against him for
assault in court. or his travelling expenses 10
Europe, $40 pocket money, and promise never
to see her again. lie accepted the latter.
,9sr A Westport, CT. lady prosecuted gen.
tleman for stolen kiss worth $1,000, and q
big crowd, including about seventy witnesses
assembled at Danbnry, 10 see the case through
The matter was settled outside. however, pro
badly by return of the stolen property.
ass- The Senate OF Mississippi is considering
series of resolutions in support Of slavery The
last and most important of which is, that as
slavery is legally and morally right, the law OF
Congress making the slave trade piracy should
be repealed. -AaF l.1 tu A
Is> A bridal pun with shade of sadness
when the friends of the young beauty who ha
just married old marshal PellissieE in France
4 n. a -
garments presented to her by the empress, she
said-. Yes, like the present better than the
future"
Gg- Gov. Stewart of Missouri has no person
al repugnance to negroes. A few days ago he
was found drunk at negro wedding Upon
this the Jefferson City Inquirer says: "lf frol
icing with negroes, drinking with negroes, eat
ing with negroes, isn't establishing negro equa
ty,' we would like to know what is :"
15- AT Detroit young man named Henry
| Lewis has commenced suit against young
lady named Mary Ann West, to recover some
SO worth of wedding "ixings" which he had
bought for her recently. She don't want to
marry hiR, and be is bound TO loose no money
by the operation,
Es- A village in the vicinity Of Chicago was
| recently thrown into state OF great alarm by
the explosion Of a metallic buryng case, il
which dead body was being transported into
the country for burial. The body had beer
placed in it while warm and the gasses genera
ted by decay burst the heavy plate glass with {
great noise.
Z9- Victory snfenS none of Mr.. Dougasi
feelings towards Mr.. Buchanan. but rather en-
courages him to play the dictator to the poo
president. He says lie will make no terms o
compromise with Buchanan until all his (Doug
lau.,l ho
| they held previous to the breaking out of hos
tilities lie swears that the state quo ante BEL
| Inn must be established.
Iv- In recent address at the North Caro-
lima state fair T. l.. CliDgman stated remark
able fact concerning locality of the western
part of that state, In a district Of few mile;
in extent on the Tyron mountain, neither dew
nor frost is evr known. The district is remark
able for the variety and excellence Of its native
! grapes, and they are often found in fine condi
tion in the open air as late as December.
lS- Democracy and slavery very narrowly
escaped defeat in Delaware at the late election
| for governor their majority is but 204. and fol
member of Congress 4l0, against nearly 2,00t
majority two years ago. In 1886, the opposi
ton elected not single member TO either brancl
Of the Legislature; now the Senate stands
! democrats TO opposition, and the House II
to Z. Another two years will bring over thu
little pocket edition of a state.
| Gg- The State Reform School Numbers somt
forty pupils" The farm consists of LII
acres of good land on the Hooking Hills. Th,
buildings are comfortable, and there will sool
be accommodation for two hundred boys. Th,
boys study and work attentively, and competen
persons instruct them in both departments Ii
case boy who graduates" is unable TO fnI
work, be is permitted to return to the schOO
and there remain until he can find employment
es- A party of emigrants 10 Georgia to Ii
IBERIA sent home lately sample of cotton Of
species which blossoms perpetuay, and one o
their number asserts that good sea island cot
ton can be grown in Liberia. President Ben
son, 10 recent letter, says :.-'There has beef
twenty times more cotton planted by America
Liberians this year than ever before, of both ma
tive and foreign seed and feel sanguine tha
It's cultivation will increase each succeeding
year.
l| Rev Henry Ward Bcecher's society q
Brooklyn has fully determined upon the erection
of new church that will seat 6000 people,
AT the meeting which made this decision owe
! $4,000 were subscribed towards the new build
ing, in sums from $4,000 down to $l--ibe latte
by little boy, 1.-THE FIRST he bad ever earnedy-
A servant girl subscribed $40. The money is
| raj sed ilDou the Dlan adOnieI In building thf