Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-12-11
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SUMMARY.

Among the passengers by the Illinois, are
Senior Mla, Minister from Guatemala to WASH
ton.
19- The Memphis .aVGlGnche states that
james b. Clay has sold the residence Of Henry
Clay, Ashland, for 100000 acres of Texas land.
gs- The hog census is taken annually in Ohio.
The returns published by counties in the Gin
ciuuati papers, foot up 2,554,9l4, gain of some
100000 over last year.
~ II is said there is not an unmarried man
in the town of Yarmouth, Cape Cod. The
girls that are left will be obliged to emigrate.
esr An Irish girl raug at the door of the
residence of the Postmaster General at Wash
ingtou, the other day, and demanded Of the col
ored waiter TO see the postmaster general for
she tOdnted a letter that she expected from her
brother Over the seas.
as- Brigham Young has bad boys. Brig
ham Jr. and Jo got into muss in Gilbert a.
Gerrish's store at Salt Lake City, and 10 at
tempted to shoot MIR. Gilbert but the police
took them both of to the calaboose.
Gs- The Boston theater, the most perfect in
all its appointments of any one in the country,
does not meet its expenses The expenses of
week exceeded the receipts by over a thousand
dollars. Manager Barry retires in March, aud
the theater is advertised to be let.
es- married woman in Memphis, Tenn,
Mrs Ida Agnes HeIbiug has sued an old admi-
rer, Phillip r. Rohlen, for damages to the a
mount of $4,000 for breach of promise. Her
present husband joins in the prosecution with q
reveugefuI spirit.
Gg> AS the people Of Indiana talk of amend
ing their present free and easy divorce laws, it
is suggested that those who want divorces
should uppy soon, and that perhaps the rail-
roads might be induced TO ruu special trains at
reduced fare.
&S- The catalouge OF Yale College for
1859 has been issued. Total number of stu
dents 578, classified as follows Academical---
Senior iO4, Juniors r. SuphOmOres LOG, Fresh
men 1874 Professional Theology 81, Law 80,
Medical "a, Philosophy aud Arts, So.
The Wheele, g. Wilson Sewing Machine Co.,
in Eas, Bridgeport, says the Bridgeport Stand
ard are employing at this time nearly 800 hands
and are turning out $50 Machines per week
twice as many as they were making last season.
1t is pleasant TO find that some kinds Of business
are Aourisbing even in these days of pressure.
1s- An amusing and painful incident recent
ly took place in Cincinnati. Two gentlemen
afflicted with st. Vitus dance met, and each
supposiug the other to he mocking himself a
fight ensued of the most desperate character.
Finally, mutual acquaintance found them
struggling IN the gutter and succeeded in sep
Grating them and and making known their mu-
tua mistake, when they shook hands aud apol-
ogized TO each other
~ Rev, Daniel Donney, the Roman Cath.
olic priest who shot dead man Lamed Kelley
at Staunton, Va, has been convicted of mur-
der in the second degree, and been sentenced to
the penitentiary for eight years. lie went with
the jaier, few days since, and obtained bag
of coin, several hundred dollars, which he had
secreted under the church steps.-William G.
Ford who murdered officer Burnham in Bati-
more, has been sentenced to be hanged.