Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-08-04
sALMACUNDI.


crease Of $4,000.
Politeness is like on air cushion there
may be nothing solid in il, but il eases the
iolts wonderfully.
p6y~A militia company of seventy.hve
members, all negroes, has been formed in
Chiogo.
B1y~T The Prince Of Wales staid Tin three
o'clock in the morning at the ball given him
at ST. Johu's, and danced nearly ali evening.
He's one of 'em.
Six beautiful swans, says the Troy U1ig.
are TO be placed in the lake n the Albany
Rural Cemetry. They were brought over
from Europe by Mr. Van Woert.
The N. Y. Ercaing Post gives list of
eighty five slayers that have been fitted out
at that port, and ascertained to have land
ed one or more cargoes.
pa-The exhibition of the Great Eastern
I ia n. Y. closed on Saturday. During its
continuance, she had been visited by over
200, 00Opersons.
ESy- There are at Paris nineteen Protes.
! tant churches, ninety y.seven Protestant cler-
gymen, aud two thousand five hundred
Children attending Protestant Sunday
Schools
Ba~ Mayor Wood has received com.
munication from the Senate of Hamburg,
through the Dutch consul in New York, ex.
pressing wish to furnish the park with as
many swans as have died.
RA-The directors Of the Great Eastern
estimate that she will make clear profit of
$75, 600 by her first voyage to this country.
Whether she will pay when run for regular
business, is question to be determined
R9y- A convention of old soldiers of the
war Of 1912 is to be held at Marysyile,
Union county, Ohio, on the 18th of August,
for the purpose Of consulting together on
the subject of pensions A free dinner will
be provided by the citizens.
R6S- The orthodox Congregationalists of
England have cbapel-bullding society
which in seven years has aided in the cree
of l20 chapelS with 10000 sittings, and
last year collected SIS, 900, and has 40 ac-
cumuatsd fund of $4,000.
p@- A gentleman recently arrived from
Kansas says that the wheat crop is almost,
if not entirely destroyed. Corn will yield
perhaps half crop, and potatoes not more
than half--so severe has been the drouth
of this season.
HS- The Bangor Wing states that the
company engaged in taking out goods from
the wrecked steamer Hungarian obtain
from $500 to 5000 worth per day The
wreck is full Of bodies, some Of which can
be seen at low water, and the sight is rep
e resented as extremely distressing.
t pSy- Religious services were held on
i board the Great Eastern last Sunday, Rev
= c. w. DenniSon, the universal genius being
the preacher The experiment of taking
the gospel to the goddess who will not come
+ to the gospel is being tried pretty extcn.
siveIy in New York, Sunday services being
held on decks Of ships, in parks, tents, thea,
. tiers and billiard rooms.
= Rar With many curious motions, well
u dressed woman brought her well perfumed
& handkerchief over the face of gentleman
e who sat next to ber in street railroad cal
:. in New York, and by and bye he noticed
that his SIS dmond breastpin was missing
He chased the woman, but could not recover
J his lost Jewel
R3- In the organization of Congrega
II NlOhul Cuul Nl ~ SGuul iIdllot lOhbI Ju'
IS seventeen members composing the churcl
G came from seven different denominations
e an indication Of the good time coming wheI
!, substantial unity will swallow up The trivia
n differences Of sect.
1t ps5- The quarrel between the New Yorl
J. and Boston Associated Press aud the Anne
Al rican Telegraph company still RACES. Th,
r telegraph company, though repeatedly re
d quested have omitted to make any suggeS
s. tions or overtures of settlement, and th
k New York press. tired of waiting, hav
n commenced serious negotiations for the con
struclon of a new telegraph line from Bos
ton to Washington Parties offer to con
a a struct it, and put it in operation before Oh
u close of the present year, with'a capital 0
. 100000.
le BGy~ According 10 Edward Everett, th
le use of Alcoholic beverages cost the Unitet
3 States directly in ten years $l20, 100000
!. has bnrnt or otherwise destroyed S. 000
a 600 worth of property; destroyed 80, 00t
e. lives; sent 250, 900 persons to prison, an
n 100 600 children to the poorhouse; causet
re- $4,000 murders and 5000 suicides; and be
/, qneathed to the country 100000 orphal
children.
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