Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-02-25
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BSs- One of the Penobscot Indians re-
Gently appealed to the legislature to build
his tribe new school house, and thus de.
scribed the old ones:
"The building has become bald with age,
and weeps now within and without, in eve-
ry rain and is as ragged aud tattered as
a dead poplar in the woods. a
Day- The Grand Duchess Stephanie, of
Baden, is dead, at the age Of II. She
was n nece of Josephine land theadopted
daughter of Napoleon y and consequently
cousin of the present Emperor of France.
Ba- Mr., Speaker Pennington denies
having had anything to do with the pay
ment Of Mr.. CIay's debts, and pronounces
the story lately started by correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial fabrication.
B1- People of note are not always large.
The height of Queen Victoria is feet l
inch Napoleon /, was about S feet I
inches. The Duke of Wellington was
about 5 feet 81 inches in statue.
R@- Subscriptions for the benefit of the
widow of Capt. Harrison, Of the Great
Eastern, are being taken up in London.
and have alrerdy reached the amount Of
$l2, 1000.
B9~ A st. Valentine swindler was ar
rested in New York, who had a carpet bag
full of envelopes containing only blank
bit of paper, which he delivered at different
houses, getting two cents apiece for post
age.
R6~ The Uairerse was the only paper
in Paris which praised the. restriction law
on the press, when it was established in
1852. There is a sort of retributive JUS
tice in tie fact that il now falls victim
to that law itself.
S6s- The Siamese Twins are still living
in Surrey County, North Carolina. AT a
a late revival the wife of Chang was bap.
tized. Chang and Eng seemed to be much
concerned for themselves, and requested
an interest in the prayers of the minister.
B0@ Prentice says = The dullest men
we ever saw was named Sharp, one of the
/ stupidest was named Smart, one Of the
sIowest was named Swift, one Of the tallest
was named Low-and the Ex-Governor OF
Virginia is named Wise
Ba- No less than $4,000 yards Of
ealcoes were exported from England last
year, which is an increase Of several hun
dred thousand over any previous year
Ohe-half Of this amount was sent to China
and the East Indies, and the next best Gus
toners were the United States and Brazil.
RsS- In year and half more st. Louis
will have the largest and finest hotel in
the world, the Fifth Avenue" not accept
ed. 1t is to be called the "Lindell Hotel, I"
and is now 10 course of erection by joint
stock company. A whole square will be
covered by this mammoth structure.
S6S- The Wyandot Indians, who hold
most OF the lands in the town of Ander'
den, Canada, have determined TO expel the
negro settlers from their reserve on account
OF the difficulty growing out Of an attack
on the cabin Of a common squaW by some
negroes.
bee- In the recent number Of the EdiH-
bETgh ReUleto II is noticed that the materi-
ais for the interesting article 10 the OetO-
Der number on DR.. johnson (from Dr.
Campbell's Diary, printed in Australia,
were furnished 10y Lord Maeaulay, and
that the very note transmitting them) was
10 fact his last contribution to those pages,
made within short time Of bis death
D0- The Virginia Legislature has voted
to pay Mr.. Memminger's hotel bill, which
amounts to $938 IS. Mr.. Memminger is
the disunioh envoy from South Carolina,
who, though be failed 10 bis mission, seems
to have bad good time otherwise. But
dissolViBg the Union even little is an ex.
penslVe operation II this is a specimen.