Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-11-24
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ASHTABU u LA
Morning, Novmber "a, 1855
PEN AND PASTE BREvlTlEs.

rsrThe curvature of the earth amounts to
keven inches per mile. A man six feet high |
= annot be seen from distance of six miles.
fTThe English and French mail steamers run
Regularly between Yokohama Shanghai,S and |
Hong Kong.
eFThe arrivals of vessels in American ports
Ibis year will not be less than a million and a
hak
e7rThe railway tracks in Broadway, New
H ork, between Ann and Fulton streets have |
been taken up by order of the Mayor. They |
had been recently laid down and seriously i'm
peded business.
sJThe Ohio State Journal says, that Gen.
wallcutt has tenderedhis resignation as Lieut.. |
Col in the Regular army, an appointment but |
receutly made and has recalled his resignation
as Warden of the Ohio Penetentiary.
sTA dispatch from New Orleans says that
the present average cotton receipts, since Nov.
J, at all the ports does not warrant an estimate
Dor the whole crop of over one and half mil
lion bales.
UEeghty five boxes, being part of Maxi
/millian's baggage, have arrived at Vera Cruz.
The Mexicans accuse the Emperor of stealing
some of their paintings and valuable relics.
s5rSome rebel scoundrel sent Gov Brown
low the other day box by express containing
small pox scabs, accompanied by an insulting
note signed ''Guerrilla."
erNew Orleans has been deluged with rain,
and the papers there say if the waterfall does
not stop soon the people will have to build an
ark of gophir wood, as they did in Noah's time,
and pitch it within and without, and go into it
In pairs, to preserve the race from extinction
eJEngsh holders of rebel bonds still cling
to the idea that they will some day realize on
their investment, and their latest attempt to
dovetail their claims against responsible par
ty, is that of putting them up as an Offset
against the claim of the. United States for DANA
ges from the Alabama.
HTYokohama dates to Oct, 26, confirm Off
cially the death of the Tycoon of Japan, and
state that his successor would assume no
authority, but wait the conclusion of the war
with the rebel chief, Choisen, when the votes
of the Damois would pc solicited for Dwarf,
boy eight years old, for legitimate successor
to the Tycoonate.
"syShall the democratic party live or die?"
asks quandam democratic news paper. Such
question at '.post mortenl" with the corpse
Of the deceased in ghastly reality, lying in full
view, seems very much out of place. The on
ly pertinent questions on such an occasion
would be, of what didit die, and who killed it ?
Chicrgo Republican
The Philadelphians claim to have invented q
method of converting sand into beautiful stone
"a h.xsi urh rtu ha old RO.
man concretes which withstood the action o
twenty centuries. 1t is very cheap, and if all
that Is said regarding it be true, We may look
Tor revolution in building material.
Louisa Blackburn, whose story our readers
will remember created consi derabIe excitement
last winter, on account OF its singularity and
almost incredibility, is now in Pittsburgh. total
ly recovered She is seeking something to do.
Il will be remembered that she lost both legs
below the knee, and her left eye from the effect
of the intense cold to which she was subjected
during her exposure.
fTThe Commissioner of the General Land
Office has received returns showing that du-
ring the month of October public lands were
disposed of at East Saginaw, Mich, to the
amount of 1895 acres; Eauclaire, Wis, 4S,
044 acres; Junction City, Kansas, 1884 acres;
Dunleith. MINI, II ,o40 acres; total, 1898
acres. The greater portion of the land was ta-
ken for actual settlement The cash sales
smounted to $19,854
sTPronessor Loomis, of Yale College, has
written a letter in which he makes out that the
stars did not make SO complete fasco on the
18th and l4th instants as has been supposed
On Tuesday morning six hundred and nine
by six shooting stars were counted in five hours
and on Wednesday morning eight hundred
and eighty-one were counted. Most of them
wsre Visible to theI naked eye, but still they
wee from six to sew en- times more numerous
t4an on ordinary nights.
s1The Erie Dispatch states that the Buha-
10 81 Eric Railroad have settled the claims o.
those injured by the late accident for the sun
of S25, 900. The friends of the deceased accept
es, 900 each, while the remaining $1,000 is dis
tributed among the wounded. The Dispatcl
also says that James Mahony, the track master
Who was arrested on account Of the late rail
road accident, waived an examination an'
gave bonds in $4,000 for his appearance at tn
Ysbruary session of Court. The witnesses wer
Al put under bail TO appear at the same time
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