Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
PEn AHp PASTE BREviTlES.

c-There are over one thousand canal-boats
L the Buffalo harbor.
rs-California passengers are rejoicing over
tie reduction, within a few days, of 20 per cent
in the cost ofpassage.
EB-Pickpocllets, disguised as Quakers, rob
bed numbers of the Friends at their recent
meeting in Baltimore.
EYThe municipal authorities of Columbus,
o. went TO New York last-weck to examine the
water works of that city.
fTDr Hudson, of Medina, Ohio, on a wager
Of $40, walked four miles barefooted on the
18th, and won his money in Is minutes and 10
seconds.
rg The Methodist Centenary contribution
foots up seven millions; the Pntsburg Confer
euce being the largest contributor to wit, four
hundred Thousand dollars.
EzrThe Illinois Central Railroad Company
have been drawing water for their engines, a
distance of ffty-four miles. All the streams
and tanks in the vicinity Of CenirGlla have died
up.
Ey One of the principal Offices of the Allan
tic and Pacific Telegraph Company will be 10
Gated in Cleveland. The poles for this new line
are being erected from Eric to Cleveland.
81 Oberlin College has gained suit which
confirms its title to nearly IO, eco acres of land
in Goddridge county, Virginia. The suit has
been pending for six years
sgThe Papal troops are actively engaged in
building defensive works for the protection of
the Holy City, and a Cable dispatch informs US
that the defenses are rapidly approaching com
pietion.
tg-Mr. James Mcbride, of Chardon dug two
Peachblow potatoes on the farm Of Charles
Clark, of Perry, Lake County, weighing respec-
lively lbs. and lbs. OF. Who can bea THAT?
eg-The Protestant churches of Hawaii, Sand
yich Islands, contributed to religious purposes
last year S27, ,238; and during the last fifteen
years $3I4,OfS. The population is decreasing
but the contributions are increasing.
ex-senator Wade denies usnig the expressions
about General Giant attributed to him by
Western correspondent. Wade further says he
has confidence in,the General, and believes him
in full accord with the Radical party.
rS5-The new freight depot ofthe Hudson River
Railroad at New York, will be, it is said, the
most magnificent building of the kind in the
country. 1t will cover four acres of ground, at
a total cost of So G00,COO.
g A daily religious paper, to advocate the
views of the Ritualists in the Episcopal Church,
is to be established in New York, Bishop South
gate, Rev Dr. Dix, and Rev. Mr.. Hopkins are
spoken of in connection with the editorial man
agement of the paper.
g. TheCleveland & Toledo afternoon train
going West, on Thursday 2lst, ran over eight
horses belonging to Mr.. S. Clark, of Monroe
vile, killing five and wouDding the other three
@-A movement has been started for the an
nexation of Northern Idaho to Washington
Territory, with view ofadmitling the latter
into the Union as State. 4 memorial to Co Il
gress to this effect is being prepared.
EgEyery corner Of the South appears to have
been reached and permeated by the spirit of ed
ucalion. Spelling books ere everywhere, and
Southern statesmen are brought face TO face
with those objects of their hate-a free press
anl free speech.
EJ Mccoy, the Steubenville murderer, has
been found guilty Of murder in the second de-
gree by the jury, and will be sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life. Mccoy is a gray headed
5 man of sixty years, and is considered wealthy
being the owner of large tracts of land in Ohio.
EJ The Alabama Convention proposes 10
disfranchise all who aided the rebellion and
have refused to aid in the reconstruction Of the
State; but, with commendabe caution, have
sent delegation to Washington to consult with
statesmen there, in order to insure harmony
with the reconstruction policy of Congress
Eg-The official reports of the Freedmen's
Savings Bank shows that since it began opera
tions the colored people of the South have de-
posted over ten millions of dollars. of which
over half million still stands to their credit
How much have poor Southern whites deposit
ed in banks during that time?
E8-The Fenians, Allen, Larkin, and Gould,
recently found guilty Of murder during the late
sFenian outbreak in Ireland, were executed at
Manchester on Saturday the 23d Though the
crowd of sympathizers was large, the terrible
doom of the law was executed without anv
serious disturbance.
E8-Iiev Theodore Cuyler, the well known
Presbyterian minister at Brooklyn, writes to
Boston paper that outside Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, not dozen New York city
pastors have fought good fight in support of
the Excise Law-the terror of the rummeries of
Gotham.
Eg-lt is reported that Kelley, who was res
cued from the police authorities at Manchester.
Eng. some time ago, has been re-captured. 1t
seems that when the steamship City of Paris,
which sailed from Liverpool on the 20th inst,
reached Queenstown, the police quietly came
aboard and captured Kelley, who had disguG ed
himself and taken passage for New York.
"a The Ohio Statesman names twenty
Democratic papers in that State which support
Thurman for United State Senator, twelve
which support Vallandigham, and Twelve which
are neutral. OF fthose papers published in tie
counties which gave Democratic majo:ities,
twenty are for Thurman and nine for Yallandig-
ham.
sEDispaches containing the gratifying intel
ligence of the safety of Dr. Livingstone, the Gel
ebrated traveller and explorer, have been re-
ceiVed at London. The particulars are few, but
the Doctor is known to have been safe and well
in April last He was then exploring the
wastes of Africa, hundreds of miles from the
sea-eoast.
E5rThe Dubuque Times gives a graphic ac
count OF the recent discoveries of Mr.. William
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