Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-01

AhO 7NOiOl"t oiASA@- @SANN'o---
which have hitherto existed between General
Giant and President johnson, have ceased
| No open rupture has taken place, but General
Grants future calls at the White House will be
like angels visits etc.
! ara partial return of the business transact
ed at Chicago during the year 1867, by the lead
ing firms of that city, is made to the Assessor
of Internal Revenue, shows that twenty-one
| firms transacting business exceeding two mil
lions and seveuty-six exceeded one million,
Willie one hundred and seventy six report ou-
| siness of over half million.
cg-In Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,, last week,
young lady was to be married, when her moth
er died, and the intended bride became insane.
She rapidlv grew worse, and her father suggest
ed marriage as a remedy The bridegroom was
summoned, the ceremony performed in the
presence of the corpse of the mother, and the
reason of the daughter was Immediately restore,
There was method in that madness.
Ea The Liberal authorities of the City of
Mexico have unesrthed some Imperial decu
ments, which show that the New York Herald
was in league with Maximilllan's Minister of
State to write up the monarchy. The unearth-
ed correspondence like wise contains a letter
from Mr.. McMasters, editor of the New York
Freeman's Journal, offering his services 10 the
Emporer.
eSIt is reported from Chicago that Mrs. Lin
coin is insane beyond all doubt. She recently
sold all the furniture in her house, and has two
old men as body guard, believing she will he
robbed and murdered. Her mania is for sell
ing things, and dread lest she come to want.
All are said to be conscious of her mental con-
dition, but think, SO long as she is harmless,
her removal to lunatc asylum would increase
her arrangement.
Eg-It is said that if Pendleton is fully per-
suaded that if Sunset Cox had stsid in n. York
and not nterfered in the Ohio contest. the de-
mocracy would not only have secured United
States Senator, but would also have elected
Thurman Governor And it is also stated that
for Cox's services in thus opposing the Pendle-
ton platform, our Senator Sherman is gratefully
inclined TO favor his confirmation as Austrian
Minister
TSince the Angola disaster, precautions
have been taken on the Boston and Providence
Railroad to properly secure the stoves in the
cars, thus preventing the liability of their set
ting fire 10 The cars in case of an upset. AT a
late accident on this road, one of the cars was
turned upside down, the stove turned with il,
and the fire shifted from the bottom to the top
of the stove, but it was SO we'll secured that no
damage was done by it.
ct The manufacturers of New England, in
convention at Springfield adopted resolutions
endorsing the action OF the Cleveland Conven-
ton and consding in the wisdom and patriot
ism of Congress for such retrenchment and
economy as the present financial and industrial
condition requires. A memorial to Congress
was also adopted and a delegation of fifiy-one
members appointed to visit Washington 10 urge
the early consideration of the wishes of the con-
vention upon Congress.
Eg-The suicide of Rev. NJ Brush, at Della
ware, was committed on Sunday morning,
while his congregation were quietly awaiting
his appearance to conduct the opening exercis-
es of the regular quarterly meeting. The men,
bers having waited sometime after the usual
hour of commencing services. dispatched one
of their number to ascertain the cause of his
delay, and he was fourd hanging dead in the
barn, another clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Ryan,
at Marysyille, in the county adjoining Della
ware, also committed suicide the same Sunday
afternoon, by cutting his throat Insanity is
alledgcd in both cases, and, In the last named,
il Lad been for some tine apparent,