Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-03-07

unequal representation Vermont, not
satisfied with two Senators and three
members Of the House, all Republicans,
has managed to get into Congress no
less than fourteen of her sons-two- -ex-
ira in The Senate, and seven extra in the
House; and among the latter. is Thad
stevens, the terrible old man, whose
name is used to frighten noisy Democrat
ic babies Only think of it; Fourteen
Green Mountain Yankees in Congress! /
1t is not to beaendurrd s -1 '7a.-lt
The tallest man in Cincinnati is six
feet seven. .... H. -.9. asr,.- q. .- -ll---a -..r
The Atlantic Cable makes about $4,000
a day. ..r-..5
The Teachers Institute is getting to
Census returns show Philadelphia to
be the greatest manufacturing city in
the world, except London -.,=.-. r--
A gallon of brandy; costing SIP, Yields
Sc 40 when retailed by the glass;
Whisky at S. yields $3.50 ~
Massachusetts cducatcs her children at
a cost Of 50 per annum for every child
within its limits. 'i1 *.'-.' -''i
Before the war Vermont had about
seventy thousand horses, and now there
are but 80, ,222 in the State.
The total number of fires in n. Y. city
during 1861 was. $50 aud the total estI-
mated loss S5,7Il,0oo. l.-.,
More than five hundred women are
empIoyed as compoitors on the daily and
weekly papers in New York. -.r--
One brick manufacturing firm at Terre
Haute, Iud., made three million six huu-
dred thousand bricks in 1867. .f--. ..a
One hundred and twenty-four million
acres of land have been granted to rail-
ways by the Ulsited States Government.
A Spaniard whOJreeently died in New
Orleans, left memoranda which showed
that he had spent $i00, 900 i'll buying
,Thereiis said to be 4 nan'in New York
city vi o has expended 80, 0,0QG on tickets
of-fidvainaL LottrieS without ever receive
ilql n cert cf return. ZiaaVi 81. sdt -rif u
Both the army and navy now use the
same signal systems, and the cadets OF
Annapelis and West Point receive the
saple instructions in using them. fa. I.s.-
The entire cost of the Chicago water
works upito Jan. lst, was 81, 70l ,294.
the c,tparity. Of the three reservoirs is q
Inillionaand Z half of gallons. =
No person who has lost any portion of
his property 10y gambling, within four
months Of his application, can receive the
benefits of the bs nkrupt law. 80 afF
Florida Is successful In raising oranges
In one orchard ofabout one hundred and
fifty trees threeobore an aggregate of
lh,000 oranges. 7-.. In ..aJ ..1illik
The destructive storms last kill put
thrty-two grain vessels on the lakes out
of (tomInission-a serious redHetioh OF
the fleet to begin business with in the
spring. zsl. -a-'s. fE,.. lrG OF s4'--a.-97
There are fully ten thousand young
menin n ew y York city between the ages
of twent y-fve and thirty-five, who're
main bachelors because they can't afford
tomarry. IaI--ia e'f .-gr p l.Hs t- -..----
A New York paper says: Sat ball
up town, a few evenings ago, some of the
ladies had three servants to hold mp the
train of their dresses. as ~ b5.,-artr. srs
The mother OF a family in n. Y. city
unable to pay her rent, had her hair cut.
of, and sold it to produce the means Of
satisfying the debt. sI e.ia srstis e-,l
Yonng Steele, the oil millionaire, whose
income three years ago was s., 900 day,
is now said to be teamster at the oil
works he once owned; 80
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