Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-06-27
PEN AND PASTE BREViTIES.

Chases MOtto-l would rather be right
and be President butt must be President.
Five cases of sunstroke occurred in this city
and one in Brooklyn, Saturday, two in this
city proving fatal.
Thurlow Weed prefers new charges a.
gainst Horace Greeley-that be swears when
awake and snores when asleep.
Alfred Lee, colored man, aged sixty
three years, died at Washington City on the
Goth, leaving property valued at $3c0,O0O.
I-Alexander 81. Stephens and Herschcl Y.
johnson are urged to be present at the meet
ing of the National Democratic Convention.
W-Heber Kimball the second President of
the Mormon church died at Salt Lake City
Tuesday
The citizens of Hamilton, Butler county,
are moving to secure the location of the new
Penitentiary near that city.
CW-A combination of capitalists have bought
up an immense amount of whisky in bond,
with. view of underselling, when the tax is
reduced
An unknown man entered the front hall of
Father Queens residence, on Barclay street,
yesterday morning, and sitting down against
the door, blew his brains out with pistol.
On molten of Senator Wilson, Friday, 10Th,
action on all the bills granting Government
aid to railroads was postponed until next De-
cember
On Wednesday evening lasl, Ordnance Ser
geant Franzkerr and four children at Fort Rip
ley, were burned to death. Mrs. Franzkerr
has in consequence become a raving maniac
Two new indictments against SurTatt have
been found-first for conspiring to murder Mr..
Lincoln, and second for conspiring to make
tie latter prisoner.
The base ball match June %, at Cam
bridge between the Harvard University Club
and the Nassau CLUB of Princeton College, n.
j., resulted in the victory of the Harvard Club
by a score of IS to 16.
CT-Wm. Barry, the soldier who killed Capt
Speer, of the English army, on the Missouri
river last year, has been brought from Fort
Stevenson to Yanckton, where he will be tried
for murder
eB st. Paul, June 24-The reported killing
of the mail carriers, Mcdonald and Amber
near Fort Follen, by Indians few days ago,
is confirmed. Several other Indian outrages
are reported, near Fort Benton.
BThe Whisky Ring in Washington arc
concocting amendments to the new tax bill
which are intended to disgust the members of
Congress so much that the latter will kill the
whole bill, and thus leave the tax at 50.
Sir William Abby, a British Baronet
died, of too much port wine, left million of
pounds of hard cash to his heirs, beside mag
nifcent private library to be divided among
his heirs.
The Chicago Post says that the anxiety
of Boston TO become one Of the suburbs of
Chicago is attested by the fact that the Massa-
chusetts House of Representatives has just ap-.
propriated $5,OOO,OOO for the completion of
the Hoosac tunnel
BEx-Minister Romero is in Washington
attending to the duties entrusted TO him by
the Mexican Government. 1t is said he desires
new treaty and a loan from our Government,
and is also anxious for the appointment of
proper person as American Minister to that
country.
The bricklayers, to the number of 5000,
have struck, They demand that eight hours
constitute days work for $3.50, the previous
rate having been So for ten hours. Much i'll
feeling exists between bosses and men, and
trouble is apprehended.
The President Monday, nominated to
the Senate VIM. NJ. Evarts, for .. S. Attorney
General John T. Robson, Consul at st.
Thomas Edward C. johnson, son of Reverdy
johnson, Assistant Secretary of the .. S. Le-
cation at London; John Z. Mulford, Collector
of Internal Revenue of the Third District of
Virginia.
CS Surratt was discharged Monday last un-
der the Indictment of murder, the Jury having
failed some time ago to convict him He is
still liable to be tried for conspiracy under a
new Indictment Pending that trial he has
been released on bail.
Us The fourteen year locusts have made
their appearance in great numbers in Illinois,
the woods being full of them. The outside
shell which they have on them when they
come out of the ground is lying around every
where. They do not injure cereals, vegetables
OF grass, but are very destructive to timber and
the foliage of apple trees.
H-A German at Fond du Lac, Wis, having
been told by his physician that his disease was
fatal, hung himself by a rope that had been
suspended over his bed from the ceiling, by
which he could aid himself in getting into a
sitting posture, and was found dead by his
wife, thus debating to the King of Terrors the
manner of his taking off
eBThe latest and most surprising enterprise
in France, is company organized with capi-
tai of one millions francs, to remodel and fitup
portion of the catacombs under Chaillot, to
provide fresh and delicious retreat during
the season of tropical heat There are to be
squares aquariums, theatre, restaurants, halls,
and all other accompaniments of summer re-
sort, all under ground: