Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-05-29
Pen and Prste Brevtties.

, Forbidden TO APPEAR on veiocipedes at the con
cert-hslls which they ffequent every evening.
tE-Thc Bonapartists candidates were badly
beaten at the recent elections for the vacancies
sn-ihe French Academy.
ET~The extraordinary politeness with which
the Emperor OF the French treats cx-qmen
Isabella III whenever he meets her in public,
excitcs much surprise in Paris
fs EssrJohn H. Klippart, Secretary bf the State
Board Of Agriculture, reports the present ap.
pearance Of crops throughout Central Ohio as
first.tlass
'ta tzy- The Attorney General has rendered An
opinion averse to the payment of the Morgan
raid claims, and The legality Of tic measure
will be tested by the Courts.
as Velooipedes have made their appearance
both in Athens and Constantinople The Turks
in the latter city were greatly astonished upon
seesug the bycicles for the first time
81 #-BuifaiS is now the largest cattle market
in the country. During May the trade in
beef cattle alone amounted TO nearly $3,000,-
200
Cy~The iron for about ten miles of the
northern division of the New Lisbon Railway
has been received and workmen are engaged
putting 1t down.
tS-The $1,000 worth of diamonds stolen
from Giles Brothers, Of Chicago a few weeks
SINCE have been found in New York by two
Chicago detectives
EB~t is understood that the libel suit of
james Fisk against the New York Tribune
has been Withdrawn, and the suit against the
Springfield Republican indefinitely postponed.
GT-A well-known physician used to say
that roast beef serenity of mind, cold-water
baths, aud an animated and pretty wife, would
make almost any man healthy, wealthy and
wise
tB The following German transations have
been proposed for the word velocipcdc Tret-
d. wagcfi, schnellwagen, reitgaul. rcitfahrzcug,
fittling, rittlingsfuhre, stramplewagen, cisen-
gaul, selbsttraber and rennhold.
10 The President, accompanied by his wife,
will leave for West Point about June I, and
spend few days there, during the examina-
ton Of cadets. A son OF the President is in
abe Military Academy
The Kickapoo Indians, who have been max
ing raids on the frontier whites Of Texas since
the middle Of the rebellion, now desire to re-
turn TO tlfe Indian Reservation, and measures
VIII be taken sooh TO accomplish their wish
tB-Paris seems TO have become the Mecca
of the dethroned monarchs. Crazy George
the Fifth of Hanover has inquired of the
French Governmental there was any objection
to his settling in Paris
t8rA thousand acres of hand in Wayne Co.,
N. Y, has been planted TO peppermint. Hun.
dreds of land owners have turned their atlen-
tion to this crop, the oil being worth $3.50 per
pound, and the yield twenty-five pounds per
acre
tBrSecretary Stewards little bill for tcc-
graphing his views on the Alabama question
to Reverdy johnson is only $4,000 in gold
When presented to him for payment, he dis
duted IT, and his successor is in no mood to
settle the account. A
sl sBTllr. 7. Il. Green has purchased the en-
tire stock of cheese of the Windsor factory at
seventeen cents per pound. Mr. Andrew Poe,
of Rayenna, has purchased the stock of cheese
of the Bloomfield factory at sixteen cents per
pound.
t% Very little Is known at IIavanna of the
condition Of the interior, and all Spanards en-.
gnged In business are much depressed 1t Is
estimated that over four thousand houses are
for rent in and about that city, their owners
and occupiers having left tlie island.
B-The French crits are nearly unanimous
in pronouncing Victor Hugos new novel de-
clded failure. They say it abounds with pas
sages which, If any other man should have
written them would subject him to the sus-
picion of insanity.
EB- New York paper announces that A. r.
Stewart has become convert TO the Roman
Catholic religion, and will be in open commu-
nion with fiat church in week. 1t Is also
said fhat Stewart has given Il large donation to
the Sisters Of Charity, recently.
eB-A proclamation relating to the proper
Observance Of the Eight-hour Law, has been
issued from the Department of State. II pro.
vides that the pay fer eight hours work Shah
be fAe same ns for ten, In all the Government
establishments, In accordance with the laws of
Congress.
R-An Amcylean merchant who Joined the
Cuban army, and WHO was wounded in the re-
cent battle, arrived In New York on the 2ad
He predicts that by December Cuba will be in
he Union, and says that General Cespedes has
$500 Americans In his army, and expects as
many moys In few days
eH-Gen siekles has addressed note to the
State Department. acknowledging the receipt
of his commission and formally notifying the
Department Of his acceptance of tho Spanish
mission He proposes TO take his departure in
about f6Etnght, and win reach Madrid by
fhe first Of July. as which date the commission
OF Minister Hale expires
B-While the two great schools Of Amer.
iean Prcsbyierianism are closing up the breach
by which they have been divided for thirty.
one years, the Protestant Episcopal Church
seems TO Be on me point of breaking asunder.
It Is evident that the SItual controversy within
II Is ripening to a determination Of some sort
aud we can not well see how the organization
OF the church Is 70 escape being split.
fX-The new candidate for the Spanish