Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-11-20
Pen and Paste Brerities.

COCK forward lot speaker OF tne House'
tE-Norwalk, Ohio has put down three
miles of Berea tagging and boasts of her
walks.
tETwo Uindoo merchants have arrived in
New York, bent on making a business tour of
this country.
tB-A few days previous to his death, Mr..
Peabody gave an extra hundred aud fifty thou
sand pounds TO the Peabody Fund.
sE-Charles Hedges, supervisor of internal
revenue for Northern Ohio, is lying danger
ously i'll at his residence in Mansfield.
t#-The Directors Of the New York Elevat-
ed Railway announce that the line will be
completed and ready fer use, from tho Battery
10 Thirteenth street by the first of January.
eS-Cassius NJ. Clay, who arrived from Eu-
rope in the steamer Darien, intends establish
ing himself in business in New York, after
making brief visit to Kentucky
EEdward b. Ketchum was, on the 18th,
discharged from Sing Sing prison, the term of
his sentence, reduced by Communication of eight
months for his uniformly good conduct, having
expired.
fE- Secretary Boutwell, is alleged to have
indicated that his report would express the
opinion that specie payment could be resumed
at the commencement of the next fiscal year,
July !.
sY-walter Brown, the American oarsman,
has been enthusiastically received at Newcastle,
and commences training at once for sculler's
match, recently arranged with Rcnforth, the
Champion of England.
tE-Concsrning the New York frauds, the
Sun says, editorially, that Collector Grinnell
must leave the Custom House, because, after
the fact Of Blatchford's guilt was laid before
him, he gave him leave Of absence that enabled
Kim TO go to CanadI and escape TO Europe,
where it is understood lie has gone.
CEJeremiah Peabody Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
Is the only brother of the great philanthropist
who survives him, and he has been most mu-
nifcently cared for in the will of his relative.
Another near Kinsman is a nephew, Arthur ].
Peabody, who is attached to Il large book pub
lishin.; house in New York city.
tB-The Secretary of the Navy has received
information of the death of the venerable Bear
Admiral Charles Stewart, of Ironsides. Con-
sitution fame which occurred at Bordentown,
n. j., on the 9th inst Admiral Stewart WAS
% years of age, and he had served II years,
having entered the Navy as Lieutenant on
the 9th of March, 1903.
sE-A letter from Paris SAYS the opinion pre-
walls among the medical men that Louis Ma
poleon can not live six months longer. The
revolutionary feelings is increasing, and the
government is taking all precautions to pre-
nnfhpnaL rho ,,k;
furnished to the Gardc Mobile for drilling pur-
poses were recently deprived of locks and
bayonets by imperial order.
tB- The low price of wheat in some districts
oLlowa is having very depressing effect upon
business. Some of Ihe farmers there finding
that they must submit to u heavy loss In dis
posing Of their crop in the usual way, are pre-.
pairing to feed it to their stock. Putting it
into the form of beef and pork they think will
operate as iavornbly for their financial wen be-
ing as in the case Of corn and oats
IB-The ship Golconda. left Baltimore last
week, and sailed to Hampton Roads when she
took onbsard nearly one hundred aud fifty
colored emgrants from Texas, Tennessee and
North Carolina. ExPresident Roberts and
wife, of Liberia, and Rev. J. w Norwood
EDiscopalian Missionary 10 Cape Palms. were
passengers The emigrants will settle on the
st. Paurs River, in Liberia,
tzy-A portion of sclcconstitued dclegl-
ton from Canada favorable 10 annexation to
The United States had an interview with The
President OH Friday, and talked the matter
over in general detail, but there's no prospect
that any step looking to the annexation of the
Dominion will bs taken, n the proposition does
not seem 10 have strength enough To warrant
anything more than good deal of preliminary
discussion.
eE-A striking incident took place at the
Presbyterian Jubilee meeting at Pittsburgh
The venerable DIR. Abbott, about eighty years
of age, and who was moderator of the General
Assembly In 1888, when the split occurred,
was on the platform. His appearance was the
81 nal for the most prolonged applause As
I Ie procession entered the building the choir
sang the hymn Return, ye r,nsomdd sinners,
home" The coincidence caused general
smile.
sB- About two O'Clock Saturday morning
an accident occurred near Fremont Station to
the through freight train, bound west, on the
Toledo division Of the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Railway, which resulted in the
destruction Of several freight cars aud caused
considerable damage 10 the track The road
was impossible for over nine hours. The
cause of the accident was u brake on one 0f
the freight cars which became detached from
the car and fell upon the track, throwing stf
eight cars, They rolled down an clnUanAuienl
aud were considerably broken up. No one
was injured
tB-Salt Lake City does not appear to be the
place for reporters of an inquiring turn of
mind. II appears that some days ago Elder
Smith, shining light IN the Mormon church,
mirried the widow and two daughters Of his
own brother. The reporter OF the Telegraph
made mention OF the fact In the local column
and wished N know wbat relation the children
Of the two daughters would bear to Smith,
This so enraged son OF Smiths that he went
to the United States court room where the re-.