Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-06-12
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eTThe fishing feet of Goderch has s5 miles
OF net
cB- Under the 10Th amendment Rhode Island
will have to give the Narragansctt Indians n
vote.
gB-Dickcns is soon 10 be peer, II is said,
and also appear with new novel.
tB"Mrs Eliza Croffut, who died last week
at Danbury c., weighed 500 pounds.
gEWhoever heard of u woman with pretty
ankles and Write stockings ever complain of
wet sidewalks or muddy crossings.
IA They have at Portland, Me-, what is
called widows Wood Society" Who ever
heard of a widow that gOulinL
GB"The total vote in Cleveland, so far rs II
has been taken, on the lay delegate question
in the Metodist Episcopal Church, foots up 592
for and SO against the proposition.
eB-In March there was an arrival of 900
watermelons, 1000 cocoanuts and 400 punches
Of bananas, at San Francisco from the Sand
wich Islands.
cB~During the past winter not a fake Of
snow fell in Portland, Oregon. Only three or
four times did ice form, and then only of the
thickness of window-g!ass. Sowing and plant
ing were going on all winter.
eB~Winlam 3, Astor returns his income for
1868 at $1,010.212. His and Alexander T.
Stewards, which was over three millions, are
probably the largest incomes returned for the
past year in the whole country
cE-The Detroit 7ri6Rae says that Captain
Chas Blackburn, a well-known vessel master
of the lakes for many years, formerly master
and owner Of the brig Roscius, and lattcrly of
the schooner Mary Collins, has suddenly and
unaccountabiy disappeared from his vessel
and it is believed has met with foul play. i
eB~A Dubuque dispatch says quantity of
sugar in the hands Of various merchants here
was seized to-day by Chicago Government
official. II Is n portion of n cargo smuggled
in at New Orleans, and distributed by Chi
cago commission house throughout the coun-
try. Parties holding It have no redress,
ez-At the morning session of tho Grand
Lodge of Masons of New York resolution
was adopted terminating all intercourse be-
tween the Grand Lodge of New York and the
Grand Orient of France until the Grand ORR
ent shall Withdraw her recognition of the body
styling itself Supreme Grand Council" of
Louisiana. l.H
eB-The law of Ohio requires that on every
note given for patent right the words "given
for patent right" must be written across the
face of the note. That section of the law
which required yenders of patent rights to get
certificate from the Probate Judge of each
county before offering TO sell therein has been
repealed ........ ...
80 A new cause for excitement In the Epis-
copal churches of Chicago has Just been de-
veloped. Ii appears that on Monday Bishop
Whitehouse notified Rev. Mr.. Cheney, rector
OF Christie Church, that he must cease the
omission OF she word "regenerate" In the bap.
tismal service, but Mr.. Cheney states that he
can no.eonscientiously use it. The Bishop has
given him until next Monday To decide and
either TO use the word or be degraded from the
ministry. II is said Mr., Cheney's congreea
tion unanimously support him.
tB- Information from authentic sources
shows that thirteen expeditions In all have
left the United States for Cuba Seven have
gone from New York, three from Baltimore,
and three from Florida, Three expeditions
were on steamers. and The rest In schooners
and brigs. The largest number OF men carried
was four hundred and fity. and the smallest
twenty-eight There were fyo. batteries OF
artillery, and arms for fourteen thousand men.
An ex.Major OF the United States army rs
about TO leave New York with another expe-
ditiOn, but Inc point Of departure Is not yet
fixed. Nearly four million dollarB have been
expended In New York In the Cuban interest,
T3f-Sfiss Aurora Phelps, the practical mind
ed champion Of the Boston working women,
does not believe the ballo, TO be the panacea
for womens wrongs, aud says that "st the
present lime there is nothing should more
regret Than the extension Of the ballot to poor
ignorant homeless women; and To those who
advocate female suffrage, or who desire the
ballot, say we want bread, clothes and homes
first, ana afler We can get as good pay for ouI
work aasthe men do for tliers, and just az
much pay for tbs same equal work, II will be
time enough then for you 10 talk 10 US about
wanting The ballot Almost all women fee
BY instinct that their need Is not The ballot bu
Aomes"