Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-11-12

mine Containing lsfko quenuqes of silver has
bon dhcovefed nShf TiltCavG Seyeralspec-
mons q gold Tcresalso found near tle sqfme
place. T |
tB-A terrible earthquakes lately happened
in Thibet. Nearly all the houses in uAe town
OF Bathany were shaken TO the ground. bury
Ing the population beneath their ruins. A
furious fire Immediately broke out consuming |
What the earthquake had not utterly destroyed.
II is said that nearly 5000 people are known
to have been destroyed
tE- Joseph Ward, the bishop of Daootah,
has just.organizcd the fifth church of that tor
titory, at Canton, In the Sioux valley. IL is
seventy miles from his home, Yankton. On
the way, lie ndhIs cicerone, with their wives,
spend the night with Swede settler, whose |
hovel Is half under ground The guestcham-
Der is at the side Of the hay-stack, under the
lit canopy -'t. t. .'..'-
tTy-It seems that the Infalible Pope has
told lie At least 50 says the Italian minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, who fatty and officially
denies the assertions made in the late Papal
Bull relative to the reasons for dissoiving the
Pan Papal Council saying, Italy has not
raised, nor will she raise, any obstacle what
ever, either to thereassembling of the Council,
or the perfect freedom of its discussions"
tB-The repairs, paintings, decorations, new
modes of lighting, etc; of the Senate Chamber
and hall Of the House of Representatives are,
now. complete, and the visitor from any part
of Ohio may be sure of finding in the Capitol,
Legislative halls OF which any citizen of the
State may be proud. There will, probably, be
isomething asked as to the cost OF some of
the articles when the Legislature meets, the
Protectors, for instance, ten In number, at 9 0OO
Eg-The prospects OF the union Of the Pres.
byterian Churches of Scotland seem to be
very poor. Those who are. opposed to the
union arc opposed to 1t with good hearty
Scotch conscience, which appears to be com
pounded, with an appalling amount of what
the worlds people would cali obstinacy. 1t
will probably take long time for the Rouse
Psam-book people to bring themselves to
union with those who Sing in any other way.
EB-The State Board OF Equalization met at
Columbus on the morning of the Sth with all
the members present except Messrs. Grosebeck
carson, Duston and A. s. Smith A Commit
tee reported the following names for permanent
Organization Pfesident-Wm. s. Groesbeck
ESec'y-Auditor j. H. Goodman, Assist Sec'y.
lib. j. Loomis. After adopting the usual reso-
lutions calling on the Auditor for information,
and appointing committees on crcdential and
rules, the Board adjourned until December'13.-
eB- Accounts from Gallon, Ohio. reports
that the double baby, near that place, still con-
trives to exist, and appears quite healthy. One
of the heads goes TO sleep while the other
looks bright and wide wideful Latterly hum
dreds of'vlsitors have thronged from all parts
Of the country to see the monstrosity The
father now dcvotes his whole time to the bust.
ness Of Snowman, and charges an admission
fee of 81. When visitors tlirong the rooms In
large numbers, the nurse goes through the
ceremohy Of feeding both heads
tEThe director of the mint at Philadelphia
IN bis annual report, made several recomm0nda-
I'tibns regarding an issue Of small coinage that
have been severely commented on at the
Treasury Department. Among others 1t is un-
derstood this official expresses an anxiety for
an issue Of silver coins OF the half and quarter
4 dollar denominations, svhicir sfail he redeema!
bic when presented in the amouni of ten dol.
lars, but which shall only be worth about sev.
enty- six cents on thssdollars, the object being
to do away with the fractional currency.
EB-Within the past two weeks three well
authenticated cases of suspended animation
have occurred. The first one was at W Washing-
ton the socond at Pittsburgh, Penn, and the
third In Seotts County, Ind In tile last case
only was complete resuscitation effected. The
supposed corpse was that Of the daughter of
Mr.. VIM. Johnson All the preparations for
burial had taken place, and the body was
about TO be placed in q coffin, when il was
found to be quite warm A physician was ut
once sent for, and In an hour or two the girl
had opened her eyes, and she Is now in a fair
way for recovery. ''''a
tE-on the night of the Goth of October, the
steamship Yaruna, from New York. foundered
in the Gulf Stream, thirty miles from Jupiter
Inlet, on the Florida coast, during one of the
NEST terrible hurricanes witnessed in that lati-
tpde. The steamer was thrown on her beam
ends and went down, only allowing time for
two lifeboats to put of. One of these, con
tanning Captain Spencer, the engineers and
frenen, ten In ALL was carried down with the
vessel, while the other one, containing seven
ofthe crew, was finally beached on Jupiter
Inlet, two of the men losing their lives In the
breakers. The survivers were 90 hours with.
out food. As the ship was thrown over many
OF those ON board were confined III their state
roems, and went down with the vessel. Forty
eight lives we're lost '
| Tux WAR-Terms of peace, like the tenor
Of true love, seem very much TO run awry. We
were encouraged last week to hope that an ar-
mistico and cessation OF hostilities between the
European belligerants had been agreed upon
ba.ween BisMARox aud THEIRs as the high
contracting parties. But while indulging in
this hope the news comes that there were i'm
lpediments In the way that the German Premier,
cannot surmount Itis ssserted---probably with
fessential-uuch &cofrectnessS tiiat tile reasons
for the rejection, are the unequivocal attitude
OF the German Chancellor upon the question
Of the adjustment Of the frontier and disposi-
ton ofterritory ON the border and that OF re-
lyIatt,aIiFa,l paria Oaunf ntau uru will M.