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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

TAKE NOTICE.-All persons indcbt-
. cd to Smith < Giikey urgently requested to
call ard settle as the business must be closed up.
iIlO T. II. GILEEY.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

ATVEMPTED Blu RGLAR1. On Saturday night
last, or rather Sunday morning about o clock
FRANK Roor, the clerk, while lodging in
COLLINS u BRoTHER's store, was aroused by
iumbiing about the front door, and then, ii
noise al one OF the back, on warer0om win
dows From this it was uexl heard at i'm
alley window, where the shutters that were
hooked inside, were forced open ia no time
Then the Office window was forced and the
sash raised, but unfortunately, n noise made
by running against chair by the clerk, drove
the depredsiors away. Had liile more eau
ton heeno bsrrVed, and GOODNESS sufficient to
allow the burglars to make fair presentation
OF themselves, the task of wingng one or
more OF them would have been quite safe and
easY -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

AsuTABULA LADIES RELIEF SOCIETY,"
President, Mrs HENRY HUBBARD; S, creary
and Treasurer, Mrs. S. B. WELLS. Object to
send relief to Chicago, October 10th The La
dies oi Ashtabula met at Ashtabula Hall, ana
after consultation, decided to send such arli
cles of clothing, bedding, &C., as hould be
sent in. They also appointed Receiving
Committee. October 11th, they received and
packed 66s tcles, filling large boxes, They
have nearly enough Tor another box. Money
given $22,00.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
Mrs. S. B. WELLS, Secretary

New, very tasteful and well executed SIGNS,
decorate some of the business places OF the
village. We notice Que at the Millinery oil
Mrs. MsRRIAM, at her new stand, another
over friend GILKEY's door al his new store
next to the Fisk House. and last, very hand
some one painted 10y Ross, over the door OF
NEwBERRy's Corner Drug Store. One OF Tie
merits of a sign-like those of a postyr--is
plainuess, such as can be read at a glance
The use OF fancy letter and the minsling OF
fancy colors only serves 10 obscure, and in a
business view is in poor taste
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

D. II. FITCH, the veteran Insurance Agent
of the place, represents the 4Btna Hartford,
the North American and Phgnir Of Hartford,
and the Continental and Security OF N. Y, all
of which have been heard from except the
last, and announce themselves able to carry
their losses, and secure every policy holder.
The first named, il is asserted, will suffer to
the amount of some $4,000 900, and it is in the
face of this that the sOlYencY is affirmed.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
r. ACREA 6 CO.,
=. q. Corner Columbia and WaIrEt Sts..
CIECsTS.as. OHIO,
Wholesale AGENT.
BUILDING MOVING.

"a DkLBERT SWEET is prepared with
good So of mnchir ~ team sc and 'oerahle share
cf experience and rH Ctica ,k-ls.ected by considers
bic practice IN The oil regions. where The hndling about
OF hgil.nc j. f-:tu.- If liieo do any thing in ths
line TAo-e having ole!, either in this adjoining
towns, may deT,E upon their prompt and careful
cCtioE il entrusted TO the UNDERSIGNED
ADELBERT SWEET.
AsItRbuln. March Isi, 1871. NOS
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

THE BEST WATER PROOF
In town for One Dollars oILEEY's
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
GEoRGE .. sENEY,
IL. BYERs,

0EOA64BL L. 1A<~N1-s
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Ilf1n, Ollo- OInce
A corner Main and Perry Streets
Mava
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
rarn

The largest increment in ten years
was from 1880 to 1910. Thenew lands
of the northwest of Ohio had not then
been taken up, and the impulse given
by the idea that canals would produce
great effect on values was most extra
ordinary. No such advantage was
then offered west Of Ohio, and the na-
tive as well as immigrant population
in Ohio was retained. The density of
population in Ohio Is siXty-six per
square mile. Illinois has One-third
more surface than Ohio. If she had
the same density of population that
Ohio has. she would have loo, 900, 50
that, in fact, Illinois is nothing like
as pOpulOus as Ohio, and probably
never will be. Ohio is now in the
transition state, between an agrieul-
turaI people and a manufacturing peO-
pie. That is, as an agricultural State,
il will probably not grow much, for
when lands rise to the price they now
bear in all the central States, it be-
Games a speculation for the young
farmer to sell and 90 10 the new
States. As we see by the census, this
has already produced a tremendous ef-
feet. Geauga county, for example,
has lost population largely, because it
has no commercial towns and no
manufactures. The county Of Dear
born, Indfana, almost adjoining Gin
einnati, has not increased at all. The
county OF Warren, thirty miles from
Cincinnati, has increased none; the
county Of Clermont but little. And
here let US make q note, ifthe Cheasa-
peake & Ohio Railroad could be made
from the iron region through Cler-
mont county, in all human probable
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
What a Republican Administration ha,
done for the People in One Year.

ANaAN ANA AAAN 4 NWllA- ~ bhL
The annual report Of Gen. Spinner
the Treasurer o. the United State.
shows what Grants administration
has done. We present our reader
some interesting facts as follows:
The report shows that the army has
cost l9, ,O6O- IL. 46 less IN 1870, than il
cost in 1853.
It shows that the Internal Revenue
Department has cost So, ,6S1, ,4O5 less in
1870 than in 1863.
1t shows that the-TI easury Depart-
+ ment has cost S4,Ols, ,S09.O2 less in 1876
than in 1869.
1t shows that the Interior Depart
meEt has cost 3, $50, ,6Sl. 66 less in IS10
than in 1869.
II shows that $50, $50 less has been
paid in quarterly salaries in 1870 than
in 1859.
That total savings of the year in
these divisions of the expenditure of
. the Government is S27, ,159, ,OS9S9.
On the other hand the Navy De
partment has cost Sj03, ,469 80 more in
1870 than in 1853: the Treasury Inter-
iOT S477 ,66j 0S more: foreign inter-
/ course, S396, ,253.O4 more; and customs,
I S9l4, ,605.17 mOre-making =, $40, ,9S2 =
/ 20 Of increased expense to be deducted
/ from the above savings, leaving S24, =
/ Sl6, 6,O99.2O as the next reduction of the
/ expenditures of the Government,
other than in the payment of the
National debt.
Toward the reduction of the public
debt, Treasurer Spinner's statement
l shows that S13j, $50, 005.19 more was
paid in 1870 than in 1859.
Z The receipts from customs were to g.
[ j02, ,294.04 greater, and the receipts
I from miscellaneous sources were a.
/ O33, 81. 40 more.
The comparison, or rather the con-
trast, between the last two fiscal
years, stands as follows:
Increased receipts, S4S, ,263, ,263 /; de-
creased expenditures, S27, ,159,OSO; to-
tai SD, 800, ,402. Decreased receipts,
S4,345, $50; increased expenditures, 81
342, ,OS2; total, Sc, ,66S;3S2, being a clear
gain by larger collections and reduced
expenditures of S6S, ,734, ,O20.
General Spinner, in commenting on
these facts, says:
''In order to give a clearer view to
such persons as are not in the habit of
thinking Of money by millions Of dol
lars, of the great saving that has been
made to the Treasury of the United
States in the last fiscal year over the
one preceding, the statement is here
made that, after deducting 81 Sundays
and four legal holidays from the 365
days-leaving 800 executive days in the
year-a saving of SIS, 1920 was
made; that the average saving on the
working days of the fiscal year, that
closed with June 80, 1870, over those
of the year preceding, was over S224,-
240 per day being over 50, ,265 per hour
over S154 per minute, being more
than equal to the extra dropping of
S2 so into the Golfers of the treasury
every second of the time. These facts
sufficiently explain how the Admin
istratiOn. by thorough action and eco
nOmical course, was enabled to pur-
chase so large an amount of the stocks
Of the United States for the sinking
funds.n
Did any Government in the world
ever make so satisfactory an exhibit
as this of good work done in the way
of reform and economy? If so we
should like to have the parallel cited
to us.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
VOLUME 23-NUMBER I3

I ity the lands of that county would be
worth fifty per cent, more than they
are to-day. The census tables every
where prove this fact. Take Cuya-
hOgA, which has increased immense
( ly as an example on the other side.
/ CuyahOga had railroads and a large
I town, but not so till within ten or
/ twelve years did Cleveland have the
advantage Of the coal and iron beds OF
MahOning county, and now we see
| the result. Cleveland, with LOG, 900 in
habitants, is growing much faster
than Cincinnati or even Chicago.
Take the iron cOuny OfLawrence. 1t
has increased . per cent, without any
particular advantage, her iron. The
census tells US, as plainly as the
alphabet, that if Ohio is to grow, she
must develop her great mineral re-
I glOns, and encourage manufactures in
every possible way. With 1900
square miles Of coal and iron, some of
I II, as in AahOning valley and on Sun
day creek, unsurpassed by anything
/ OF the kind any where, with 100
miles of water navigation, with
I 800 miles of canals and $500
miles Of railroad, there has new
a State on the globe with greater ad-
vantages for pursuit of industry, the
intercourse Of commerce and the sup
port Of an immense population. The
state IS now, as we said, in a trans
1tlOn condition, and what it wants
now is capital applied to mining and
manufactures; that.is necessary il we
suppose it desirable to grow. Per
haps the great body of the people may
be as happy to remain as they are; but
the common and popular idea in our
country is that growth and increase of
means and Of comforts in desirable:
and if so, then Ohio should be more
energetic and enteTprising in develop
ing the wealth which lies untouched
within her mines. E.D.M.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
4 Narrow Escape from War.

L. Il. Crounse tells serious story
in Seribner's Monthly for January
entitled ''How We Escaped War will
Spain A Chapter of Secret History
On January q, 1859, the steamer
Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall, of New
York, Oh a voyage from Port au Prince
to Havana, was seized by a Spanish
war steamer, on the high seas, neal
the Cuban coast. She was taken tC
Nuevitas, and thence to Havana,
where she was detained more than
three months, in spite of the remOn-
| straRces and demands of our Govern
tanned as prisoners, were bearers of of
| ticial dispatches for the Government
of the United States.
The account given by Mr.. Crounse
of the negotiations in this case is full
and minute. 1t appears that at one
time, provoked by the wantOn negli-
gence towards our claims at Madrid,
and the insolent behavior of the au-
thorities at Havana, Grant was on the
point of directing armed repIisals by
our navy upon the Spanish shipping
in New York. The Secretaries of War
and Navy, and the Postmaster Gen.
eral, were in favor of this course; but
the Secretary of State, supported by
the three remaining members of the
Cabinet, so earnestly advocated eX-
treme forbearance and cOnciliatiOn
that Mr.. Fish was permitted to make
one more effort for peace. He did so,
informing the Spanish Minister unOf-
ficially that unless immediate satisfac-
ton was given, this Government
would consider the prOpriety of re-
sorting to the policy of reprisals.
This communication had its effect,
and the vessel was released as soon as
Spanish red tape would permit. A
commission was then appointed by
the two Governments to arbitrate the
question of indemnity. Mr.. Rpsing,
Consul-General, Of North Germany,
was made referee; and he last month
rendered judgment for the United
States for SIS, ,450 in gold, for damages
and demurrage, and 81 ,220 in gold for
the crew.
These events will satisfy all men
both of the firmness and the mOdera-
ton of the Government. The insult
to our flag offered by Spain in this
case must have driven any weak Gov
ernment to war and it way be doubt
ed whether some of the other leading
powers would have fOrbOrne so long,
although England did herself honor
by still greater fOrbearance towards
Spain in the case of the Tornado
Yet the hesitation of the Administra-
ton to avenge this wrong will not be
misinterpreted, for it is plain to all
that if England, France or any other
first-elass power, had acted in the
same manner towards US, the Ameri-
can people would not tolerate the eX-
ercise of such extreme generosity as
we have practiced to wards weak and
distracted Spain-the very country
our enemies in Europe represent US as
eager 70 pluder.-M Y EUeHing Post.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12

ursr Il GrBsoE. 2. c. PENEINGTOE.
GIBSON a PENNINGTOS,
A TTORNEYs AT LAW, Tifin, Ohio. or
"a nee In First National Bank BLOCK
May 10.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
A Brutal Murder in Southern Illinois.

The GOlconda Herald gives the fol-
lowing account of a most brutal MUIR
der committed twelve miles south
west of that place:
'Old Bart Lynn and Monroe Spence
two notorious scOundrels of Macon
county, were engaged in a game Of
cards for money, with Thomas Jones,
a well to do farmer living near Hon
ley's grocery, which had probably
been prOtractOd during the night, as
the difficulty which resulted in killing
of Jones, occurred at about five o'clock
in the morning. The difficulty,
which is supposed to have been pre-
meditated for the purpose of robbing
Jones of a sum of money he was
thought to possess, was begun about
the game, and Jones was knocked
down with some heavy substance,
supposed to be either a weight or the
barrel of a pistol, in the hands of one
of the parties; and, when he fell. they
drew their knives and stabbed him
number of times in the left side; and
the parties who saw the body state
that the left side and breast were lit
orally cut to pieces. 1t is supposed
that the murderers fled to Missouri -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
Petrlied Human Being

A Mr.. HOllister, of Hamilton, gives
some facts concerning the petrificatiOn
of an old lady named Mrs. Nancy
Briggs, who died fifteen years ago,
aged seventy-siX, and was buried
about two miles northwest of Somer-
vile, Preble Co., o. Three days ago
her friends dug up the body for the
purpose of bringing it to Hamilton,
and placing it in their family lot at
that place. The great weight of the
contents of the coffin induced the sex
ton to open it, and all who wit
messed the proceeding were aston
ished on behOlding what was once
Mrs. Briggs in the flesh had been
transformed almost entirely to
solid stone, and now weighing over
500 pounds instead of 1s6 pOunds-the
weight before she died. In digging
her first grave water was found, and
it had to be bailed out to receive her
remains. The presence of the water
containing lime and other material,
is supposed to be the cause of the
petFificatiOn. During the two days
the remains of Mrs. Briggs were kept
in the receiving vault at Hamilton,
they were visited by a large number
Of citizens of both sexes who were
amazed at the curious phenomenon so
rare of occurrence.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
A Tickle Sweetheart.

A German paper relates the follow
lowing little incident which occurred
in the hospital at Hildburgshadsen
A TurcO had been taken there who
had been wounded at WOerth in the
foot, in a manner that amputation be-
came necessary. He bore his misfor-
tune manfully, and only asked that it
might be communicated to his be-
trOthed in Paris. He was in q fair
way Of recovery and already able to
leave his bed, when the following let
ter arrived from his intended:
81 have learned with the utmost re-
gret that you have lost your foot; but
as L cannot marry a cripple, / feel
compelled to consider our engagement
as not existing"
The Turco said not a word, and laid
the letter on his bed. His wound be-
came worse and worse from that mo-
ment, and he died in a few days after.
ward.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
Mother Wit.

What else is meant by mother vii
save that woman has a quicker per.
ceptiOn and reader invention thar
man How often have we found that
when man abandOns the helm in des-
pair, woman seizes il, and carries the
home ship safely through the storm
into a haTbOr. Man often flies from
home and family TO avoid poverty OF
ruin. Woman seldom, if ever, for
sakes home. Woman seldom, if ever
evades temporal calamity by suicide
or desertion. The proud banker, SOON
er than see his property gaZetted, may
blow out his brains, and leave wife
and children without a protector.
Courageous women would have cOun-
selled him TO accept poverty, live
and cherish his family, and retrieve
his fortune. II is the beauty and glO-
~ Of woman's nature that she instinc-
lively grasps at and ciings to what is
right. Reason, mans greatest facul-
ty, takes time 20 hesitate before it de-
cides; but wOmanis instinct never hes
itates in its decision, and is scarcely
ever wrong. Woman feels where man
thinks, acts where he deliberates,
hopes where he despairs, and tri-
umphs where he fails.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
DICKENS SOMEWHAT MIXED.
BY lrANGEL wrRTzEL.

/ of all the dreams that ever were dreamed,
I I'm sure there never a funnier was
Than that which dreamed the other nigh
. After turning OyersO volumes OF ''Boz
sam Weller was married TO old Sairey Camp
Dombey had priggel Captain Ned Cuttle'.
spoons.
And good Mrs- General was teaching Bill
sykes
Topucker his lips and say ..prisms' and
-'pruneS."
The Chicken and Turveydrop fought in a
ring,
And Joe preached a sermon to Liguun
and George;
Sir Leicester was working" the Ipswich
coach,
And Chadband, he hammered at Gargery's
forge.
Aunt Betsey was bringing up Bucket by
hand,
Miss PeeksaiT eloped with old FaginI Ithe
Jew;
Mark TapIey went snucks with the dIsmal
NAL
Lady DedIock was cooking on board OF the
Screw
Old Bundle, the Beadle, was Betsey Prlgg's
son,
And Ulrieh and Quilp were rspenting their
sins;
The Cheereble brothers were dancinga Jig,
Aud Mr.. Nncawbar was pawning their
twins.
The fat boy was running a race with pie
Miss Havishsm backed him and gave the
word ago"'
WardIe's mother went skating and fell
through the ice,
And Piekwick was playing at Crummles
show.
Mrs. MaeStinger was spanking Tom Pinch,
And Miss Fanny squeers put John Brow
die to bed;
Old Weller was holding g ChancelIors court
And Tim Linkinwater would stand on his
head.
Jack Bunsby was kissing young Chuzzlewit's
wife,
Susan Nipper was elerking for Dodson &
FOgg;
Mrs. Hunter was sweet upon Jefferson Brick,
And Barkis was writing an ode to a Frog
Mrs. Grummidge and Pegotty went on a
spree,
Nick swiveller took Kenwigs' wife to a
ball,
Mr. Lillyvick blacEed Uncle Pumblechook's
eye,
And Jingle was master at Dotheboy's Hall.
-BJ9GIO Adrertissr.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12

From the Springfield Mass Re.
publican we learn,that ''Rev. DIR. Egg
lesion from Chicago, who has fOI
some time been connected with the
editorial department of the hadepend-
e9t, is to be the successor of both Oil
yer johnson and Theodore Tilton in il
He is man of liberal but orthodox
religious views and generous impulses
and his presence will probably be de-
tected by the accession Of a mild evan.
gelieal flavor to the editorial page,
while the heretical writers will sport
free, as heretOfOre, sunder their names
in other parts Of the paper"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
Public Feeling in Germany

The PTussian correspondent of the
London Times writes, Nov. 80, of the
bitterness of the feeling against
France:
In Prussia there are many people
and papers advising the government
to accept the surrender of the hostile
capital only if it consents to deliver
up not herself alone, but all France at
at the same time. In other words,
Paris is uOt to be rescued from the
pangs of hunger unless its govern
ment and people ratify the German
terms of peace in advance, and more
particularly approve the eession oft the
of the two coveted provinces. The
severity Ofthis proposal will give you
an idea of the tone OF the public mind
in this country. Arguing on the con-
victiOn that as the French began the
war for vanity's sake, so are they con-
tinuing it because too cOnceited to
give In, although they know they have
no chance of success, the Germans
having been latterly denOuncing the
conduct of their neighbOrs in terms of
increasing hatred and contempt. No
matter haW great the glory achieved
Dy IlclI lIOOpSf tdCl SuCCcoSIFG Ddllle
adds to the irritation against those
who have forced the citizen warriors
of this country to leave their homes,
suspend their industry, and take to
the heroic. The Germans are certain
ly determined to go on beating the
French as long as they will not con-
cede them the terms considered to
contain the only guarantee that peace
will not be broken the day after its
conclusion; but, at the same time,
they are sick of war, and more and
more incensed at the bloodshed want
only inflicted upon themselves no less
upon the discOmfited enemy. 1t is
this resolve to have their own way,
together with the unspeakable wear
mess OccasiOned by ever fresh tele-
grams with lists of killed and wound
ed, that begins to make people COM
paratively Indifferent to the sufferings
of their adversaries, and already dis
plays itself in the idea of starving
Paris into obedience. l believe the
French had better realize the fact that
the enemy they have to deal with is
not likely to be beaten in a game of
endurance, and being more system
attic and cOOl-headed than themselves,
may turn his firmness to the utmost
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12

A Massachusetts paper tells Of a col
Ored woman who had been lately con-
verted but was 80 unfortunate as to fly
into a passion over the misdOings OF
her neighbOr's youngsters. Her mis-
tress remarked upon the improperly
Of such conduct in the case one about
TO join the church and received this
frank response: II have 'sperienced
religion, an rs gwiRe 10 join the
church, but Miss B III scald dat
nigger f1st."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12

Old DR.. Stearns, of New London, in
his latter days kept drug store. a
gentleman one day purchased a cigar
Of the Doctor, and lighting It, began
TO smoke. ''Please do not smoke in
the store, 4" said DIR. 5, politely, ''it is
against our rule" 'But you sell CT
gars," rejOined the gentleman-''sell
'ea 70 smoke, don't you ~ ''Yes, sir,
we sell cigars" replied the doctor a
little sharply, "and we sell physic but
We dOnot allow il to operate in the
stOre.r
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12

Of all the dreams that ever were dreamed,
I'm sure there never a funnier was
Than that which I dreamed the other nigh
.After turning oversome volumes OF BOZ .