Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
ksHTABULA, OHIO.
Saturday Morning, Nov. 18th, 1877
ITEMS.

eE- Charles Frances Adams sailed for
Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, from Boston
ERrGeorge Bolts, the murderer of pet
Halsled,, at Newark, ~ j.. is 10 be hanged
Dse et. III ll H 7 ID i iJIl U
,tE>Dr. J. p Thompson has preached his
farewell sermon at the N. Y. Broadway Tab.
ernacle
CE-The steamer Franklin, from the Baltic
via Halifax, is detained at the New York
quarantine with thirty cases of choTern,
tT~ Charles O'Connor is reported to have
said that Tweed was taking the preliminary
steps men take when they seek 10 elude jus.
tiee by fight 10 foreign land.
CE-TRe Hartford Post commenting on MIR.
Tilden's remarks, thanking God that the cloud
began to show its silver lining, says that, ali
that's the cloud the Tammany Ring is under,
ten TO one it steals the lining"
eE-The ex-Prince Imperial of France will
be keenlY reminded of the reverses of his par.
ents by the sale, which is TO take place short
" in Parts, of his boots, velocipedes and toys,
for the benefits of the national treasury.
EE-The Pima Indians of Arizona recently
made raid ON the Apaches, killed thirty Ave,
took eight children prisoners and recovered
the plunder tax sn the day previous from the
white settlements.
tB-A formidable plot of Banaparist gen
erals, headed by Fleury, TO arrest Theirs and
proclaim the Empire, has been discovered.
The plotters' papers are in the possession OF
Thiers, who is confident of the failure of the
conspiracy
az The value of the entire church praperty
OF New York city, including all tlenomina-
tions, is computed at something like 5000, 900.
600. Trinity corporation alone, is put down
at $5V,OOo.O00 The richest sect, Of the whole
is, as may he supposed, the Roman Catholic
tB-Wm. NJ. Evarts. describes tile present
political contest in New York to be a cuntest
"in defence of the property aud earnings OF
the great mass of the people against the rapine
and plundcr of greedy combination of rogues
in office"
B- The Columbus Statesmen, q leading
Democratic journal, says 1--WE believe that
the riots in New York and the unblushing
stealing Of Tammany lost us both Ohio and
Pennsylvania at the late election. In fact we
think Democratic thief worse than Radical
thief, just in proportion as he Injuries our
party"
tB-Four ladies of 3alesburg, Illinois, who
were collecting for the Chicago relief fund,
came upon a fossil, who facetously remarked
hot ha had 80 ,.1,
were mind 10 dig them up, they could have
all they wanted" Not at all daunted, the
ladies got some shovels, dug twenty bushels
that afternoon. and came back the next day
and finished the patch.
tB-Indians still exist in the State of New
York as distinct tribes and communities The
Onondagas live on reservation of twelve
thousand acres In beautiful valley near Syra-
cuse, This tribe had never more than i've
hundred members, and is now nearly four
hundred strong. The Indians are considcra-
bly, advanced in morals and civilization, and
support two flourishing churches.
tB-The net Indebtedness of New York city
is now ascertained to be about one hundred
millions, while Its real estate goes into The tax
list at eight times that amount. The true val.
ue OF this real estate, says the Evening Post
however, is not less than two thousand mill
ions, making tho city Indebtedness hye per
cent. Of the value of Its real estate.
cB-Vhe great organization OF tho Ku Klux
Klan In South Carolina, naughty, defiant and
strong as II bas.besn, is, like the Tammany com.
binatlon in the city of New York, passing
away. 1t Is well for aAy political party ours.
ed with two such institutions, that when they
come to the gravel, they should be buried
deep enough to allay all fear of their ever
seeing daylight again.
IB~Tbe Cincinnati Commercial puts the ease
of the Tuesdays elections thusy:. EITHER
the Lord Is on the side OF the Republicans or
the devil has deserted the Democracy. what.
ever mistakes tue former make In policy or ad.
mioistration, or however they quarrel among
themselves, the latter seem not to be capable
OF taking the obvious advantage, but manage
to do something 80 foolish or dsreputabe
that VICTORY over them becomes inevitable
eB-GeReYal Howard has completed his re.
port to the Secretary of War lie recon.
mends the closing Of all that remains of the
Freedmans bureau, on the ground that such
work as remains can easily be done by other
departments. He further recommends that
the payment Of bounties to solored troops,
which now constitutes the principal work of
the Bureau, be mads through the same chan.
nels as bountes 10 white soldiers.
eB- The Commissioner of Pensions, IN his
annual report, will give for the first time
list Of the special pensions, made so by Con.
gressional action. He will also give series
Of tables, showing that the amount of money
paid TO each pensioner averages$ 0 BOA month
A s.a.emont will also be made showing the
amount OF money appropriated by Congress,
since the foundation Of the Government, to
pay the pensioners. The sum appropriated
for this purpose slnce the close OF tho war
amounts to $4,000 600
A western lady has HToken in her hus'
band thoroughly. He can now carry
the hahv raak tho ona dla aud n,ala yar,,