Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-07-01
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA. OHIO.
Saturday Morning, July lst, 1871.
ITEMS.

IB lnere are snlut0 Oe lDIpVV V@oinHSe NoteIo
in Ohio.
ty-Phll. Sheridan has been dubbed Doctor
of Laws by the Trustees of the Northwestern
University. What nonsense.
wThc golden anniversary of the marriage
of the satnsr and mother OF the President has
just occurred.
E-Buffalo is congratulating herself upon
the prospect Of having 500 acre park, that
shall be a credit to that beautiful city.
cE-A company Of journeyman printers,
headed by Webb Of the Sunday NeDS, will is.
sue the first number Of tue Columbus Eoeiting
Dispateh next Sunday.
tE-The State Department has. prepared a
list Of the Alabama claims. The whole num-
Der Of vessels destroyed was 234, and the val
ue at that time is set down at $12, ,S30,4ss.
eB-The New Orleans Picayune notices the
fact Of a colored attorney being admitted TO
the bar If Louisiana, by the Supreme Court of
that State, and considers the transaction just
and proper.
tB-The N. York St1dts Ze,tung, the leading
Democratic German daily paper in the United
States, eonaes out strongly for NOyes and
Mueller, advising all the Democrats in Ohio
to vote for them.
c3-A Franco German fcud recently broke
out in Strnsbourg. Even women were engag-
ed in it, and poured hot water on their foes.
Many arrests were made und quiet was &C.
stored.
CB-Tbe u. S. Secret service department
has just made haul of cOuDierfeIters in Cleve-
land. The gang was large one and scattered
over the State. Arrests have been made at
various times within the last three months.
and it is hoped that gang is now broken up.
ty-Although last fall Gov. Shaffer forbid
the Nauveo Legion TO drill, the Mormon
Lieutenant General has ordered them out for
the tusth of July. Governor Woods is
| temporarily absent from the territory. Before
leaving he refused to assent TO this proceeding.
cR-Thc Greeley Coiopists recently refused
to allow a circus company to pitch their tent
in the corporation limits. The circus fellows
consequently pitched it one foot beyond the
limits. While the circus remained the town
OF Greeley was deserted, and the circus was
crowded.
rB-The New York Post, in referring TO the
lease by the Pennsylvania Central of the New
Jersey roads, says-"On next Saturday, Jnly
1st, ii the arrangements are completed Phla-
delphia will become formally, a way station
on one of the great highways between New
York and the western cities"
tB-The rural Democracy of New York
shows Disposition to revolt at the rule Of
Tammany. They are restive under the dicla-
| tOn and dishonesty OF the Now York city
Democracy. There are symptoms of revolt
| against Tweed-Sweeney 81 Co., and Gov.
HolIman must look sharp or he will be laid
out in his Presidential aspirations.
es- The board Of appraisers for the proper
,y Of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad company, met at Cleveland the other
day, and appraised the property Of the com.
pany In this State at twelve millions four hun
drcd and nincty-threc thousand seven hundred
and eighty-six dollars. This shows how a
railroad helps the tax payers
c7y There are sixteen Democratic prpers IN
this State reported in opposition to the new
departure. They all support the ticket how
ever, well understanding that the platforms
only use is TO catch votes. They know the
men they are voting for, and well understand
that platforms win not influence the action of
their candidates, should the party succeed at
the polls this fall
| CS~Tho new four masted schooner, Richard
Winslow, Captain Burlington, left Chicago on
the Gath, with the largest load Of corn ever
put afloat in u sail vessel in the Lakes. She
took 81, 1909 busnels of corn in just two hours
and drew Just fourteen feet of water. She is
destined for Buffalo. Up to this time the bark
now s,eamer--W 7. Graves, carried the
! largest cargo into Buffalo, something over 54,-
900 bushels of corn.
| tB- Mr.. Greeley is not ambitious TO lie
known as phnnnthropst. He says in a card
addressed to the New Yorn SuH--"I have done
little, and hope to do more, toward securing
TO every human being an opportunity to earn
au honest living by his or her own useful la
bor. That hold TO be naked justice. But o
| philanthroplst lar the popular conception, Is
m easy, credulous simplcton who chooses to
work excessively and live meanly in order
that iogues and vagabonds may be enabled TO
riot In idleness; and that am not"
| a
rY-Grn. pleasanton, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, recently awarded TO the Hud-
son Paper Company OF Connecticut, the con-
tract for'hrnishing the paper for printing fif
teen million dollars worth of Internal Rcye
nue. stamps. The contract was awarded with
out consulting Secretary Boutwell,, and II IL
thought wilhou, duly considering tire bids o.
other companies. The contract was so unsat
islaclory that Secretary Boutwell, disapproyed
il. Commissioner Pleasonton took umbrag,
at the Secretary's action, and correspondence
resulted. The Secretary laid 1t before thu
President, who declines 10 have anything Il
do with the matter.
sB-A verdict Of some Importance to Rail
{ road Companies has been rendered in Chic,,
CO. against the Great Western Railway o
Canada. The plaintiff, In january, 1895, ship
ped large quantity of wool, 2s3 bales, 4
u Boston, via this road. In consequence of de
u lay, the wool did not reach Boston until Il