Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-04
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA, Onto.
s.turda1 Morning, March a, l87l.

tT-Columbus has on exhibition hotel
porses who. until few xsazs ago, WAS sssbM0k
ss,nlaok could be. butwho, by gradual peel
ing process, has become the palsst blende.
eEThe Uahea q TitnsyiHs Railroadi con-
Meeting Titusville wsh tho a. & g. w. Rail-
way NJ Union Mills, Pa, has Juss sesR formally
opened
CE- The resolution Of the Ohio Legislature
opposing all further grants ofpublc lands to
Railroad corporations, no doubt reflects the
sensinent OF very great majority of the peo-
pSe Of Ohio. We trust that Congress will go
on further in that direction. II is quite time
that these lavish contributions OF the peoples
property 70 private corporations, should stop.
The receipts of the sucz canal during De.
ccmber last amounted to 100000 This was
fl2,000 in excess Of the previous month, and
the heaviest return yet realized. The work
of dredging the canal deeper, has gene on
without interruption, and Notwithstanding
the large dimensions Of many of the ships,
none have been grounded, nor has the slight
est accident occurred.
EE-Considerable excitement was caused at
Indianapolis on the 23d ult., hut the resigna-
tion Of thirty-four Republican members OF the
House, which prevents further legislation this
session. The reason assigned is the attempt Of
the Democratic majority 10 pass bill redis-
tESeting tho State in violation of the Consiitn-
,ion, which provides that the State shall not
be redisricted oftener than every six years.
The last redistrictibg was four years ago
tY-The commissioner of Railroads Of Ohio.
in his report for 1869, gives the total earnings
OF the State at $50, 6Gs. and the expenses
s9I.09l 59l or $500 per cent. thus giving rs
the combined results for every seveny.one
cents expended a dollar WAS peeciycd, or in
ether words, without reckoning interest on
cost. the roads Of this State were run at n
profit OF 40 per cent on the capital invested in
operating them, and keeping them in repair.
B-Twclvc cf tho most respectable indi.
viduals and firms engaged in tue manufacture
OF woolcn goods in the vicinity of Worcester
Massachusetts. have issued card withdrawing
their names from the appeal in favsr of reduc
ton of the tariff on wool and, manufacture
thereof recently laid before Congress. They
declare II to be not Identical that will
which they signed and broadly intimate tha
their signatures were anly obtained through
misrepresentation and rvaud
sH-A son of Moses H. Grinnell, and wifi
are travelling in Africa, amusing themselves
by ascending the Nile in a little iron craft o.
$50 tons, drawing but three feet of wasr. A
letter of the 1st of January describes the asccn
of one of the cataracts, which was accomplish
cd by . fSree Of 200 men hauling upon foul
ropes. His letters posted on the banks Of th,
Nile, are carried distance OF 400 mile
by relays of boys, each Of whom goes tel
miles, with the letters strapped about his wnis
s3y- Holmes County domecraiic--in 1856
offered $50 bounty TO volunteers, but neve
paid cent 0f it. Since the war, some of tn
returned .soidhrs sued the county for th
amount, and the Supreme Court has just de
cided in their favor and the commissioner
have agreed to levy tax Of $s572 to be dis
wibuted among the 246 soldiers In the manda
mus named, defendants to pay the costs. Thu
the soldiers are to receive the $50 bount
promised them at the time of enlistment, with
out interest