Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-01-14
NEEKAY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA. ONO.
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s ,turday Morning, Jan, l4th, 1871.

tk-Governot Clayton Of Arkansas was on
Tuesday elected udited States Senator by 4
vote cf. niuety-fouF, 70 ieHsteeas --------.----
pscn of ohis, agaNss woman suffrage.
',tF- Granite goes ftem Portland to ST. Louis
Nv water, all the way around by the Mississippi
Eeonomiealriace tor ihe new capital
seE-Rhs New York detailing Collector
bsihy has purchased magnificent chateau,
Gear Wilhelmshebe, and lives there In style.
eS~A bill was introduced IN the Generah
Assembly, on Tuesday, TO reduce The salary
OF the R,lros5 Commissioner from $4,000 TO
se,5oo..
In the organization Of the Legislature Of
Kaatas, women were olgcted, fop enrolling
clerks in. both. hpuses, and,ene girl as page
ia the House.
sE- Whipping and shooting negroes, and
ualtreating white mcn who befriend them, are
aill the f,voriie diversions among tue Ken.
tucky chivalry.
tE- The New Jersey Legislature was organ.
iacd on Tuesday, and in manner which iEdie
Gates tho re-elpction Of Nh. RseitagAuysen TO
thc United States Senate
tzFThc scarcity of water in Jersey City
still continues, ana consequently the Grid
commands high price, as much Ms fifteen
acnts pail being paid for it.
tS8-The contract for building bridge across
nc Platte river, opposite Fremont, Nebraska
was on Monday taken, for $4,000. by W. (
Emi;h & Co. Of Toledo. o.
tSs-Thc Law prnviding for the payment of
e." Morgan,raid claims has been pronounced
void, no havin; received a ,gRe-thirds vote In
the Legislature on its cnsctment
tH"Thc eighth snuivcraary Of Emancipa.
'Ion in this country was iuly celebra.ed,a at the
fremont Temple, last Sunday evening, with
DEVOTIONAL exercises md addresses.
CE-J. r. West WAS elected United States
acnator fropl. Louisiana on the first ballot Ivy
a large majority. There Is great rejoicing
among Governor Warmoh's friends.
cB-A resolution authorizing the sculptor
Jones to. place marble bust of Lincoln, and
a representation Of the capiuSs-of Ni0ksbnrG,
In the rotuuda Of the capitol wns adopted, Ia
the Assembly, sixteen Democrats voting in the
negative.
tS-A Mrs. West. Of Mansfield. has obtaincd
@ Judgment for $2ft for selling her husband
whisky, and twenty other suits Of n similar
character are pending there. There is an cx-
,ansiyc field for that kind of business in many
places thr5IgLoa. The State.
L5T The Investigation concerning the Ma.
iioual Asyiums for Disabled Soldiers, How
progressing az washington, ia alleged to be In
spirod by enm;y to General Butlrr, and iaan
ritempt to impu-u his management and use
Of the funds Of those institutions
Reports from Lincoln, NebrAska says
Governor Butler holds the balance Of power
in the Legislature and that no Senator can be
elected whose friends do not pledge themselves
tat there shall be no Investigating Commit
Zee in regard to the missing school funds.
tT"The Democratic party. calculate for
success more upon differences and divisions in
the Republican party than upon its own
strength. They have counted largely upon
the difference existing between Mr. Sumner
aad tie President But they seem destined to
lie disappointed IN this MS In other calculations
tgThcy lave lately been holding sceand
tcries o. large public meetings in various porls
Of England 10 bring about the separation q
=, Derby, a, Ashton, under Lyme, and a
leicester The tide Of public opinion in Ing
lpid evidently TOLLS IN the direction Of discs
trblishrleut.
t1' The Rulestire Exploration Society sU'
Nessrs. PalMer and Drake 20 3oGL and The
Desert, 10 tiace out tii9 nah IT the forty yGars
wandering. They have made "Preliminary
cries. They were sent only 10 stndy thlng'
above ground They suggest that an cXpcdi
iion 10 dig amid the ruins would probably
find tbiEgS of interest.
tY-Ex- Postmaster General Kendall jus, re
turned from Japan, whith'r he accompanied
Hon. W. IL. Seward says thn, thnt venerable
statesman is suffering f9rm cosnpee paralysis
Of both arms 20 that he IL deprived of the ust
of them. With lllis exception his hcaltl
seems to be improved. IIe proposes 10 extent
lis uip 10 India, and on lIa way home will
visit ST. Petersburg upca inYitaiiun of the Cza
of Russia.
CY~The English astronomers IAado large NJ
rangcmcnis for taking observations of the lat
eclipse OF the sun. They had grant Of pub
went to Gibraltar, some to Catliz, some passrt
oyer 10 OrAn In Alecrip, and TO other plncr
abou, the Mediterranean. The results hav
rot yet been made public, but in few week
We shall be likely io.gnin some OF the fruits u
their libors.
s6-Thc nnpgaA SfBol of the Mnssaclpscit
commissioners on cattle dleease was prCsrntet
10 the legislature on Tuesday, and ordered II
he printed. Ths commissioners adyocat
prompt and strong mrasugrs u, prcyen. III
spread Oi con,nGlon, and suggest that til
State authorities should cause infected soil !
Brighton ahd other ca,;le markets TO 30 dp
up and removed, with other precautions reh
live & driving and herding cattle.
t4-A letter dated Batavia, Novcwbcr lGtl
receIvel in Boston, siates that the Italia
ship UncoH, from Macao for Callao. vii
coolies, vfsset on fire, when near Ncptuu
Island, rnd abandoned by the captain an
crew, who we're saved By the ship San SalS
dr. !Qae hundred aud twelve coolirs WEI
picked VA BY the ship Juan Pore, and the r
mlinduF, four hundred and twenty-five