Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-12-16
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
ASHT TABULA, OHIO.
Saturday Morning, Dec. l6, 1871.
ITEMS.
I A B UL A, OHIO.

tE- Set il down as sign of the times that
bin for the repeal of woman suffrage has
passed the Wyoming Council.
The body of JoHN II. HUNTER, the muir
derer has been disinierrcI,. anu is now serving
the purposes of science.
Next year is the Presidential year, and ev-
erybody ought to have the County Paper
Now is the time to subs Jribe.
eB- Every caboosa, express, baggage and
passenger car on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
II. Ron which road no Sabbath work what
ever is said 10 be done--carres a Bible, placed
in a rack where it is easily seen and readily
accessible.
EB-Attorney General Acke rmnn win proba-
bly, retire about the first of January. There
is strong outside pressure in favor of Williams
of Oregon as his successor, but it is under
stood that the President favors Brst0w, the
Solicitor General from Kentucky.
R;-Emnent men have maintained that
great fires produce heavy rains. Recent events
have given some degree Of confirmation to
the theory. The burning Of Chicago was
stopped by heavy rains so were the frlghtlnl
fires of Wisconsin by the first rains that had
fallen for many weeks,
The House Appropriation Committee order
ed the Chairman TO report bill making an
appropriation of four hundred and fifty thous.
and dollars to complete the expense of taking
the census. The whole cost will be two mil
lipns which is nearly million in excess of
the last census.
c5s- The Tabernacle Church, New York,
offer Rev. William Taylor, of Liverpool, Eng,
salary of $1,000, with his travelling expenses
paid The late pastor, Rev j. p. Thompson,
ID. d., who sailed, Nov. 25lh, for Europe, is
the bearer Of the formal call from the church
10 Mr. Taylor.
tB-The new Obcrlin Hall, Of which the
corner stone was laid Nov. 18Th in the pres
ence of the National Council is To cost about
$4,000 The trustees have 5000 in hand,
which will be expended in the foundations,
and the building will be prosecuted as fast as
funds can be secured,
tH-Rev. nr Ever Of New York, whose
Confessional has been mentioned, has retired
from Christ Church with few rilualisliG fol.
lowers. and established n "Church of The Holy
Light" lie seems to get his "lighi" by dark.
enIng the church and burning gus and candles,
liberty
C6-rho nHmber Of disasters on the lakes
during the present senson, as repeatedly Capt.
Hall, marine reporter for Detroit, is ,lGi, oi
which 295 were collisions 230 went ashore, 81
burned, 90 capsized, 10 foundcred, 1872 sprung
leak, 65 were waier-logcd, 90 were dismast-
ed. ITO lost deck loads 10 were explosions,
The remainder were Of MINOR importance,
tE-Poor Nilsson Is driven by the persecu.
tions of fellow named Charles Theodore
Bascb, for protection to apollce court. Boscl
is SO enamored Of the sweet singer that h'
forced his way Into her room at the Clarendon
Hotel and attempted to kiss her. lie wa'
sent to the penitentlary f5r six months. On
his removal from the room lac declared that
he would marry Miss Nilsson when set al
THE VISIT Of the Grand Duke to Cleveland
has been postponed to the 20th, and the citi
xens are making preparations for a reception
not only worthy Of such guest, but such ~
one as shall show in some measure grateful
reciprocity of the courtesy of the royal Eni
ly, 10 the company of Americans who made
the voyage OF tho world on board the Quaker
City. Several cllveiandeTs were among th
company, and the recollection imperial courie
! ~ seems 10 have gnckenIRg effect In the re
cspliOn proposed.