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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
THE AMERICAN WASHER
PRICE 1850.
Tho American Washer saves Money,
Time and Drudgery.


Time and Drudgery.
The Fatigue OF Washing Bay no Longer Dreaded but
Economy, Efficiency, and Cisan Clothing. Sure.
In calling attention this little machine few Of the
nvauI0c quIltie-, not possessed by any other wash
ins machine yet invehted,) arr here enumerated
1t IL tile snSllc-t, nUt compact mOsl portable most
simple IN construction, most easily operated. child
old with few hours practice, cIn thCrOMh-
y comprehend and cfecnaliy II. rhcrc is no adj
ju-ti.g screws to annoy, delay in adapting, 1t
l. always ready for uscl h IL perfect little wonder
IL II miniature giant dong more work and Of better
ouaIy than the most elaborate and costly One half
OF the labor l. lnlly saved by IT'S AMI the eobes
will li Uneslf longer Than by the old plan of the rub
Dar " will waslI the laTgert blank 4 Tnree shirts
a. time. washing thoroughly In word the abluiva
ufBny fabric. from Qut to Lace Curtain ar Cambria
Handkerchief rqhIiy within the capacity of the
LITTLE GEM 1t ciD be fastened to any inb and taken
OIL ~ wiz.
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cleansing efficacy aDd nty are bantrh d, aud the
of The machine.
We have testimonials without end setting lcrih iis
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drUd4 who have thrown d-ilc the uuWiedy, useless
chimes, which rave sgnay faed to accomplish the
object promised in prominent and loud sounding ad'
VcrtiScHcnts.
1t il as prrfer, br washing wring,r is for wiring.
ing the price another JTirImoHnt tndaCeaent io pIr'
chaser-, has been placud low that 1t s with n the
reach Of ever, hpn-ckc per and there is article of
dom siic economy that will repay the small investment
30 soon.
So, so.
| All thnt Is asked Of this ORRAT LABOR SAVER is
fair trial. We guarantee each machine to do its work
perfectly Sols A7snts for tie United states,
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| The largest and cheapest WOODEN WARE OCSE
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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

Reports from Wisconsin show that the fires
which have been for weeks raging in the ex-
tensive pineries iii the north eastern part OF
the State, SO far from being quenched, are still
sweeping on with increasing tierceness, lrav-
ing black track of desolation behind them.
4 vast area of dehscly-wooded territory, west
Of Green Bay and the delta OF Ontonagon,
embracing some of the most valuable pine
forests Of Wisconsin, has been desOl aicd, and
tho small laundering settlements there have
been doyoured by The flames, which have
driven every living thing before them. These
forest fires are usually kindlrd by careless
hunters, whose shtile5s Indifference, as in
this Gaze, often causes great loss OF property
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
From the Cleveland Herald Of wednesday Morning.
A Magnificent Victory.

The election on Tuesday resulted In most
complete and crushing defeat Of the Fusion
lists. 1t was not merely defeat but an utter
rout "horse, foot and dragoons," having no
parallel in She history Of politics in Cleveland.
A great political tida.wave swept over the
city from center TO circumference, bearing up
on It's crest the eutire Republican ticket The
eyes Of the moet snngulne Republicans gazed
with wonder at the tremendous majorites that
were rolled UP by most of the wards, and
mortal man never looked upon banker faces
than were seen in the camp Of the Allies
At this writing q A. NJ we have returns
from all except the Second and Eighth wards,
and the majoriies for Gen. NoYEs for Govern
or reach the enormous aggregate Of Three
Thousand Sta hundre6 and Ttcenty-fr a gain
over the majority for Governor in 1869 of
Tipo Mousand SIR hundred and ninety hree.--
The two wards yet to hear from and the
townships estimating the majorities in The
latter the same as IN 1869, although the mea-
ger returns indicate large gaus) will swell the
majority on the State ticket to FI5s MouS0nd
fUe hundred! The mnjorities for the Repub-
lican legislative ticket will average no less
than twenty five hundred. The Republican
candidates Tor county Offices run even with,
end two or three far in advance Of the State
ticket Colonel LYNou is reelected TO the
Office of Treasurer by majority of not less
than six thousand.
The rcsult is certainly most gratifying one,
and the bare figures express mole strongly
than words can, the scathing rebuke which
the people of both parties have administered
to the mistaken or designed Irregularities Of
| political schcmers.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
REPORT ofthe condition Of the Farm
RS National Bank ofAshtabua at the close Of business

STATE OF OHIc
County of Ashtabula.
Tho above statement Is true to the best Of my know
edge and belief a. y. III pBARD, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn before me- this llth day Of
October, 1871 EDWARD III. FITCH, N r.
o. II. FITCi,
CoRsEcT--Attest: H. Il. PAS5ONS Directors.
j. d. uULBEhT.l
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

The Reform movement against the
manifold vilainrs OF Tammany munich
pal government sweeps ON, growing
every day in volume, complcXlty, and
force. Ample evidence we have already
that the city has brcu robbed of tens OF
millions. Nle,srs Dnnnarumma, Krysrr,
Schuyler, and others are now furnishing
specific testimony which ought to bring
complete exposure and mcrited punish
meut to guilty Individuals. The pros
pcct Of union of nearly all the puli,i-
cal organizations hostile to Tammany Is
said to b4 favorable. We may reasona
hly hope that the election " month from
now VII be less viiiated by false count
lug and Illegal voting than could have
been expcoed had the power OF the
Ring remained unshakcn. This alone
would he an immense accession of force
TO the anli-Iammany organizations, and
would surely give them one or two Sena-
tors and ASscinblymen from this city TO
represent the tax-paying classes at
Albany Tribune.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
ia AXES! 1!

TTeaS1erS QGce, Ashta6uid County. o.,
Jefferson, Sept, l1th, 1871. (
will attend at tie following places for
the collection of taxes, charged on the Duplicate
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

PENNSYLVANIA vaguely reported at 10000
popular majority.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

AVOID QUACKS.--A victim of ear,
y indisereon causing debility premature De-
cav &C. having tried IN Vain every advertised remedy
has simple means OF selEeue, which he will tsDd nee
10 his ieIlow-sntferers Address j. ii, TUTTtE. -
Nassau ST., New York. st.. "a
.CTAAlMERING.--T canse renewed.
80 Address DE- A. BoAApAAs, East hsadkns OK -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14

Aht06,Ra Common Pea
Goo, Willard, Adm. Of the ]
estate OF Bennett Seymour, [
against (
Albert II. StOekwell, ct, al. ]
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
international Money Orders.

The convention for the inter
change of postal money orders be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States will go into effect on October
I'd, next, and the Post Office Depart
ment has now completed the prelim-
mary arrangements for its practical
operation. OF 2,455 money order
offices in this country, $40 have been
authorized to issue postal orders on
the Postmasters at New York city
for payment in the United Kingdom
OF Great Britain and Ireland, and to
pay orders issued by him for sums
certified by the Post Office Depart
ment of that country for payment in
the United States. These offices
have been selected in all the Stat9s
aud Territories, with view of ac
commodating localities whore the
greatest number Of such foreigners
reside as will be likely to make use
OF them. All exchanges are to be
made through two government ey-
change officers in New York and
London. ln this country appica-
tons can be made only for the equiv
alent in sterling of certain sum of
money 10 United States currency,
which latter amount, being deposited
at the local office, is transmitted to
New York, and then converted into
a postal sterling draft at the current
rate for gold at the time Gifts receipt.
This draft is made payable by the
British authorities in any designated
locality of the Kingdom. No single
order will be issued for more than
$50, but persons desiring to remit
larger sums can obtain additional
money orders. For some time the
rates of commission on these money
orders will be as follows: On orders
not exceeding $40, rs cents; over
SO and not exceeding $40, 80 cents !:
over $50 and not exceeding $50, rs
cents; and over $50 and not exceed
ing $40, 81; over $40 aud not ex-
ceeding $50, $125.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
Mr.. and Mrs. jefferson Davis.

Memphis Correspondence Of the Indianapolis Journal
The deadest man in the South is
the great rebel ex President. He was
never very popular with either the
Southern people or the rebel army.
The NONCOMPLIANCE, particularly the
feminine portion of them, strain a
point now to make him a lion, but by
the soldiers he is totally repudated.
They have no use for him for any
purpose. His late bladerdash speech
es called forth a general expression of
contempt for him, and his recent
sleeping car performance has raised
against him perfect storm of virtu-
Gus indignation. They conceive that
by accident the honor of the South
ern people was, in measure, entrust-
ed TO his keeping, and when he fell
victim to the wiles OF the syren
they said to one another.
Then you and I, and all Of us, fell down
Little did the fascinating Mrs. B.
imagine that, in the person of one
man, she was dehowering the whole
Southern chivalry.
The great humbug boards with
his wife at the Peabody Hotel. He
is f lily six feet in height, his shoal-
ders are narrow, he is very slender,
but is as straight US an arrow. He
wears mustache, and beard all over
his face he keeps it trimmed, but
never shaves. His beard and hair
are quite grey-almost white His
eyes are grey and the right one is
blemished. His face is short and
thin. His head appears to DC unusu-
ally small. He is one OF the most
conscious men | have ever seen. As
he walks the streets he constantly
glances about him to see whether he
is observed. He is proud of his trea-
son. His voice is a little feeble in It's
tones. He is 81 years old, and yet
is the heydey in his blood not tame !;
for he can still tell tale in fair la
dy's ear that will please. He takes
advantage of all imaginable chances
to display his galantry. Most Of the
men care nothing about him, but the
ladies pet and caress him in the most
extravagant manner. They call him
"The President" and swear they'll
never have any other President
mover
Mrs. Davis is large feshy lady.
Her complexion is rather dark, her
hair dark brown, littlo tinged with
grey. She is altogether fine looking,
and is said to be a good woman. She
clings TO hcr husband through evil
as well as through good report.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29

ES The chronopher is the name
OF the instrument which supplies all
England with correct time. 1t is In
direct communication with Green
wieh Observatory and with 10 of the
principal cities of the Kingdom, and
precisely at ten o'clock a. m. the
hour is flashed not only to those sta
tons, but to every post Office in the
country, SO that all time is regulated
to the twentieth part of a second
Time guns are fired every day at / D.
m. at Newcastle and Shields by bat
teries connected with the chronopher
and all the prominent watchmakers
in London receive the exact second
every hour from the same instru-
mont. Under such strict regulations
the uniformity of time all over the
kingdom is as nearly perfect as it
can be made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
Strength Of Professionalism.


A persistent disparagement OF
Protestants and Professionalism seems
TO be part of the duty imposed on
thedemocratic press of this city. Even
the Sunday Mercury-which hates
ali religion with rigid impartiality-
RESTRICTS its slurs and its sneers to
Protestant denominations. The
World continually bubbles over with
assertions like the following from. its
last issue
"All the Christian sects together
comprise membership Of about 800
600, 900, while heather worshippers
count over 1000 600; the Buddhists
alone having 34O,00O,O00. The Ro
man Catholic Church embraces 1856
900, 900 followers all the Protestant
folds combined only IS, l39, 600"
Here it is cody assumed that
the Roman Catholics outnumber all
other Christians by no less than Sir-
ty Millions, which is not near the
truth. But we will consider more
particularly the depreciation Of the
number of Protestants. Any fair es-
innate will make the Protestants of
the various countries nearly as fol-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29

sA- There is an Association in
Pennsylvania which calls itself The
Patriotic Sons of America" This
body recently held State Conven-
ton, and tried to "enioin all within
It's jurisdiction" never ito vote for
Roman Catholic for any Office OF
trust, honor, or profit Against
this resolution 46 OF the Patriotic
Sons had the good sense to vote, but
they were overpowered by 100 in
tensley Protestant Patriots, of the
Lord George Gordon school, and so
the disqualifying edict would have
passed, if somebody had not discov-
cred that il was out of order, where.
upon i. was suffered quietly TO drop,
A man at this late day who in this
country refuses his political conf.
dence to a Roman Catholic simply
because he is such, would have assist.
ed at the roasting of John Rogers
with willing heart and a ready
hand ~. Y. Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29

sSAn English preacher, we are
told, declares, as one having author.
ity, that there are twelve times az
many women In Heaven as men, and,
by parity OF reasoning, there must
be twelve times as many men as wo-
men ia the other place. How the
reverend Briton got his information,
or why he fixed upon the proper
ton oftwelve to one, instead of TWEEN
ty to one, we are not informed, but
it adds new horror to the lower hot
settlements to know that when pain
and anguish wiring the brow there,
the ministeripg angels will be scarce.
We don't like to joke on serious SUBJ
jects, and we promise not to, when
anticipated coDjecturers will let
them alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
Our Normal Schools-A Word from
the State superintendent.

EDIToRs STATE JoURNAL:--I find
in my journeyings through the State,
many intelligent people arc not aware
Of the benefits resulting to our edu-
cational interests through the agency
Of the normal schools now in oper-
alton. They estimate this influence
by the number of graduates, merely,
sent forth from these most important
institutions of learning. This is un-
Just. These graduates as a body, are
a very successful class of teachers,
and are doing great deal in eleva-
ting the educational standard of the
State. There are, however, hundreds
of young men and women who have
received instruction in these normal
schools for shorter period than the
time prescribed for graduating. They
have received Invaluable benefit from
their partial training, and our dis
trct schools all over the State have
gained largely in consequence.
1t Is not to be expected that the
normal schools should claim this large
number of imperfectly educated
teachers as their representatives, nor
should they be so regarded. But
these schools have the right 70 claim
whatever of good the common
school system receives through these
teachers.
An Institute course of six weeks
will be held at Whitewater and Platte
willie, commencing September 9th,
and at Oshkosh in the early part of
the same month, designed to meet
the wants of those who expect to
teach in tho common schools during
the coming year. AS thorough in
structon as possible will be given in
the theory and practice of teaching,
suited TO the district school. PrCsi-
dents Arey, Charlton and Albee will
spare no pains to make these State
Institutes what the friends of educa-
ton confidently expect they will be,
indispensable to the teacher Of limit
ed means and time. We hope very
large number will be in attendance
SAMUEL FALLows.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
The Young Girl who Roasted Man


From the New Orleans Picayune, July 29.J
In going through the parish prison
a few days since, the attention of the
reporter was attracted to q young
girl apparently not more than Is
years ofage. She had fair nut-brown
hair and complexion fresh and
white as milk. The mild blue eyes
were singularly soft and intelligent,
ana her whole appearance indicated
the Tree, Joyous characteristics of
youth and happiness. Yet this am
liable looking creature this fair. del
loate Minerva of slender form and in
genuous face, is said to be a devil in
carnate. She was not a prisoner.
only a visitor to the institution. and
when the reporter saw her she was
conversing with noted burglar in
deed she says she is q cousin of Pete
Munday's, and goes under the SOU
briquet of Lily. She is almost fair
aud delicate as one. Her career is
remarkable series of adventures and
hair-breadth escapes. About year
ago she Ii, cd in San Antonio, Texas,
and for some real or fancied miscon-
duct received severe castigation at
the hands of the man with whom she
was living. Burning with resent
ment, and conscious Of her inability
to cope with him in ply steal strength
she waited until the next night when
he was asleep, and tho locking the
doors of tho room and closing every
avenue of escape, she prepared for a
work OF horror almost impossible to
conceive. On one pretext or another
she sent all the inmates of the house
away, and procuring paper and other
lnHamable material built a funeral
pyre around the bed of the sleeping
man. This done she set fire to it and
locking the door behind her fled the
house. The man woke up when the
house was full of flames. and in es-
Gaping from the room was literally
roasted. One side Of his body was
burned almost to cinder. He has
never recovered from his injuries, and
is to day a hopeless invalid suffering
excruclating torture aud continual
anguish His generosity-perhaps
his sense of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
his prosecuting the girl, and sac
made her escape to New Orleans.
Arriving there she took apartments
on Toulouse street, between Ram
part and Burgundy, where she still
resides. She is yet very young, eer-
tainly not more than II at farthest,
her vindictive and savage fury when
excited is a terror to all her acquaint-
ances it is strange that beneath an
exterior so fair and beautiful should
be concealed the element of such
lawless violence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29

d know what your beau's pref
ty white horses name is" said lit
tie boy to his grown-up sister, the
other morning otis Damye." "Hush,
Eddie" said his mortified sister,
chats naughty word" "Well,
| don't care if It's" said the juvenile,
chats his name, COS last night
was outside the fence when be stops
ped at the front gate, and | heard
him say, Whoa, Damye r"
"A Dutchman married second
wife in about week after the death
OF No. /. The Sabbath following,
the bride asked her lord to take her
riding, and was duly "cut up" with
the following response, You dink
[ ride out with anoder woman so
soon after the death Of mine frau !?
No, no /"
During fine starlight evening
lately three-year old philosopher,
after silent and profound scrutiny
of the heavens, asked his mother alb
ruptly where the stars came from
Mamma replied: 81 don't know,
Willie don't know where the stars
came from" "Well, you bet | do,
The moon laid EN-"
"A school committee in frontier
district are reported to have summed
up their opinion of an examination
which they had attended by making
to the pupils this address you've
spelled well, and you've ciphered
good, but you haint sot STILL"
"A little girl wants to know If
feas are white, because her uncle
told her that "Mary had a little
lamb with fleece as white as snow
"A boy near Dodgeville was
knocked down by lightning, tn > 9TH
er day, but, according TO his own
story, he got up again, "by thunder ?
An Eau Claire wife bit her club
by's" ear off, the other night, and
then added insult to injury by CALL
ing him a "tough cuss."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
An English Opinion of American
Mechanics.

Here is tribute of American in
dustry worth recording. 1t is from
the London Times: "At this mo.
ment, Birmingham is losing its old
market. A few years ago it used to
supply the United States largely
with edged tools, farm implements
and various similar wares. 1t does
so no longer, nor is the cause to be
sought merely in the American tar
III. 1t is found that the manufae-
turers of America supersede us, not
only in their own, but in foreign
markets and in our own colonies,
and the Birmingham chamber has
the sagacity to discover, and the
courage, to declare, that this is owo
ing to the superiority Of American
goods. High as are the wages of an
English artisan, those of an Ameri-
can artisan are still higher, and vet
the manufacturers of the United
States can import iron and steel from
this country at a heavy duty, work
up the metal by highly paid labor,
and beat us out of the market after
all with the manufactured articles.
How is that to be explained The
Americans succeed in supplanting us
by novelty of construction and ex-
cellence OF make. They DO not at
tempt to under sell us in the mere
matter of price. Our goods may
still be the cheapest, but they are no
longer the best, and in the country
where an ak, for instance, is an in
dispessable implement, the best ar
ticle is the cheapest, whatever, it
may cost. Settlers and emigrants
soon find this out, and they found it
out to the prejudice of Birmingham
trade