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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-11-09
The Tribune publishes the following card

"a CARD.-The undersigned resumes
the editorship of the Tribune, which he
rclinquished in embarking in another
line OF business six months ago. Hence
forth i, shall be his endeavor to make
this an independent Journal, treating all
parties and political movements with iu-
dicia fairness and candor, but courting
the favor and deprtciatiug the wrath OF
no one. Ii he can hereafter say any,
thing that will tend to heartily unite the
whole American people on the broad
platform ot universal amnesty and i'm
partial suffrage, he will gladly do so.
For the present, however, be can best
commend that consumination by silence
and tor6caranoe. The victors in our last
struggle can hardly fail to take the
whcle subject of Southern rights and
wrongs into carly and earnest consider
alton, and TO them, for the present, he re-
mits it, Since he will never again be a
candidate for any Office, and is not in full
accord with either Of the great parties
which have hitherto divided the country,
he will be able and will endcavor to give
wider and s,eadier regard to the prog
ress of science, industry and the useful
arts than partisan journal can do, and
he will not be provoked to the indnIg-
ence OF those bitter personalities which
are the recognized bane of journalism.
Sustained by generous public, he will
do his best to make the Tib,o,e power
i'll the broader field it now contemplates,
as, when human freedom was in peril, it
was in the arena Of political PARTISAN
ship. HORACE GREELEY"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-11-09

THE STATE ELECTroNs!-T follow.
ing Staaes elect State or Congressional
tickets At the same line with the Presi.
dental ticket: Alabama, State and Con
gress; Arkansas, State aud Congress
California, Congress; Connecticut, mem
Der OF Congress from tho First Distric,
30 I'll vacancy; Delaware, Congress
Florida, State aud Congress: Georgia
Congress , Illinois, State and Congress
Iowa, State and Congress; Kentucky
Congress; Maryland, Congress Massa
ebusetts, State aud Congress- Michigan
State and Congress; Mississippi, Con
gress; Missouri, State and Congress
Nevada, State and Congress; New Jer
seyy, Congress, New York, State anC
Congress Rhode Island, Congress; Ten
peesee; State and Congress; Texas, Con
gress Vermont Congress; Virginia
Congress Wisconsin, Congress, Louis
lana held It's State and Congressona
slession the day before the Presideniia
election. ~ 0a 81 ~ ,f
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-11-09
ISAAC r. SHERWOOD,
Secretary Of State.

Coastwise traffic with Canada by way
OF the Cult of st. Lawrence Is TO be
greatly facilitated hy means Of canal
cut through the Isthinus FROM the Bay
OF Funday to the Straits of Northum-
berland. This canal will lie important
not only for the British Provincts, but
for the New England fishermen, and, in.
deed, tor every one engaged in trade
with the Dominion. 1t is strange that
this comparativly small canal (lt will be
only about twelve miles long) has NOT
been cut before, but the promising state
OF the project may perhaps be ascribed
TO the more energetic policy which has
been developed since the union of the
Provinces. Another important CONNER.
cial event is tho completion OF the Inter
national Railroad crossing the line of the
canal just mentioned, aud connecting
Halifax with the railway system OF the
United States. 1t is now possible for
passengers to leave New York some
hours after tho departure of an English
steamer, board her at Halifax, and thus
reduce the ocean voyage by several hun
dred miles. These Increased facilities OF
communication render Il the more desir.
able that the fishery difficulties should be
adjusted with all fairness and libsrality,
SO that the last question remaining under
the Washington Treaty may be finally
and amicably settled up.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-11-09

We regret 70 learn that the circus OF Dr. &.
Backepstos OF Amboy, was sold out under ex-
sediiop ier Indebtedness to lhe Captain of the
steamer Tyrone and the members OF the circus
company.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-11-09

Chicago Is iO have m immense Crystal
Palace, In which An exposition is To be held
during Me rebuilding Jubilee in 1873. The
size OF tho building, according TO lhc plans
which, have been submitted will be six !luu'
dred feet long by one hundred feet broad,
with Q central transept two hundred and fftS
est long. The height viii be eighty feet, with
q dogse aEer the principal entrance over one
hundred feet high. 4 npral garden will sur.
round the building, aud pnriion of The inte.
Tior will also be decorated with fountains. and
tIte1 as winter garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
Mumi9iDal (Ourt

EDITOR STAR: / see that a bill has been in
roduced into both Houses of Congress- and is
now before the Judiciary Committees of the Sem
ate and House, proposing to establish a mu-
nlcipal court in and for the District of Column
bia i have not a copy of the bill before me
ishing the office of constable, and depriving
magistrates of the right to attend to any civil
business, and to issue writs of anv descr .ption
thereby virtually aboishing the office of magis-
trate in the District eft Columbia. To supply
these deficiencies il is proposed, as understand
~, 10 establish court with three judges and six
bailiffs, with corps OF clerks. There are now
some seyenJy-fve magistrates, and perhaps as
many constables, all of whom seem To have at
least partial employment. Ii would, as il ap-
pears to me, operate greatly to the incon-
venience and embarrassment of the people
10 erect the proposed change, and es-
peclally TO deprive magistrates of the right to
issue writs OF any kind. Cases not unfreouently
occur where premptness i'll obtaining and serv-
ing writs is indispensable to the ends of Justice
| nder the proposed plan this would often be i'm
possible. With all due respect to those whose
ingenuity or selfish interests prompted the pro-
Iosed change, would respectfully submit that
The ends OF Justice. the convenience of the peO-
pie and the great objects of economy in the adj
mnistTatIon of the municipal affairs OF the Dis
ulct would be more efectually secured by re-
turn to the late system OF police magistrates by
which good magistrate would be employed at
each police station, with competent salary. to
ATTEND promptly to all cases that might come be-
fere him. have thus briefly adverted to this
important question, with the hope that Others
whe understand il better will interest them
selves TO prevent the accomplishment of what |
munity III more ways than one. w.
March Is, ls12
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
Frait.Graftinx.

AS the time will soon be here when grating is
IN order, we repeat our former advice that every
farmer should do his own grating. 1t rs very
easy operation when once understood, and this
Is reaCiiy done by seeing it done. A sharp PEN
knife and good fine saw are Indispensable.
sPhttlng the stalk SO that the bark shall not be
bruised, and shaping the scion wedge fashion
and placing the rim OF the wood of both stock
and scion exactly together, so that the sap can
lntermlngle-there is no danger of failure if
properly waXed. We make a shoulder to the
graft and think 1t adds to the certainty of sue
cess, though probably it weakens it. We prefer
also two eyes or buds to a graft, and would ra.h =
er have only one than more than two. One wear $
wood should always be used when il can be oh
tanned, as II is more certain to take, and grows
more vigorously, and the graft should be cut
from bearing branches.
We wish to remind those preparinp praftipg
wax that we have found four parts of rosin, one
part OF beeswax, and one part of beef tallow, to
he the best proportions. Melt them together in
a skillet, (Which is the best,) or tinCup, and
mix well. 1t should remain i'm the vessel and
used as needed. Twenty or thirty scOns can be
waxed with one heating up. When much graft
ing is to be done, little fire for heating the
wax should be made on the spot, between two
bricks or stones.
We have seen various preparations for making
grating wax, and We believe we have tried them
All, but prefer our own. Applying it warm or
not does no injury to the graft. The object to
attain in the proportion is that the wax will not
crack In cool, dry weather, or run in warm
weather. If, however, upon trial, different pro
portions be required, the foregoing can be
altered, though after using them in several WAYS
we have come back to these Germantown Teie-
graph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
G. EORG EFT OW N,

GRAIN.-wheat is scarce, and recently some
OF our city millers have been obliged to pur-
chase In New York, Philadelphia, Bs tinore
and Alexandria. The steamer Columbia ar
rived at Hyde's wharf from Baltimore this
morning with SEQ bushels for George Shoe
maker. The steamer New York, from Phi a
delphia, arrived at the same wharf from Phila-
deiphis this morning with 800 bushels .. to
order" b. Talbot & Son have received ; 900
bushels of corn which was sold at private sale.
The COAL TRADR.-The schooner Oliver
Ames, from Providence, Rhode Island, arrived
at the wharf Of the Borden Mining Company
this morning to load with coal for Fall river
Seven or eight schooners are ct the coal docks
for cargoes. but cannot be loaded on account of
the non arrival of coal per canal.
THE CANAL cannot vet be said to be fully
opened on account of the ice at and above Cum
berland. Grain, wood and Seneca stone boat
have arrived, but as yet no coal boats, loaded
this spring, have come in. Coal in large oman
titles is expected by the latter part of this week
by which time it is hoped the ice will be entirely
out of the canal.
The LADY OF THR LAKE left for Norfolk las.
evening with AS barrels of -four for Norfolk
New York and Boston. The steamer f. C.
Knight, from New York, arrived to- day with a
large freight Of merchant for District mer-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
THE COURTS.

CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Crtter.-To-day,
Augustus York, charged with the robbery OF
not guilty OF the robbery; sentenced to 80 days
in Jail.
LA TRUITE SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN THE
PENITENTIARY.
Judge Cartier delivered his opinion on the
motion in arrest OF judgment in the case of
Martin LaTruite, convicted of keeping gaming
fenced the accused to one year in the Albany
IenitentiaIy. Judge Moore gave notice Of an
appeal to the General Term.
CIRCUIT COURT. Judge MacArthur-To-day,
Forrest ct al: agt. Randall; verdict for de-
PENDANT. Miller agt. Boteler & Thomas; on
trial.
POLICE COURT, Judge Sneu-To-day. Mr.
Crittenden, counsel for Mrs. Delos @. Carpen-
ter, stated to the court that the parties to the
case of larceny against his client had agreed to
settle the case, bv permission of the court. on
terms satisfactory to all concerned. The court
consented, but would not give consent to enter
a nolle proSeQui a. her counsel suggested, as
there might be q renewal of differences between
them. Frank Cronin, charged with vagrancy,
was sent to the workhouse. Lena McLoy,
charged with being drunk and profape. This
was "A well dressed and handsome young lady,
who was on regular bender, with troop Of
about one hundred men and boys after her. She
was fined So John Rollins, drunk and profane
on 9Th street; tined 50. Peter Donnelly, charged
with selling liquor in less quantities than pint
without lice use; postponed, and security OF $500
required. John McCarty, same offence: fined
S129.
MOVING TALE.
Mary Holmes a stout-built woman, charged
with assault and battery on Jane Cannon, a lit
tie widow dressed III black. Jane said that
Nary's husband came to her house and Dor
rUwCd So, with which 10 make up his rent mo-
neS. and while there she got him to help move
some furniture INFO a room, and while so en-
ployed his wife Mary came in. and charging
him with intidelity to her raised a pitcher OF
water and flung it in his face, and struck her
complaining witness) in the face with the
pi cher. Mary, in turn, told her story. She
said she went to James house to see about the
rent money, and she discovered the toe of her
husbands boot through crack in the door; she
opened James bedroom door and there she saw
Bob. her husband, 'scrooched up in corner
by the bed OF Mary. She clutched him by the
rear part of his trousers and snaked him ont;
but for fear OF doing anything desperate. she
smashed the pitcher on the floor and gave him
good drubbng with her fists Case dismissed.
Vicious Stoddard and Jos. Burrows, charged
with disturbing rel giOus congregation at Ten
nallytown on Sunday last. were fined $40 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
Curfosities of Animal Life

"There can be no doubt" writes Mr. Darwin,
THAT dogs feel shame as distinct from fear, and
something very like mOdesty, when begging too
often Tor food. A great dog scorns the snarling
az little dog, and this may be called magnani-
unity. Several observers have stated that mon
Keys certainly disliked being laughed at, and
they sometimes invent imaginary Offenses. In
the Geological gardens saw a babo0n that al
ways got into a furious rage when its keeper
took out letter or book and read it aloud to
him, and his rage SO violent that, as | wit
messed on one occasion, he bit his own leg until
the blood flows. All animals feel wonder, and
many exhibit curiosity, the latter quality af-
f0rdng opportunity for hunters, i'm many parts
CT the world, to decOy the game into their
POWER. The faculty of imitation, so strongly
oeVeioped In man, especially in a barbar0us
state, is present in monkeys. A certain bull
terrier OF our acquaintance, when he wishes to
60 out OF the room, jumps at the handle of the
door and grasps il with his paws, although he
cannot himself turn the handle. Parrots also
reproduce with wonderful fidelity the tones of
have been known to lick their feet and wash
their faces after the manner of their foster
mothers. Attention and memory also are
present IN the lower animals, and il is impoSSi-
Die 10 deny that the dreams of dogs and horses
show the presence of Imagination or that a GER
tain sort OF reason is also present. Animals also
pr0ht by experience, as any man realizes who
sets traps. The young are much more easily
caught than the old, and the adults gain caution
by seeing the fate of those which are caught
Tools also are used by some of the higher apes.
Inc cnimpanzee uses stone to crack nut
sembling walnut, and the Abyssnian balloons
night troops Of another species, and roll down
stones in the attack before they finally close i'm
a hand to hand encounter. The idea of prop
erty Is common also to every cog with bone,
to all birds with their nests, and notably in the
case Of rocks. Nor can a certain kind of Ian
guage be denied to the brutes. The dog com
mnnicates his feelings by barks of different
Tones. which undoubtedly raise in his fellow
dogs ideas similar to those passing in his own
mind.-EdinbuTQ RerieU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19

MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE IN FREDER-
lex, Mp.-There is great excitement in Freder-
lex, Md, and vicinity, regarding the mysterious
poisoning on Saturday evening of the Arnold
from Frederick. After supper, on Saturday
Mrs. Ezra Arnold and the four children who
were In the house were taken very sick with all
the symptoms of poisoning. Mrs. Arnold died
on Sunday, but the children were Yesterday i'm q
fair way for recovery. The poison is supposed
TO have been contained in the tea which they
had drank at supper. 1t had been purchased
at store in the vicinity few days previously
and some OF 1t is now in the hands of chemists
who Will analyze II for the discovery of poison
If the general suspicion is correct. The mystery
Is all the deeper because there are no ciTcum
stances that might lead to the suspicion of fou
play, or to the participation OF any one in the
apparent crime. A rigid examination has how
ever, been instituted, and the result may throw
some light on the strange affair. MT Arnold
was away irom home at the time of the occur
renee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
H-1ndiana now produces glass which rivals
that OF France.

~ Indiana now produces glass which rivals
that OF France.
HA young lady dentist has set up her
practice in Connecticut town, and the result,
Is that few married men in the place can hold
their heads up on account of the weight OF the
filings they've had inserted.
- western editors editorial statement
." We are living at this moment under absolute
despo'ism," is explained by his contemporaries
by the fact that he has lately been married.
DThe Supreme Court of Illinois having re
fused to grant the application OF Anna M
Huletts, the female aspirant for legal practice,
the lady intends to lecture about it.
80 Kentucky lady took six ounces of lauda-
mum Tuesday night, and in consequence was
kept walking far nine hours and a half AND
blistered from head to foot nv her enerretic
friends.
s1Two hunchbacks celebrated their nuptials
in Paris the other day, in the presence of thirty
invited guests, also hunchbacks. At the we'd
ding ball all the musicians were hunchbecks-
as was every dancer.
H6The female clerks in the Office of the Bos
ton tax commissioner are very often required
to work from O'Clock in the morning till NJ AT
night without anything like commensurate
compensation.
~ John Dawes, from the Santa Clara vine
yards, eloped to San Francisco with Mary Il
Parr, chartered q tugboat, and was married
on the stormy Pacific, amid an immense up-
heaval of signs and sandwiches
~ In California editors are exempted from
jury duty. similar pr0vi ion should be iopted
here, for ii a man who only reads q newspaper
be deemed unit to serve on jury, the man who
edits il must be doubly 50.
ga German correspondent writes to the
Pail Mall Gazette: "The Queens SPEECH con-
tans titular mistake. The ical title of the
Emperor William is German Emperor and
not Emperor of Germany Is he Is styled in
the speech"
~ The inscription on an Ithaca New York;
tSomnpstone, composed and chiseled by Q bereaved
OF the wife, concludes with the startline asser-
Ion: she Is in heaven" then, in q parenthesis.
is the saving clause, al hope.3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
Hints About Work,

The first work in the spring. on our own farm.
when the snow begins to melt, is to let off any
water that accumulates on the surface Nj
matter how carefully the dead burrows and out
lets may have been made in the fall, there; is
always more or less to be done in the spring to
provide free egress for the water. A few hours
work with hoe and spade, at this season. will
often let Off thousands of gallons of water,
which otherwise would soak into the soil and
keep II wet and cold for several weeks. We
would urge every reader Of the Agrtcslturis 81
to attend to this matter We are sure that
many farmer would in this way save
enough in one year to pay for a dozen good pa
Pers and score OF the best agricultural books
In letting off shallow pool of water, the easiest
and quickest plan is to commence at the pool
and make little furrOw with a hoe letting the
water follow you. But where the water is in a
somewhat deep basin, with little apparent fall
from 1t to the outlet, a better plan is to COM
mence at the outlet and dig with spade up to
the BASIN and in order 10 be sure that You lose
no fall, dig the t.h deem enough to let the
water follow YOU u 10 tac basin that could not
be drained. There is nothing that people are so
often deceived about, as the amount of fall to
land.
SPRING is GOOD TINE TO UNDFRpRAIN-
Unless we can do the work in the winter spring
is the best time to dig underdrains. The land is
full OF water, and it is much easier digging tn Az,
IN the summer or autumn. And IL is no slirht
advantage to have water enough to level bv Ii
the water flows freely through the tiles when
lard, and care Is exercised in filling in the
bitches, and packing the soil round the tiles ight
enough to held them in place, there is little or no
danger OF their stopping afterwards
The Cost OF DRAINING depends a good deal
on the nature of the land and the depth of the
drains. In sandy or mucky land a ditch 2H feet
deep for tiles should be dag, with labor at 81 80
per day. for Is cents a rod: 3 feet Deep ~ GEMS
a rod On heavier land, nearly free from stones,
ditch ~ to 3 feet deep will cost % cents a rod
"A good ditcher, at these prices, can make two
dollars day. An unskillful man, that cuts the
bitches unnecessarily wide, and is fond of using
the pick, might work just as hard and not earn
dollar day.-American Agric,lturist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-19
How TO make Concrete Buildings

A very substantial and cheap building NAV
be put up with concrete, which is a mixture Of
hydraulic lime, sand, and coarse gravel or
broken stone. Common lime may be used for
common farm buildings, or even for dwellings,
but as II Is not nearly so durable when exposed
to the weather, hydraulic lime should be used
for good building. 1t has also been found that
broken limestone is better than any other stone
10 use III concretes, more perfect adhesion
being formed between the particles. The proper
lime mixed to paste with water, 80 parts of
washed sand, and 90 parts OF broken stone or
gravel. The chips from limestone quarries
make the very best material for concrete. No
more should be mixed at once than can be used
In day, as 1T hardens very rapidly. To pro-
ceed 10 build, the foundation must be made
and the course laid on 1t in a box or mold
shown in the engraving. This mold is laid in
Its place; the cement already mixed is shoveled
in and beaten down with a hammer even with
the top of the mold, which is then moved into
place for laying the next block. The mold, be-
ing open at one end, laps few inches over the
end of the first block, which holds il i'm place
and permits close joint to be made. When
the first round is laid, two small sticks are laid
across the blocks, and the mold rests on them
until filled. These sticks, when the building is
completed, are sawD OF close to the wall, and Ii
II Is desired to nail anything to the wall they
will furnish hold for the nails. AS the walls
are carried up, the door and window frames are
laid in their places. This process is SO simple
that any intelligent mason is competent to carry
1t out. The important point is to get the ma
terials Of the right sort and mix them properly.
The size of the blocks may be As desired, and as
the material is very strong and sets very quickly
wall Of any ordinary dweliing-hOuse. When
common lime is used instead of hydraulic lime,
more time must be given tor the concrete to set
american Agriculturist.