Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-20
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA, OHIO.
Saturday Morning, jan. 90, 1879,
ITEMS.


about street railroads
tE-According to Mr.. Seward, everybody in
Jpan reads and writes and bookstores are
as numerous in Yeddo as in Boston.
CY-The young men at Green Bay, Wis,
take turns in drawing the school-naam to
school on a hand-sled
C~According to an English paper, there
are three districts in ST. Giles, London, con
tanning in all l,SCO families, of which so
occupy Btonrroum each.
tEA New York architect of emnence has
given, oyer his own name u thorough-going
recommendation of iron churches, both for
durability and economy.
Joseph elliott, who died at Birming
ham, England, January 9th, at the age OF
seventy-two years, had worldwide reputa-
ton as a.nanufacturer of steel pens
eY- A. Columbia, South Carolina, letter
states. tiSat the defense in the Ku Klux cases
has broken down, and those implicated are
fleeing. The Klan is almost etfcctually broken
up
tE-In its notice of Mr. Bccchcrs Life Of
Christ, the Noneonformist endorses his theory
of Christs person, as set forth in the chapter
on "The Doctrinal Basis" 1t regards it as "at
once more. Scriptufal andmore intelligent"
than the common notion
CE@The murderer Stokes continues 30 laugh
and joke with his friends, and to exhibit an
apparent indifference to the critical position
in which he is placed. He eats and sleeps
well, and appears to Be Tree from all anxiety.
B-The British mercantile marine consists
of thirty-seYen thousand vessels representing
six million tons OF these four million tons
are steamers and, altogether, the English
have more ships than all other nations com
bined.
tEThe Youngstown Courier appears in q
neat new dress of type, on an enlarged sheet,
and printed and published by the Courier
Steam Printing Company" The Messrs.
O'Connor are indehtigablc workers, and merit
SUCCESS The Courier is Jealous advocate of
Prohibition.
eBGovernor Baldwin, of Michigan, has
issued a proclamation to the people of the
United States, in which he says that further
contributions of money for the relief of tho
sufferers by the recent fires in that State are
not needed. lie closes by returning the thanks
of all the people of Michigan. TO those who
haYe given them sympathy and assistance.
EE~In the State Legislature bill has been
introduced TO increase the pay of jurors be-
fore justices of the peace from fifty cents TO
one dollar day. That bill will not pass for
the reason that the lawyers in the Legislature
will generally oppose it,. 1t might discourage
litigation, you know, and that would be bad
for them.
eB-It is said that President Grant is salts
fed that Spanish cruiser fired upon one OF
our merchant vessels, recently Off the coast OF
FloCida, and.i is determined to have full cx
PLANTATION, apology and satisfaction from tht
government of Spain. Otherwise Uncle Sam
will knock the chip, ot Don somebody's
shoulder
CB-The New York World announces the
project Of new airline railway from New
York to Chicago, to be built merely with refer
ence to through traffic. Its course throus Ii
the State of New York will be midway be-
tween the Erie and Central roads. 1t is 10 be
will cut through the woods, only striking two
or three towns of commercial Importance.
CB-A New York HerdIdspecial from Aladrit
describes the reception of General Sherman
and Lieutenant Grant by !he Spanish King
Amadeus. He says he was pleased to see Sc
famous representative of the American army
as sherman and that he always entertained
sentiments. Of friendship and admiration fol
the American people. lie desired that cor,lia
relations between ncighbors whose intercs
can only lie ia the preservation of peace may
exist between the United States and Spain.
CB-The standard school books published by
the Harpsrs, which for thirty years past were
used in the New York public schools, wer,
excluded last January, by order OF the Tam
many Ring, on account Of the persistent NJ
tacks upon that corrupt body by Haper
Wedisy Now that the Ring is defeated, lhca,
same School Commissioners, appointed by
0akly Hall, without any suggestion of til,
Harpers. have restored the books they eXclud
cd. by a unanimous vote. Since the schools
have been controlled by these men, the attend
ancc has fallen of by thousands
10 The people have long felt the nccessit,
Of some plan by which TO relieve themselves
of wornoht or mntilated fractional currency
The arrangement agreed upon between til,
Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster
General will DO welcome 10 II long-suiferinl
public, which has resigned Itself to tho mis-
Giles of dirt and rags as q circulating medium
The postoiice will hereafter receive mutilate,
currency. when not more than two-fflhs of
note are missing, At It's par value, for stamp
and envelopes. The Treasury agrees to re
deem this currency for the postoillce depart
ment when presented In SUMS exceeding fy
dollars.
EI-1he friends OF the President art not III
only persons who will be heartily glad to iearI
that there Is, not word Of silence whicl
tends TO implicate Mr.. Grant In any of th
ssandalous transactions with which ho ha
been charged by partisan opponents In con
nectlon whh the Custom House. There ,
proof that his name was used To impose o
others; there u some reason for suspcGing tbs
one or two 1f his intimate associates connve
al this use Of his name. But the eviden,