Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-02-22
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~ The people Of New Haven discover,
to their unu,terable disgust hat every candi-
date on the Republican State ticket is on the
record Of votes in NE Legislature In favsr of
Hartford as.the sole Capital of Connecticut,
EE Tive. hundred and twenty cQlprfd
men from Virginia have been put 70. work in
the Coal Company mines in Youngstown in
place ofthe miners who have struck aud leli
me mines
By law, Internal Revenue Assessors and
assistants. meet their Official demise on the
goth Of May. The business that remains.-
tobacco, cigars. SC, will be done with stamps
auaby the Collectors.
EE The pennsylvania Railroad Company
says Tribune correspondent, own nearly one
third Of the Railroads in the United States.
The roads 1t controls aggregate 10000, miles,
OF track and s670OOQQo0, of capital.
tE- Prof John Morgan, d. d., of Oberin
has lost the sight OF one eye, and is threatened
with blindness as the disease is extending oyer
the other. Yet he continues to preach TO the
First Church with all his wonted iervor,
tn Senator Bogy has asked the Missouri
Legislature to reopen the inquiry iu;o the
briberies charged against him. He wishes all
those who electionss red for him to he exam
ined, and will throw open all his bank accounts
for scrutiny.
GEN o. o. HoxARD's confusion ofaccounts
in the Freedsman's Bureau arsose from a
clerical error OF some So $50, which has on
account of his absence in Arizona, remained
unsettled. 1t has now been settled, TO the sat
isfacticp Of the Government.
tTr II is announced from Washington. that
Mr. Boutwell, has placed his resignation in the
hands Of the President TO take effect, uncon-
ditionly, on the 4th, of March, Whether or
not, therefore, the Secretary is returued to the
Senate, his CONTROLLING influence on The Gnan-
ces of the county is at an end
or Ex-Governor Geary while brcakfasiing
on the 9Th inst, with his family in the act ol
helping his little son, his head suddenly fell
back, and before his wife could get TO his sile
and before medical aid could be summoned
h was dead. 1t is supposed that heart disease
or apoplexy was the cause.
tH- H9n, Henry p, Haven of New London,
icut, Is well known in religious circles, and
those who have attended the MEETINGS of the
American Boardswill remember the frequent
mention of his name in connection with tue
proceedings of that body.
tE Vast numbers of animals are already
arriving for Mr.. Blrnum from every direction
and from every climate. Among these is q
fairy elephant, so dainty and small that II can
be carried about on the shoulders of any man
who. has the inclination to try 1t comes
from the East indies, and weighs about onl
hundred and forty pounds.
tB- American merchants engaged in the
Cuban trade, complain that they are treated
as public enemies by the Spanish authorities
who detan their vessels an1 overhaul their
cargoes In most vexatous manner The
House Committee on Foreign Affairs have de
cided to ask the President to sac that the
United States iag is respected in Cuban wa
ters.
tB- The unanimous consent of the Ho use
was given'on Monday to the Introduction Of on
amendment TO the Sundry Appropriation
bill prohibiting the publication by the Gov
eminent of books for free distribution. This is
one Of the steps towards that economy of pub
lie printing which must naturally follow the
repeal ofthe franking privilege.
A,poitical essaylst once published an essay
entitled Does Protection Protect p The Gin
cinnat Enquirer, treating of the de,ectivca o
Cincinnati asks. docs DETECTION Detect p
And now, In view Of the ballot box frauds In
Phitadeipha. and Louisiana and Arkansas
the question next in order is, docs Election
ElectP"
tB- Under the Instructions Of the. Post
master Gen. Post Office authorizes through
out the country have been eXacling payment
Of double postage In cases where the full
amount due was not prepaid This practice
the Attorney, general says, is unwarranted by
law. which permits ou!g thG amount OF unpaid
postage TO be collected.
tH- The Ohio Prohlbiloniss, who, two
years ago, polled over 1000 votes for Coy
ernpr. are Agst in the field, this year, for the
Octob"r election having nomin tied for Coy.
ernqr, Gideon T. Stewart, Of Norwalk for
Leutenapt Governor w, ii. Foster of Colum-
bus, and full State ticket The Convention
was held al Delawarg the 18Th, with about 100
delegates In attendance.
CT In no year in the history of The city of
Chicago have so many new frms of ability
and means established themselves as In 1872.
The population OF the city says the Tribune is
noyat least $4,000 before the fire II was
334.2s0. Thf business Of 1872 in agricultural
products, in lumber, In Iron, and coal, aud the
foreign Trade, shows, u great increase oyer
that Of 1871.
tB- The House Of representatives have
passed the bill 10 promote telegrRpbic commu.
nicatinn between Asia aud America by the
AMERICAN aud East India Telegraph Compa-
NY. The. Company must begin TO lay their
cabls wislin two years, and are given the
right to !eoptrsct land, aud, maintain telegraph
lines on the Pacific Coast TO connect the TIVE
Continents. They. are TO be allowed the us
Of Government vessels In laying their ca
bles.
81 lie Sage, In counting The adyenturss @
"Glll Blass." tells us that that young ma
opee mets woman who, although outwardl!
. paragon OF virtue, did not In every respee
make her private life agree with her publ
reputation. To sQms natural expression q
aaloniahmenf ON hia mari al the wide diaa