Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-10-04

tE-Curency Is moving. we lrarn from the
Chicago Tribune, $2OCO,CtO having reached
that City by express on the nirht of the goth,
one half consigned to the banks ard The other
20 private parties.
Seventeen years sgo n murder WIS
committed ncar CRiio. H., and until the 30ih
the law has not teen rlr 10 lay its hands on
the all ced p'rreiroior His n"me is Smith,
an his yiCiin, vas G,ug, Denny. " bun.hc
Killed in 1855.
tT In 1899. Presidential year. W. carri d
N aine ty 10000 majority on 4 iull vote. In
in 1860, we carried igby 10000 on light vote.
In 1872, an full vote. Our minority WAS l6,-
600. In 1873, ON light vote. II was 1900.
L. is pluin, Therefore, that ihis year We have
d nc quite as well as usuaE-
tF-Jobn A. Dix, Governor Of tlie Stu,c.or
New York. Thurlow Weed, one of The old st
editors In The United States. aud Daniel Drew,
the Wall Street Methodist millionaire, are
pensioners on lhe government, they all having
he n soldiers in The war ol 1912 Weed played
fife, Dix CARR d n Gag and Drew carried IL
musket
The Howard ASS citation, in BrbaH of The
sick, suffering, and dying ais Shire yepor, ask
for help II, nj Tie b. bnrNotnt and humane
750 persons-amnng them representatives OF
every part OF the counry--arc on their har Is
hel pless with the fever; and many OF them
are dying, and all Of them are in want OF the
very ecessalips of life. They call on the
whole county TO send ,h,m money and help
OF all kind
tE-An unfortunate halaunis met n sad
fate ON ihe 25ih nj Wrpt lo. Iowa. when max
ins an ascension fr' m the fairgrounds His
hit air balloon cauph fire Ms il left The ground
and carried him up unconscious ol the flames
above him, till at The height OF 500 the ropes
that supported the bar on which he was per-
forming some pymnHsilC fcats burhed away,
and he el Ia lie ground II is but a few
weeks since that, similar fate beicll La
Mountain ri Ionia, Mich
The growth of societies among the Catho-
lies of this State for the promotion OF
Temperance IS quito noticeable. Numbers of
these societies have been formed in the State
In late years. The annual. convention of The
Connecticut Catholic Temperance Union,
which met in Norwich " Wednesday last, so far
rom receGIng from lis devotion to the work
struck, from It's constitution the word "Tem-
perance" aud subliturd therefor "toiai absti.n
nnce." The sessions were attended by large
number OF the Catholic clergy of the State
and the spirit of the convention WAS in favor
OF strong moral and religion measures 10 aid
the cause.
eB-The liquor question is looming up In
the Sandwich Islands, and a fierce discussion
Is going on in the llawa alian prpers relative to
the dislilatIon Of rum ON the sugar planla-
iions, which is taboocd iy law. Some of the
largest plantation. owners have commenced an
organized movement to get the law rescinded
and obtain license 20 manufacture, which
the press Of the islands IL vigorously opposing,
on the ground that il will result in the de-
siruciion of the race The Hawaiian Gasette
shows that when rum dslilaion WAS free
the native race diminished 10000 in eighteen
years, and, ii II is licensed again. II will
hardly take another eighteen years To cXlin.
gulsh the population.
DISSOLUTION or THE EAST INpIA Co One
OF the most powerful combinations of mer-
chants which hus ever transacted business
In the world, tue British East India Company
was formally dissolved last week. In 1858,
an net introduced by Lord Pamcston was
passed. transferring the Government of Hin
dostan from the East India Company 10 the
English Crown. The same act provided for
she gradual redemption ui the Companys
stock which since that lime has borne interest
At the rate of l0la per cent. Lest week the
English Treasury, II is stated, paid nf the
balance due 10 the proprirlnrs pf $62O0O 900
by which transaction ihe Company no longer
has an existence, even Ia name. For several
years past II has confined iis,lf to paying diYi.
drnds, and has not even had an office the Com.
pany's historical buildings having been sold
about twelve years ago--iha same buildings
which have been imnorI,llzcd hy Charles
Lamb, who once labored in them.
TIM CRoP PRosPEcrs-Th Department Of
Agriculture makes public Tie grAib ing In.
formation that the aggregate crop of wheat In
the United States Ibis year Is larger Than in
1872, aud that the quality IL generally superior,
The details or The prospect ~ different sec
tions will prnve interesting both 10 the peo-
pie OF these SECTIONS and to merchants, who
will know where they can best make purchas
es but the tact above stated Of the general
pfospcSN, Will lhititbt the NhOle cpuhuy, In
yield per acre. is about the same on the whole
as last year, but the area under cultivation Il
much larger. This OF course, will furnish a
greater supply tor market. In the cult
xailon and quality Of the crop in Minnesota
Wisconsin. Missouri Kansas, Ohio Pennsy l.
vAnIa, and New Jersey there is decided i'm
proEemsni. Illinois, Iowa and Michigan will
have an average yield. California and In
diana are less favored. The Southern staie
fall OF making an average crop Tim, u TO b
accounted ior, probably, by more Of the sol
snilabor being devoted TO growing cotton
The Department makes very useful remar
that where the grain is deieriorAted ordeiicien
In yield, IL 10 owing generally TO careless hus
bandrY and thGt the record, of skillfhl oultur
show that, In many cases, the yield has bee
d,uble. Education In farming, then, bring
Is reward In view Of the short crops i
Europe and The demand there viii bo Tor ON
breadsiufis, the Gnancial difficulties Of lh
country are likely 10 ind wlkf irnn our asr
cultural ygJspecl, .lG tcsvgncs,.