Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-01-18
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABuLA, oHAO>.
Saturday Mosnins, Jan. l8, 1878.


--"~%E
az TA< deb, oeN. York City was increased
eS.500,9Q0 last year.
wMcEnerv and Kellogg were each inaug.
GRATED Governor of Louisiana Monday last
u Senator suaasss physician attends
him twice daily. L Is twenty years since
Preston pzsaksslruck him to the ground, but
The force of ihs blow is not spent, aud il may
yet pcove iaIals
az Mrssrs. Dawes, Rnber,s,and Kerr, of
shs Cppmittss cf Ways Means, have been ap-
poinrtila sub Committee to report whether Il
l. advisable that the Committee should al
s~mpa 70 alter the Tariff aud Internal lA:veae
lsusthis session.
er 5enaton Caldwel's pRrtpeS testified,
before the Senate Committee. that Carney,
who WAS one of the competitors fur the Sena-
t"rship of Kansas, wahdrew in consideration
of els. 600 paid bin by Caldwell, besides g.,
700 i0r exHeascs. Oiher. Nilness gave evi.
dsnce ofths same tenor.
~ The eompositors OF the New York Tr10.
sas suggests that each printing Office in the
country give a, least one pound OF old type,
aid Nlntench composition gives the proceeds
~f $50 enss (atout an hours work.. set up ON
Feb. Srd the 62nd aniverary of Mr. Greeley's
birthday, for statue of Horace Greeley, to be
raised over his grave al Greenwood
The Andes, In South America, are slowly
bit steadily declining in altitude. In 1745
Quito had an elevation of 959e feet above the
srH; in 1870, II had fallen to 8,356 feet having
link 240 feet in l25 years, OF about two feet
yer snnum. The crater of one of the vol.
tsnic peaks is found to have sunk 425 feet In
the last twenty.Six years.
tB- In answer to the interpolation OF mem.
hers Of the Prussian Diet, who asked ON what
pretext the Government prosecuted the news
papers that published the Papal allocliiun,
t's Minister Of the Interior replied yestarday
that the purpose of the proceedings was sini-
ply 10 ascertain whether or not such publ.
cation Of matter eliminating the country was
l-sai
EE LOUIS Napoleon was to be buried on
Wednesday. The English Court goes into
mourning for ten days in respect TO- bis mem
ory No other official notice seems to have
been taken of his death, except in. the Italian
Chamber. in which the death of Napoleon was
announced by the Minister OF the Interior,
who praised him for the part he had ,akon In
the upifca,boa Of Italy.
kE The caesis of Beer Drinking among
women are put in an astounding light by
London coroaer, IN his official statement,
that 5000 children arc slift ,cated in England
annually. In bed, by the OVERLAPPING of drunk
On mothers. In Bavaria. whose women are
more addicted TO beer drinking than any other
On the globe, mothers are forbidden 10 have
children under two years of age in the same
bed with them.
tFH Hon Henry Wilson participated In a tenn
r.rence meeting held III Washington, on one
OF the last days OF the last year. His address
contained much encouragement Twenty-one
years ago wine was offered to the guests Of
nearly every official in Washington. and was
very generally received. For a year or two
psst the President aad his Cabinet have agreed
hot to Offer vino to their callers on New Years
Day. Many prominent officials and citizens
fyilowed their example.
tB Il Is now claimed by the D'mooratio
organs. that the Liberal move has had one
eject which may be recognizcd as advanta.
Eous to that portion Of The party, and that is
the fixing. beyond pcradveninre Of the nom-
sistion OF HESDRIcKs US the Democratic can.
didste for President In 1870. How will this
consideration effect the Republicans who went
into the Cincinnati business on the Republi.
Can idea
~ Stokes lawyers have finished the bill
ofexcepiions 10 the rulings oi the Court In the
last trial. They will take 1t, beginning with
Judge Boardman, in succession 10 each Of the
tniriy-one Judges of the Supreme Court Of
the State, until some one 10 found TO grant
new trial. II none such is found, Stokes will
u banged, unless the Government interleres.
Treaasne senior counsel In the care has re-
tired.
tN- The pportis confirmed that the Erie
Railway Company have commenced u suit
against Commodore Vanderbilt for $4,000.
Oo0.-tlAat being the amount secured by him
io his seulrmenl with Drew, Eldridge, Gould
aud Fisk. sner the greai Erie "c0rner' OF 1857,
The funds employed In this setlemcn, were
taken from the Erie Treasury by Drew. Pres.
ideBt Watson intends io follow the property,
aud leave the Dis,ric, Attorney ~ deal with
Tie thieves
II II is proposed that meteorological sig
rails shall be exchanged daily between the M
ional Weather Office al Washington and one
ofths English olh.eryaiories. probably the one
at Liverpool u this he undertaken. the next
step will be- TO- esiaLliah similar comlnunica.
iiUn with Ausirulia. IN which Case we shall be
allie To take birds-eye KEW Of The aimOsphcr-
ic movements sl around the globe which will
extend our knowledge of the seiener. and
probably lead TO important discoveries In solar
physics sM
kS- tbs S.ate Treasurer Of Kansas ieslihes
that he was told by Senator Caldwell. befoer
the Senatorial election. 10 send him any mem.
Lsrs Of the Legislature whose votes were for
sale. Hs sanrA State sssAt0E sayrrs as the
Que wbe sSosght the highes, price, 5000
ordinarily not Ra0rr than { 900 vas paid for
vsls. olhrr Witnessed swear to tbs use OF
p'oasy 10 Senator Caldwell's behalf by his
Assats. and name some legislators who wan.
dsns much "a ta 900 for their virtue