Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-10-11

For Cen init fei6ner-E. o. PECK.
For Rarmnv Dirsrior-E. HAMMOND.
For Cororer--Dr KJNGsLTY.
eAr Ii is said that this II sciipiinn may bc
read ,n.a tombstone IN this Stale: In mem
ory of Tahi,ha, btl0vtd wife of Joseph
Wright, Thomas Andrews, Eben Tlasieatl,
Edward Murray, and Chaifes Dean. hy her
devoted husband Cyrus Morgan"
sE The prevailing scourcc Mt Shreveport
and Mem phis is dreaded at Little Rock, Ark
and Cairo. H. aud precautionary measures
have been taken To avert IT, The people on
the hue # The river are probably praying
for the cold weather which NE Rre selfishly
dreading in This pert of The country
K-The Royal anniiiics Of the Queen
England are rather handsom ., and not UNI
worthy of royalty. They are 81 025 ,OcO year
and those of the Prince OF Wales are 5000, 900.
The annual allowances of the royal family
reach the very respt etAl,le total of SO $685.
ooo, leaving ono Prince and Princess still un-
provided for.
CEThcrc has b,en a strike in The East Sag
inaw lumbrr district. occasoncd hy reduc
ton of wng,s by one c. mpnny, and resulting
in the Withdrawal of $50 laborers from work
The shipments OF lumler ifem the Saginaw
River To date exceeded the shipments OF last
year Tor the same time y more than 50,O00,-
009 feet
cs-It is not unlikely that New York will be
In financial trouble for some time to come. II
appears Aat the class of capitalists who have
refdy monty are clnting 10 ii in the belief
that there will be n still greater shrinkage in
stocks, affording them better opportunities
for investment than at present. The policy
will help to derr,ss the murk,t.
tB- The State Central Committee Of Illinois
Farmer Association has cull, u State Con-
veniion TO me,t in Chicago on The 22d of Oc
tober, 10 consider the PREVAILING overohargcs
in transportation, and take measures TO secure
legislation which shall end "in the complete
extinction Of ell railroad or other monopoli, s
now prcying ON the productive int rests OF
the country"
ley DaiwiIiim WIS fcrC'd urt The consid.
GRAFTON of the philosophical steiiOn of the
E.vangclicnl Alliance. Mr.. Dawson Of Mon.
treal, without entering very deeply into the
subject, took the ground that the doctrine
that man WAS the remote production of the
ape "docs not at all accord with Scripiural
revelation. As no one opposed this de.
csion, 1t Is fair 10 assume thni Mr.. Dawson
expressed the sentiment Of the Ass, mblage
tB- The Mcnnrnit pre- sreetors who were
In this country 10 ibe early pnit of last sum
N r, submitted, on their return to Russia, an
erhaus I've report on the Western States OF the
Union Among the r. Communications to their
people they report in favor of Texas for cattle
ralsiny, Kansas fer the growth OF fruit, and
MINES Ola for Le cultivation Of wheat. Some
OF these Mennonite agents are still wandering
about through the Northwest, looking for
good lands 10 coloniz'.
tB- Tho Turkish authorities nrc turning 10
account German skill and science in the man.
uiacture OF fortress armHmenls, 500 fortress
guns having been ordered from one factory,
at cost ofs3 3.75O000 His Turkish majesty
seems Ia be enareing his ideas of civilization
and progress, and besides this order for dis.
truciive machinery, also cont, mplates great
railway system, all the lines of winch, ~ n
strategecal point, are 10 have common cen
tor
eB~The afTnirs Of Afpssrs. jay Cooke & Co
u"'C H''H plh''u Ih ITpcfes VI Aftlitnfnl, anu
In such way rs 10 command The confidence
of the great body Of creditors. The members
of the firm have surrendered nll their personal
properly and dividends will he declared ms
soon as The assets of Ihe house can be- got In,
Hon. Z. 4. Rollins. late Commissioner of In.
tcrnal Revenue, has been appointed trustee,
and committee Of well-known business men
will act with Lin
cB-lt is reported from Washington that
majority of President Grants Cabincl are In
favor of rslsrlng the iMnkng privileges to
the Departments. The Postmaster General
will oppose the restoration, however, in his
next annual report. Those who favor II argue
that the present system adds 10 the revenue of
the Post Office Department al the expense OF
the other Departments, and is In the inercsI
only OF those who hold mail conirnris. There
is not much prospect that Congress viii give
the Depar ments irankins priviIg iihout
sharing II In some way,
a Al. L.,