Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-07

elected City Solicitor of Cleve
Tlzndy st an election held on mon
2 day last.
The Hon. Rufus King of CinCin-
matt, has succeeded Mr.. Waite a.
President Of the Ohio Constitutions
Convention,
80 A Buffalo alderman told police
man who accosted him, to mind hi,
business. The policeman obeyed,
and locked him up.
b.r A memorial that there may be
nofuFther imitation of the currency
has been presented to the House of
Representatives, in behalf of the
business men and bankers of New
York. 1853
Two United States Senators were
chosen by the Mississippi Legisla-
ture on Tuesday. The long term
was given to Il. Il. Bruce, colored
man, who has been the Sheriff of
Bolivar County, and H. R. Pease,
late Superintendent of Education.
The people of New Lisbon are
holding large and enthusiastic tenn
operance meetings. The Buckeye
State says the prevailing opinion in
these meetings is ''that liquor sell
alets, the enemies alike of God and
man, must be put down at all haz-
ards"
Other things being equal, Gen.
Ra4iSs- thinks that disabled soldiers,
- i' tba;r :. ;. ives or widows, ought to
Ests45 ,nratss ,ance for positions in
the Ciyil-serv;ce 4. moved the other
dav,that,s when such 81, ,Dlicants for
Office pass the required exal1pDn pDnatlon'
they shall have precedence of any
other competitors. The House pass
ed the resolution.
Sen. . Howsrd's case was before
the House on Friday, which request
ed the President to appoint Court
of Inquiry of five officers of the
army to investigate all the charges
against him. It required consider
able discussion to settle whether he
shsuld be allowed the right of
challenge, q privilege which was
finally given him.
baiThe following bills passed the
Ohio Senate on the 10th ult.,
House bill by Mr.. Lane-to allow
township treasurers one dollar for
maxim 6 settlement. With the county
s4ditor and FIVE cents mileage.
saHouse bill by Mr.. Haag-to au.
-thefize probate judges to appoint
prosecuting attorneys to fill vacan-
.cies in counties where such judges
have criminal Jurisdiction.
The rather historical Tremon
House of Chicago having been re-
built upon its former site, will be
completed, and reopened on the 10th
instant. The present structure, says
the 7Fi6atvae, is as handsome, and the
internal arrangements as perfect as
it Is possible to make them. James
and Ira Couch, have furnished it in
magnificent style, and will be its
proprietors.
The playful idiots who amuse
themselves by pointing unloaded
guns at people to frighten them,
and who are sometimes frightened
by discovering the guns to be load
ed, viii be interested in knowing
that bill has been introduced in
the State Legislature making the
amusement a misdemeanor, punish
able by fine ranging between five
and fifty dollars.
a. The Constitutional Convention of
this State, has adopted the princi-
uPalof proportional suffrage" in
-7the election of Supreme and Cir
cult Court judges, by a vote Of 80
yeas and 81 nays. It is to go to the
& people as separate amendment,
showever. Most of the Republicans
in the Convention voted against
and the greater part of the Demo
Gratis in favor of the proposition,
.Ehieh was originated by General
.ITom Ewing.
In imitation of the singular cru
sads of the women of Southern Ohio
against the liquor dealers, some of
the members of the Massachusetts
4, Temperance Alliance have organized
. praying band of men and women
70 storm the saloons of Worcester.
In Ohio the movement is spreading
like the epizootic. In numberless
4 towns the women have formed them
selves into bands, with Captains, and
! begun a systematic attack of prayer
on all the rum-dealers within reach
StPaui's Church, of Norwalk, Ct.
received bequest from the estate Of
Miss Margaret BeIden, late of that
town, of-$ls,oOO, and the Mis-.
5sionary Society of the Diocese Of
bConnecticut, $1,000. Besides these
tlo,ooo fell to Nashoto Mission Of
Wisconsin. The remainder of the
sestate-which is supposed to have
been iarge-was disposed of-one
third to Trustees of Aged and In.
hrm Clergymen and Widows Fund
and the remaining two-thirds to the
po-llarr ns.,;r.4,- Gil = 49,,