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DIVORCES.

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, 1874-05-06
Destruction Caused BY Striking MIN

CINCINNATI, O., May 6.-Tho Gaxette's Lam
castor special aays tue striking miners at NolBon-
vile to-day smashed all tue tools In tho Brooks
Coal-Mine, to prevent the now mon going to
work.
, 1874-05-06
DEATHS.


HUn1!AnD-At Lake Forest, Mny 1, fs74. Hfs'
Hubbard Ind Min. Q. Il. Ilot. :.
r special gar will bo Attauhsd TO- tho train that
loavas Chfoa9o at no =. and rnturn at .. m.
10I.DENAt % Psrk.hv.. at y. in., khyB =. Of con:
sumptton Ellen h. villa Of Albon II. Holden, aged o3
years nnh months.
Eatice Of funeral hereafter,
~ lvontnR pa[Ots please COPY.
, 1874-05-06

The tariff will go into elfoct to-day. An at
tompt is also making to raiso tho ratoa Oh first,
second, and Third class goods.
ITEMS,
T. g. Dsek4tono. President, Judge Q. Il, Deck"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
STARTING A NEWSPAPER.
Experience With an Evening Daily.

The Peoria ILL.,, ReUieaU is to be
sold at sheriff's sale this morning, to
satisfy a mortgage. We are under
obligations to Peoria friend for
promptly advising us of this oppor-
tunity to regain an interest in that
excellent paper, cheap, but we don't
want any. We have loved the Re
yieao; so did the gods; hence it has
died young, less than year and a
half old. 1t marked an era in our
journalistic career which we love to
ponder over, with tears. 1t was the
only daily paper we helped to start.
1t precious soon got the start of ev-
erybody connected with it. We had
the little twilight twinkler for near
! ly a quarter of a year. Then it had
us the rest of the time. The insatia-
bic NAV that pretty deceitful little
sheet, in its nobby, metropolitan
dress of minion and nonpareil, had
for coupons, the. wild, ungoyerned
appetite it had for shekels, the ex-
cellent voice it had, which it retain
ed to the last, for louis d'ors; the
avidity with which it reached out
for base bullion, and the equal avid
ity with which il didn't get any |!
Such fearful old infationist it was
on the DR.. side; such terrible con-
ltractionist it was on the Or. side!
We hope it will sell we'll. We hope
the mortgage will be satisfied. If it
is, it will be the first thing the Re
0ieao ever satisfied. We hope some
good man will buy it and run it sue
cessfully, though we doubt if it can
be made to do better than it did I'M
der Mr.. Cofinberry's excellent and
careful management But with all
ue'regard and tender feeling for
the journal of our earliest love and
highest aspirations, we do not wish
any more of the fruit, if you please.
Life is too short to throw away on
such a IL hollow vanity as a Peoria
evening daily. We would much
rather not kind of try to have any
thing to do with it hardly any at
all. If at any time we desire to re-
new the fierce excitement of those
sweet days, we can wait till harvest
and go up in the country and crawl
into thrashing machine, or in
city where so many saw mills ply the
busy buzz saw as in Burlington, we
can find pastime of less exciting
and arduous character than running
the ReUieso, it is true, but still suf-
ficiently exhilarating for man of
phlegmatic temperament. We do
not wish to run any evening dailies
on our own hook. That is, not Just
at present. We may after awhile,
along some time after the millenni-
lim, may be, but we are too young
for such onerous duties now. And
then, since we came to Burlington
we have become so dreadfully addict
ed to telling the truth that we are
about ruined for Peoria newspaper
work, anyhow.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

In A BoRRowED LIvERY.-A very
funny story, aimed at those clergy
of the High Church persuasion who
make their dress a part of their re-
hglon, IS told as follows in a letter
from London:
The other day, the Roman Cath
olic Bishop of Nottingham, being in
London, walked in the cool of the
evening in Kensington Gardens, in
company with a friend of his, an Of
ficer in the army. They met a
priest-to all appearance a Roman
priest-who had a woman on his
arm, who had her hand in his, and
who was making fast and furious
love to her. The face of the Bishop
flushed red; he passed on; but he
instantly turned back, and overtak-
ing the priest begged permission to
speak to him. "May l ask, sir, if
you are a priest?" eyes" was the
reply. "a Catholic priest?'' eyes. 7"
"And may 1 ask under the jurisdic-
ton of what Bishop you are?" "Be-
fore | answer that question:" said
the priest, 81 should like to know to
whom l am talking?' 81 am the
Bishop of Nottingham" said his
Lordship. 'But we have no such
Bishop in the English Church." re-
piled the priest. "Oh!" exclaimed
the Bishop, "then you belong to the
English Church; l am delighted to
hear it, and 1 beg your pardon with
all my life; but l do wish you would
not walk about in our uniform!"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

until many months afterwards, at
the date mentioned in Mr.. Tilton's
statement. Mrs. TiIton, by her own
confession, found much to enjoy IN
Mr.. Beecher's society that she could
not find in her husbands. When
he came she was aroused in her
seIf;' "there was no damper be-
tween her and Mr.. Beecher, as there
was between her and her HUSBAND"
Perhaps it would have been better
for all parties had she looked with
less favor on man whom her hus-
band suspected. The most painful
part of the testimony as reported re-
Iates to the letters mentioned in MIR.
Tilton's statement as having been
written by his wife. Mrs. Tilton
confesses that she was wholly under
the influence of her husband; that
she wrote letters one day to contra
dicted them the next; and that she
knew not what she did write. Hav-
ing thus impeached her own veraci-
ty, she denies the authenticity of
one letter attributed to her; and ad-
-mits that in other letters she ground
lessly DETAINED Mr.. Beecher and
cruelty maligned her own mother
Abrief alIusion, is made to one of
Beecher's letters, as given by Tiiton
4 establishing its authenticity, The
testimony breaks down by its own
weight. e.i'. 2. "
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
our Meadow Lauds

A few days travel through the
dairy region of the Western Reserve
is sufficient to convince the observ-
ers that the meadows are badly
managed. 1t seems strange that
crop so important should receive no
more attention. Having seeded our
land totimothy and clover, we NOW
and pasture, pasture and NOW
without seemingly a thought that
the growth of this, the wheat field
of the dairyman, can be injured in
the least degree. The cows are
turned on to Craze during the dry
weather of August until the roots
are almost bare, and if, perchance,
there is sufficient vitality left after
the severe frosts of winter to give
the grass start, then the stock is
turned on again to tramp around on
the soft ground until hardly a YES
tige of vegetable life remains. This
course is pursued for three or four
years and then we think it strange
that the grass is all run out, and we
are compelled to plow and. seed
again, 1t is not strange at ell. The
only wonder is that we are able to
harvest any grass at all. This same
course pursued would kill out elders
briars, dock, and almost any other
pest of the fence corners, if we could
only induce the cattle to perform
their part of the work as thoroughly
as they do the grass crop. Now
this is all wrong, and the sooner we
give up this old practice and adopt
plan more reasonable, the sooner we
shall be able to realize more money
gained and hear less grumbling and
groaning about buying grain, hard
times, scarcity of money and like
complaints.
There is right way which We
might just as well pursue as to be
every winter complaining that we
have to starve our stock or else in
vest all the yield from the dairy in
grain to keep the COWS through. 1t
would be no more unreasonable to
expect to milk a COW day after day
and never give her anything to eat
than it is to hope for a good yield of
grass every season and return no
plant food to the ground. Grass
land, like stock, must be fed, or
else it will show its starved condi-
tiOn. Try the experiment. As soon
as possible after the hay has been
taken off, give the ground good
top dressing of stable manure, COM
post, muck, (after it has been expos
ed to the sun a year at least), dirt
that has washed from the road into
the bitches, and in five years from
the time of seeding, instead of be-
ing compelled to plow up and begin
anew, you will have thick, heavy
sod, and yield of grass that will
pay for the time and labor invested.
But in the meantime this other ru-
lnous practice, must be, partly at
least given up. If the COWS are
turned into the meadow in the fall,
be careful that they are not permit
ted to grub too close. Leave a good
growth to help protect the roots
through the winter and after the
frosts have loosened the ground and
left it in condition for growing
grass in the spring, don't try to rem
der it better by tramping it into a
mortar bed. Adopt this practice and
a few years experience will teach us
that it is better to let meadow be
a meadow and pasture the COWS
where they belong Ohio Farmer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
ParIez VOus FraneaIs4

Many blunders are caused by the
strange pronunciation of French
words by English travellers. A lady
desired the garcon at a hotel osend
Immediately for a Cowfseasr, to
whom she wished to give special
order for some bonbons. She pro-
nounced the word more like Confes-
seur than Confseur. Presently
there was ushered into her apart
ment a priest, with canonical hat in
hand, and robed in a curiously tuck
ed up cassock. The priest, with
courteous salutation, said he had
Obeyed madame's summons with all
possible speed. ''Obeyed my sum-
mons!" replied the lady; "there
must be some mistake" No mistake,
UOila the lady's card with the num-
Der of the apartment. "Oh, yes,
that is my card but it was sent to
the confseur." "Well, behold him. !"
''The maker of bon-bonsr' the lady
screamed cut. "Ah," said the priest,
''the co'yfseatr, but madame did pro-
nounce it cop.tesSeetr." Very good
humoredly did the priest make his
apologies, and said che would send
the confseur, whose services mad
anne required just then rather more
than those of confesseur!'
Leisure Hour.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
YearnIngs Of Great souls.

.a a 3
The Chevalier Bunsen writes to
his friend Brands thus: 'fThat
death is the awakening of the soul
to higher life, is my innermost con-
viction. Never do 1 become more
Ineligible to myself than when
follow up that thought. II bids me,
in view of the actual life, to consid-
er the divinity of the nature have
urges me TO quell the phantoms
of the senses, to. contend against in
dolence and inaetion as the infrmity
of the soul, and preserves me in the
clearer consciousness of living under
Divine protection. When 1 behold
the nothingness of all human de-
signs and endeayors which are not
based on the idea of duty, it becomes
ever clearer to me that Divine grace
only can enable me to carry out and
execute what l have proposed" In
another letter to his sister he writes
as follows "Since l have attained
to a clear consciousness, by inward
experience, that there is no way
of satisfying the needs of the soul or
tranquilizing the hearts longings
but by the inner life in Christ-as-
piration after eternal blessedness and
consequent direction of the mind
and all its powers toward God-I
am aware of an increase of power
for the work of my calling, whatev-
er it might be, and of joy and spirit
in performing it" Again he says ::
Nothing is near in this existence
but the seemingly distant; nothing
true but the highest; nothing credi-
BILE but the inconceiYable; nothing
SO real as the seemingly impossible;
nothing clear but the deepest; nothr
ing so visible rs the invisible; aud
no life is there but through death" !"
Yet again ; There is nothing that
can support the fiery trial of tempta-
ton and of suffering but the belief
in the revelation of God as Love. in
the person of Jesus Christ"
Evangelical Magazine.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
washing Day.

Time was when washing day."
was a household event; when there
was regular hour for the appear
ance of starch, ironing blanket, man
Cling basket, and all the pleasant
little etcetera of a we'll managed,
well regulated household; when ro-
sy little children were immersed III
old fashioned tubs, aud big ones had
to wait till their mother had done
talking; when impulsive loud-vOiced
Bob had to beg Nellie's pardon for a
chance rough word; when mother
and big sister, mindful of rheuma-
tism and tooth ache wore warm
close bonnets and jackets with the
piece left in at the throat. Then if
sober Deborah did like the sailors,
as every British boy and girl ought
in duty bound, she didn't aspire to
their robust customs,
Women wash now when they like,
as little as they can, and independ-
entity of the mnsty old formalities of
''sorting" and soaking" and "frst-
ing" and ''seconding." Bless me, our
grandames were old fashionedl
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

BRIGHTEN1NG.-Some facts not ex-
actly discouraging says the New
York Times, are mentioned in our
Washington dispatches. The inter
nal revenue receipts were larger last
month by a million of dollars than
for the same month last year, when
the panic had not yet fallen upon us.
The debt reduction, too, is over
twelve hundred thousand dollars,
as against $4,000, fol the CORE
spending period. The latter is to
some extent fortuitous, but the in
crease of the internal revenue re-
ceipts is a tolerably accurate indi-
cation of an actual improvement in
business. We believe that for legit-
innate operations, prudently conduct
ed the outlook is exceedingly good.
Speculation, happily, does not prom
Use so we'll.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
TEMPERANCE.
LIeensedlTo do Whata


Licens ed-to m axe the strong man-weak
Licensed-fo lay the wise man low .-
Licpnsed-a wife's fond heart TO break,
And make the children's tears 70 How.
Licensed-to do thy neighbor harm;
Licensed-to kindle hate and strife;
Licensed-tO nerve the robbers arm;
Lieensed-to whet the murderer's knife.
Lieensed-Iby neighbors purse TO drain
And rob him of his very last
Lieensed-to heat his feYerish brain.
Till'madness crown thy work at last.
Lieensed-like a spider for a fly,
To spread thy nets for man. thy
prey,
To mock his struggles, suck him dry,
Then cast the worthless bulk away.
Ecensed-where peace and quiet dwell
! To bring disease, and want, and woe;
Lieensed-to make this world a he'll,
And fit man for q hell below.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
The human hand has often hel

The human hand has often been
taken to illustrate Divine wisdom,
and very well. But have you ever
examined your horses foot? 1t is
hardly less curious In its way. Its
parts are somewhat more complicat-
ed, yet their design is simple and OBJ
vious. The hoof is not, as it appears
to the careless eye, a mere lump of
insensible bone, fastened to the leg
by joint. 1t is made up of a series
of thin layers, or leaves of horn,
about FIVE hundred in number, and
nicely fitted to each other, and form
ing lining to the foot itself. Then
there are as many more layers, be-
longing to what is called the ''cof-
fin bone," and fitted into this.
These are elastic. Take quire of
paper and insert the leaves one by
one into those Of another quire, and
you will get some idea of the ar
rangement of the several layers.
Now the weight of the horse rests
on as many elastic springs as there
are layers in his four feet-about
four thousand, and all this is con
trived, not only for the convenience
of his own body, but for what ever
burden may be laid on him.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
PURE MILK.

EARGO e. BROTHER are now
4 running TWO Milk Wagons, and supplying
their customers with the
PUREsT AND BEST MILK,
In best possible condition, and from a herd OF un-
surpassed excellence Their extra facilities en-
bic them to make thOir rounds with despatch, and
20 meet the wants OF patrons seasonahly ana with
entire regularity Those IN want Of daily supplies
will be attended 20 on notice given to lneien Far
90 on his daily route. -. -.
Ashtabula, April 3Oth, 1874 lSe9f
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

List OF Patents issued from the u States
Patent ONCE to Ohio Inventors, for the week end
ing July Sth, 1874, and each bearing that date,
furnished this paper by Cox & Cox, Solicitors
OF Patents, Washington, D. G.
Device for Teaching Music-F. Gamer,
Toledo.
Treating Textile Fabrics to Prevent en-
Mildew and Decsy-A. Gender ana W.
Thilmany, Cleveland.
Mail Bag-H. Gross, Cincinnati =,
Breech Loading Fire Arms-O' SMELL
Williamsburgh.
Guide for Setting Lumber-B. Berry,
Milerstown.
Water ElevatOr-E. Evans, Sparta
Copying Press-P. S. Abbot, Bowling
Green.
Fire Place-H Bleska, Cincinnati.
Extension Table Sides--A. L. Boda,
Dayton.
Stoves and Furnaces P. Hall Pi-
qua.
Safety stirrup for saddle-T. Harris,
Cleveland.
Hitting Machine-J. B. Leonard, Nor
walk.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

In southwestern town recently,
a man fell into ditch on the out
skirts. A pedestrian helped him to
his feet, and after the thing had
been accomplished, our hero said
"All right, hic-I'll vote for you"
The stranger looked at him doubt
fully, and wished to know what for.
"Wha' Office ye runnin' for ?" "Il
None at all, was the answer. "Not
a candidate ?" "No; why ?" "Why
-hie-why? Cause / don't know
as any man'd-hic-help mother as
you did, 'thout bein' a candidate"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
Singer Sewing Machine.

WE presume there is no variety
ofsewing Machines in the country but has
friends and admirers, who are prepared TO assert
and maintain that it is superior to any and all
others. Without entering upon a discussion of
the relative merits of any of the different kinds
we may be permitted to suggest nom the sworn
report, that the Singer Co., sold in 1873 One Hun
dred and Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred and
Ffty-four MORE Machines than any other comps
ny, would seem to indicate that the Singer Ma
chine was considered TO be about the thing. Ihe
townships OF Kingsville, Conneaut, Monroe sne,
field, ETC., are represented by R. L. GRotAi'' 1s
for Singer Manufacturing Co, No 81 Union 9q"''''
Now York
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
Aman can batter dispense with

Aman can better dispense with
songs of the gurgling class, than he
can with a well cooked, economical
dinner, and the contents and man.
agement of a saucepan are necessary
as the manipulation of a piano.
our grand fathers having had wives
VINO could manage for their children
ana their maids, cook their dinners
with an eye to economy and diges-
ton, were more fortunate thar. the
present generation of men, whose
wives, daughters, and sisters, aim.
to the exclusion of everything else,
at effect. ....4
What would the dear departed
creatures say to this twisty, swing
ing, jerky race of women.
May FAR.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
See the Great Watch Offer /.
WE WANT AGENTS.

We Want representative in every neighbor-
hood. Nothing equals it for agents, male or fe-
male, young or old. Large CASH wages and a su-
perb OUTFIT. exclusive territory, which is rapidly
hlling up. Must aPply at once. Subscribe by send
ing S3.00, and receive the paper one year, mag
niheent premium, Bhrae in the distribution, and
receive also FREE. q complete outfit, or send for
particulars. Name territory desired in writing.
Address WATERS & Co., Publishers, Chicago III,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
HARNESS, sc.
Note Books.

WE have now on hand a large
supply OfNOte Books, nicely printed, vel
bound and for sale cheap.
JANIS REED 4 Son.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

1t saves that dreaded daily task of shaking up
heavy beds. Neither is there any place where that
everlasting pest, the bed-bug can hide and breed.
The most intelligent and wealthy families prefer
them. @
With light mattress or some quilts lain over
them, they make soft and
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

Main street, Ashtahula, Ohio. ai
CASH PAID FOR HIDES. PELTS s. CALI
SKINS.
Just received, and now for sale as good an as.
sorted stock Of .-rf--. -.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS
as can be found in any Western Market, and
which Wlilbe sold on the most reasonable terms.
hope to make itan object for Boot and Shoe, and
Harness Manufacturers in the vicinity to favor me
with their patronage, feeling satisfied that 1 can
sell them everything needed in their business as
cheap as can be found in Cleveland, or even the
Eastern Markets. thereby saving freight and travel
ing expenses, and loss of time. m
All are cordially invited to call and examine nv
stock before purchasing elsewhere. Confident that
1 can make it for your interest to buy in this
market shall take pleasure in seeing my old
friends and the public, and showing them my
stock Below, give partial list of articles:
Spanish and slaughter sole, upper and harness
Leather; spanish and slaughter kip; French calf
and kin; oak and hemlock calf and kip; collar
leather and horse hides mems and women's mo-
rocco band and lacing leather Innings, bindings,
topping and russets.
Lasts pegs, thread, webb, Paclzards Ink, iron and
zinI nails, round head tacks, bristes, avis, ham
mers, pincers, sand stones, rasps, knives doatA,
size sticks, and straps, boot trees, shoe laces,
punches lasting irons eyelets eyelet sets, stitch
wheels, stitch-markers, heel shaves edge planes,
strip avis welt knives elastic, heel BALL stitching
cord lasting tacks heel and toe plates boot black
ing boot brushes, harness oils, and all kinds of
FRENCH & WEIBLRN.
Ashtabula 1871 1853
FOR SALE.-One of Marvin's
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
FLORENCE.
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CO.,

against the Singer. Wheeler & Wilson
and Grover & Baker Companies involving over
S250OO0 is finally decided by the Supreme Court
Of the United States
IN FAVOR OF. THE FLORENCE, r.
which alone has broken the Monopoly of High
Prices.
THE NEW FLORENCE is the only Machine
that sews backward and forward or TO right and
left. Simplest Chedpest-Best
Sold for Cash only. Special Terms to Clubs
and Dealers. D. B. AVER.
Ashtabula April, 1874. 12l3tf
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
BETTER SATISFACTION

han any other, for 800. .a.
Orders for these Beds supplied promptly by the
undersigned, who Is sole owner of the Patents.
and manufacturer of them
L. NJ. CROSBY.
Ashtabula, April 30. 1874 1851
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

FOR SALE.-One of Marvin's
Il small sized Fire-proof Safes. and Black Wal
nut Writing Desk. J. SUN. BLYTH
Ashtabula. Jan 6. 1874 'oEo'r
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
Cool Bed for Hot Weather !!
THEY MAKE NO NOISE.


This bed is not only luxury to the healthy per-
son, but it is especially so to the invalid, who
from illness or infirmity are or less confined
to their beds One can scarcely realize the relief
and comfort sick person enjoys in being changed
from common bed to one Of these.
I have Certificates from the pastors Of every
congregation in the village, and from bankers.
physicians, merchants, hOtel-keepers and others
Recommending this bed in preference to any 9TH
er in the market Several that were using the
Tucker Spring Bed" substituted these in their
place; some using spring mattresses costing $2S.
substituted these for them. This bed is eonsid-
cred BY all equal, and by some
which costs SIC. Most every spring bed in the
market that is of any use at all is sold at from $40
to $15.
Tsell the Elastic" which gives
---t sBETTFR SATTSFACTJON