Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-29
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

D. s. Bruce, colored man, was elected
delegate to the Republican Congression-
al Convention, at the primary election at
Steubenville on Saturday last. It's CON
sequence is derived from tle asserted fact
that he is the first ev-r elected in the
State for such position.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher arrived at
the Twin Mountain House, N. H., last
week. Everybody, men women and chill
dren, crowded round him, grasped him by
the hand, and showed him by the enthu-
siasm they manifested in their silent
greeting the sympathy they felt and ad-
miratiun they dared not dissemble. On
the Sabbath he held religious service, and
preached a sermon.
Miss Anthony speaks TO the question OF
Bessie's testimony before the committee,
through the Rochester Union Ofthe gath.
In her interview with the reporter, she IS
reported as denying the whole, but re-
CARDS ii as too absurd TO be worthy OF no.
tice. She says that she never heard that
the girl Bessie was anything more than
servant girl in Tllton's family that she
was half an idiot, and that Mrs. TiltOn
had repeatedly said she could not Insull
into the girl the first elements of truth.
Ex- GOVERNOR JEWELL, of Connecti-
cut, being about ready to assume con-
troll OF the Postal Department, the follow
ing statistics are of interest. The number
of letters, transmitted in the yesr of 1859
was SOP ,0OO, 900; in the year ended June
30, 1874 100000, ,OOO-a greater increase
than has ever taken place in any country
during the same number of years. In the
preceding five years the increase was
from SS5, ,OOO,O 900 to 5O2,OOO,OOO or the Ia
ito of so per cent, while under Mr.. Cres-
wells admins traiion, during the same
time, it was S0per cent. The cost of
sending 500 100000 of letters under the
last Postmaster General was $23 sos, 900
ofsending 9OO,OOO,0OO under Mr.. Creswell
was about $34,OOO,OOO An increase of
partment has increased its expenditures
but A per cent, while the deficit, which
in 1868 was $6,437, 900, in 1873 was only,
$6,lsS 900.
A speck of war has arisen at Clifton,
Ont, in consequence of the Erie u Niaga-
IA branch of the Canada Southern Rail
way commencing the work of construct
ing approaches to the Suspension Bridge
over lands owned by the Great Western
Railway Company. The latter claim that
they have leased the bridge at rental of
$45, 600 year for ninety nine years and de
mand of the Canada Southern railroad an
equivalent for the use of the bridge, which
the latter refuse to pay, on the ground
that the courts have decided the bridge to
be public highway. The Great West
ern Road has blockaded the progress of
the other road with engines, and thus far
the demonstrations against its employees
have been mainly confined to occasional
scaldings when they approached too
near Meanwhile, the Sheriff of Ontario
County has summoned posse 10 be on
hand and preserve the peace in case of
collision between the two companies.
1t was said in advance, that some of
the letters of BeeCher, that were TO be
brought out by Moulton, were forgeries.
They were therefore photographed and
printed by the graphic process in the
Graphic, and all clamor about forgeries
was at once silenced.