Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Alexander Il. Stephens is reported 10
be IN better health than he has been for
along time.
PoIygsmy is doomed. DR.. Mary Walker
has been in Salt Lake City two months
and is still unmarried.
The Brooklyn argus is of the opinion
that: "Olive Logan is the best dressed
lady at Long Branch-after the other Ia
dies have gone to bed"
There was little mortuary dramatie ef
feet thrown into the obsequies of ex-Pres-
ident johnson His winding sheet was
fine silk, American flag.
The intelligence and invention of Ply
mouth is now employed, it is said, TO
prevent Mrs. Tilion from ever making i /
up with her husband. as she is inclined
TO do.
General Hayes is to speak in this county
on the 18th of September. General Garfield
will speak some time about the middle
ofthe month at Chardon and on the 31st
at Warren.
Judge RanneY seems to think it neces-
sarY 10 ecompensate for his slight difference
IN opinion " ith the initiation masters Of his
party. by assuming an uuusal bitterness
of partisanshIp.
The telegraph announces the suspen-
sion of the well known publishing house
of, Lee & Shepard, of Boston, aud its
branch, Lee, Shepard g Dillingham;, Of
New York The general stagnation of
business was.the cause of the failure.
a number of celebrated fast running
horses, including spnngbOk. Wild Idle
and ,Grimstea d, left Chicago on Friday
last, en- route for California, where they
will contest for the great $4,000 purse.
The closed San Francisco banks, ex-
cept the exploded Bank of California,
are reported 10 be entirely solvent, and
only waiting to make arrangements for
coin to "resume." 1t is authoratiVely stat
ed that their suspension is but temporary.
The Japanese are shipping bricks to
California and selling them cheaper than
those made there, notwithstanding there
is an ad valorum duty of 20 per ceut. on
them. The Japanese brick is So inches
long, AZ inches wide, and 21S inches
thick
The editor of the Catholic Telegraph
shows first rate capacity in furnishing
material 10 make the campaign lively in
Ohio. Assaults upon the school fund
touches the tender parts of every native
born son Of Ohio, and not few of those
ofOther nationaliiies,
John N. Thatch er, present Commisio-
ner Of Patents, has resigned his position,
the resignation TO take effect Sept. 80. Ex-
Representative Duell of the Twenty
fourth New York Congressional District
will assume charge of the Patent Bureau
after that date.
Ralston's deialcatiOns, according TO
published statements, range from three to
six millions A dispatch says that his
private property would exceed in val ue |
by 100000 the amount taken from the |
funds of the Bank of Califor mia, and 9TH |
er and later adEices contradict this.
We are informed that the amount OF
idle money in the banks-money held
above the legal requirements nearer
S1500O0,OOO than $1OO,OOO,0OO. The cry
of more money therefore simply means
to increase, the bulk of this mass of trash,
and to enlarge the quantity at the ex-
pense Of the quality.
The State Fair at Columbus opened on
Monday, with every prospect of assured
and abundant success. The greatest dis,
play is in horses. About $50 had been
entered on the 9th, including about forty
thOroughbreds and large field of trot-
tiers. The stables were crowded, and
horses were still coming in.
The difference intthe value of gold and
and greenbacks on Monday last was Just
l3 per cent. Greenbaek fell of I from
the starting point, and rested at 81. A
little infation won ID have the effect to
even up things-ma king up in quantity
what is dropping out in quality. Which
snail we hs7e-resumpion, or what ap.
pears 70 be the alternative-repudIation3
Contrary to every expectation" !" the
Inquirer says. Geghan was nominated.
Why, the well informed people orthe city
were positive from the first that Gepban
must be nominated. II be had been defeat.
ID for the reasons that the Enquirer as
signs forrejecting him, the Democratic
party would have lost half dozen votes,
where his nomination will cost It one.
CYa Comm.
Speaking Of the tendency--the insYi-
table. irresistible tendency Of irredeema-
BILE paper money" imaginary money"
as Madison calls Tito depreclate, Mr..
q. Pendleton said when in Congress;
me wit of man has never discovered
q means by which paper currency can be
Kept al par value, exeept,by ite sneedv
cer,ain conVeribiliiy into gold and eli,
NcEs -r-staA ifr.i I
The Catholic Cure of ST jean Rsn,,s,o
village in Canada, has given notice ,ba,
he wili'rpfuse the sacrrment 10 ,boso :.
males Of his church who,wear low nec,
ed dresses, or pull-b skirts. We arc
glad to see This early movement to check
this excess, for there is great danger that
the next step in regular gradation-or
degradstion-would be that of flesh COL
pFed tights Then who shall say that
hg-leaf simplicity may not follow nextG
Fossil Williams vociferous ROARING ON
Saturday last, in this CITY. about "d;s6on-
esty" and "public Dlunder" on the mari
of Republican officers, fell rather fiat /
upon the ears Of those who ,herad 81
that in 1874, at Washington. This STAT
William rose up and said: THE nen,o'
Gratis came into Office last January after 4
our political opponents had held conn
rol of the State of Ohio for nearly
wenty years. but we could not find AFTER
he most careful examination a si1ole cass :
+ Official corruption. They had done some {
hings that were wrong; nothing that
vas corrupt" Warren Chronicle.
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