Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-05-14

per cent. last year upon tne "l0i0 w. :
construction.
Ta,rss hundred and fifty lost and only
Aftesn saved, is the lastneWs nom me
1vreel< of the Schiller.
whispers of Secretary Fish as a proba-
bls presidential candidate are hltrating
through washington correspondence.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio decides
that the law sxemptiag churches from
taxation, does not include the residences
of the clergy. sd ah2
The Spanish Government has paid the
balance of the Virginius indemnity sever
al months in advance Of the time speciheo
by the arbitration.
The Republicans of the Connecticut
Legislature are said to be in a majority OF
brains and respectability. though in a
minority of influence
Jefferson Palm, Esq, of Warren, was
snokeu Of at the Democratic caucus at Co.
lumbus the other day, as a candidate for
Judge of Supreme Court
The Republican Mass Convention for
the election Of delegates to the State Con-
yention on the 2nd of June, win be held
at Jefferson on the 22nd inst.
fCassius NJ. Clay had been an officer
in the Confederate service he might have
aspired to be Governor of Kentucky and
thus elbowed out another ex-rebel
Under the postal law, letters addressed
tc the box, not having the name of the
individual omit for whom it is intended,
will be sent to the deadletter Office.
The Yosemite Valley may now be
reached without horseback riding, by
a good carriage road leading from the G
P'Ry. to the doors OF the Valley hotel.
The sheriff of Putnam county, Ohio,
got $500 for hanging the culpnL Good
man. He is supposed to have no OBJ
lection to that kind of capital punish
menL
Mrs. Woodruff is anxious to get
the stand and free hermind. but Tilton's
counsel are not willing to crafty her.
Can't she get relief by publishing ano!h-
er card
The Supreme Court of Ohio, says an
exchange, has decided that to dun a man
on postal card is unlawful, because to
fniure the credit or reputation of anyone
is a crime.
If Vicky goes upon the stand, and car
ries with her the spirit Of Demosthenes,
she will probably have tale to unto ID
that Beecher's denials will hardly weigh
much against
Bowen has made a personal explana-
ton. He shed tears, to be sure, but it
was not the gush of some of those who
preceded HIM. No, indeed,-it was ca
tsrrhal-a cold in the ed.
Announcement is made ofthe discov-
cry by Prof Brugset in monastery libra
ryat Sinai, of nine heretofore unknown
portions of the Oldest extant manuscript
OF the new 1estanenI
The Cincinnati e0nmereaG says: ut
is remarked that when Bowen took the
witness stand he wiped away tear" To
which the Enquirer responds: "Yes, q
tier of Beechers oaths."
Astounding fraudsfhave been discover
ed in the elections of some of the towns
ofNew Hampshire Representative men
of the Republican party have been thor
oughly aroused, and are determined up
on maintaining their rights.
The 0gtholo Telegraph, of Cincinnati,
saws "The unbroken solid vote of the
Catholic citizens of the State will be CIV
en- to the Democracy at the fall election
This is q return for the passage Of the
Geghan bill, by the Democrats.
Senator Jones of Nevada, who has OBJ
tanned control of a process for the artii-
cisl manufacture OF ice, has begun the
erection Of factories for that purpose in
the cities of Galveston, New Orleans, Mo-
bile, Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta.
The Cleveland RsrGIdis doing good
service in meeting papal aggressicns.-
The oath taken by cardinal MCloskey,
which was unearthed and published by
that journal, should be generally read.
Itmsy be found upon the outside of the
Telegraph.
On Monday the periodically disposed
people in and around Ticonderogs, New
York, celebrated the one hundredth ami
versary of the surrender of the fort at
that place by the British to Ethan Allen,
who made the demand "in the name of
the Great Jehovah "and the Continetal
CoDgrees."
Another German Catholic, loyal to his
Pope at the risk of incurring Bismarck's
displeasure, is 3 subject for future canon
ization. II is the Prince Bishop of Bres-
lsu who suffers maFytrdom. He has been
banished to the Bohemian frontier for vi
olation of the Prussian ecclesiastical
laws.
Mr.. Fullerton declares, says the N. Y.
Sun, that Mrs. TiIton's letter was trick
of the opposing lawyers. Mr.. Shear
man says it wasn't and Lawyer Hill, who
is leading member of Plymouth
Church, Says "It was damned piece
Of impertinenoe, and we didn't know
anything about 1t"
A little furry over the duty on bolog-
ma saussges, has had the effect to fix them
upon the free list. The admission, there.
fore, of the manufactured article free.
while our democracy propose to put a
constitution tax upon dogs-the raw ms
terial-is a species Of ethiopian statesman
ship, emlnently clear and democratic.
Reports from the anthracite coal re-
gions of Pennsylvania indicate constant
ly increasing outrages At several places
where numbers of the miners have shown
inclinstions to resume work, threats and
coffin notices have been posted about the
mines as a warning. There is reign of
terror prevailing that calls for summary
treatment
Tom Scott ESQ TO speak) intends to give
the visitors to the Philadelphia Centen-
nial chance to enjoy the comforts OF
New York hotels. He proposes inuumer-
able special trains between Philadelphi a
and New York, making the run, ninet Y
miles in one hour and half We sunnoaa