Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-31


the feminine part Of his flock to leave
more upon his name than clergyman
ought TO have. He knows that the cler.
gY generally believe him guilty. and
that ne has lost standing in his profeg-
sion. Therefore, Mr.. Beeeher VIII yery
soon step doNQ and out Despite Shear.
mans bluster, and>the curio-sly devoted
support of his church, Mr.. Beecher ia
lost man If guilty, of course it is all
right, if innocent, he Is the most unfortu.
nate man living.
What widespread destruction this
scandal has causedi The ablest preach.
er in the world has lost his power. TIL.
ton is ruined financially, and in reputs,
ton. Mrs, Tilton Is eking out misera-
bic existence taking bosrders. Florence,
heir daughter, delightful young lady,
teaches school and works nights copying
for lawyers. with the aid Of the type.
writer. Mrs. Moulton. a refined lady
with nasty quarrel on her hands which
she cannot let 60 ; Bowen, with two lie
bel suits. There has been nothing but
misery, trouble and wretchedness from
beginning 10 end. "Be Virtuous and YOU
will be happy"
has been heard from. he is in Havana,
/ in uch condition that he cannot be
caught and brough back to answer for
| his crimes. That his escape was a put
up Job there can be no doubt. The Oh.
cers-permitted him to get away, and very
| ingeniously put the police force on false
scents till be had got safely out Of the
l country. A sailing vessel had been char
tered, and was lying in readiness in East
| River. with her papers all prepared
| Tweed went through his house, got into
a carriage, was driven to the vessel, got
| aboard, and sailed away. The officers
| who were privy 10 the scheme kept the
entire force searching in all the places
where he was not. till be was safely land
ed. Now his lawyers viii move heaven
and earth to make o compromise. Tweed
! Will return enough of the money he has
| stolen to make \ decent dividend, and
he will return to take his old place in
| New York politics. The old man is anx-
| ious to get into power again, for he has
q great many old scores to settle. he Is
a Vindictive old fellow, and if he ever
| does get back. woe to those Of his friends
who went back on him in his troublesi
He will make it exceedingly torrid for
them,
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
The large importing houses Of fancy
wares show few signs of the hard times
/ during the olidsy season. To an ac-
customed eye the stock may not appear
so large as in former seasons, when
money was rolling about; but articles
are more tasteful and select. Such
| canoes, bronzes, and elegant pieces Of
1 gold and silver ware never were shown
as to-day The dealers say that they
/ have not felt the hard times affect their
custom, but expect they will before long.
AS the next thing to seeing beautiful
| things is to hear about them, your read
ers may have some curiosity to know
what kind of gifts wealthy New Workers
/ make this season. The gem of all the
| lovely objects of "bigoiry and virtue" is
| the yelled Cupid, now on view in the
| gallery of house noted for its rarities.
| The statue, by an italian artist, is called
| Hidden Loves" a charming figure, with
| head turned aside, and Arrows dropping
in the left and, veil thrown over the
/ face. The charm oft all is that the
1rmarble is co lored in the sottest tints. the
dimplsdz lin bs have the finest rose aush,
tender as hesh-eVer is the eyes, beaut-
full, roguish blue, beam through the veil,
which is wrought with most exquisite
| art, till it looks like film of white
Grape flung over the lovely head, not
half eoncealing the brilliant roses on its
| cheek. The statue was sold TO New
| York lady for s13 900. The ladies, per-
haps. will prefer to hear of the pair Of
solitaire diamond earrings that cost
| $4,000, and the great sapphire for ring,
valued at $1,000.
THE OTHER SIDE.
/ At the same time changes are going
I on so fapidly that the purchasers ofthess
/ costly things may ave to pledge them
/ before next holiday TO get money to live
on. AdVer tlsements appear continually
offering pr lvate property for safe. A
/ lady offers TO sell an evening dress, only
once worn, and q new thread lace shawl.
Il Another has fine seal skins. good as new;
1 while diamonds are to be bought at ruin
Gus prices. A broker told me that he
| could buy diamonds Rt any time for one
| fourth their cost from people who had
lost all their other property. Those ez-
| pensiVe goods l spoke OF are usually
/ bought BY people OF assured incomes
not dependent on the auctuatlons Of
business. The Astors, SteWaIts, and
half thousand other families, know no
thing of hard times, for when one has an
income of $500 900 per year, II mattsrs
| but liitls =Slse tnerIr Z IS cut down 70 per .
4 cent, or not While am on the s"other
side" let me show you how some people
| live In the no use where l live Is q
servant girl who works from six in the
morning till eleyen ct night for $3.50 per
week. Her father, mother, and three
children came to New York that they
| might be supp orted by her. That Is 10,
saw. there was no work for them at Port
| Jervis, where they lived and i could not
be much worse anywhere. They got .
] room in an aIae-aDd the father aud
; bows try to get something to do in vain.
The mother succeeded in get6sg little
! washing to do, which averages her about
e. 90 per week. On the daughters wages
Sz tais pittance-$5.00 in all, this
and Sse persons have to live, or
family OF 'eheY eat one very poor
ratner exist. = ithpnt IRE this Bit
meal day, and go %sep out Of the
ter, singing weather. Sas TOO. God
great cities, and the small o. where
made the country, and there a. era
Gods creatures ought to live Cities
necessary blOtches on the body of crea-
ton.
ENGLISH THIEVES.
Last Saturday thirty English thieves
and burglars landed from a steamer, and
took up their abode in New York. A
telegram from the London police to our
chief, notified the city of this accession
TO its popula tion, and detectives awaited
and spotted them. Foreign thieves like
America for they are not kept under
such surve lance as in European cities.
There they are treated as thieves, and
are Wstehed here they become Demo
cratic polit iciaus, and get to be aldermen
and city OH cials. Among the lot were
three noted burglars, who narrowly es-
capped hanging in London q few months
since. The others are pick-pockets,
sneak thieves and operators of smaller
note. 1t does seem as though some AZ
rangement ought 10 be made BY which
each country should be compelled 70
take care of its oWn crime. As il is,
when a foreign cat-throat finds his own
country too hol to hold him he comes
here. America is the refuge ofall the
hunted sesan drelism of the world, and
New York Is the sewer through which
II fovS And the great trouble is, We
dopS hang as last as they can be import.
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