Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-03-26

- ofthe Senate.
All the right, title and iDisres' o. .t' 1H'
Pennsylvania Petroleum hailfOAa "4'
advertised 10 be sold, ct IlInsyllie' o.
wednesday last
n is said that confidential exchange
of views in regard to the election of |
successor to Pope Plus X. is taking
place between Germany and Italy.
The Presidency Ofthe State Normal
School OF Pennsylvania, at Indiana. hal
been rendered TO and accepted by Rev. E,
Fairchild, for i've years pastor Of th'
Congregational Church, at Mansfield, O
Professional Lobbyists will make
note of the decision by the United Staies
Supreme Court that 8 contract for com
pensation tor services IN securing the pas
! sage of bill is illegal, void, opposed to
public policy, and cannot be enforced.
At a general freight agen is meeting al
. Chicago on Tuesday last. ct which it was
decidedto maintain the rates on eastern
bound freight, sn agreement was sign
ed by all present, including the agent OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Co.
A witness, who had turned States ev-
idence against the Todd Co-Ky.-Ku-
KIux, while on the stand, on Tuesday
last, was attacked, and an attempt made
to assassinate him. 1t was unsuccessful
and the asssssins escaped.
The spanking that the Democracy eol
in New Hampshire, while at the head OF
the class. has sent il 10 the foot in dis
grace. These anatomical and sanitary
processes will no doubt be ominous OF
the elections that are 10 follow.
Details of terrible tornado are given
in the daily papers. which visited por-
tons of Georgia and South Carolina, on
Saturday last. Several persons were kill
ed and large number injured. The dam
age TO property was also great
An outbreak of the Sioux Indians, the
present owners of the Black Hills terrific
~. seems imminent, on account Of the
, trespassing miners, unless prompt meas-
ures are taken by the Government to de-
fend and maintain the treaty.
A report hath it that a scheme is on
foot for the annexation Of slice of
Northern MexicO-say $4,000 square
miles, with population OF million and
half A visit of Senator Cameron in that
direction is supposed to have something
to do wiihit.
II was stated at the Capitol on Satur-
day last, by the. friends of ex-senator
Chandler, that he had been rendered and
would probably accept, the mission to
Russia. George. h. Baker, recently ap-
pointed, it is said, is aboutto decline.
The delivery of Andrew JohnsOn's
speech on Monday in the Senate, on the
Louisiana question, forms an interesting
novel coincidence. Precisely seven years
ago on Monday, the initial proceedings
for his impeachment as President Of the
United States began in the Senate.
A Washington correspondent intimates
that only forty exCongressmen are still
unprovided for They are all able bodied
and will soon be reconciled to the disa-
greeable necessity, which more or less
frequently presents itself to all American
citizens, ofproviding for themselves.
A terrible massacre took place at Aca-
pulco, Mexico, on the 25th of January.
A body of So or 40 armed ROmanists at
tackled gathering of Protestants- Pres
byterians-In an evening meeting. They
acted like inearnate fends, and their
work resulted in several killed and many
wounded.
A marble bust to Mr.. Curtiss who de-
Hvered the oration q, 900 for the expen-
ses of the memorial volume, and $500 to
professional reader tor reading poem
of Whittier, are among the expenses of
the obsequies of Senator Sumner, over
which the Bostonians are making rath.-
er unseemly fuss.
"A telegram has been received at 1t
Gen. Sheridan's headquarters reporting
the surrender at Fort Sill of portion of
the ouohada band ofIndians. This tribe
is perfectly wild, and is one of the most
troublesome in the Southwest. The in
dications are that the whole tribe will
come In.
In the vote upon the partial revival Of
the franking privilege there were g ma
jority of voting Republicans opposed to
the passage, while out of74 Democratic
ballots, there were 81 in the negative.
This statement Is made timely by mis-
representation intended to make the Re-
publican party responsible and OdiOus for
its passage.
FLooDs.-AtH Havre de Grace, Port De-
pOsit. and along the SusquehannA, along
the Wyoming Valley, and AZ Marietta,
and portions of the Ohio, the floods, a
few days ago, were unprecedented In vol
ume and distTuctiYeness. The front street
in the latter city for mile and quarter
Is reported to have been filed with ice to
the height af 80 to IS feet.
Brooklyn was startled last week, and
all lis virtue shocked by the rumored de-
Velopment of another astounding scandal.
Ashudder ran through the best society,
and shaking and qusking became more
or less general, and some, It is said, even
packed Their carpet-bags and stepped out.
This dwelling in the midst of alarms.
must make Brooklyn horrible plsee.
Peter Diemer, proprietor Of a distillerv
and louis D. Orth, United States store
keeper, were arrested last week at Cleve-
land, says the Herald. by q. s. detectives,
for alleged frauds in grain returns 10 the
Government. The value of the lIquor
said to have been Illicltly distilled is
placed at e50, 900. Diemer was placed un-
der 5000 bonds at the preliminary hear
Ing Orth's case was continued.
The Chicago Tri5uRs now discovers
that Senator Ramsey of Minnesota, was
the supple instrument Of the express:inter-
est for securing the passage of that odious
amendment affecting third class mail
matter. He it was, as chairman on the
Committee on Post-Oflces and Post
Roads, who drew up the amendment and
requested Senator Hamlin to present 1t.
Thus the Odium is divided.
The full particulars of the fearful mas.
sacre Offhe Presbvterian enDgrac,,,..