Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-09
THE NEWS N BRIEF.


Tilton putrefaction has been denied b.
Judge Nelson. Let all the people be
thankful.
Theodore Hilton is engaged TO wrii'
the article on Charles Sumner for John-
sons Encyclopedias.
Spinner kissed all the Treasury girls
besore he went and New thinks he'll re-
sign pretty soon himself
TIE announcement that in 1890, 900
years the Falls of Niagara will have sub
sided has driven two hotel proprietors
insane and trebIed the highest rate Of
hack fare known in twenty-five years.
1t was good thing that one of the ju
Fors In the Beecher case refused TO b
photographed. The case has been amply
illustrated.
.'Fellow Travellers" said a cOlored
preacher, "ef l had been eatin' dried APP
pies for a week, and den took to drink
ing for q momf. 1 couldn't feel more
/. svelIed up dan am dis minit wild pride
and vanity at seein' such full tendance
har.S
Hon. Charles Foster of Oh 10, has been
appointed Trustee Of railroad; but the
Grangers do not murmur. It is thought,
however, that he will hear more of 1t
next winter, when the transport alton
question comes up in Congress.
Steam navigation upon the N. Y. ca
nails is announced a success. Fifteen
boats on the Erie canal are now in op-
Grafton and others are being added to the
number. The Buffalo cossrssr says the
time made through, averages six and a
half dsys-half that by towing.
BIS Gen. Roberts, Democratic csndi.
date for Governor Of Maine, served
his country In the War of the Rebellion
until after the second battle of Bull Run.
In That dark hour he resigned, although
in full bodily yigor and his resignation
was accepted. Gen. Seldom Connor, his
Republican competitor, entered the army
as q private soldier, and served through
the War. ~
The arrest of General Cortins by the
Mexican Government is the strongest as
surance it can give to the United States
of its desire, if not ability, to put an end
to the iorsys across the border, which
keep the frontier men Inss state of ex-
citement and wrath. That -Cortina en-
couraged these raids, there Is no doubt
He shared in the profits, without shar-
ing in their perils.
A representative Of the New York
Daily Gggphie interviewed Postmaster
General Jewell at Columbus the other
day, relative to what changes he intended
to 4eeommend in the postal service. 1t
seems that Mr.. Jewell is not favorabIy
disposed towards the letter-earrier sys-
tenn He is in'faYor of disseminating II
in all cities containing a pop ulation of
one hundred thousand and less.
The Waechtsr am Eric the leading
German paper in Cleveland utter ly re-
fuses to have anything to do with Cary
and the rag-tag imitation repudiaiing Dc.
mocracY, and is now straight out for |
Hayes and the whole Republican ticket
ct The Cincinnati HoIks6IG4 also supports
the Republican ticket. The indications
are highly encouraging that both Ham
iltoR and Cuyshogs counties will give
large majorities for the Republican tick
ct this fall.
The Scandinavians have an important
historical reminisence attached to the
Fourth Of July. It was on 4th, 1926, Just |
fifty years ago, that the first small colony |
of emigrants set sail for America, and
their followers and descendants now |
form an element ia the population of tho
United States at once numerous and i'm |
portant There are about 10000 in Chi
cago alone, and most excellent and valua-
bic citizens they are. says the Tribune.
The Rev. DR.. Smith, rector of the Pro-
1testaat Episcopal church in Knoxville,
resigned his charge in February last,
Joined the Reformed Episcopal Church,
and by letter notified Bishop Quintard,
of. the Diocese of Tennessee, of the
change. The Bishops replyls published
among the papers of the Forty-third An.
pEal Conference Of the Diocese. In his let
ter the Bishop lays down this proposition;
"sehisn is sip, and sin needs TO be re-
pented Of"
At the State Teachers Convention at
Putin Bay, Hon. James Monroe deliver
ed an address in which the statement is
made that according to the last censss
there were in the United States $3.50, 900
persons who cannot write, and the num-
her who cannot read about one million
less /; but as the returns in such matters
cannot always be Irelied on, it is,
thought, ssafe to say that the illiteracy Is
fully equal to the larger number. OFthis
number 2,706,O00 are colored. The num-
Der of ns.ive white illiterate is about L.
,067, 900, and henumber of foreign born
178,000 ~ h- II
The Cinnamon in San Franci SEQ, haE-
ng succeeded in wedging themselves to-
yether into almost every branch of in
dustry carried on In that city, while
iome Of them are largely engaged in the
Importation of goods, are turning their
to the money markets. There
are now several Chinese brokers in busi-
1ess in that city. doing q hourishiDg
rade in the exchange OF currency and
'oAn, They deal extensively in the new
american trade dollar, which is coming
InIo general use IN Asiatie countries.--
Inc nrst Chinese firm of money brokers J
began business about two years ago, and q
ane Of its members has already retired u
rom business and returned to China n "
enjoy his fortune
Additional particulars concerning IN a q
eFrible earthquake which DESTROYED the N
,ity Of eucuta, in the Province of Pam. le
,lons, South America, near the Venezu- O
an frontier show that besides Cucuta, Y Y
here were several villages in that region =
Ehieh were literally wiped from the face q
II the earth. Ten thousand people were q
'illed outright, many more thousands \
we're wounded and MANNED, and all the | 4
nhabltants were made homeless and n
'ennllesa- Whether the catastrophe was fl
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