Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-03-05
THE TELEGRAPH.
AsHTABULA. OHIO.
Friday Morning, March 9th, 1875.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Little Ralph TIlton, the child claimed
to be of doubtful paternity, was reported
on Sunday to be dying.
There are appreheDsions OF grave re-
suits of the prolonged strike OF the WINE
miners in Clay County, Ind.
DIR Locke-better known as "Nasby''
has sold his half interest in the Toledo
Blade, TO his partner, ]. P. Jones.
Spain will pay the United States eighty
thousand dollars, in full of all demands
on account of the Virginius affair.
Reports from the Black Hills are said
to be favorable TO the presence of gold.
and the Indians offer no molestation or
trouble.
/. Gen. Tracy-Beecher's counsel. finish
ed his opening four days speech, on Mon
day evening, leading Judge Morris by
one day.
A Maryland paper exulls over brisk
trade in terrapins. There are about 1900
persons engaged in the business of catch
ing terrapins.
The Standing Committee of the Dio-
cese of Indiana has voted against the con.
frmation OF DR.. De Koven's election TO
the Illinois BishOpric.
The President has issued his proelama
ton convening the Senate. at II o'clock
on the 4th of March Matters Of public
concern render this step polite.
The heart of Ortwein, the murderer,
hung last week at Pittsburgh, weighed,
13a ounces, while the weight of his brain
was 521< ounces-3 ounces above average.
Caleb Cushing has officially advised
President Grant that the Virgin Jus ques-
ton has been finally adjusted on the ba-
sis of $500 indemnify for each person kill
ed. laH
The President has signed the Civil
Rights Bill and il is nova law. 1t is
mild and innocuous meas ure compared
to the shape in which it was first intro
duced.
A further reduction of through psssen-
ger rates is announced by the BaltIm ore
& Ohio Railroad Company. And the
Pennsylvania Company responds in sim
liar spirit
"Victory in '7e." is the opening gun fir
ed by Senator Brownlow and his new
paper at Knoxville Tenn. The Parson
win make it sultry for the Democracy in
that section.
Suppose that Theodore Tilton is an
egotist and unsound on the divorce
question, and cratic in religion, and
hundred other things that are bad. How
does that help Beecher?
The rumor that Hon. ]. D. Ward, or
somebody else is to have the benefit OF
the removal of Gen. Macarthur as Post
master of Chicago is emphatically denied.
No such removal is contemplated.
Ben Butler rents ahouse in Washington
to the Coast Survey for five thousand
dollars per annum, which yields him u
per cent. on his investment. Butler al
ways has an eye TO the main chance.
The foreigners in Congress aggregate
fifteen: Schurz, the German, and Jones,
the Welchman, comprise the Senators /;
and in the House are five Irishmen, four
Scotchmen, two Englishmen, a Canadian
and a Mexican.
Mr.. and Mrs. oFington took the stand
on Tuesday-after the winding up of
Traey's speech. He testified that he did
not intend to board Mrs. Tilton for moth.
ing, and that he had already received
from Augustus Storrs two checks for 5000
each, and one for $400-$800 in all-for
her support.
The Standing Committees of Iowa and
Alabama, have given their consent to the
of Dr. De Koven as Bishop
of Illinois. The Iowa vote was an unex-
pected gain, as that diocese is Low
Church stronghold.
The Woodruff lectured at Ypsilani the
other day Some 200 students came down
from Ann Arbor with tin horns to ser
ensde her and break up the meeting, but
after studying the Grsnqers present, they
thought better of it,
A joint resolution has been introduced
in the Ohio Legislature, fOran amendment
to the Constitution changing the time of
the State election from October to No
Vember, and providing that 1t be held in
each even numbered years.
Brooklyn upper tendon is keeping
black mailers in affluence. So many nice
people are in trouble that the community
seems to be about equally divided be-
tween the guilty and those who live on
he knowledge ofthat guilt
The position of the new Wisconsin Sen
Itor with respect to the Republican party
nay be considered as settled Mr.. Cam
ron expressly authorizes the statement,
hattie will act in perfect accord with
he Republican side of the Senate,
Beecher is reported TO haze satd at his
asst Friday evening meetRe-whether ac-
Iuitted or convicted, nothing could sep
rate him from the love of God. Some of
lis steadfast friends in this quarter |
hreaten to give him up if convicted.
At the opening of the Kentucky Gift {
Concert Lottery, on Saturday laet, it was ,
that only 3s per cent. of the
ickets had been sold. The pFises, were. :
therefore, "scaled down" to preserve their
proper relation and proportion 10 the
'riginal schedule.
The irregular appropriations for the .
wo irregularities in the way of art. I
.nown as the Ransom picture of Gen. Il
George Thomas and Carpenters "Eman-
;nation Proclamation Scene hare both !
cen stricken out. Miss Ransom is known
o many Of our citizens. h
1t is now proposed by the Kansas Leg
stature to distribute $95,000 from the
,ta,e Treasury in the shape of a loan to
be needy counties, the money TO be di-
-ided according to the degree of destitu-
Ion anc the inability Of the local au-
horities to take care of their own poor
How long would Northern State tol-
rate secret military organization with
n her borders, for example, like the
White League Of Louisiana? We sup
,ose about twenty-iour hours But who J
,ver heard aDemocrat condemning the
White League c