Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-05-21
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Holiness was congratulated by pAr'ies 0i
pilgrims.
The banquet given him by his friends
saved the life of Senator Schurz. He was
to have sailed by the Schiller, but had to
take the Pomerania instead.
Sherman vindicates his claim to entire
originality inEthe conception of the
great march to the sea, which contribu-
ted so largely to the overthrow OF the re-
belllon.
The expressed fears of another grass
hopper plague this year. in those places
visited last year, are being realized. The
young crop is carrying panic before
them
An antitode to the mania of being mar
ried by the Cardinal is found in the fee
he charpes-S5O0 cash. II the Roman
Church wants TO become popular, it will
have 10 come down to popular prices.
jay Cooks magnificent palace, near
Philadelphia, Is to be sold. 1t cost ST.
100000, contributed by a generous but
not wealthy class of people, through the
kind solicitations ofthe religious press
We saw a young lady this morning
wearing 3 very pretty badge lettcred
"Press" But we didn't-Bsddgord Times.
We should have been better man in
his place.-BOSt0H ReIez.
Psroxysmally
The buffalo gnst in the South is larger
and stronger than the New Jersey mo-
souito. The latter only flies away with
ducks and chickens. but the former car
ries of whole droVes ofoxen, mules and
horses.
The whisky ring is big thing. 1t
pervades many of the cities of the Union,
and is another phase of the degenerscy
of the times. Corruption is in the blood
and courses Id the body corporate and
apd polite.
The Govern ment, through its Revenue
agents, has unearthed some gigantic
whisky frauds during the past week. Il
licit distilleries in Chicago, ST. Louis,
Cincinnati, Kansas City. and other west
ern cities, have been seized.
The Receiver OF she First National
Bank at Mansfield, Ohio, Jacob Hade was
arrested on Thu Tsday night last, 20th,
charged with embezzling $4,000 from
the Farmers National Bank of Mansfield,
z..f,so- - sl,aS
A party of Black Hills adventures,
consisting of forty two men and six
wagons, has been captured by detach-
ment Of troops and taken TO fort Randall
as prisoners, to be held until the instruc-
tions are received concerning their treat
ment.
If, since the rebutting testimony Beech
er remains "the happiest man in the
world" his happiness is inyulnerable, and
he has reached condition of. mind that
will not be likely 10 subject him to the
torments Of the damned" again, in this
world
In South America and Australia, it is
stated that the immersion OF hides for "a
hours in two per cent solution of carbol-
ic acid, and subsequently drying them,
has been successfully substituted for the
more tedious and expensive process of
sailing.
In Clinton. Henry Co., Mo-, and various
adjoining counties. immense swarms OF
chinch bugs, besides myriads of young
grasshoppers have made their appear
ance and threaten the destruction Of ev-
cry green thing. The prospects of the
farmer are gloomy indeed.
The interest in the preparations for the
great Centennial celebration at Philadel-
phia is becoming deeper every day. AS
the time approaches, the noticeable "of-
fshnessr of localities outside of Phila-
delphia has given away to a manifest in
terest; which it is gratifying to contem-
plate.
A Democratic paper under the sobri-
quet OF the Herald, made its appearance a
couple of weeks or so ago, at Columbus,
and continued to appear for seven con-
secutive dsys-sn entire week-and then
disappeared. A short life, certainly
whether a glorious one or not does not
appear.
A woman living in Pike county, Penn,
had fierce encounter with a wild deer,
which ran and hid from its pursuers
near her house, the other day. She brave
ly seized the animal by the horns and
held on until its furious struggle broke
the antlers of, and it fed, leaving them
In her hands.
The P. M. Gen. on the 14th inst, issued
an order forbidding the payment by the
postmaster at Cincinnati of postal money
orders drawn to the order of L. D. Sine,
who is engaged in conducting a gift en-
terprise. All registered letter addressed
TO Sine are ordered returned to the Office
from which mailed.
The Brooklyn Argus says-If Charles
Frigid Adams should be elected Presi-
dent Of the United States, it is calculated
that his presence would reduce the aver
age temperature OF the White House at
least thirty per cent It is a tradition in
Massachusetts that the Adams family
never paid penny for ice.
1t is rumored that the Whisky Ring
politicians propose to make it hot for the
President and Secretary Bristow If thew
push the prosecution of the distillers who
hsve engaged in Illicit dlstillation. 1t is
not likely they will succeed in fighting
either. The pepole will sustain the Gov
eminent in a war upon rogues.
John @. Breckenridge, ex-Vice Presi.
dent of the United States. and promi-
nent general in the Confederate army
during therebellion, died at his residence
in Lexington, KY. on Monday evening, at
the age offfly four. He had long been
an Invalid, aud his death had for some
weeks been almost daily expected.
A deposit of pure sulphur some forty
feet thick, and several miles in extent,
has been discovered on one OF the Wind
Ialsnds-saba, by name. Those fellows
who affect to doubt the existence of
material hell, may: contemplate such a
supply with deferential and respectful
feeling, if not with apprehension and con.
Viction.