Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-04-23
THE NEWS MBRIEF.

The Northern Pacific halirOAu Nos
passed into the hands of receiver
Eight hundred Cheyenne Indians are
according to dispatches, on the Wsr-pah'
Gen. Joe Geiger is. according to sena-
tor Thurman, the hsndsomest man in
America.
Judge Tan and Ex-Gov. Hays and Eb-
ne Newton are named among the can
didaies for Governor.
Julius Hawthorne afarms that there
are not ten righteous men in Dresden
who do not smoke.
Spring may be backward In this coun-
try, but the cholera business in India
opened up lively some months ago.
There arc 65 salt blocks and l2S saw
and shingle mills in Bay and Saginaw
counties Mich, on the lines Of the river.
Miss Net Sterling. the n. York vocal
list with peculiar manners, has married 8
New Yorker named John Mckinley in
England.
The noble red man has beenlpaylng
bis respects to Black Hills explorers.
Uncle Sam had to interpOse and save a
few scalps.
Better meet your business acquaint-
ances with free, "don'towe you cent"
smile, than to dodge around corner 10
escape dun.
Who was that Chicago drummer who
beat three. card-monte man out Of 800
at his own game, and what church does
he belong tOs
"A contract for the improvement Of the
southwest pass of the Mississippi has
been closed, contemplating an initial out
lay. Of t2.5OO,OOO.
Mr. Fullerton hss tendency OF bloc d
to the brain-too much brain. Why not
Try Roger A Prior on Beecher, as to the
letter of cOntrihon'
The disembodied shadow which calls
itself the Liberal party is distinctly warn
ed not to clam part, lot, or credit in the
conflict of Connecticut.
Parson Brownlow's letter TO the n. Y.
Tri6Uns has not only used up.AndY John
son but everybody else. The political ed
itors especially are in comatose state.
The Brooklyn Argus, which is suppOs-
ed to know something about the matter,
says that Brooklyn provides the strong
est kind OF hemlock and the weakest
kind of wedlock.
That hobgoblin of q third term con-
tinues to haunt the Cincinnati CONNER
eidl and destroy Its peace. There is how
ever, one comfort in its dIstress-it has
monopoly. with which few intermeddle.
The numerous claiments to heirship in
the estate of the late Capt. E. B. Ward
cannot agree as 10 the manner OF settling
the estate. and long period of bitter lit
igation promises tOsAford harvest to the
lawyers.
Prot. Proctor. the celebrated English
astronomer, says There must be in
America ct lesst three times as great
proportion OF reading and thinking men
to the entire population as there is in
England"
The papers assert that Mrs. Tilton will
probably take the stand-that beth par
ties are agreed, and this being the fact,
the Judge interposes no obstacle. We
have no means Of knowing whether this
is so OF not
"A plot for the assassination Of the Pres
ident of Mexico and the members of his
Ministry has been discovered and frus-
trated, and fifteen Of the conspirators,
among them several journalists, have
been arrested.
The Cincinnati Commercial sounds the
tocsin, and warns the people that they
need not expect an area of economy and
retrenchment as the result of putting
Democrats in Office. 1t knows of no in
stance of the kind
Beecher's subjecton 10 the cross-exsm-
ination Of Judge Fullerton began on Tues
day last His memory is sadly at fault,
and his answers have lost all the prompt |
ness and easy grace that. attended his di- /
rect examination BY Mr.. EVarts.
Sam BoWles has been somewhat taken
sbAck by the sctIOn of the Postmaster
General in appointing his paper 10 pub
lish the Post-O Oflce advertisements in |
Western Massachusetts,. Now they say |
the Springfield RepubEcGa is an "organ"
in spite of itself
On Saturday night last one of the Mill |
River dams gave way, causing an inun-
datlOn which did serious damage in the |
towns of Norfolk and Wrentham, Mass
The loss of property is estimated at two
hundred Thousand dollars. Fortunately |
no lives were sacrificed.
Monday evening 10th inst, ats O'Clock |
sharp. was the time fixed by the Chica go
ago Second Adventist for the winding up /
Of things terrestrial. They made all their
to ago up" but everything |
keeps right along as before, with its usu-
al grOTeIling downward tendency.
George ". Gale, once a prominent /
lawyer in Alabama, who during the war
inserted in the Cahuba (Ala) 9assts an
offer OF 81. 900, 900 for the assassination of
President Lincoln, and was in conse-
quence confined for year in Fortress
Monroe, died at Selma, Ala, week ago.
Louisiana is hardly ready for peace and |
quiet yet The settlement that was sup
posed TO have followed the arrangement
Of parties, at the assembling of the Legis-
Iature, is again. threatened, and strife and
violence is spprehended, It may be ne
cessary to call in again the aid Of Little
Phil"
A plan is 20 be carried into execution
forthwith for the endowment Of Music
al College, to be established in the great
metropolis Of Gotham, to be dedicated to
the American daughters OF song. A be-
quest Of one million has been made for
the purpose by On old bachelor Of four
score years.
1t rs problem with the INDIANAPOLIS
iesraql how "the bastard civilization"
of the South can be easiest replaced hy a
rue and healthy one. North eru immi.