Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-15
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Brooklyn has at the present time about
s.,,, ,housand unoccup1ed houses.


the survivors of the Polaris, has been to-
tally wrecked on Entry Island.
Jennie June says that tight trousers of
single thickness have no right 10 criti-
else tight skirt of several thicknesses.
No woman With American blood cours-
ing through her veins will ever give up
her washwoman on her day to Oblige a
neighbor.
A Maine woman dreamed that her sis
Ter was run over by q railroad train, and
the next morning learned that she had
had twins.
1t is hard TO tell which will bring the
most pleasant expression into woman's
fsce-to tell her that her baby is heavy
or her bread light.
The Golden Ags has suspended. The
material was sold by the sheriff and
bought by the proprietor of the Nation
The paper will be consolids ted with the
Nation.
The Berea AdCertiser says, "Rev. T. Z
Dissette has engaged in the practice Of
law in the city of Cleveland, and expects
to sever his connection with conference
atits present session. except as local
preacher"
Moody begins work at the Brooklyn
Rink on Clermont Avenue, Oct. 81. He
and Sankey are to be paid their xpens
es. Their most popular songs are being
taught in the Brooklyn churches and
Sunday schools.
The district of Asia which exports the
worlds supply of cholera, has fermented
a type of the mslady more than ordinari-
" malignant, and the early start of this
apparition of death for New York and
the East Is probable
Seventy-four ex-rebel officers have
been elected to Congress from the South.
Not one tory after the revolution ever
sat in that honored seat, and but one in
sll the land was ever afterwards elected
to any Office of honor or trust
Rates on east-bound freight of fourth |
class, from Chicago, have been increased
as follows: to Baltimore and Philadel-
phia, 80 cts, to New York, 40 cts., to
Boston, As cts. These rates went into
operation October 11th. It's an increase
of 5 cents per hundred pounds
To protect our public schools; to Sc
cure currency equal in all respects to
gold and silver to maintain the rights
of citizenship, al home and abroad and
to keep good faith with those who trust
ed the nation IN the no ur of peril, are
among the duties of the Republican par
E
The report is current IN Cincinnati |
that Judge Taft has been offered the
Secretaryship of the Interior, and that
Ex-Governor Dennison is the Presidents
next choice. Either app ppo1ntment would
be excellent; that of Judge Taft pecu
liarly desirable in the interest of the De-
partment,
Accounts are received of recent terri
bic disaster and damage by floods in the
south of France, the result of the heaviest
and most protracted rain-storms ever
known in that portion of Europe. Be
sides the loss of lie, the estimate of the
destruction of property reaches several
millions of dollars.
Another suit was instituted on Friday
last, in the name of the people against
Tweed 20 recover 1888, $40 alleged to
have been fraudulently paid on six war
rants certified by Tweed, and which form
the principal allegations in the suit
against Peter B. Sweeny. The order of
arrest is made returnable Oct. 21st, and
bail fixed at one million dollars.
The jurymen in the Beecher trial con-
tend that they are entitled to extra pay
for their services and have not given up
hopes of getting if. They have recently
held several meetings, and at the last
committee was appointed to draw up a
petition to the Board Iof Supervisors in
Brooklyn. The petition is signed by all
the iurYmen but Whalen and Jeffers.
Governor Woodford and Ewing dis
eussed the financial question at several
points in tbe State during the campaign,
closing their debate at Columbus, Satur-
day night Everywhere Mr.. Wo odford
took the inside track, and came out in
the lead, his position and arguments
being more than sustained by the audien-
ces compo sei of both parties. Ewing
was thoroughly beaten at every point.
The following dispatch has been sent
by Assistant Secretary Cowen to the In
dian Agents at Standing Rock, also to
the other agents of the Sioux Indians -
!" You are hereby instructed not to issue
annuiiies TO any Indians belonging to :
7our agency unless they have been count
ID. Hold them to this requirement, even
# they do not get any annuities until
pring. This order is imperative, and
caves you no discretion IN the matter. " ,
The visit of the inspection committee,
of English capitalists, who in n
company with the chief officials OF the
!. q G. W. R. R., passed over the main
inc and branches on the 23d and Gath
Its, has given rise' to report that the
mean business, and that S16, Il
10000 is to be expended on the line next c.
ear. The-gauge is to be reduced and
be line put in first class order We
ope 1t maybe true, but fear it is only W
urmise. g
The RepublicansFof Massachusetts
ave framed good platform and placed sa
pon II first class man. Alexander II. W
sice, their candidate for Governor, is al
veil known throughout the country as ra
Q earnest Republican, and a citizen Of ci
4eriing character With good cause, IT
10 Z a good man toTead it, our friends in I
ne old Bay State oughtItOYwipe out last
.u,s ears Disgrace byIsanEoid-lashioned Re III
sa majority. If they fail to do il, 7,
10y should petition for the remova of
'InAer Hili to South Carolina. ~ ~
How little sdversity > ,,,- Z
IEnners. Our Demo improves us
be full flush of cratic frienSs, In {
bons a.sbors confident victory, wero I q
- 80 las pie-crust Their brasqu4. .