Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-02-12
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BEECHER-TILToN.
Now that Frank MOultoD is out of tn
way, the sensation in the great tragl- com
edy now being played in Brooklyn, is th
examination ofTilton. If Moulton was
surprise, Tilton is still more of one. From
the time he stepped into the Witnes
place he has held the attention of lh
people very closely. He is even bette
witness than Moulton was. The lawyer
have not been able to bulge him a parti
Gle; he keeps his temper admirably, ant
is as cool and self-possessed as though h
were delivering lecture. His face wear
an expression of sadness, and he is evi
IDENTIFY worn BY the long and wearing
struggle. But he is conducting himsel
admirably. He says nothing harsh OF
vindictive. Whenever his eyes rest upor
his wife they fill with tenderness, and hi.
looks at Beecher are not ugly.
Tilton's testimony is very direct and
positive. 1t would seem that Moultor
and Tilton's testimony ought to convict
Beccher, but nobody can tell what Beech.
er has in reserve. 1t is SAID that when he
gets upon the stand the fur will fly. He
will deny the truth of all of the state.
ments Of MOultOn and Tilton, treating the
whole matter as conspiracy, and claims
to be able to show this. He has IN readi.
ness an explanation for all his own let
ters which he claims will make them as
innocent as new milk-that they referred
to matters entirely foreign to Mrs. TIlton.
and are in no sense confessions. Whether
he can do this or not he keeps up his cour.
age wonderfully, and is not only not bar
dened by the position he is in, but is even
jolly. Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Beecher are
in the courtroom all the time, and they
chat with Beecher from time to time as
jolly as grigs.
The trial will occupy weeks yet, and
when done, the public will be in the pre-
else position they are at tho outset, for
the jury will never agree in the world.
Plymouth Church will accept it as an ac-
quittal, and the people outside will re-
main as divided in opinion as they are
now. Nothing will come oft.
BLOOD.
Some years ago it was given out by
medical authorities that consumption, in
certain stages, could be cured by drink
ing warm blood from the OK. This treat.
ment was urged for not only consump-
tiVes, but for all cases of weakness and
general debility. Over two hundred
people visit the slaughter-houses in this
city daily for this purpose. They hold
their glasses so as to catch the stream as
it flows hot from the dying animal, and
drink it steaming as it is. Iventured to
taste it, and did not find it SO bad as had
supposed 1t tastes something like new
milk, with slightly saltish flavor. The
habitual drinkers CLAIM to be much ben
Gifted by it, and many of them have learn
ed to like it. They only take the blood
from healthy, good-conditioned steers,
that have been long enough off the cars
to be perfectly cool.
RAILROADS.
A meeting of the principal railroad
presidents of the United States is now in
progress at the St. Nicholas Hotel. They
are considering the expediency of con-
Timing the corop,;eo;orars o,5 a. III:
adopted at Saratoga in July last. The
meeting was exceedingly harmonious,
and finally resulted in a resolution sus-
pending the power of the Western COM
missioners temporarily as far as the
freight business is concerned, leaving the
rates and general management of the
East-bOund traffic in the hands of the
Western general freight agents. This will
give these gentlemen an opportunity to
try their hands again, and if they improve
it, and restore harmony, and, get rates
back to a reasonable competing basis,
they will prove to their employers,
and the railway interests of the country
hAob AANAC btlll lElE knE
country some brains and talent outside of
oranges and commissions. The railroad
men are alarmed at the condition of the
business. The carrying trade has drop
ped full half in quantity and revenue,
and the passenger trade is even worse.
One prominent president, who is a very
level-headed man, made the assertion re-
Gently, that unless some change took
place very soon every railroad West of
Buffalo would be bankrupt before mid
summer. Whether there is good founda-
ton for this prophecy or not, one thing is
certain, the railroads are in bad way,
and the managers are very despondent.
LIFE IN THE GREAT CITY.
Despite the hard times, New York is
very gorgeous this winter. The tuIn-outs
on the Avenue and in the Park are as
brilliant as ever, and even more so. Sales
of extravagantly costly furniture are as
frequent as ever, and the great jewellers
and expensive dress people are doing
more than their usual business. The fact
is the society woman in New York refus-
es to recognize the existence OF hard
times. She considers it the duty of the
man who takes the contract of support
ing her to furnish her with what she
wants just as freely one year as another.
If the poor fellow pleads embarrassment
and:bad business. she answers, "What is
that to me? know nothing about your
horrid stocks. do know that want
that diamond necklace, and will have 1t. "
And she generally gets 1t, for several rea-
sous.
A man always stands in awe OF very
handsome and very fashionable woman,
and besides great many New Workers
have discoYered that 1t is a very good
thing when the inevitable smash comes
to have $4,000 to 800 900 in diamonds
and such things which belong to his
wife, to fall back upon. This is a Sc
cret of very much of the extraVsgance
that is seen in the public places in the
city. The poor feel the hard times. and
those supposed to be rich may also, but
the latter don't show it if they do. The
theatres are filed nightly, the parties
and balls were never moro brilliant or