Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-04

had nothing whatever to lie upon-and
made up such beds on the sidewalk as they
could. and on cellar doors, or any other
place that was dry. It was a curious sight
to see mothers preparing their little ones
for sleep, to see girls and women twisting
up their hair and making their limited
toilet in the open air, under the glare OF
the gas lamps. But they we're compelled
to do it, or die. The heat was so intense
that to attempt to sleep in the rooms would
be to invite death while living was possible
even amid the stenches of the filthy streets.
This continued regularly every night for
over month. To the poor in New York
all seasons are terrible. In the winter they
freeze to death, and in the summer they
smother. The weather is still hot but 1t IS
more endurable.
TlToN.
Since nv last there has change come
over Mrs. Tilton. She has signifed her
willingness to take assistance from The
odore. and he has sent her a thousand do
lars, upon which she is now living. Inc
children hereafter are to live where they
please. and the probability is that 'liS
much wrecked family will hereaI'er ei!1!
something like peace. By the way the
noonle of Plymouth Church have not used
her properly. Since the trial they have
utterly ignored her-Only two or three OF
the ladies of the congregation have called
upon her. They did raise purse Of ST.
200 for her at the close of the trial, but
never a cent since, nor have they in any
way taken any trouble to see that she was
in comfortable circumstances. Mr.. Beech
er. for whose sake she has suffered so much,
has been as negligent as the rest, and
among them the little lady has had hard
time, and will have harder. She has al
ready kept boarders and taken in sewing
70 support herself, and but for the relief
Theodore has extended to her, would have
suffered for food to eat. 1t is not impOssi-
BILE that the twain may come together
again.
Frank Moulton is after Beecher again,
hotter than ever, and he swears that he
never viii give him rest till he has fasten-
ed the crime upon him. He claims to have
the power to do it if he ever gets into
court that will give him show. ThePub-
lie have, however, lost interest in the mat
ter. What it wants is a fresh, healthy
scandal.
STOKES,
The murderer Of Fisk, has been removed to
| Auburn Prison, and he is now for the tirst
time actually convict. At Sing Sing he
was clerk in the Office of shoe manufac-
turer who employed prison labor, and ne
never slept in a cell, or enjoyed prison fare.
There he had very good time, and was as
comfortable as any man could be who had
any restraint. But in Auburn it is quite
different. Mr.. Stokes has on him the pris-
on garb, he practices the lock-step, ne eats
as do other prisoners, and is treated pre-
cisely as the rest are. For the rest OF his
term Mr.. Stokes is likely to know what it
is to be a prisoner in earnest. He groWls
about it, but to no purpose. He is too old
a sensation to excite any interest, and he
viii serve his time out and subside into a
common loafer when he is discharged.
The way of the transgressor is hard. Even
Josie Mansfield, who lured him to his ruin,
laughs at him as silly fool, who made an
unpleasant thing for her by his folly.
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OF the city has improved somewhat with
the reduced temperature, but the mortality,
especially among children, is still fright
full. Twelve children died yesterday out Of
one tenement house. PIETRo.
New York, Aug. Sd, 1876.