Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-28

lY-&erT1n9 Glr11-Ihe Centennial
THE WEATHER
The city is thankful for the cool chang
thar came this week. Fog, rain. and
fever breeding weather were just makin g
ready for host of small epidemics- The
ice-men were sick with hope deferred
tor there were no signs favorable fol
their annual icecrop, and 5000 men
were waiting for work to begin ct the
great ice houses up river. There wal
little need Of invalids going to Florida.
But the northwest wind brought clear
and bracing weather that makes life .
luxury. With all the warm, unfavorabls
weeks, the season is far from being al
unhealthy one, the dea th rate for the
week being considerably less than the
corresponding one last winter. Afler the
weather. the
BEEcHEK TOPIC.
The motions Of Plymouth Church may
be called erratic, ifnothing harsher. Its
last performance, after snu bling the
idea of a mutual council, was to sum-
mon Mr.. Bowen, editor of the Indepsnd-
ent, TO church meeting to hear grievan-
ces against bIm. His two sons were al
lowed with him, on sufferance, but the
stenographer he brought was promptly
turned out. But the reporter made good
use of his time while he did stay, and
took down the debate word for word,
and quietly took satisfaction IN putting
The report into next mornings papers.
where 1t didn't read creditably to the
fairness or order of private Plymouth
Church proceedings. After all, the charge
against Mr.. Bowen was that when
church demanded that he should tell all
he knew about the Beec her matter, he
refused to say anyt hing good or bad
about 1t. The shrewd, long witted Bow :
en- knew what would exasperate the
sWiFel-tongued brethren, and did it, by
keeping his mouth shut. lie turned tn e
tables on the meeting last night by TAX :
ing ground that the church summoned
him TO hear charges and receive advice
not to answer. and the Bowen mout h
closed like adamant again. -The.silent is
the strongest in the quarrel
MOODY AND sANKEY.
Barnum's Hippodrome, is now con-
verted into tabernacle for Moody and
Sankey's great meetings in February.
Seats for 1000 cover the saw-dust, and
choir viii lead the sing ing. The vast
building hes been divided up into rooms
for various purposes. Besides the vast
dilorium for the regular meetings, there
are four very large rooEs for inqu irers,
rooms for preachers. meetings, rooms for
classes, and rooms for every purpose.
The money for all this has been furnish
ed by wealthy religion s people in the
city, who are determined to make some
head against the depravity that rules the
city, and is running it
DWYER AND NC cAULEY
Are two brands snatched from the urn
ing, that is, one was a mlser able dru nix
ard and the other was a prize fighter.
They were converted, and both felt call
ed upon to do something for the people
they had formerly known So they take
lofts or cellars, just as they can, down in
Water and Yandam streets, and they
hold services among the lowest and most
wretched people in the city. They are
mehbsd, and hustled, and despitelully
used in all sorts OF ways, but they stick
to 1t with the zeal Of martyrs, and are
actually accomplishing something. They
hsye got together small congregations in
beth those streets, and have actually in
duced large number ofmeu and women
to try better lite. They work without
pay, or hope Of pay, happy when the
well inclined give them enough to get
kerosene TO light up their rooms. Men
wiling to labor for humanity where they
10, deserve better encouragement than
hey have received or are likely to.
TIE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Is just as bad as ever. Last week there
we're forty-six failures, some of them
Fery large. One jeWelrY house went p
With liabilities TO the amount of s4OO,
700, with over 800 900 worth Of goods
a their store-thst is goods that had
;ost them that amount. This S70O, 900
worth of goods cannot be sold to day for
'ne-fourth their cost, for the reason that
only very few are buying jewelry, and |
hat few can buy the best In the world, |
'f individuals. at half the prices they can
i dealers, A diamond never gets to be
'ecOndhAnded, and the people who have
hem are all willing enough to realize
n them, in the hope of holding on till
be better times come. If any of yo1r
sadeFs want a 10000 cashmere shawl.
'r $4,000 diamond, they win do well
Q strike In now. I would buy dozen
: two myself, but for reasons.
l have nesYm pathy for those who tail
Of fast living, or extravagance,
ut that is not the class that is going un-
eI at this time The failures Of to-day
re caused By the fearful depreciation of
oods. and the terrible dullneas of trade.
d horrible for q man who has worked
ard all his life. and is getting in posi-
on 70 retire on decent competency,
} have it all swept ont from under him.
he sufferers of to-day are mostly of this
lass. and they are to be pitied.
THE ExrREss MONOPOLY.
EVsFYbody except the Express CON-
Anies and their subsidized Agents
lght 10 hope for the successful repeal
the postage law which increased the
ties on all third class matter. This
nendmeut has been fsvorably req
Congress By the appropris'~
9. The Express Comr@ 'r'eu
|. -, ,Anies are strain
a. aefest it, but we shall
aovsrnment exists for the
ftbe peopIs, or intends the people
ALI exist for the good Of monopolles.
The Companies in New York have 3
large lobby in Washington. ana are
s,,ena,pq and lending money widely to
,nsuence the matter. Any Congressman
mo finds bis expenses running ligh
nth the enormous board bills Of the
o.nitol. knows that he has 20 safer OF