Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-22

cans of Maine andvermont, no matter how
they split on mere local issues, come verv |
Solidly 10 the front when this question |
comes up. Kelly, Morrisey and the other
ssReformers1 Of this city see the hand-writ-
ing on the wall, and they are sick. No
prominent Democrat would take The nom
ination for Governor. They are all sick. |
Tilden is sick, and it is said Hendricks is
sicker than all of them. It is a sick time |
for Democrats, the capture Of Tweed is
bothering them fearfully, and there is more
shIvering and shaking in shoes among the
prominent members of the party, than a
httie. The fact is he was allowed to es-
cape Tor fear that he might let out the Sc
crets OF the prison house, and his return
strikes terror to their hearts. TTIden. who
was his counsel and confederate. and WIN
had his share of the spoils, went hack on
him the moment he got into his disgrace
and he fears that the Boss may tell exactly
how close that connection was and how
much o. the plunder he got. And Tilden
is not alone in this fear. There are hun
dreds of Democrats in the city who are !
bowling for 'sreform" who are in the same
fix. When Tweed gets back and tells his
story the eseurce Of q great many large for
tunes, the place from which came great
many gorgeously furnished houses, car
riages, horses and all sorts of plunder, viii
be made known, and great many bright /
stars in the ''reform" armament will 60
down in gloom with nasty streak behind
them. These men are hedging now by
swearing that Tweed's return is Repub-
lican trick, and that he has sold out to
them. Look out for some rich develop
ments. /
BUSINESS
Has actually revived, and New York he
gins to look like New York again. The
hotels are full, the jobbers are doing
large trade and it may be safely said that
we have turned the corner and are once
more on something like solid ground. Now
it remains for the people outside the great
cites to do their share and end The depres-
sion. We have knocked off all the gliding,
prices are down to hard-pan, and what
there is left Of business is healthy. All
that is necessary now is 20 kill the croak-
ers, refuse to listen to any ore who talks
Of hard times, and go on, just as though
you didn't expect the world to come 70 an
end tomorrow. Buy, sell, marry and
give in marriage; in short, let US say that
times are good and they will be. Crops axe
good on the average, prices will be fairly
good, and all the necessaries Of living are
lower than before the War. The tendency
from this time on will be upward. We
feel so here, and see no reason why it
should not be so everywhere. It is encour-
aging to see the streets once more crowded
with trucks.
FASHION MOTIFS.
The girls who are tired wearing their
hair in braids or classic knots, will be glad
to try the equally simple and becoming
high French twist, which is almost the
only mode Of wearing the hair visible on the
streets. Far the house, those who like to
wear their hair r~ioose wave it lightly
and put it in the long net of silk lacing,
now fashionable as they were a dozen years
ago. The net should match the hair in
general, but there are bright crimson and
blue nets which look pretty over very dark
or very light hair. A bow of blue or card
inal ribbon IS worn with all nets, one on the
top of the head, another loosely holding
The sides; tied lightly round, .confning the
hair at the back Of the neck. This free
fashion of dressing the harris a great re-
lief from the heavy styles that overheated
and wearied the heads so long. The new
hats have very high and sharp crowns and
narrow brims, the shape as well. as the
name taken fromthat worn by the Peas
ant Minstrels of Rome. 1t looks more
modest when trimmed with scarf of net
or soft silk with a feather curling like
smoke around the obtrusive crown. But it
will not be accepted by people who know
the best style, who wait for the second i'm
portations, later, which are sure to be in
better taste.
THE GREAT SHOOTING MATCH
Concluded Thursday. It excited a vast
deal of attention, and created much excite
ment. The result of each shot was tele-
graphed to the city. and the various pa
pers issued extras every hour all day. If
a real battle had been in progress there
could have been no more interest manifest
ed. The immense Irish population were
wild with delight over the prospect on
Wednesday, that their team would carry
of the honors, the Scoth populations were
jubilant aud hopeful, while the Canadian
and Australian New Workers all cheered
their eountrymen to the echo. But they
were all disappointed. Here, as in Ireland
and England, the GOODNESS, steadiness and
practice Of the Americans, as well as the
peiiority of their arms, made them the
Vletors. Field spo- tsmen affect to sueer at
this careful -.markmanship-this deliberate,
long-waiting shooting. 'fIf man has got
to fix his sights, and Lie down in fancy po-
sitions, and draw a long careful sight, what
use is he in actual work? What could
such man do against Sitting Bull?
Why don't they practice shooting from the
shoulder? When I was boy the good
marksman was he who could take squir-
rel on the jump, or deer on the run.'
Thus the sportsmen who murder game for
the restaurants Of New York, and who use
swivel shot guns, solilcquize. They forget
that thiskind of shooting is not for ducks,
or pigeons, but men. During the late War,
it viii be remembered, Berdan's sharp
shooters could keep batteries silenced by
picking off gunners at long range, and
many an officer upon whose life the fate
Of a field depended was disabled by these
thousand yard marksmen. And as the
countries that are the best prepared for
war have the fewest wars, there ought to
be rifle clubs in every county in the United
States. There is no more exciting or
healthy sport, and so far as national de-