Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-11


from personal observation. the women
or Colorado and Wyoming do not intend d
to look like Guys if they are wess by
rail from the shops of Bro ,d xay. Faey
get their samples and patterns from New
York direct, and the Consequence is ih at
they are, as rule, often batter dresse 4
than their sisters nearer civilization i,
who take what the merchants choose to
bring them.
FAILUREs
Thfre were the usu a number of fail
ures this week, and some OF them uuu-
sually ugly. Sixty houses we'll know
in trade went under. som, small. The
list showing tlIal aii hrtacI.s Of trAds
are represented. One leather house fail
ed for $500. 900, with assets of half that
amount This failure was the result of
bad debts, and undue credits. TIE ten
dencY of the past ten years has bsen to
swell the volume of business. aalit has
led men TO give credits carelesslY. N1w
when the dark days are on Us, they fad
collection impossible, and the merchant
siyhs for his goods as he sees his drafts
coming back protested for non-payment.
One thing is certain-cre Will be
harder to procure in New York this year
than ever before Tbs merchant finds 1t
better 10 have his goods in his warehouse,
than to have them scattered over the
country in the hands of men who may
pay or may not as they thInk best
The gale of w Wednesday was Que of the
severest that ever alarmed New York;
Out in the country gale doesn't matter.
but in crowded CITY 1t is quite another
thing. The seyen-story buildings, stand
ing alone and towering in The air, The
signs boards projeclin = over the side
walks, the immense cornIce insecurciy
alta ched, sll combine 10 make gale q
th Ing 10 be dreaded, for it is not nice
hen walking home with your mead
do Rn,fo the gale 10 have slen-Ooard
twenty feet long come whlstling down
upon you. N0r is il comfortable 10 have
a build ing seven stories high fall upon
you. There is as much shsmmy build
ing Gt Bc in New Yoik as in any oihel
city, and it is not pleasant to try 10 sleeT
with the walls of your house swaying
In sh ort, gale in this city is a terror,
any way il can be taken. The wind
moved at the rate OF sixty-sIx miles an
hour; and while no casualties are report
ed, there were many narrow escapes. A
great many buildings were badly twisted,
and thousands OF signs and cornices
blown off
THE POOR
The different charitable organizations
OF the city have their hands full just now.
ST. Johns Guild, the best and most prac-
lical of ali of them, have %, 900 souls. or
rather bodies, depending upon them fol
support. 1t is sight 10 see the throng
at their buildings every day drawing
tLelr ralions. The halt, The blind. the
lame, the sick and the well, they are all
represe nted. All who are known to- be
deserving get, each week, enough o.
plain food to support life, and such cloth
ing as can be procured 1t is a noble
charity and is doing world of good
THE HIPPoDRoME
Is nearly ready for the reception OF
Moody and sankey. A choir of 76O
voices is being trained ev cry night, under
he leadership of General Dodge, to lead
the singing under the charge OF sankey.
1t will be magnificent to hear this i'm.
mense chorus giyl ng the popular music
of the singing Ev angelist This feature
alone will keep the vast building filled
to its ut most capacity. The meetings
will begin about the middle of the
month. PEETRo.
New York. Feb, 9Th 1876.