Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-04-28

edly adverse to submitting to az tne I'D
sudities proposed by the House in fhename
Of economy. q -
The Democratic Doorkeeper of the House
feels called upon to publish card, deny
ing that he has ever been in States prison.
The Independent greenbackers Of Indi-
ana ars : thorn in the flesh to the straight
out Democracy. They are spelling for a
fight and threaten to smash things. II is
badly divided house. ffyFT
The Washington Rsp45fioaH saws the
abssnteeisun prevailing among the Repub-
Hcan members of the Investigating commit
tees Of the House begins to attract atten-
ton The reason for this is. we persume,
because Of the farcical character ofmost of
the Investigations.
Boston, supposed to be the special strong
hold Of Blaine, is moving of in the organ
izatioa Of Bristow clubs. The new move
ment is reported to have respectable fol-
lowing. both in numbers and weight Of
character. sa
Another conundrum has been sprung up
on the House by Belknaps reioinder. In
der thrests Of impeachment, Clymer forced
the Secretary to resign, and now it is this
resignation which comes home to roost and
blocks the progress Of impeachment. That
Clyiner is paragon.
If the gas that is wasted in the Lower
House Of Congress each day were utilized,
it would be sufficient for lighting the pub
Lie building at night. Some Democratic |
genius might turn his attention in that di- |
rection, and appropriations for that pur-
pose could be saved and Democratic econ
omy have another occasion for felicitating |
itself. .,oi- -aes
AtFort Smith, locality famous for the |
massing Of tragic occurrences, FIVE man
slaysrs suffered death by hanging, the 9TH
er day. There were two ChoctaEs, one
ChsrOkes, one negro and enc white man,
and their crimes were committed in the
lawless preeints Of the Indian nation and
the,AFkaHsas border.
Graes Gfeenwood's husband, Leander
LippincOtt, who has been caught in certain
questionable official transactions at Wash
ingten, has always been held in bad repute
by her friends. He lived for q long time
on her earnings and reputation, and lost
the love Of his wife eventually by neglect
and infdelity to his marriage VOWS The
Hartford Times correspondent is response
bic for these statements.
The wife of John Young, BnghaIn's
third son, is q Philadelphia lady. She met
her affinity in a tour across the continent
seven years ago, and arranged to marry
him on condition that he should dismiss
the two wives he. then had This was final
ly accomplished; she married John; they
took bridal trip to New York and were
there married over again in the Gentle
fashion, 1s9.H - Hafl iiiit h
The Committee on Expenditures in the
Interior Department thought. they had
struck rich vein on Monday. The com
mittee spent long time examining wit
ness who had story Of high handed out
rage on the part Of the President, to mar
rate, and it was only when they got him
down to the point Of telling why the out
rage was committed that they discovered
thas be was raying lunatic. ane5
The damage in the country inundated by
the break in the sny levee on the Mississip-
pi, is thought now to have been estimated
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cede Immediately, there is good chance
that the crop Of wheat may survive, and
should it even die, crop of corn on the
same ground is not impossible Still, the
poor farmers have suffered dire calamity
in the almost total loss of their houses,
goods, barns, out-houses and fencing.
The Democrats have bad luck in their
pstriotic efforts topurge the epublic service.
The little patch of il which has lately come
under their care IN the House of Repre-
sentatiyes, is already in a deplorable state.
The ex-eonfederates and escaped jail-birds
are causing deal Of trouble. It is a short
record, but convincing one to the coun-
try. $3.50.
The announcement on Tuesday lsst9of
the suspension Of the City National Bank
of Chicago produced temporary excite7
ment in commercial circles7-as we learn
from the Chicago ITibuue-but nothing
that could be, regarded as more than a f. I
nancial furry. Confidence is felt that the Q
losses viii fall mainly upon thestockhold- .
ers, and that the resources of the bank are
suficienttO pay depOsitOrs nearly, if not {
quite, in full. m
The cities Of St. Paul and Minneapolis
indulge sovereign contempt for each 9TH
er. Rivalry and the race for precedence
and population, lies at the bottom. The ef- !
feet of recent piece Of fnessing in this
line is not a little amusing to those who
have no interest but to Iook on and laugh.
Not long since the St. Paulers bought up
the Minneapolis papers and consolidated
them with their oWn-4eaving theyounger
city without journalistic importance. AT
last accounts the Minneapolis people were
fairly dancing with jealousy over this ma
neuvering. s. f
The Moody and Sankey revival at New !
York cleared $103, 600, besides large rev
enue from Sankey's song-books.
This assertion we see made in some of /
our metropolitan journals, but they do not
tell us just how such an amount Of money
was raised. We know that collection was
taken up at the close for the benefit Of the !
Young Mems Christian Association, but
that was special object, which does not
show the ordinary profits Of evangelical .
preaching. We know, too, that Mr.. Moody /.
admits the acceptance Of presents to the
amount Of some $500. But this fails to af-
fort a cine to the large profits as given by
the Chicago Tribune, VIII notour honor
ed cOtemporary tell US how this large mar +
gin Of profits comes ahOuts +
Gov. Hayes, in dealing with the striking
coal-miners of the Tnseawaras region, has
shown that he means no nonsense, and viii
not hesitate to enforce the laws promptly,
without regard to the Labor Union votes.
In his proclamation to the strikers he tells
them plainly and unmistakably that the !
terrorism they seek tomaintain must forth