Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-10

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THR-f.4sr TSrHE BEEcHER NATTER.
The last development in the Beecher
scandal case is the statement OF Bowen.
Driven into a corner by the deniais OF
Beecher of the truth of bis asser'ions'
Bowen has maJe very explicit stale
men, N The committee. BE asserts sol
emp,ytbat lady confessed TO him, long
bsf,,,- The TiJtnu sea ndal was made pub
lie tant Beecher had committed adultery
Win her at various times and places, the
lecture room Of The church, or rather tue
study back oEii. being the most familiar
place. He offered to give names and
dates 10 select committee, under pledge
of secrecy. He insisted upon the pledge
of secrecy, because he did not wish that
the lady's name should become public
properly. This Mr.. Beechar declined,
whereupOn Bowen makes his statement
Il is not TO be supposed that Beecher
and his friends viii let this pass They
cznnok The statement is explicit and
circumstaniial, and II will have 70 be
met, consequently Brooklyn is in state
of mind. There is hufrying to aud fro,
there is trouble on both sides. Will
Bowen, If Beeeher sues him, give the
name of thallady : VIII he face the
music. or will he back down when the
time comes that he is brought to the testg
And viii he be brought to the test ct AL /?
These are questions that time aIon will
solve I predict that nothing wiz c3msi
Of 1t There are ske leIons in too m any
closets in Brooklyn. and the dragging Of
one out from its coneealment, exp9s es
great many others. The women OF Brook
lyn are, at this time, great deal more
anxious to know the name of that lady
than they are to know whether he was
guilty with Mrs Tilton. The TIiton
matter is a little stale. but This is fresh
and pi quaint
THE BELKNAP DIsGR ACE.
The Belknap scandal created a pro-
found seualion, for The prosecuting Wit
ness Is prominent man her e, and Mrs.
Belknap is as well known in society here
as she is in Washing ton. This is clear
case of feminine extravaganza. Tie pre-
sent Mrs. Belknap was the sister of the
secretary's frst wife. She was a Tom
Iinson. OF Harrodsburg. KY. and was a
high flyer of the highest flying kind. She
was won't to come to New York, and
make the most extraVagant purchases.
for her princI pal ambition was to out
shine every woman in Washington, ma
tive or foreign And she did it. Her
dresses were the most gorgeous, her
equipages were the most costly, and SD e
was surrounded with servants of the
most expensive nature. 1t W as given
out in Washington that she.dld not de-
pend on The secretary's salary-he had
no means beyond that-buI that she b a d
inherited wealth ,sthe income of which
was sufficient to justify all this extrava
ganee. Al her home the story was that
the secretary had made some lucky spec
ulallons before he went into the cabinet,
which accounted for it all where the in
heritanee story would not go down. All
this time they were selling traderships,
and spending the proceeds in this foolish
way. There can be no doubt that the
woman had the man completely under
her thumb-that so infstuated was he
with her that he would have stolen te u
times the amount, had she desired it. The
man was doubtless honest, originally,
but oh, how weak The merchants OF
New York suffer severely by this ex-
posure. It is rumored that Mrs. Belkaap
owes vast sums Of money to the fashiona
bic dry goods men and jewellers here,
Which.sas the Belknaps have spent all
their stealings. they wiz lose
THE EPIDEMIc OF TnE EAsoH.
Malaria and ignorance of ventilation
will soon make New York no fit place
for white people to live in. Iffever and
ague. dlphtheria. scarlet fever and small
pox hold their own very few years
longer as they are doing now, the city
will soon be as untenable as Staten Is
land, VIII ere rich people are deserving
their villas. because the place is SO dead
ly with agues. This month the fashIona-
bic epidemic is malignant infae MA ),
which Vists humankind ss If did horses
two years ago. The doctors call it by
no fancy name. only @plain cold" and
the Madison Avenue prescription for its
treatment is-neither beIladonna, nor
internal exhibition Of aconite. or any
other high sounding drug. but equally
plain catnip tea, made doubly strong,
which Is administered not more for the
sake of breaking up the cold. by goo d
sweat. as for It's valuable and recently
discovered, properties in quiet ing the
nerves. Fancy bowl Of Lady Washing
ton china breathing the soothing incense
Of balm tea, administered to an interest
ing invalid wrapped in an azure blank
ct soft as velvet, and you have the ele-
gance of influenza But tor real virtues,
I prefer the old styls--a cracked blue
bowl, stepped in generations Of teas,
with quart of deep brown liquid smok-
ing hot. to be. taken in three gulps,-
Ugh ivth e stoutest cold fed affrighted at
The thought of a second dose. But talk
of plain cold-the new variety success
fully combines the horrors of neuralgia,
rheumatism, lumbago, catarrh, fever and
getting drunk, and one crawls out of an
attack feelinggike a cabinet officer just
In vestigated. 8f
POLITICAL.
The local politicians Of New York are
making stir for Conkling's nomina lion
for the presidency, but it dies not make
much headway. There are many ex-
cellent men in the city who would be
glad to see Conkling in the Presidential
chair, and there great many who would
not. But there are thousand or more
political bummers, who would support
anybody whose friends will put up"
and this class are unfortunately all for
ConklinG, hesbeing the first New York
er mentioned for the place. They ara
OTganizing "Conkling clubs ali over the