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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The amount Of guaranteed bonds asked
for by the friends of the Texas Pacific rail
road are sail not to exceed $50, 900, 900. in
the aggregate. This SUN, they insist, is
required for the construction and equip
ment of the road from Fr. Worth to San
Diego. This enormous sum implies an av-
erage of expenditure of $55, 900 mile for
the entire distance. This exposes the
scheme to suspicion, for the reason that,
much of the route-fully two-thirds is the
specification made-could be built and
equipped for at least half that amount. As
the progress of the scheme is somewhat i'm
peded-hang's fire, Col. Scott has modified
his demands apd is willing now to put up
with reduction Of one-ifth, and proposes
to make the amount $40, 900, 900. This is
kindly enough, but the bill that has been
introduced in the House by Mr.. Stevens of
Georgia, still further cuts down the maxi
mum allowance of aid demanded of the
government, at $Ss, 75O, 600. This of course
will do for starter. Incidental and casual
plans are contemplated, which will amply
supply these amounts that have been cut
down. A vague proposition looks to an ex-
tention of the line from Shreveport east
ward to the Mississippi, the cost of which
is not even estimated, but may be depended
upon to bring up the demand for help from
the government, to sum more than equal
to the original amount. Such are some Of
the features of this gigantic scheme for
plunder.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The closing paragraph of the paper by
David A. Wells, in the last of the North
American Review, on the Resumption Of
Specia Payments, is as follows:
The apprehension of the country, in re-
speet to the effects of specie resumption
suggests the story of the man, who, walk
ing one evening in a deserted mining re-
giony fell into pit. Grasping, however, as
he fell, projecting root, he hung suspend
ed in the dark abyss, until his strength
failed him, when, saying his prayers, re-
penting of his sins, and commencing his
soul, he let go and fell-sbout six inches.
His hair, nevertheless, is said to have turned
white. If specie payments, by resolute, de-
termined effort, were to be brought about
tomorrow, everybody, the next day would
draw long breath aud involuntarily ex-
claim. ''Is that ALP And the day after
they would begin to ask, "Wherein is the
beneit?" The benefit would not be seen at
once; National prosperity will not come
back through resumption alone. But it
would be as in the case of a workman who
exchanges bad tool for good one, He
would recognize the benefit of the exchange
when he began to work, and found he could
do more and better work, and with less eff
fort, with the new tool than he could with
the old.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

our Cipeinnatus friend Of the Standard
endorses what he attributes to Mr.. Wen
IN Pbillips. that the Republican party is
5sad Again he says after years Of oP-
preston. the heel of the oppressor has
been lifted from the necks Of the Southern
people. VIII cur friend be good enough
to inform us what constitutes the people,
in a Republic endowed with free suffrage?
There is, we supposed a democracy OF
members" where the majority ruled.
But where, in some three or four States
Of this Union are the constitutional major
tiles to be found. Are they claimed to De
with the Democratic party? How will the
answer be made with regard to Georgia,
Mississippi, Alabama. South Carolina and
so on: was the 40 or 80 thousand majority
Of Georgia at the last general election, with
scarcely a nominal Republican vote, evi-
depce of the lifting Of the oppressor's
heel? If so, there was considerable of it
done in the States enumerated. The evi-
dsnce that the Republican party is dead,
is so fresh in mind that almost any of us
can refer to it. Our friend may himself,
recollect, that NJ c. Butler, whose hands
are stained with wholesale murder, for
which he is now rewarded with seat in the
Senate, helped to fix the result have de-
clsred. by sending eight Republicans To
the land OF silence. Those "ho were cog
infant of the fate of these eight victims,
nodoubt thought it was safe to let the bal
lot HOY eorroborate Democratic bossting,
thst the party was dead. The safety of sueF
a course was quite fOrcibly shown. The
Chisholm affair is another evidence that
the party is dead. The desdening process
not only extended to the party, but to the
family-women and children Of members
Of the party. The design was sweeping
enough to show to any Others belonging to
the Republican party, that it was the safer
course to give up party, and party organi-
zation, as has been the case in some Of he
States named. and furnish Northern Demo-
Gratis with ground for ehuekling and boast
ing that the party was dead. Was the
heel of the oppressor lifted in this in
stance? If so, who were the victims, and
from whose necks was it lifted? There
are other evidences in full corroboration of
the truth of the declaration of our Center
St. friend, that the party is dead. 1t may
be found in the general bull-dOzing of Re
publieans, the bludgeon and the knife, the
shotgun discipline, and the rife club and
White Liner treatment. That the Republi-
can party at the South is dead, can hardly
be gainsayed. The manner of its taking
of, however, is such, that we hardly ex-
pected that our Cineinnatus friend would
make it a matter of pleasantly. We fail to
see any marks of Roman virtue in such a
course. It rather smacks Of the heartless
demagogue- the small ways and
methods of the unscrupulOus partisan
the chuckling endorser of party successes,
without regard to the means that may
have brought them about. We had hoped
perhaps we still hope-for better evidences
of the Roman virtue and dignity, that we
had looked for in the ways and utterances
of our Saybrook Cincinnstus.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Patrons of the Erie Railway will be in
terested in knowing that large and com,
modious Dining room has recently been
opened at Narrowsburg Station, n. Y, 12O
miles from New York City, where express
trains stop twenty minutes for meals. The
Day Express from New York at 900 A. NJ.
reaches NarrowsbgFg at 1.SO P. NJ, very
seasonable dining hour: and the Night
Express from the West stops for breakfast
at s.O0A. NJ. 90 cents for breakfast and
70 cents for dinner, are the established
prices for meals for the Trains named. The
dining room at Nsrrowsburg is under the
management of Messrs. q. G. & c. j. Muir
ray, experienced caterers, and will be con-
Quoted on the same plan ss the famous res
taurant at Hornellsville, which bears the
enviabls reputation Of being the best rail
road dining room in the United States.
The Erie Company studies the interests OF
its patrons.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

PURCHASE OF LITTLE FRED.-Mr. Will
liam H. Vanderbilt has purchased the eel
ebrated trottsr Little Fred, and his new
acquisition arrived in that city on the 3rd
inst. This little flyer came out green in
1874, and got record Of 2:3O1l, which he
reduced in 1875 to 2:24, and in 1876 to
2:21, winning splendid race at Roches-
ter in 2:21, 2:22, 2:21. At Cleveland, this
year. he won the the first heat in the 1921
class in 2:2O, and the second in 2:2OI,
but was afterwards beaten by Slow Go.
His present record is 2:sO He was sired
by horse called "Old Morg," but his
breeding is not satisfactorily established.
he Is a trotter, every inch of him. and a
most valuable addition to the magnificent
stable which Mr.. Vanderbilt is accumula-
ting.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The 90 cents on the dollar men in Con-
gress are not pleased with that part Of the
Presidents message which discusses the sll-
yer question; especially do the proprietors
Of the Nevada bonanzas, who have millions
of silver for sale, sympathize with the de-
throned dollar Of the fathers, in its fallen
estate. OF course they have no other OBJ
ject in view but to benefit the ''toiling
masses.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The annual report of the Secretary OF
the Interior, is compend Of the con-
ditions, objects, and purposes Of the de-
partment, clearly set forth, pointing out
evils, and sbounding in valuable hints
for the improvement of its various rani-
heatiOns, The Secretary grspples with
the whole subject with 3 vigorous and
comprehensive understanding aud famili-
arity with its wants and welfare. Its pc
rusal is full of interest and instruction,
and the fitness of the man for the place
is reflected from every page.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The onee-due steamer, City Of Berlin,
about which considerable uneasinass
has been felt, has reached port in tow Of
the steamer City of New York. What the
difficulty was, is not stated. Probably a
disabled engine. That she is safe, with
her 500 lives, will lift the painful pressure
touching human suffering, and mere curl
osity can wait.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The New York Sun says that the Presi-
dents message is Of ''no account" The
Sun is of that style Of newspapers which
think that the only matters which are of
real 'account" are robberies, murders, de-
fslestious. and other Satanic manifesto
tions of depravity, of which it aims to be a
daily mirror
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The new management Of the Cleveland
Herald have determined not to issue Sunday
editions hereafter. They think One day Of
rest in seven should be allowed even to
newspaper men, and that in obeyiHg that
good old law they viii be better able to do
a full days work each of the other six.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

A big strike in oil was made last week
at White Cliffs, Tenn. The oil three 3
stream two hundred feet high, and is flow
ing now. The well is six hundred and
twenty-five feet deep. The prospect Is
that Tennessee viii be as great an OIL
conntrH as Psnnsylyania.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Every few days a paragraph appears
among the foreign news like the following
of Friday last: s'There were Withdrawn
'.from the bank of England yesterday half
"a million dollars in American eagles for
ssNew York"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Plevna has been surrendered to the
Russian besiegers. This event carries
with it not only the loss Of an imPor-
taut stragetie point, but what is Of more
consequence, the surrender Of Osman
Pasha and his army.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The Canadian Government complains
that American fishermen drive all TIE
fish from the Canada side Of the Detroit
River to the opposite side, but the Yankees
claim that the fish have kind of natural
leaning towards the United States.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

When I lock at Patterson, am CON
vinst that the worst yoOse yOo kin put 3
man to is to send him to the Penitel-
shary. Better keep him in the SENT 70
make Dimmocratic msiOrity.-Easby.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Lucky Mr.. Eustisl He gets nearly four
years back pay, amounting to about S2O,-
600, in lump, besides two or three thou
sand dollars for mileage. And all the
time Tor which he draws this handsome
arrearage of salary he was a member of the
Louisiana State Senate, and no doubt
made comfortable living out of that
position. Cleveland Herald,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Two Toledo papers are discussing the
best time for Thanksgiving. One Of them
wants it in August, when the grasshoPPer
and cricket make the stubble fields vocal
and dog-days hang around like bilious
fever. The other editor says it is better to
wait until all the returns are in, and No
vember blasts give double zest to indoor
comforts
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The Spirit of the Times will publish
a mammoth Christmas Number, which it
is claimed, viii eclipse the issue of any
other journal ever made in the country.
1t will contain A pages, and be enclosed
in an illuminated cover All the regular
departments of the Spirit will be main
tanned, and'its literary attractions by the
best writers in the country, will, with nu-
neFDus Illustrations make the matter for
this unique and expensive issue.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The Democratic Press is calling no"
for the expulsion Of Patterson nom tns
Senate. The seclusiOn Of the PenitentiA-
~ win be sweet after this black ingral-
fnde
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
LEGAL.
AdnlfnfstrnfO1.,e .Notfce.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ undersigned has been duly appointed
and qualified as Administrator on the estate
Of Henry GOttnald deceased: late denmark,
Ashtabula County, o.
ANDREW ]. WHIPPLE.
Shehield, o Dec. 5, 1871. SEQ
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

John R. French of Painesvills. who has
been Sergeant-st-arms of the Senate. is be-
ginning to feel the effect of Democratic
plot and opposition. The Office that he has
held for 8 good term, is a rather desirable
one, and it is an object for which Mr.. Ord
Wsy-formerly sergsant=at-arms of the
House, is willing to make an effort, Con-
over, Patterson and Dorsey are the cham
pions Of the movement. Mr.. French is
well and favorably known here, and we are
pleased to copy the following compliment
tary notice Of him from the Cleveland Her.
aid CT Monday:
"Mr. French is an honest man, a sound
Republican, a faithful public servant, and
? kind and obhging officer. 0rdway is a
good man in his way, but his ways are not
always ways Of pleasantness, nor his paths
peace, He is most useful Just now in pri-
Eete life. We think those Senators who are
S1lrring up strife. and working to get Mr..
french out Of place, had best be carefully
looking around to see how long they can
keep their own"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
sheriff as Special Master COmmisst
SE-SaAe OF neal estate.
ASltdbuta COiaHlOn Pleas, Sept. Term, !
y -

AshtabuLa COiamOn Pleas, Sept. Term, 1877.
Joshua c. Beebe
against
PY virtue of an order of sale duly
II issued from said Court in the above case TO
me directed, viii offer tor sale BY way Of public
auction at the door of the Court House In JefFer-
son. .Ashtabula County, Ohio, on Monday, the 14th
day of Janlary.A- D.. 1878, between he hours Of1O
and 12 O'Clock ofsaid day, the following described
Real Estate, tO-wit:
Situated in the County of Ashtsbula, and in the
Village Of Ashtabula, and State Of Ohio and
known as part of the Camp lot, and bounded as
follows, tO-Wit: Commencing at the northeast
corner of said Camp lot; and running south eight(S)
rOds; thence west nine 90 rods and twenty-One
and Onehalf (21 - links; thence north six 90 rods
and one % link: thence east ten lO) rods and four
and one-hal. 90 links, to the place Of beginning
SAID lot is also bounded on the east by lot owned
by W m Rennick and by Chestnut street, and con-
talns about one-third( ~ Of an acre of land, re-
serving and excepting however from said bounda-
ries, on the north and part thereof, eighteen
one-hundredths (1S-100l OF an acre Of land; and
contracted by Anna Fox, and since decided to one
Wm. Renniek-
Terms of Sale Cash. Appraised at -
7. s YOUNG, Sheriff
As Special Master Commissioner.
Sheriffs Office, Jefferson. o., Dec. 10, A. D.. 1871
EDWARD 81. FITCH, 145S-62
AttOrueV for Plaintiff.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

A Democratic congressman who last 4th
of July INDUCED in rhetorical pyroteeh-
MICS over the ''bird of freedom" and eulo-
gised America as an "ssylum for the down
troiden and oppressed of every land, has
proven his heartfelt sincerity by introduc-
ing bill into the House, levying tax OF
$3.50, on every Chinaman coming to our
ohoroe
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
AmctiOnI

THE Subscriber will sell at auction
at his residence on the Lake Shore-about
two miles east Of the Har0oF-on IEuTsday'
one two-horse Lumber Wagon in good con
iition, a pair OF matched twO-year-old Colts
a good milks Cow. and three 4earllngs-one
Heifer and two Steers.
six months time will be given upon ap-
proved paper. ID. D. hAhMOS. IN
Ashtabula Nov IS 1871. 1857
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

In Nurcery wherein all is life and laugh
instead Of crying and fretting. there is sure
to be found Dr. Bulls Baby syrup. Price s5
cents per hottie
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
Legal Notice.
Mary A. Mills
against Divorce.

Mary A. Mills
against Divorce
Isaac n. Mills
ISAAC n. MILLS, of the County
j of Erie and state of Pennsylvania, is here
By notified that Mary A. Mills. did, on the
eleventh day Of December, A. D., 1877, file her
Petition in the Office Of the Clerk Of the Court
OF ofCommon Pleas. within, and for the County
OF Ashtabula and State Of Ohio, charging the
said Isaac n. Mills with extreme cruelty,
gross neglect OF duty, and habitual drunken
ness, for three years last past; and asking
that she may be divorced from the said Isaac
n Mills, which Petition viii be for hearing
al the ueXt term of said Court.
MARY A. MILLS,
1855 By L. H. MEANS, her Attorney.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Ths horrors that sometimes accompany
the present mode of capital punishment
are enough to curdle the blood and lead to
something less revolving. The recsnt hang
ing of Rergin at Mt Vernon exhibited in
rspplsiFe form some of the evils that oc-
casionally occur with the hanging process.
The poor culprit by soms hungle of the
sheriff in fixing the knot, fell to the earth,
and was again taken back to the scaffold,
End in the second effort, the neck was not
broken, but the unfortunate wretch died of
strangulation. How much better and hu-
mane would it be, if tbs rope was dis
pensed with, and chloroform and the sponge
substituted,
The Cleveland Herald has struck a posi-
zion and status that commands respect
and Difference. It's articles which bear the
ostensibls evidence Of originality, carry
the marks of mind-object, purpose and
clesrness. This applies to the briefest
paragraphs; and its more lsbored editorial
articles evidently come from minds Of ma
iurity of thought and familiarity with
the subjects handled; soundness and man
y vigor permeate them, and the whole
tone Of the paper oOmmends it to favor.
Its editorial management is more in ac-
cordsnce with the demands Of the hour
and the dignity Of its mission. May its
patronage be paralleled by It's merits.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

Evening hats of white felt are seen at
popular milliners. The shapes are the close
hemlet, or the round hat turned up at one
point above the temple, The trimming is
twist Of white plush, with a plume or
white wing and large knot Of plush fill
ing the front, and the effect of this sim
plicity is very pretty. Gloves are longer
and have more buttons than ever. A sem
sible new stocking is on sale for the first
time this year, Of german manufacture,
WEIGH looks exactly like a knit stocking,
and goes by the name of ''handknit," Is
heavy, scanned all the way, and comes in
all the fashionable colors, cardinal, dark
blue, gray and scarlet. brown and hunters
green, and is warm, firm and very elastic.
Colds and cold feet are nearly impossible
with the sensible fashion of wearing thick
stockings and boots. The cork-soled shoes,
always light and dry, are great improve
ment on the heavy-soled English boots,
which really told on a Woman's strength
after walking in them for an hour or two.
With these, and the thick, light, blanket
goods for wraps, woman can be warmly
dressed, without being overburdened.
New York, Dec. II, 1877, PIETRo,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14

The struggle over the New York offices,
between Secretary Evarts and Senator
Conkling is the theme of talk among the
politicians. They are sadly divided about
it. One faction claims that all the reforms
carried out by Secretary Sherman were
urged by Collector Arthur, months before
the new administration came in, and that
under the civil service rules he ought not
to be removed; while the other side insists
that Collector Arthur, having tolerated the
abuses ought not to be retained. Probably
both sides are right. and both wrong. Ar
thur is an honest man, but l take it that
he was running the custom house as it al
ways has been run, and | doubt whether
there would have been so sweeping a
chance but for the decisive action taken in
Washington. 1t is claimed, and with some
show of justice, that the President ought to
have in place those who can cooperate with
him in harmony. He will have a hard
time enough Of it to institute reforms,
heaven knows, even if he is allowed to have
his own way about these minor matters.
1t is thousand pities that the trouble can
not be healed, and the integrity of the
STATE preserved. This is no time to split
up into factions and let the enemy beat US
in detail
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
THE LOAN EXHIBITION

for the benefit of the Decorative Art Socie-
ty, is the greatest novelty. The ladies of
the best and wealthiest families Of New
York have lent their art treasures, their
laces. worth thousands of dollars, their
costly fans and antique ornaments,
and gentlemen have lent their pictures,
choice carvings. Illuminated missals.
bronzes, porcelain and bric-a-brac of every
curious and costly sort. The result is a
show of richness and brilliance that de-
lights the soul Of the novelty loving citizen.
He and his wife can bend over the show
cases and compare the laces of Mrs. Astor
with those of Mrs. August Belmont and
other mlllionrires' wives, look at their
splendid old court fans and jewelled watch
es, and fancy how it would seem to own
such things themselves. There are point
laess, 800 years old, in good condition and
quite ready to be worn on dress again, a
dress, entirely of thread lace, worked with
little sprigs, made at a manufactory in Ips-
wich, Mass, in 1924, lent by Boston la
dy, and specimens of the rarest points,
made by Mrs, Carter, the lace artist of New
York, some of them made between two and
seven in the morning, after a day full of
business. So the modern and the antique
lie side by side. The lace made in this cent
tury and the last is the finest, but the old
surpasses it in beauty Of design. The sx-
hibitioH is usually successful, and will be
a great attraction while If lasts
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-14
THE DECORATIVE ART SOCIETY


was established less than year since, to
provide instruction in fine handicrafts,
lace work aud embroidery, China painting,
wood carving and modelling, and to give
persons who are skilled In these arts a
means Of disposlng of them to the best ad-
vantage. A man or woman who does a
good piece of work anywhere in the coun-
try can send it to the society, and have it
sold-fOr its favors are free to all-in the
best market, for commission of 10 per
cent. to pay expenses. Already the society
has more orders for fine work than it can
fill, and articles seldom remain long on its
shelves. Contributions of work are sent
from all the states, and one of the latest, a
piece Of the finest muslin embroidery, so
fine that it tries the eyes to inspect it, is
the work of an old lady, who does needle
work as valuable as lace.