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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-28

As Special Master Commissioner
Sherif7s Office. Jefferson, o. Dec. 10 4. d 1877
EDWARD H. FITCH 1A5s-69
Attorney for Plaintiff
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-28
sheriff as Special Master Commission.
er-Sale of Real Estafe.

T. S. YOUNG.
Sheriff as Special Master Commissioner.
Sherif's ONCE, Jefferson. o., Nov. 9th, 1871.
$3.50
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-28


Tilden's much mooted md much denied
income tax case, during the Presidential
campaign, has been, according to a New
York dispatch, set for trial on the 5th Of
January. This looks as ifthere might be
something in the charge, and also, as if
there had been deal of lying about it.
Another case Of grave robbing came to
light last week in Clereland-the opening
and robbing Of the grave of Charles I.
Newman. in the East Cleveland eemstery.
The remains, partly dissectsd, were found
in the diseeting room Of the University 81
Wooster, on Brownell street. The clothes
and jewelry of the deceased were found in
possession of the janitor Of the college,
who was arrested for grand larceny.
There is no advice more wholesome and
sound, than that which urges the begin
ming of the year with clear score with
the printers. Justice demands that the
merchant. the mechanic, the farmer. the
shoemaker. the tailor, the butcher, the
grocer the milliner, washerwoman, &C.,
should be paid. But to the claims of just
zee are added those of humanity, in the
case Of the printer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-12-28


z ashta6uLa 70 Common Pleas, Sept. Term, 1877.
1oSnaa eoi Z, Beeoe
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
Presents fol, an Emperor.

The Emperor of Germany received a
Brunswick sausage six feet high for a
birthday present, gigantic aquarium
containing sea of transparent jelly, with
eighty fishes ready for the table, and an
Easter egg of corn flowers and hyacinths
reaching to the roof of the hall. The
German sovereigns presented to His Ma
jesty a huge oil painting by Warner,
commemorating His Majesty's proclama-
tion as German Emperor at Versailles on
the 18th of January, 1871. The paint
ing contains several hundred portraits.
Among the other gifts to the Emperor,
there was an engraving by Prince Henry
and book bound by Prince Waldemar,
the two younger sons of the Crown
Prince. Under the thrifty habits of the
dynasty, each of its Princes. in order to
become acquainted with the popular
aspect of life, has to learn craft. The
Crown Prince is compesitor, and the
Emperor himself glazier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
DR.. Mary Walker stm Warlske.

DR.. Mary Walker was one of those
who joined the throng paying homage to
Governor Hampton in his recent visit
to Washington. She endeavored, but
without success, to persuade some one of
the walters to carry her card to Governor
Hampton's room. Finally she espied
Senator Gordon, and asked him to secure
her an interview, but he informed her
that Governor Hampton's time was so
much occupied that he could not see any
one. But this would not satisfy DR..
Mary, and she planted herself at the foot
of the stairs to intercept Governor Hamp-
ton as he came down. Colonel Cake, the
proprietor of the hotel, went to her and
told her she must leave. She said this
was insulting, and he replied that if she
would dress in the apparel of her sex she
would not expose herself to insult. At
this she drew back and aimed her cane
at the Colonel, who retreated in good
order. Then, after giving him little
piece of her mind, she departed. The
coast being clear Governor Hampton
then came down stairs, and he and
Senator Gordon took a ride around the
city.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
The Eyidence 4ccs,,,,.lattno.

The evidence duplicating Brigham
Young in Mormon massacres seems to be
accumulating. 1t is now charged that
portions of John D. Lees confession
were suppressed, which directly impl-
Gated Young in the Mountain Meadow
affair. Another dispatch is printed rela-
tive to an order which was issued in 1858
by Brigham Young for the murder of a
party of teamsters who were being es-
corted to NJ ,untain Rocks by Mormons,
Mr.. George Lowery, of Haverhill, Mass,
says he is one of the few survivors of
that band. Before starting with the
Mormons the teamsters got wind of the
order, and purchased arms from apostate
Mormons. These they secreted in their
baggage, and when one days march from
Salt Lake City brought them out. He
pretends that this procedure saved their
lives, as in party of forty-two the
Mormons only allowed one shotgun and
and one revolver. The story bears many
marks of improbability, but in view of
the mass of evidence which is growing
about Young it deserves careful exam
ination,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
The Tfi-FUf1s Ser.

"DID you think of me while you were
gone?' tenderly asked a woman of her
husband, who had just come back from
Florida. He said he did-once. 1t was
when he saw an alligators jaw.
THE gloves most worn by gentlemen
have two buttons. Those havinga broad
line of machine stitching on the back are
the most popular, but the stitching is the
exact shade of the kid and not con-
trasting color.
SEABoRN JONES, of Silver City, Ne
vada, has beard four feet and one inch
in length, and still growing. The Enter
prise says he appeared on the streets of
Virginia City on st. Patrick's Day, and
the boys were equally divided in opinion
as to whether he was St. Patrick or old
Santa Claus.
AN experienced lady observes that
good way to pick out husband is to
see how patiently the man waits for his
dinner when it is behind time. Her
husband remarks that good way to
pick out a wife is to see whether the
woman has dinner ready in time.
A YOUNG man in Dubuque, Iowa, went
to country dance the other night, and
did not return home until the church
bells were ringing the next morning.
His father told him he must go to meet
ing, and he went. Before the minister had
finished the opening prayer he was sound
asleep, and dreaming of the dance. An
old lady who set next to him touched
his hand to arouse him, whereupon he
seized her wrist, and shouted, GAIL join
hands and circle TO the left. Swing the
girl with the blue dress on.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
WHOLE NUMBER 500
Origin of the Postage Stamp.

The postage stamp was born in London
on the 10th of January, 1910, and Eng
land employed it alone for ten years.
France adopted it on the 1stof January,
1S49, and Germany in 1850. According
to M. Alphonse Esquiros, it was curious
incident that gave rise to the idea of post
age stamps. A traveller was crossing about
forty years ago, district in the north
of England. He arrived at the door of
an inn where postman had stopped to
deliver letter. A girl came out to
receive it; she turned itover and over in
her hand and asked the price of postage.
This was large sum, and evidently the
girl was poor, for the postman demanded
a shilling. She sighed sadly, and said
the letter was from her brother, bat that
she had no money; and SO she returned
it to the postman. The traveller was a
man who had rambled about the earth
for instruction and observation. Having
a good heart, he offered to pay the post
age on the letter, and in spite of the re-
sistance of the young girl paid the shil-
ling. This resistance made him reflect.
Scarcely had the postman turned his
back, than the innkeeper's young daugh-
ter confessed that it was trick between
her and her brother. Some signs marked
on the envelope had told her all that she
wanted to know, but the letter contained
no writing.
ave are both poor" she added, "and
so We invented this mode of correspond
ing and prepaying our letters" The
traveller continuing his road, asked him
self if system giving place to such
frauds was not vicious one.
The sun had not set before Mr.. Row.
land Hill (that was the name of the
traveler) had planned to organize the
postal service upon new basis. He said
that in England, where family ties are
strong, and where the members often
live far apart, where, too, the spirit OF
commerce knows no limits, the CORES
pondence was only limited by the cost
of the post; and that by lowering this
barrier, great service would be rem
dered to society without hurting the
resources of the treasury. These views
were agreed to by the English Govern
ment. and on the 10th of January not
more than a penny was paid for letters
which circulated over the whole extent
of the British Isles. This bold scheme
soon surpassed the hopes of the leg
islators. Ten years later, in 1850, the
number of letters increased from 1,500,-
900 to 7,239, 1862. Mr.. Rowland Hill oc-
cupied in England the post of Secretary
to the Postmaster General.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
The Feroct0tss shark.

1t may not be particularly interesting
to our readers to know why the shark is
by nature very fierce animal; still
there are men who delight to study such
subjects, and dwell at length upon the
ferociousness of those monsters, as one
has in late number of the Science
Monthly, and he tells us that two things
contribute to the sharks determined
ferceness. In the first place, we may
efer to his teeth, for of these engines of
destruction Nature has been to him par
ticularly bountiful; and this species of
bounty he has peculiar pleasure in ex-
ercising. If he could speak, he would
probably tell us that, besides being
troubled with his teeth, which he could
not help keeping in use, he had been
gifted with enormous abdominal viscera,
and that, more particularly, third of
his body is occupied by spleen and liver.
The bile and other digestive juices which
are secreted from such an immense ap-
paratus, and poured continually into
the stomach, tend to stimulate appetite
prodigiously +; and what hungry animal,
with good teeth, was ever tender
hearted2 In truth, a sharks appetite
can never be appeased; for, in addition
to this bilious diathesis, he is not a
careful masticator, but, hastily boiling
his food, produces thereby, not only the
moroseness of indigestion, but whole
hest of parasites, which goad, as well as
irritate the intestines to that degree that
the poor squalus is sometimes quite be-
side bimself frem the torments, and
rushes, like blind Polyphemus, through
the waves, in search of anything TO cram
down his NAV that may allay such
urgent distress. He does not seek to be
cruel; but he is cruelty famished. at
is not l." expostulates the man in the
crowd, that is pushing; it is others
behind me-" The poor wretch must
satisfy, not only his own ravenous ap-
petite, but the constant demand of these
internal parasites, either with dead or
living food; and therefore it is that,
sped as from a catapult, he pounces on
quarry, and sometimes gorges himself
beyond what he is able to contain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19

and reported, and for an hour all was
quiet. The boy was beginning to hope
that they had withdrawn for good, when
savage appeared in view on the left and
wanted to hold talk. He INDUCED in
furious gestures, danced around, and
made every effort to attract Kings at
tention to him, and then keep it there.
"White boy very brave-won't hurt
white boy-like to talk with brave white
boyr he called out as he danced
around.
Meanwhile the rest of the band were
sneaking up from the other direction,
calculating on shooting King in the back
as he watched the single Indian. He
suspected the trick, saw them coming,
and drawing fair bead on the talker,
dropped him dead as crow-bar. Those
skulking up numbered four, being all
the Indians left alive and unwounded
out of the nine first sighted. They did
not rush as the boy expected. On the
contrary, they hurriedly retreated, and
but little time was lost by them in get
ting out of the neighborhood. The boy
waited until three o'clock in the after
noon before leaving his retreat, and then,
his clothing stiff with blood, he pursued
isjourney, reaching his brothers camp
about dark in safety. The men would
not credit his story, though the three
wounds were plain proof of bloody con-
test. The next day band of dozen
went over to the scene of the fight, and
when they had taken survey they
could no longer doubt the boys story.
They found trails of blood everywhere
around the. position, and trails in the
snow where the dead Indians had been
dragged along, and the defense
was voted one of the bravest ever made
against the savages. A boy without sign
of beard, and looked upon as hardly fit
to carry pistol around, had wounded or
destroyed five out of nine redskins who
had anticipated securing his scalp with
out firing more than one shot. 1t wasn't
enough for the miners to pat the boy on
the back and give him all duepraise, but
to further honor and distinguish him
they called him "The Man from Mich
gan" There are other men from Mich
igan there, but young King has the sole
honor of being" the man." and of being
ooked upon as the representative of the
Wolverine State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19

DID you ever notice what different
aspect everything wears in sunshine from
what it does in the shadow. And did
you ever think what an analogy there
was between the sunlight of the cIoudless
skies and the sunshine that CLEANS into
the darkened chambers of the human
soul? How bright and beautiful are the
golden beams that break the riven clouds
to light up the world again after sue
cession of dark and stormy days. How
happy and peaceful are the blissful
words OF hope and cheer that touch the
heart and fill the soul with emotions of
peace and joy after long period of sor-
row! There are none living who do not,
in greater or less degree, have an in
fuence over the earthly happiness of
others. The sense of contributing to
the pleasure of others augments our
own happiness. Unselfshness, Christian
charity and loving kindness are SUM-
beams of the soul.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
Curious Clocks.
ITroy (New York; Times.l

1t is almost an impossibility to state
who was the individual that invented
the clock; and a great deal of the
obscurity attaching to the early history
of clocks is due to the fact that formerly
the term horologium was applied to a
sun-dial or a clock indiscriminately,
thereby rendering it task of the utmost
difficulty to state at what particular
period it came to mean clock. Julius
Caesar found Clepsydree, or water-clocks,
in Britain when he carried his arms
thither, and it was by them he observed
that the nights in England were shorter
than those in Ita.y. There have been
some wonderful and curious clocks con-
structed. The Persian King, Haroun-ai-
Raschid, presented the Emperor Charlie
magne water-clock, whereof Gifard, in
his History of France" gives the fol-
lowing description: "The dial was COM
posed of twelve small doors, which repre-
sented the division of the hours; each
door opened at the hour it was intended
to represent, and out of it came the same
number of little balls, which fell, one by
one, at equal distances of time on bass
drum. 1t might be told by the eye what
hour it was by the number of doors that
were open, and by the ear the number of
balls that fell. When it was twelve
o'clock twelve horsemen in miniature
issued forth at the same time, and,
marching round the dial, shut all the
DOORS"
There is curious old clock at Lubbock,
constructed about A. D. 1889. This
ancient piece of mechanical skill is
placed near the main altar, and has
huge and bewildering complicated dial,
showing the second, minute, hour, day,
month, year and relative position of the
moon and planets all at once. On
miniature semi-circular gallery above
the dial is the figure of Christ seated on
a throne. With the last stroke of twelve
melodious chimes play verse of some
hymn, and at the same time little door
on the right of the gallery opens and a
figure in apostolic garb appears, advanc-
ing slowly until it reaches the throne,
when it turns and bows before the
Savior, and then goes on again, disap-
pearing through a door on the left.
Eleven apostles pass through in this man.
ner, but the twelfth, who is said to be
Judas, only shows his face, when the door
is shut on him. On each are bas-reliefs
illustrative of passages in the life of
Christ. In that of the last supper mouse
isseen peeping from beneath the armoral
bearings of the once puissant Lubbock,
formerly the head of the famous Hansea-
tic League, formed there in 1854.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19

DIR. VIM. AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG
died in New York, April 8, aged eighty
seven years. He was known for his
beneyolence and a prominent clergy
man of the Episcopal Church. st.
Luke's Hospstal was founded through
his efforts, and he lived ill the building,
acting rector of the chapel attached
thereto and devoting his time to the
patients. He also planned the large
charity of St. John on Long Island, which
includes home for cripple and destitute
children, another for old people of both
sexes, and other departments. DR..
Muhlenberg was the author of many
we'll known hymns, among them, p" l
Would Not Live Always" Shout the
Glad Tidings, Exultingly Sing and
"Like Noah's Weary Dove" Hepub-
lished a volume of Church Poetry"
and another of "The Music Of the
Church." and the "People's Psalter."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
[Cincinnati Commercial.

eyes," said he, "people in my busi-
ness, like people in other walks of life,
have their strange experiences. l had
one that occurred to me at my store that
forcibly illustrates the ingenuity of the
average American dead beat, who has a
point to carry and means to do it, the
pertinacity as well as the ingenuity.
"This fellow came in while was on
watch one evening. He was bright,
intelligent fellow, talked glibly about
drugs, said he kept drug store in some
place in Indiana, had come in on an
evening train, and in his trip up the
street had been waylaid, knocked down
and robbed, by two men who had sprung
out upon him from an alley. This ac-
counted for his black eye and the fact
he had no money about his person. He
had come here to buy stock of drugs,
soaps, liquors, etc. He had sent home
for more money. In the meantime he
wanted to look around and find the goods.
What he particularly wanted to get was
cheap assortment. Stores like mine,
he remarked, often had on hand an old
stock of stuff that would not sell in the
city, but would go off well enough in
village store. In the first place he
wanted to hunt up the soaps. hap
pened to remember that l had lot of
old soaps on hand, and l went to the
trouble to go down in the cellar and
look through it. We talked the matter
over and finally struck bar
gain that was satisfactory to both. He
told me that I might make the packages
up for shipment by express, and that we
could arrange further along. how l was
to be paid-whether 1 was to send them
G. o. D. or he should pay me personally.
"Henext wanted some whisky-about
ten gallons. 1 had some that could let
him have at about four dollars gallon,
1 thought. He said he was judge; SO
1 poured him out dose in glass. He
held it up in the light, to look at the
color and the bead; then he slipped
little of it, allowed it to rest in his
mouth, smacked his lips over it, and
finally drank it of, and pronounced it
very fair article. He concluded that he
would take ten gallons of it. He then
commenced talking about drugs, and
said he would come around thensxt day
to make up his stock, if he found what
suited him. Then he started for the
door, but he halted and came back, and
remarked that he guessed he'd take an
other taste of that whisky he wanted
to see if he had been deceived about the
aftertaste that it left in his mouth:
had begun to have my suspicious of the
fellow, and now 1 dropped remarked,
You are a dead-beat; get out of this
store And he got. That fellow had
gone through all that business-with my
assistance-for one drink of whisky; and
he wanted another. 1t was better
whisky than he had been in the habit of
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
THE FAIR SEX.
FRINGEs will be more used than ever
for trimming dresses and polonaises.

FRINGEs will be more used than ever
for trimming dresses and polonaises.
PARIS ladies wear ribbons everywhere
ON bonnets, dresses, caps, shoes, garters,
parasols, and even in their ears.
A VERMONT woman left her umbrella
at Sacramento, and had it expressed
home at cost of nine dollars. Nothing
like having your own umbrella.
Poetic Husband (who has just been
reading Tupper)-"Y Yes, Maria. we grope
in darkness; we stand, as it were, on the
verge of infinity, and try in vain to
bridge it with the soul yearnings that
possess u.s." Practical Wife" All, yes;
that reminds mel wish you'd leave
out one of your old night shirts to-mor-
row. want it for pattern" Illus
band subsides.)
LONDON Court Circular: A good an
ecdote is related of lady at party
whose dress and form were faultless.
Just before dinner an admirer offered
her flower from his button-hole. The
dress being fastened behind, the flower
had to be fastened with a pin. Just then
they went down to dinner, and the gen.
tleman thought he heard noise as
though wind were escaping from bel
lows. The lady had soon lost her fair
proportions, and the tightly fitting dress
was most baggy. 1t appears the latest
fashion for thin ladies' dresses is an air.
tight lining blown Quito the proper size.
The pin put to keep the flower in had
penetrated the air-tight lining and
caused grand collapse.
A FEW years since there was Presby-
terian minister at Columbus, Mississippi,
who had a horror of shouting in
church, which fact was well known to
his congregation. One day, after he had
preached very spiritual sermon, an old
lady was observed to leave the church
in hasty manner. Meeting her few
days after, the minister asked her why
she had rushed from the church SO sud-
denly the Sunday before. "Well," she
responded, "the fact is, Twas so filled
with the grace in listening to your SER
mon that found could not contain my
self, so 1 ran over to the Methodist
church across the way and shouted"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-19
DAVID GREFs EsF1 rE.
BY ELIZABETH CUMMINGS,

Over his forge bent David Grey,
And thought Of the rich man cross the way.
"Hammer and anvil for me " he said,
"And weary toll for ths children's bread.
For him soft carpets and pictured walls,
A life of ease in his spacious halls"
The clang Of bells on his dreaming broke;
A flicker Of fame, whirl of smoke.
Ok in travis, forge grown white-hot,
Coat and hat were alike forgot,
As up the highway, the blacksmith ran,
In face and mien like a crazy man.
" School house fire p' Mems hearts stood still
And the women prayed as women will.
While 'bove the tumult the wailing cry
OF frightened children rose shriil and high.
Night in its shadows hid sun and earth;
The nch man sat by his costly hearth.
Lord of wide acres and untold gold,
But wifeless, childless, forlorn and old,
He thought of the family 'crsss the way;
al would )" he sighed, 81 were David Grey"
The blacksmith knelt at his children's bed
To look once more at each smiling head.
aMy darling all safe Oh God, )" he cried,
" My sin in thy bouniless mercy hidei
Only to-day have LEARNED how great,
Hath been thy bounty, and my estate"