Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-02
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now be Rek an. 1t is the curse
of the Republican party that it al
ways has been generous enough to
give away its victories, and so just
that it never failed to abuse itself.
Reverse the situation and what
would have happened? Had Tilden
a good legal claim upon 185 votes,
does any one suppose that he would
leave it to the uncertain chances of
tribunal? Not any. He would
have held it, and demanded his H.
auguration. Hayes may get fair
show, but l guess we may as well
prepare ourselves for four years of
Democratic rule. We shall feel the
better if We are disappointed
THE SUFFERING POOR
are likely TO be allowed to suffer, for
charity moves very slowly this win
ter. St. Johns Guild, the noblest of
them all, is without funds, and dis
tributes from day to day what it re-
celves. 1t has not means for one
tenth the calls that are made upon
it. 1t gathers about one thousand
dollars a day, but that is a mere
nothing. The other charities are
just as poorly provided for the calls
that are made upon them, and the
city Is doing very little work. Last
Sunday a thousand men were given
twenty-four hours work clearing the
ice from portion of the streets.
Ten thousand could be so employed,
and it would be a mercy could it be
done. The suffering this year is
among the honest class of people;
the laborers who have been thrown
out of work by the stagnation in all
departments of business. l have
seen clerks and statesmen, who year
ago were in receipt of good salaries,
taking relief from charities because
they could do nothing else. They
would roll barrels on the dock, but
there are no barrels to roll-they
would work on the streets, but there
is no work for them. 1t is terrible;
and to add to the distress, the cold
is intense. God help the poor this
Winter.
HUNTING FOR GOLD.
There are a great many places
about New York where, according
to popular belief, Capt. Kidd, the
pirate, hid his ill-gotten gold, but so
far no one has succeeded in finding
it. The last effort is being made in
Monmouth Co., New Jersey, and sin
gular to state, good many New
Workers have got the craze, and
have invested money in the search.
There is an old legend that two-hun-
dred years ago an Indian saw four
white men ascend Shark River, and
bury there an immense amount of
treasure. This tradition was COM
municated to an old settler, who for
some unexplained reason did not dig
for 1.-THE Jerseymen of to-day
would not have let it slumber so
long the story has been handed
down from father to son. Some
time since company was organized
to search for the treasure, and last
week operations were begun. The
belief is that Kidd's treasure is in
"Money Hill," as the place is called,
and the company will never stop till
they have gone through the entire
locality, and they have abundant
capital to do it. There are three
hundred men at work, but up to date
nothing has been found. Their faith
is SO well grounded that the men at
work were offered very good sum
per day for their services in lieu of
the share in the spoil originally prom
ised them, and every one of them
declined. The work is being done
by regularly organized company.
The race of fools is not entirely ex-
tinet.
BUSINESS
is still as dull as it can be, with no
prospect of Improvement. !.
VANDERBILT.