Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-01-04
OUR NEW YORK LETTKR.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER
BUSINESS
Is horribly dull, and viii continue so till
the weather changes. Reports from all
over the country showa fearful condition
of things. Mud is too deep for farmers to
get to any town, and consequently there is
no produce being marketed, and no goods
sold. The stocks are al on hand, and
there are no goods being brought into New
York. saw one letter from an Illinois
town, which said that the few people who
came to town came on nud-boats, and
that d. the mud was 50 thin that naEiga-
ton Of ordinary country roads in skiffs was
not uncommon. The corn is sprouting in
the cribs, and farmers are suffering for the
money they ought to have for produce that
they cannot get to market. The outlook is
anything but favorable.
ANUeLY FAILURE.
The house Of Meter & Co., brokers, rent
under this week, for something over &490, :
coo. assets next to nothing. High living is
the cause Of it. The brothers-thers were
two Of them-kepts splendid horses, rich cot
tages at Long Branch and Newport. and
INDUCED in all sorts Of extravaganza. which
was very pleasant as longss it lasted. But
they could not keep it up, especially as they
met with some rather heavy losses; and 50
one fine morning they vent up, and stepped
down and out
POLITICAL
The troubles in business have sWamped
all political feeling, and very little is said
about it. The opinion in the party, as be
tween Conkling and the President. is about
equally divided Conkling has his Adher-
ents among the office-holders, and those
who believe that the offices should be used
for strictly party purposes; but there is an
other very large class that holds that the
offices should be disposed oil without refer
ence to the demands of party, and that
President Hayes in his attempt to reform
the civil service is taking the right steps,
Collector Arthur is massing his forces for
vigorous fight, and says that he can beat
the President in the senate any day. Alto
gether it is a very pretty fight, I believe
that the President will win in the end.
THE VANDERBILT CASE
has got to be the most amusing thing in the
city. Cornelius, now on the stand, gives
the spectators a most enjoyable treat every
day. He goes into the inside Of the Van :
derbilt family with utter recklessness, and
shows up their shortcomings with jolly
abandon. He has shown beyond q perad-
venture, that if William did not actually
conspire against him, he did come as near
to it as he could. It is also shown that he,
himself, spent money very freely, expect
ing the old man to pay it. For instance,
be owed Horace Greeley at one time, as
much as $4,000, and great many others
large sums. But there was nothing singu-
lar in it. His father was the richest man
in America, and one of the richest in the
World, and he naturally expected q sufi-
cient income to live about as he pieased.
He was terribly disappointed, however; for
by some influence, which it is supposed this
trial will bring out, the old man cut him
off with beggarlY sum, which William b.
shows no disposition 20 increase. 1t is a
nasty piece Of business, and does no one
connected with it much credit. To have
the secrets of family exposed to pubic
gaze is anything but cheerful thing, and
this especially when the head of the family
was a sensual, cruel, cold man liks Cornell
Jus Vanderbilt, Sr.
THE TEMPERANCE RAID
goes on with the most happy effect. The
rum mills are shut up very generally week
days, and entirely on Sundays. Last Sun
day drop of liquor could not be had, ex-
cept by those who were very well known to
the bars; and then it was with difficulty, for
the officers kept very strict watch upon
side entrances and back doors. The Tam
many people, alarmed at the stOpPsge of
the run traffic, and its consequent loss of
power, demanded of Mayor Ely the remov-
al of the board that was bold enough to at
tack the principal ally of Tammany Hall
and the Mayor consented. But alasl There
is such thing as public sentiment in New
York, albeit it is slow of expression and
not easily aroused. But the fact that ar
rests for drunkenness decreased half, and
that brutal crime almost entirely disap-
peared, was enough to show the good citi-
zens the value of the services of the police
board, and they determined to sustain them
against the Mayor Mr.. Ely, is really
good man. was very willing to except al
most any excuse to retain them, and the
chase is given up. The police board viii
not be removed, and the war against the
rum interest will go on. Speaking Of the
police board, the excise commissioners are
not in overly good odor. The
FLIGHT OF MURPHY,
one of the board, with $50, 900 Of its money
was a severe blow to Tammany Hall, whose
especial pet it was, and for whom the fight
on the police board was made. Murphy
had speculated and lost, and had lived in
the regular style of Tammany politician.
He could not make his accounts balance.
and so he took all there was left, and got
away with it. 1t was clean steal, and the
money can never he recovered. He is In
Canada. and presumably comfortable. his
wife insists that he has not run away st sll
but that he is in the city, under cover till be
can turn things to square up. But he has
been seen in Canada, and will stay there in
safety, till the city gets ready to settle with
him.
THE WEATHER
is preternaturally pleasant. The days come
and 60 like June days;-there has been NO
rain, no frost, no nothing that is disagree
able, except the monotony of continued fine
weather when it ought to be bad. The
poor enjoy it, for it does away with the
necessity of much clothing, and fuel. 1t
is the most singular season that has been
known for half century. PIETRo.
New York, Jan. 1st, 1878.
An old Baltimore negro who had emigrated
to Liberia years ago, ordered quantity ofDr
Bulls Cough Syrup a short time ago, stating |
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