Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-06


document, and is that part that will be
looked for with the deepes; interest.
Our Diabolas bas trick Of snickering,
and when he snickers you may always know
he is thinking Of something. The query
went up the other day-what now, .Diab?
Something funny? You kaow-hs says,
that opera glass that the Nes0s man carries
to all the shows, and generally to bed with
him nights? When he started for bis
Thanksgiving dinner-that donated turkey
he stopped on the way, struck an attitude,
and brought the glass to bear on that de
voted bird, and after thorough survey,
he went for it. And then Dish snickered
again.
Cleveland has reached an epoch in its
history. The great viaduct-an under
taking that would give prominence to any
western city-eonnecting the two portions
Of the city divided blythe Cayahoga, was
so far completed on Tuesday last, as to ad-
NIT the passage Of several persons, though
the floor tothe great draw was yet to be
laid. A representative of the Leader was
one of the three persons spoken Of as hav-
ing made the passage. A jolifeation, to
cost somewhere between 1900 end 81, 600
is to commemorate the completion of the
work, and this is to come of at an early
day.
Miss May Marshall, did not accomplish
her stipulated so miles in eleven hours,
falling short one fifth. This was owing,
probably to the fact of either taking her
Thanksgiving dinner before she set out
upon her task. or for the reason that she
had but So house, all told. Of course
this did not pay and some Of US are little
ontin consequence. We thought we un-
derstood that it is not safe to take much
stock in shows Of any kind that depend
upon their receipts on each occasion, for
paying their bills. But then, what could
a fellow do, with good looking lady be-
fore him. f.
Landlord Baldwin, of the American
House, at the Hub, wsshsving avery good
ruu Of patronage on Monday last. There
were two well filed cars Of judges, jury,
litigents and witnesses went over from this
place, which with those who had managed
to get through the mud from below, made
good attendance Of court and filled his
dinner tables very prsftably at reasonable
rates. But is not 25 cents little less than
the law requires? The landlord seems to
be in his element again, while Mac runs
the grocery like one in full understanding
of the ropes.
Thanksgiving services were well at
tended at the Congregational church, and
participated in by Elder Day, Pastor Nc
Giffsrt, and the sermon by Rev. Mr.. Ying-
ling, aided by quartet music lead by Mr..
Waite. Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Wellmsn and
Mr.. Tooley made up the quartet. Mr..
7. showed some range and power of
thought, and his effcrt gave general salts
faction; his admenition to editors against
lying, with the Neics man just before him,
was very appropriate. The ehancel was
prettily decorated. with flowers from the
greenhouse of Mr.. J. P. Jennings, who has
a generous and discriminating hand for the
distribu tion Of the floral
A Mrs. Branson, who died lstely-where
is not ststed-bequeathed her body to the
Medical College for Women, in New York.
She directed in hsF will, dated Oct. 6th,
1878, that careful examination of the
diseased parts Of hersystem should be made
and her body dissected foF the instruction
Of the students of the college. Her skele-
ton she ordered to be we'll mounted and
preserved in the museum. As her body
was her entire estate, the mounting of the
skeleton cannot be done unless some pers-
son interested in science bears the expense. .
A lady friend of ours entertains some
thing Of the same idea. She expresses her
elfentiFely willing to bequesth her remains
to the furtheranee OF science.
The lecture on temperance on Friday
evening last, at the Opera House, by F. A.
Pettibone, Esq, was well attended, and
the views of the speaker listened to with
attention, and as far as could Be judged,
with general approval. The views of the
speaker we're favorabls to the Murphy or
gsnization, with wholesome laws to add to
the effectiveness of the reform. The posi-
tisns Of Mr.. Pinnty in a recent lecture,
were o7erhauled, and their correctness dis
puted. The laws which Mr.. P. inveighed
against, were declared to be good and
ought to be sustained and enforced. As
we understood it, the hsmpering and often
fatal clause appended BY our Democratic
friends when they came into power, to the
previous lay of the Republican Legislature
came within this general approval. We
refer to the notice and registry proyisions,
which were passed for the purpose Of Civ
ing the trafRcer loop hole Of escape. and
which has been very generally objected to
oy the friends Of temperance, as we under
stand it. The wife, whose husband spends
his time and money in dissipation, and
abuse of his family, is discouraged at the
red tape requirments and more likely than
any other way, prefers to endure her suf.
ferings rather than undertake the prelim-
mary steps necessary to take advantage of
the law and obtain redress. We can hardly
think that Mr.. P. intended to commend
these provisions, and yet, as lawyer, we
cannot suppose him to be ignorant of them.
Aside from this, we approved Of the lee
ture, and thought it quite creditable to the
speaker.
4 oommittee Of siX Eas appointed by the
chair, tb submit 10 s Subsequent nesting
the basis Of an Organization for tho future
maintainenee of the cause and interest Of