Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-16


Men usually follow their wishes till
suffering compels them to follow their
Judgment.
1t is proposed to build one hundred
and seventeen miles of the Black Hills
railroad this season, and the stopping
point will be at Fort Laramie.
Hartford's greatest income is from in
suranee stock. The residents of that
Connecticut city hold S7,474,O51 of such
capital, as against only 81, l,729, ,S26 of bank
stock.
Parties from Cheyenne are taking to
the Hills a machine for working dry dig
gings, and expect to commence opera
tions on ground in the vicinity Of Rock
erville.
The contract for the construction of
the track of the Rochester and Northern
Minnesota railroad, ready for the rolling
stock as far as Pine Island, Mimi, has
been let.
The Pioneer Oil company, of Salem,
Oregon, has failed for $4,000. The
assets will fall considerably short of that
amount A failure in fax and decline
in prices was the cause.
The Bismarck Stage company is buying
in st. Louis one hundred and twenty
large horses to stock the road for the
daily. Twenty-Five halfbred horses
have been also purchased for the OUtri-
ders.
Half mile of steel rails per day re-
place the iron ones on the river division
Of the Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul
road. The entire distance to Chicago is
to be so relay Jed, after which the sched-
ule time is to be materially reduced.
The Capitol grounds at Washington
have had nearly all the shade trees i'm
proUed off of them. They have lost
their former beauty of foliage, and are
now exposed to the full blaze of the sun.
Until they were delivered over to the
tender mercies of theoretical gardeners,
they were among the most beautiful pub
lie promenade grounds in the country.
"A family of Canton, Mass, sufocat-
ing with coal gas, were saved through
the instrumentality of dog. They were
all insensible, with the exception of the
father, whoWas Just able togo to another
room to get some water, when he tainted.
The house dog licked his face until he
was restored to consciousness, Just in
time to revive the family.
"A convicted Texas murderer, in his
confession, opens in this style: 81
scratch you a few lines to let you know
that I still float through the gentle breez-
es of misery; but, according to the de-
cision of the appellate court, l guess 1t is
about pea time with me, but then we
must bear our misfortunes in this world
like men,"
How wonderful Is. the enterprise of
Americans in the matter of promoting
railroad communications between the
different sections of the country. A Chi
cago man can now leave for the Black
Hills on Monday, reach Deadwood on
Thursday, get into a dispute with a
leading citizen and have his body sent
back to Chicago in eighty hours.
Spencer, Mass, is quite exercised
over the discovery of a human skeleton,
Just found in sand-bank about three
feet from the surface of the ground. The
skull was badly fractured, indicating foul
play. This calls to mind the fact that a
few years ago there was a drunken brawl
at night in one of the saloons, with cries
of murder, and a team was heard being
driven hurriedly away socn after.
During the last rehearsal of a new
piece at London theateF, the manager
asked if all the properties were ready,
Everything have on my list, replied
the property-man with some hesitation,
SIS ready, but have Just heard Mr.. X.
ask about the acoustic properties of the
house, and 1 have not heard a word
about those" "Let them be got at once,
and hang the expense" exclaimed the
energetic manager.
The New York correspondent of the
Chicago Journal says that more than
twelve years ago he was ordered by the
editor of the New York Tribune to prepare
an obituary of Thurlow Weed, who still
lives, but is in feeble health. The Lon
don Times fifteen column obituary of
the great Duke of Wellington was pre-
pared seventeen years before his death,
receiving annual additions until he was
no more.
When Mr.. Beecher left Washington
the other day, friend who had accom-
panied him to the white house said, as
he left the train, 'Is there any message
I can take for you to the PresidentP
''Yes," responded the pastor of Plymouth
church with a keen tWnkle in his eye,
"tell him he had better send Mrs. Hayes
to look after the cabinet in the red room,
and receive the ladies himself down
stairs"
"A popular doctor of Utica while es-
corting lady home the other evening, at
tempted to relieve her cough and sore
throat hy giving her a troche. He told |
her to allow it to dissolve gradually IN |
her mouth. No relief was experienced
and the doctor felt quite chagrined the
next day when the lady sent him pant
aloon button with a note, saying he must
have given her the wrong KIND OF
troche, and might need this one.
A lady of South Lowell, N. c, relates
an instance of the efficacy of prayer.
While preparing to make bread she dis
covered that she was out of yeast, and |
exclaimed to her daughter, Il wish to
the Lord Ihad yeast cake" Just then
the door bell rang. When the summons
was answered, no one was found, but |
living on the sill, neatly packed, was a
single yeast cake. 1t appears that some
person introducing yeast cakes deposit
ed this sample as an advertisement, and