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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
IATEIR NEW.

Seventy houses were burned, recently, at
Radouysl, Government OF, Tchennigoff, and
1870 at Nemerof, in Podolia.
Emphatic denial Is given the story that for.
eign Jews are being expelled from Russia.
A Berlin dispatch says that owing to Bis
marck's nervous system being much over
strained, the physicians Of his family urge his
temporary retirement from State affairs and
Il is expected he viii take long leave Of alb.
sence.
The Methodist General Conference assem-
bled at Cincinnati ON the LIST.
Washington dispatch says the Republican
members have agreed to cooperate with the
Democrats TO secure an adjournment of Con.
gress by the first Of June. .s
Coinage at the United States mints during
April; Double eagles, 1890, 900; eagles, 3,179,-
100; half eagles, 2,3lI6OO; silver dollars,
2,sOO,OO cents, 81, 200; total coinage, S9,181,
0OO t..,
The public debt statement for the month
ending April 30 shows a decrease in tho debt
during the month of sl2,O7s,O7O; decrease
since June 30, 1870, Sbs, so, ,502; total debt
81, ,l47, ,957 Ois; cash in Treasury Sl99, ,46l 1893;
debt less cash in Treasury, sl,96s, ,8i4,T5S
Near Paterson, N. j., on the "a, party Of
Young men belonging to a German society,
attempted to cross the lands Of palzell, Q
farmer, when they were forbidden TO tres
pass, but persisted, when one Of their
number named Van Houten was shot dead
by Dalzell, The party then pursued
Dalzell TO his house, where the police
we're powerless to protect him, They fred the
barn and house, andwhen he came forth seized
him and were about TO hang him 10 a tree
wien relhforoements OF policemen arrived and
DalEell aud his son, who was also implicated,
were rescued aud taken 10 Newark. it. ta
Memorial Hall, at the soldiers Home, Day,
ton, Ohio, was destroyed by Are on the night
Of the lst
Major General Samuel p. Heintzelman died
at Washington on the ist.
The Speaker, ON the lst, laid before the
House letter from the Secretary OF the Treas
ury In response 10 its resolution of the 9dth
ult calling for information as to the cause
OF the delay IN the payment Of claims fol
bounty and back pay allowed by the Second
Auditor Secretary Sherman replies that IN,
official estimates Of the amount required tc
pay such claims have been duly submitted tC
both Houses Of Congress but no action has
been taken on them.
Tho Senate was not IN session on the 1st
In the House o resolution was adopted author
lzing the Secretary Of War to send 1900 ra
tons to Macon, Miss, for the use OF sufferer
made destitute by the cyclone OF April e5th
The bill amending the Internal Revenue iat
was considered In Committee Of the Whole
where several amendments were adopted, ant
The bill aud amendments were then reporteg
o the House. After some discussion the bin
went over without final action.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
A Large Portion Of Macon, Miss, De-
II stTOyed by Tornado.

MERIDIAN, Miss, April 26
A special to the Appedl from Macon.
Miss, says: +.
Last night at half-past eight o'clock one of
Ine most fearful ana furious cyclones struck.
the northern part of this place, resulting in a
bad loss OF lie and wholesale destruction of
property The day had been hinusually
sultry. At the hour stated two Terrible
currents OF air., one from the northeast
ing clouds charged with electricity, were
hurled together right at the fated locality. IL
was a war of storms. Besides the incessant
lightning, balls of fire were seen whirling
across the clouds, varying in size from n
chestnut to that of a mans head. Right i'm the
center OF that part of the town around the
railroad station the storms met and the work
OF destruction commenced, and in less time
Inan can tell 1t the place was in ruins
The loss of life was fearful. Through
inc beating rain, against the pitiless
winds, our citizens rushed to the scene
TO aid the sufferers. Through the nivht
SQUADS OF men combined went TO work 10 re-
move the debris and gather up the wounded
dying and dead that were scattered eyerve
where. The scene beggars all human attempts
az description. To-day the citizens have
closed their places Of business and are de-
voting the day to caring for dead and wound
ed. Eighteen were killed outright and forty
more more OF less wounded, some perhaps fatally,
After the storm some of the ruins caught
to any extent.
About ten O'Clock perfect water-spout Wis.
Men and women were found to-day decapi-
tated, the limbs torn from their bodies, and
otherwise mutilated, a quarter of a mile from
their homes. Stock was all killed in that
vicinity. Bolt goods from n store were found
eight miles from the townin tree-tops.
A child of Mr.. Horton found a head QUAR-
ter of a mile away from the scene of the de-
siruction.
One house near the center of the storm was
whirled around and its front changed In an
exactly opposite direction. |,f. 3 -
A'hegr0 woman was found dead in a field
clothing. ~ .N. n ~. - W
II raihed nearly all the morning and most of
the night, but noble band of women, true to
the Biblical tradition, woman last lat the
Gross and first at the tomb" are doing all that
human hands can do in administering to the
wounded and dying.
The only Two houses remaining intact are
filled with the dead and wounded. The faces
Of the dead and grOans from the mangled and
dying make up picture that would bring sor-
row TO the hardest heart.
The loss is Variously estimated at from
Sl25,O00 TO S200,OO0
Macon, Miss, is about 125 miles south Of
Corinth, on the Mobile X Ohio Railroad.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

sT. noufa Abfil a7i
The Merchants Exchange Relief
Committee have received so many re-
ports Of tho terrible destruction and
distress ocoasioned by the recent tor
nadoes in this State, and have official
advices from so many relief committees
and prominent gentlemen in the dew
astated district of the urgent need of
assistance for the sufferers, that they
viii issue the following tomorrow
morning, and ask place for 10 In the As
sociated Press report;
To the Charitably- Disposed People Of the
I The recent cyclones which passed over the
western part Of the State Of Missouri have
brought death and ruin TO hundreds of fami-
lies, laid waste many thriving towns and VIII
lages, and scattered to the wind houses, stock
and implements Of hundreds Of farmers. Re
cent advioes received by this Committed show
the destruction TO be more fearful than pen
can picture. Mark T.. Nipher, Professor of
Physics, Washington University, this city and
9. shaier Smith, Ciyil Engineer, who have
Just returned from an exploring tour which
covered the entire line of the two tOrnadoes
IN southwestern Missouri In report to
s 6sen SSmmdo t6S SAY that the R,6a half , has
began about thirty-iive miles west Of SPRING
field, and gradually increased i'm size and power
until It attained width of 1000 feet. For a
On awath from 1900 TO 1900 feet wide Men,
women and children were killed or crippled:
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs were I'm SIM
liar condition. Dwellings, fences and out
houses were not only leveled, but blown away.
Plows, wagons, reapers and other farming inn
plements were induced to acrap-iron and kin
dlinE-WOod, and in many cases fields with
growing crops so covered with forest debris or
with mud or sand, that much additional labor
will be required to save what has been plant
ed. No houses or barns are left standing in
the track of the storms, and farmers are en-
tirely without houses or implements with
which to carry on their farms. Similar re-
ports come from many other sources, and the
demands upon the people for assistance are
very urgent.
Sc. Bohis is doing all in her power for the
relief of these unfortunate districts; but the
call is great, and cannot be supplied in an Ode-
quate manner by the citizens of this State
alone. This Committee, therefore, in behalf
Of the sufferers appeals TO the people of this
country everywhere 20 come forward and as
sist IN relieving the great distress Of the
Southwest. The appeals from the fever
stricken cities of the South during the last
two summers were not more urgent than this.
This Committee will furnish information to
any parties having funds to forward to points
needing assistance, and viii receive and dis
burse any money or supplies sent here for
this purpose. Il. o. STANAttD,
ALEX. II. SMITH,
.'. ID. i. ROWLAND,
SAMUEL CUPPLEs,
90 MARTIN COLLINS,
Merchants Exchange Relief Committee.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
THE EAST.

The steamer Bassano, which arrived al New
York City from Hull on the 26th ult., reports
passing through field Of ice, and on April 20
seeing an iceberg 800 feet high.
Joseph Sellginan, senior member OF the we'll
known hrtn OF j.. A W. selgnan & Co., bank.
ers, at New York City, died on the 26th ult,
Eugene Farfix Williamson, Who gave so
much annoyapce recently 10 Rev. Dr. Dix at
New York City, pleaded guilty on the Goth ult,
10 the charge Of defTaudlng p iewelry firm Of
eos by means OF q forged check, ,.F+al..
General Grant VIII not DO with the Army Of
the Potomac Society at Burlington, w., on
the 10Th Of June Joaquin Miller win deliver
poem at the meeting,
W. 7. Rumbergtr, one OF the persons con
victed Of attempting 10 bribe Representatives
in thd Pittshirg riot case, has lost his reason
In consequence Of his imprisonment .r
The Conneotlcqt DepoeFaiie State Copven-
tion, 20 choose delegates TO the Cincinnati /
Convention, met At Hartford on the 2sth ult.
The majority OF the delegates chosen, II Is un-
derstood, are rlldeh men. The delegation
was instructed 10 vote at Cincinnati for the
retention Of the two-thlrds rule. a.f..,.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State, Oonven,
tiOn, held az harrisburg on the Goth ult, elect.
ed mixed delegation 10 Cincinnati, uupledged
And nnmstructed The district delegates are
divided between Hancock, Tilden and Bayard
but the Hancock men are said 20 be IA a ma.
jorlty. The resolutions adopted declare that
the Democratic party maintains as II ever has
maintained, that the military Is and ought to b,
in all tlfings subordinate 10 the civil Authorities
that the right 70 free ballot Is right preserv.
atiye Of all rights, the Only means OF peace
fully REFRESHING grievances and reforming
abuses; that Rutherford Hayes, having beer
placed IN power against the wel-known an'
legally expressed viii OF the people, Is a rep
Tesentatlye OF a conspiracy not only in hi
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
A Good Word for Old Maids.

A SENSIBLE writer expresses his opin-
ion of old maids in the following man
ner: 81 am inclined to think that many
Of the satirical aspersiops castluponl did
maids tell more to their credit than is
generally imagined. Isa young woman
remarkably neat in the person, she will
certainly be an old maid. Is she per-
fectly reserved toward the other sex, she
has all the squeamishness of an old
maid. Is she frugal in her. expenses
and exact in her domestic concerns, she
is cut out for an old maid. II she is
kindly humane to the animals shout her,
nothing can save her from the appeila-
ton of an old maid In short, / have
always found that neatness, modesty,
economy and humanity, are the never
falling characteristics of that terrible
creature"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

claim q right % surround the ballot boxes
with tfoops aud Dopue Materials 10 intimidhte
and obstruct electors, but m bis unprecedent-
ed use q The veto 20 nlainthln this insult and
menace 10 the country; Chat The Democratic
patty ~ Oft fnvors the constitutional cur
'reucy Of gold and silver aud Of paper convert
ible into coin; Is opposed TO subsidies by the
General Government, and that the great cor
porations should remain objects OF the utmost
vigilance and jealousy by both the Legislature
and the people.
Eugene Fairfax Williamson, the prosecutor
OF DR.. Dix, and who pleaded guilty to forgery
OF check, was sentenced at New York, on
the 29th ult., 70 three and a half years in the
State prison.
In Pennington, N. H., on the 9Oth ult,
quarrel arose between William Kenney andhls
wife, when their son Samuel interfered 10 pro-
teot his mother. The father seized butcher
knife and stabbed Samuel, killing him almost
instantly
During the month Of April 4B,11s imml-
grants arrived at New York City, The largest
number ever landed In one month before was
42,743, ihlApril, 1878.
The persons convicted at Harrisburg, Pa,
short time ago for corrupt solicitation in the
Pittsbmg riot case, we're pardoned on the
9Oth ult. J....
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

a A CLEVELAND lawyer defending a
handsome young lady charged with
larceny, closed his appeal TO the jury
thus; Gentlemen; you may hang the
ocean on n grapevine to dry, lassO an
avalanche, pin napkin to the mouth OF
avolcano, skim the clouds from the
sky with teaspoon, throw salt on the
tail of our noble American eagle, whose
sleepless eye watches over the welfare
of our Nation, paste For Rent on the
moon and stars, but never for a moment
delude yourselves with the idea that
this charming girl Is guilty of the
charge preferred against herr The jury
acquitted withOutleaying theirseats
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
WARRINGTON.

a bin was introduced in Congress, on, the
20th ult,, 10 amend the internal revenue laws
so as TO impose a tax on every package Of
oleomargarine, or imitation Of butter, equal
10 ten cents for every pound, and authorizing
the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue to pro-
vide special stamps and TO issue proper instruc-
tions and regulations in regard TO tho same.
A citizen Of Washington calls attention TO
the important fact that the writing Of the
original Declaration of Independence is be
coming SO pale that II will In a comparatively
short time be wholly undecipherable.
At the Cabinet meeting on the 9th ult., the
Secretary of the Treasury read statements
showing that the surplus receipts for April
will aggregate from $4,000, 600 TO 81, 1000.
The report circulated on the 26th ult,, that
United States men-of-war will be dispatched to
Canadian waters TO protect American interests,
II pronounced erroneous.
The secrotmyof the Interior received dis
patch from Los Pinos Agency on the Goth ult.,
stating that miners and prospectors were daily
Invading the Ute reservation.
Postmastci-G General Key, u is reported at
Washington, will be appointed Judge OF the
United States District Court for Tennessee,
Tho United States relief ship Constellation
VIII sail for home about the 10th Of May.
The Comptroller Of the Currency reports
that the total nunber Of National hanks or
ganized since November 1, 1870, is forty, with
capital OF S53l2,010. Nine banks, with q
capital Of sl,80O,OOO have gone into liquida
tion since that time. The net increase Of Ma
tional bank notes for the year ending May
1880, was 4l5,0l0,a90 Tho total amount ol
such notes outstanding at that date was jS343,
b7g,9O0 r..d -,# ...s
Posmaster-General Key was appointed Il
tho, vacant United States Judgeship for Oh,
eastern and middle district Of Tennessee, OF
the Both ult .,... .,......... .......Uv
The total value OF imports during the firs
eight months of the asc,d year ending June 30
1879, was S2sI sls,556 and during the SAINT
period Of theilseal year ending June 80, 1880
S397 900, lls, .fttt
The President, on the 8Oth ult., nominated
Orange Ferris, OF New York, Second Audito
Of the Treasury, rice French deceased.
At a Cabinet meeting, ON the 8Oth ut, 4
was decided 10 send General Mckenzie ant
his forces into the Ute reservation to prevent
collision between the white trespasseis ant
the Indians.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
HindOO Widows.

THIS war will make large number Of
HindOo widows, of whom there are all
ready no less than eighty thousand be-
tween the age of six and siXteenl A
mere child five or six years old who. has
peYer lived with her husband, may be-
come a widow, and by the custom of the
country she is forbidden to marry again
To beoome,a widow is the most dreadful
fate that can befall IHindoo woman.
Since suite is abolished by law she can
no longer cast herself upon her bus-'
bands funeral pyre, but must live on in.
misery and and disgrace. She takes off
all her ornaments, Which were never of
her person since her marriage wears
coarse clothing, cuts her hair OFF close to
her head, eats a given portion of the
coarest food, is not allowed TO mingle
with the family, as her presence is con-
tamination, but is a menial for all the
household as long as she lives. 1t is no
wonder that she prefers suite TO such an
existence. One daylour little son came
running to his papa with flashing eyes,
dilated nostiils and qtvering flesh. say-
ing excitedly: Papa, Hettie calls me
the son of widow. ] won't stand it;
plIkll her if she says it again. His
papa explained to him that his mother
wasn't a widow; he and his little sister
didn't know the meaning of the term,
widow, etci When it was an made plain to
him he ceased tofeelini niured and insulted,
and was ashamed that he behaved so
much like native. One day Hettie and
her papa failed 10 agree upon an Import
ant point, when lie said; q You ARE no
longer my good little daughter" She
Immediately melted into Tears and ex-
claimed, impure Hindoo: Then will be
your Honor's little slavep' Ia purely ma
tive idea and expression. / mention
these two oinc.dents toshow the power Of
HindoCism even over Europeans, and the
difficulty of resisting its influence. Chill
dten BON Of European parents, and
brought up here, become more or less
| HindOoized, and unless carefully watched
and taught, win adopt the native man
ners, ideas, language, food and supersti-
tions as naturally as bird plUmes Its
/ feathers, - Van. MdnScN, ~ d., hldiu.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

WILLIAM STOUT, near Boise City,
Idaho, killed 1000 iack-rabbits during
the past season, and got his pay from
the county for every pair Of the animals'
ears.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07


Al 2lB Chairman Mckinley rapped with bis
pavel and called the Convention "a order He
Snnornced fhat fine frat hnsinaas Il, order vsaS
To hear tie report OF the COMMITTEE on Perma-
nent Organization Rules and Order OF Busi-
ness. Mr. w. H. Raduiiffe, OF Trumbull read
the repOrt. naming Hon. Bep. Buttsrvorth.
Of Hamilton Comfy. al permanent PreSidenf
and the Vice Presidents IA repOrted al the morn
ing sesaiou, geeretnrv ID IL EdySnrds III Truri-
huli. and Assistant Seoretariea Gen III Uhrst
Of Ross. il. j. Sprengie OF Ashland w. II Stark
weather OF Cuyshoga. and Fred W. Newburg of
Represeniatiyes were 10 he ruIea for the
government az the Gonvention an far M
snnlicahie' and all reaolntions offered in tbS
Convention were To M referred 10 the COM
mittee on Resolutions without reading and with
oTt del,ate 11he re,,5,rt wee ad,,,,ted .
The Gommittee an CTeaentials renorted all
deleqations full exnept one, with no e5nteat ex-
cent'in TiokinO Countv frou, ,vhich rountt aha
committee were in favnr ~ adrnittino the Hher-
man deiegates Tine renort Nyss adonted
The Committed on Resointions were an
,,o,tnced T., ha In rosd;nSss' n,,i tben H., Wa
ner M Bateman of Cinoinnsti renorted IN fai.
LOWING
pftsrop,t. .Iis
P,,olra5 That ~ rsSeirr, tb. ,,r,o,;rl..
ne.y.yeui aL Iha1 We tfeIlfn1 tte, the ptllholples
enan91ieai * tae ree9Iasions adopted py the last
AesVstetu' Ihat We Hteel laNpr 2l the even. ten
sion SION OF yne tYnveih Sl Itee 9Nnoola tnro9Rhout
tlle "hoIe nouh ilys huppolteN p4 BehetM taAe1
@ t,on, eNept i.s3i8 i.38 eosalien M ~ Nv. ~
opSh ~ eEeiE Ylu ~ PIl PIIoler egei 4o 4ou W erae %
eng, We AZ etS "a l9vol OF ali Hppfopiialo anu cons
Au5e.l3ineII esai.lsI ifS Il ast ,staeio,l. .. a.
ts n wv VI w ~ ~ ..voi ol ~ leil plo-
NSSlun w NC Nntl9ah4 3ti ooNplnuNhl uI fNeI1
Yltlfelt or We NfIli,eu ot4tes, hatlNe OF
itel - WI ~ Mltntn as elulout E YIl teltieyoLle
nnan INN T IN M % 's ana ss aSS
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

-Loveis weapon that win conquer
men when all other weapons fail
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

FRANCE exports TO Europe S140,000,-
600 worth Of manufactured articles in
excess OF what England exports. ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

THE Buffalo Courier says all the per-
fume in Arabia will not sweeten mans
character after he has been through one
National political licampaign as an as
piraRt for the highest office IN the gift
Of the Aatipp, N cffgNiN
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

A 8ooTBLAoK tackled a New York
citizen in Broadway not long ago, and
said the streets were slushy, almost
everybody wor6 overshoes, business
was bad, and asked him for a quarter
to get nights lodging. saying, "If
you'll give Il 70 me IN give you point
on stocks. The citizen gave him a
quarter, and the bootblack said: "Now,
when you 20 down to Wall street in the
morning You buy Iron Mountain; buy
lots of iti it's going up" "Why, how
do you know anything about Iron
Mountainpp asked the man. The boy
mentioned the naineAof well-known
Wall street operator, and said: IL
blacked his boots to-day, and while l
was doin' it he said to friend as was
with bim,l 'lron Mountains going 10
boom, says ,he. That's how u kItha
it." The man took his point to the
street, bought the stock and made
twenty per cent, on his investment, for
Iron Mountain had boom, sure
enough ~ % liftl 't-i IH
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

The oldest living boatnan IS said to
be David Burns who lives ut Burns'
Landing, on the Kentucky River, and
is ninety years Of age, lie has walked
from New Orleans to Frankfort six
times, q distance of i 800 miles. 81" y
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07
A Cincinnati Family's Fight with Fire.
igl, The &c. Cincinnati Gazette Of a recent

The Cincinnati Gazette of a recent
date says; Ns 'tf
About halfpast three O'Clock yesterday
morning cOal-oil stove exploded in a frame
shed used us Kitchen I'm the rear of Charles
koch's bakery, 83 Main street. AT the time
the fire broke out Koch was In the basement
engaged in baking the days supply of bread,
cake, etc. Koch ran up into the shed, thence
up light of stairs leading TO the second floor,
where his wife, four children, named Frank,
ten years Oldi Amelia, seven; Charlie, five,
and Willie, two, and two domestics we're. Koch
Wakened all Of these, and the entire party be
came panic-stricken. Mrs. Koch, with the two
boys, Charlieana Prank, and the two servant
girls, ran thrungh the building to the Main
street front, where Mrs. Koch tumpee from
the window TO the pavement below, fortunate
ly escaping WITH NO more serious injury than
a sprained ankle, The others started to follow
her but were prevented by the police and
fremen, who took them down ON ladders. In
the meantime Koch took the little girl Amelia,
and the baby, willies one in either arm, and
started down the stRirs he had previously
ascended, but which were now all ablaze,
Koch, instead Of stopping to look for
other means of egress, ran down the stairs
with the children, and through the flames on
to the street, all Of the three being badly
burned-KOph being burned about the head,
arms and hands, the baby about the hands
and arms, aud the little girl Amelia was terribly
and probably fatally burned, tho skin being al
most entirely burned from her feet, arms,
breast and head.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

Merchants Exchange Relief Commute
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-07

On third ballot 679 votes were cast. Perkins
receiving 1854 and DeWolf S77ls. A motion to
make the nomination of DeWoh unanimous was
carried, and the Convention adjourned.
SHERMAN AITERNkTEs
Alternates for delegates at large, as chosen by
the delegates, are John 4. Kumler OF Toledo,
(colored) of Springfield, and Orren b Gould of
9cioto