Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

the first quarter Of 1880 were Sl2,OO0,OOO,
against s4s,OOO,OOO the same period Of 1879.
An explosion Of dynamite at Downington,
Pa, on the 10TH killed two persons and severe
ly injured twelve others.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Three children were burned to death twelve
miles north of Memphis on the night Of the
4th. They had been left in the cabin by the
parents who attended church. The fire origi-
mated By an explosion OF a coal oil lamp.
At a meeting Of the Womans Suffrage As
sociatlon held at st. Louis on the 9TH, twenty
delegates were elected to the National Con
vention to be held at indianapolis on the 28th
Of May. Committees were appointed TO visit
both the Democratic and Republican State
Conventions in Missouri and secure II posi-
bic, the introduction Of the Woman Suffrage
plank in their platform.
The shoemakers OF Chicago struck for an ad-
vance Of forty per cent. on the 5th.
The Worklngmen Of San Francisco have
filed protest against the counHngo Of the tick
cts Of the Citizens Union on the ground that
they we're irregular,
The San francisco Board Of Supervisors, on
the 9th, adopted resolutions that the peace Of
the city had been seriously imperled by the
| alleged incendiary speeches Of Mayor Kalloch,
and authorized the Judiciary Committee to in
vestigate the matter and report. This is said
TO be the first step toward impeachlng the
Mayor.
Governor Terrozas, OF Chihuahua Mexico, Is
cooperating with the United States forces in
pursuing the Apache Indians.
The entire Republican ticket was elected in
the municipal election at Cincinnati on the 9TH
by majorties ranging from 200 TO $500. At
Milwaukee the Republican city ticket was
elected by about $500 majority, the first Re
publican government Milwaukee ever had.
The Minnesota Republican State Convention
to choose delegates TO the National Conyen-
tion win be held at st. Paul, May 90
The immigration 10 Kansas IS larger at this
time than It was ever known before 30 early In
the season.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention, to
select delegates 10 Cincinnati, met at Burllng-
ton on the 7th A resolution was adopted IA
vorlng the two-thrds rule IN the National
Democratic Convention in selecting candidates
for President and Vice President A resolu-
tion instructing the delegation 10 vote as
unit at Cincinnati was laid on the tablp.
II Is reported that the Chicago hotels are de-
Republican National Convention, aud this
state Of things Is caused by the hotels having
been bought up by speculators
A steamship which arrived at Baltimore on
the sth from Bremen, brought ,532 emigrants,
nearly all Of whom went West
As passenger train on the Bellnire & South
western Railroad was passing over trestle-
work about eighteen miles from Bellaire, on
the Sth, the hind car jumped the trestle, and
the car went over q distance Of fifteen feet
The car coutamedhf fifteen or twenty passengers,
Of whom five or six we're injured more or less,
During the progress Of a fire at Dixon, H.,
on the morning of the sth, terrible explosion
occurred IN one Of the buildings, throwing
down wall and hurting several fremen who
were on the building into a mill race. OF these
Ezra Becker and William schum were killed,
and several others were burned, bruised and
terribly mutilatod,
The Oregon Democratic State Convention,
held at Portland on the sth, adopted plat.
form advocating economy In public affairs,
uniform taxation, the regulation BY Legislative
acts Of the rates Of common carriers, the main
teuanco OF the public schools, free election
without interference by military, oondemnins
the kooping alive Of the bitterness Of the late
war, censuring President Hayes for yetoing
the Chinese bill, opposing the protective tariff
and denounclng the third term movement
The Democratic delegates from Oregon to
the Cincinnati Convention, though not posi-
lively instructed, are for Tilden. A resolution
indorsing Tilden aud Hendricks was adopted
by a vote Of ak to one.
Destructive prairie fires were raging north
Of Sioux Falls, Dakota on the 9th. A number
OF farmers lost their buildings and crops aud
several persons were reported 10 have been fa-
tally burned,
Al Wilmington, N, O., on the 11th, while
the aremen and citizens were endeavorlng IA
save the stock In a burning building por,
ton OF the wall fell, killing one person and so.
yerely iniurlng seven others.
General Hatch, with part Of his command
attacked three hundred Indians In camp N
the San Andreas Mountains, recently. The
fight lasted six hours, the Indians rotreatlne
leaving their dead behind. A Captain aud
soyon soldiers were severely wounded, A large
amount Of stock was captured.
FOuElGN INTELLIGENCR.
A massacre Is reported In India. Mahomet
Osman Khan attacked the town OF Kadnh and
butchered the inhabitants IN cold blood.
The PAN Mall Gareiif, on the 9Th, estimated
chat the new British House OF Commons vii
stand as follows Liberals, 3i7i Conservatives
ed; Home Rulers, 09,
: A conspiracy has been discovered I'm San Do
, mingo to overthrow the Government
! The revolution IN Venezuela IS nc an end.
The London Tlg,a stated on the 9th that al
I soon as the Queen returns 10 England Tho
! Ministers will doubtless place their resigna
Z tious IN her hands and she win commission The
e leader OF the Liberals to form Cabinet.
e The expedition fitted out by the Geograph
o ical Society Of Berlin has started for Contra
{ Africa 70 establish permanent station OF tn
4 society on the banks Of Lake Tanganyika.
: The report OF Mahmoud JAMS death Is un
true. He Is at MADAM, determined 10 fight 4
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