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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

"A portly sWindler,in the garb of a
Catholic priest, collected 81 600 in Rhode
Island by pretending that the money was
to build a church at Narragansett pier,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

"A man at Essex, Conn, having long
refused to admit any one TO his house,
where his wife lay sick, the Sheriff forced
an entrance, and found the woman cover
cd with probably fatal bruises.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

Cash paid for oats, delivered at our Of
fee, No. 1G7 Main st., Ashtabula, by
Hubbard & strader, Office In Fisk & Sil.
lIman's old store. 1591if
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

Sellers Liver Pills cured me Of liver
complaint" D. II. Coleman, Short
Creek, w. Va.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

-Stronach and Potter, the fraudulent
Glasgow Bank directors, sentenced to
eighteen months Imprisonment, have been
liberated, their term having expired.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

The total coinage CT the U. S. Mints
during August aggregates $3.50, 900.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

Some warrant a cure when the Fee is pro-
vided,
Men doubt it however, and are undecided,
But when Pimples and Blotches your fea-
lures do MARI,
Spring Blossom is the best cure by far.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

Waiti Watt Wait for the new goods at
The AshtabuIa Store b. 4. L Buy, and
aaVa mnnnK
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

A lady in East Liberty, Pa, whose face
was covered with sores, was cured by using
one bottle Of CDR, Lindsey's Blood Search
er"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

A Treatise on the Horse and his disc a
es, by DIR. b. J. Kendall A cheap, COM
prehensive and needful book for every one
keeping a horse. Price % cents. Sold
by Parshal, Kingsville-Thurber s. Co,
and &. 4. Swift. AshtabuIa If
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10

John Woerner, 1173 Michigan Street,
Buffalo, says heh has been troubled for years
with Rheumatism Of the knee, and until
he tried DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil, could
not find anything to relieve him. He is now
cured and enthusiastic in praise Of it.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-10
BUILDERS HARDWARE.

Nails, Glass, Locks, Knobs, Butts, Screws,
Pure White Lead, Paints, Oils, Varnish,
&c.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

Justice and good policy both demand, says
the s. r. Chronicle, that in every contest
ed election where the credentials of the
person claiming to have had majority
of the votes clearly show that his claim Is
founded upon fraud. intimidation or VIOLA
ton of law, he should be unseated and the
seat given to the contestai5. This rule
particularly applies to these Southern dis
tricts. where the Laws were openly and
boasffully contenned as an insult to the
Government of the United States. Each
HoHse of Congress, through its majority,
Is the supreme and final jndga OF the quail
ifications. of its members and 1t is TO be
hoped that the next House of Represen-
tatives, when it comes to pass judgment on
the seats OF Southern Democrats whose
right to sit will be contested on the ground
Of fraud or other violation OF law, may
turn every man out against whom the
same shall be proved. This is the only
remedy for n great aud gross political evil.
Let the Souther Kuklux once be made
to understand that their frauds and BULLDOG
ing can have no recognition in Congress,
and they will be less apt than they, have
been at perpetrating them. We set this
ball rolling now, and we shall keep it IN
motion till it crlsies the scoundrelism at
which it is directed.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
the e-zar as a ora1chm.sscr.

The Car, being relieved by General
Meiikoff of the cares of state. levotes his
leisure to matchmaking. 1t is announced
that the Prince Royal OF Portugal will.
in all probability. marry Princess of the
House of Romanoff. The ex-Prcsident
of the Council. who recently started from
Lisbon on series of visits to the capitals
of Europe, was charged To open the
necessary negotiation preliminary to an
engagement oil his arrival at st. Peters,
burg. The eldest daughter of the Prince
of Montenegro is stated to have been
affianeed to Prince Alexander OF Bulgaria.
Tie arrangement is said to have been
brought about t,y the special request of the
Car. The Princess bears the name OF
Zorka, and has just reached the age OF
sixteen.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
Southern Sentiment

Commenting on the result of the election
the Atlantis. Georgia, Consultation says !:
SIT is the result of series of blunders, be-
ginning with the Potter Committee and
ending with the surrender of the party to
tho selfish whims of an element which had
John Kelly as IFS commanding general. It
would appear that the line of seetionalism
has been sharply drawn by the voters of
the North, but there is nothing depressing
in this fact. We are willing that the North
should draw the sectional line in politics it
the South be permitted to draw line with
regard to the progress and Improvement of
their conditions and forces which make a
people happy in their fields. their work
shops and their homes. We have pros
porous future before. and to This we should
look intently. We have the cause of pub
lie education to promote and the welfare of
great aud growing section to foster. The
South expected little more from Genera;
Hancock's administration than it will ask
from General Garfield's. We want noth-
ing more than simple, exact, absolute jus
tice. If the new President owes nothing
to the South, he at least owes something to
the country and we shall be glad TO see
him cancel the debt by giving us an admin
istration "a fair, just and clean as that of
Mr.. Hayes"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

r. G. jenkins, F. r. A. S., has attempt
ed to show a very remarkable effect of the
planet Venus upon the earth. Many
years ago the present Astronomer Royal
proved that the disturbing effect of this
planet was so great that the earth was
materially pulled out of its orbit. Mr..
Jenkins show that it Is to this disturbing
action we must look for an explanation
OF the cold waves which occur, OH an
average. every eight years-as in 1889,
1897, 1916, 1854, 1871, 1s79-and that for
the next forty years the temperature will
be below the average, as It has during the
last forty years been above the average.
In regard to high temperature he states
that tor the last fifty years a heat wave
has been observed TO pass over the earth
every twelve years, nearly contemporary
with the arrival OF tie planet Jupiter at
its periheiion, and that we are OH the eve
of the next heat wave.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
Tne ..apwal Resegvas.on !.

This India:. reserve embraces upwards
of 900 square miles of land, four fitths of
which is good fillable land, and much the
larger portion Of it is the premium land of
the country for wheat. Why should less
than 1900 Indians. men. women and
children. all told. hold this amount of
good land This is more than $50 acres
to each man, woman and child on the
reservation, and there not being more
than 800 persons among them all who
under the land laws. were they not In
dians, would he allowed the benefit of the
several acts proTitIing for pre-emption.
homestead antl timber culture, each qualifl-
ed Indian could take his presumption,
homestead and timber culture, amounting
to $50 acres each, or IA 900 acres in all,
and there would be left remaining 436, 1000
acres for white men to occupy under the
present land laws, or enough to supply
2.6S7 whites with farm of 100 acres
each. Now is there any sense or reason
for reserving 576, 900 acres Of land for
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

these few Indians who neither cultivate
nor Craze one f1ftieth part of it, while if
open to the white settler much the larger
portion of it would soon be plowed and
cultivated. and made to yield abundant
harvcsts OF wheat and other grains to en-
rich the country ? 1t really is an act of
injustice to the Indian to make him lord
of so much land which he never will
utilize. Let efforts be made to open the
the whites in such manner as will not do
injury to The Indians. segregate the In
dians on lands OF the reservation of 160
aud 800 acres each and the rest will fol-
loW.-TeL[er.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
southern Francs.

While It is true that the Republicans
haYe made considerable gains of Congress-
men i'm the Southern States, including two
in Missouri. one in Kentucky, one Ia
Tennessee, one and probably two in Vir-
ginia, and possible one each in Florida
and North Carolina. 1t is no less true that
in a good many districts the Republican
candidates have been apparently voted
out by frauds in gross contempt of the
laws of the United States. South Caro-
lima, but for such frauds and their twin
brothers. violence, sIlould send three Re-
publicans to Congress out OF her hve,
Louisiana three or four, Arkansas two.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
now an ow.,z HEAD nevo.ve..


a writer who had read a story about an
owl wrlnging his own neck off by looking
at man who was walking around him
tested the matter by experiment. He
obtnined a specimen and placed it on top
of post. ut was not difficult,'' says the
writer, ITO secure his attention, for he
never diverted his gaze from me while /
was in his presence. l began walking
rapidly round the post few feet from it,
keeping my eyes fixed upon him all the
while. His body remained motioniess,
but his head turned exactly with my
movements. When was half way around
his head was directly behind him.
rhree-quarters of a circle were completed.
and still tire same twist of the neck and
tile stare followed. One circle and no
change. On I went, twice round, and
still that watehful stare aud steady turn
of the head. On | went, three times
round. and began really to wonder why
the head did not drop off. when all at once
| discovered what l had failed to notice
before. When l reached halfway round
from the front, which was as far as he
could turn his head with comfort, he
whisked it back through the whole circle
SO instantaneously, and brought It facing
me again with such precision. that failed
to detect the movement although was
looking intently all the while.''
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
A LIEcky Die.
strictly true


What tie d4les' ails me Where am I.
anyhow wherever am. springs and
mattresses must he scarce. for I know |
am laid ont on some mighty hard sub
stance. Wonder if I'm dead / feel
mighty like it. Maybe I am stretched
out ready for the doctors to carve me.
These were my first thoughts, very
cheering, indeed. as became conscious.
l could neither speak. nor move but I
soon learned fhIr could hear.
A door opened. footsteps approached
felt cloth removed from my face. and
voice, which 1 recognized as that of my
intended father-in-Ilw. said
.'fIe hasn't changed much.'' and his
companion, whose voice recognized as
Sowerhy 5. the undertaken. said lightly
There's is just where yon are mistaken.
Mr.. Mullins; he looks erlssed sight better
dead than alive. but how does Priscilla
feel about it +? Take on much, la ?''
"Oh no just enough TO appear well,
said the father of my affianced. with a
chuckIe '-Site meyer carefl much for
Smith twas his stamps that she fabcicd
Ny Priscilla Is practical girl and went
in for his dimes, his carriage and greys,
although at the same time must own she
was spooDey on bald-pated Howard, the
artist. but he's poor as Jobs turkey, as
the saying is
.'WelI. she can have him now for all
this poor cuss. can't she ?'' said Sowerby
beating a tattoo with his digits on my
chest
Il presume so. but she will walt till the
year is up, for fear Of gossip, you know. =
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
lI1ocal.1
A Romance In skeleton.

A calm. delightful autumn night
A moons mysterious, golden light
A maiden at her window height,
In robes of pure and fleecy white.
The little wicket gate ajar-
A lover tripping from afar,
With tuneful voice and light guitar,
To WOO his radiant, guiding star.
A lutte with soft, fnsidious twang-
oh. how the doiing lover sang =
A bull dog, with remorselesS fang
a nip, a grip, deathly pang.
a maiden with a startled glance
shriekin% for deliverance-
a kind of wiered. hilarious dance
A pair of riven doeskin pants.
A maiden fafnting with alright
lover in sickening plight
A bull dog chuckling with delight
\ wild, dclirious Autumn night!
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12


tall. grave, serious gentleman. from the
firm OF Dunn & Derry.
This time Lynn was actually excited,
and as the lawyer entered the door Sandy
turned upon him face longer, more
solemn than he had ever shown before
and cried out
MIR Dunn again Weel, out with it
mon - Bad news, I suppose ?''
Yes sir replied the lawyer. Your
Aunt Jean is dead. She departed this
the family -
AYE; thought Aunt Jean would live
to be hundred, y said Sandy.
$50 she did; but She made her will
Notwithstanding, and as you We're her
favorite nephew, she has left every flrth-
ing to you. Sir, must congratulate
you
Don't do that. man." said Sandy,
You mean weel. but its adding insnlt
81 injury. Let s.Ie hear thc@'worst. She
must have been an uuco rich woman, my
Aunt Jean
You are now possessed of more than
fifty Thousand dollars" p" replied the lawyer.
Indeed. cooIly as you take it, | should
like to stand in your shoes, Mr.. McPher-
son.
''Ay. weeI,'' replied Sandy. ''you mag
call it cool. but | feel pretty warm. How
is man ever to spend fifty thousand
dollars -
The lawyer departed laughing. In an
hour Sandy stood before old Mrs. Cages
dooryard.
I'm in trouble again. Mrs. Gage, ="
said he Aunt Jean Is dead. Oh. no.
'tiSn't that ; we must all die some day.
bus she's left me her money. and l have
feefty thousand dollars 20 spend.''
Il wish had said the farm er'<
widow, whose hair was gradually grow
ing gray under the weight OF a fifty thon-
sand dollar mortgage. Its t1yiog in the
face of Providence to talk that way of a
fine future
''Bnt how is man to spend it 20 con-
tinucd Sandy. Il couldn't get through
the ten thousand wi'o maxim a beast OF
myself and fcefty thousand at my age will
he the end of me. What is single man
like me to do wi it all ?''
'sOh, there are plenty of ways, Mr.. Me
Pherson, said the farmers widow. You
could be benevolent
''I'll never give good money to heggars:
let them work for their bread" said
Sandy.
''Ah you disna knew. Mrs. Gage. a
man can eat but five nl"aIS the day if he
'ieeS l!i< hest, audi to lie aye drinking is ali
that is LETT
Dear, dear wlnt = pity it is you
haven't q good. sensible wife to ne Your
mo ,,.y." said Mrs. Gage. You'd find
no trouble them
But. you see I'm bacheIor.'' said
Sa..dy.
You ueedn' remain one, replied Mrs
Gage.
And who would marry ?" asked
sandy.
'It's not for me To say replied Mrs.
Gage. ',Some sensible, middIe-nged wo-
men, Mr.. McPherson.'
81 wonder would you have me - asked
Mrs Gage. it strikes me couldn't do
better; but [ hope yon'll drink your
share
Mrs. Gage held her esce, and Lynn
was surprised by wedding the next
week. Tie mortgage was paid off; the
bows sent to coiieee the farm prospereh.
Mrs. Mcpherson aud Sandy appeared
each Sunday ut church in silk alll broad
cloth. ar,d Sandy still made sliaes IN the
little house. now wheeled permanently to
the Kitchen door. up to the la>t accounts
received of him. As for lis money, he
seems to forget that married man is any
more comfortable Than Il bachelor, and
adds ~ dHln't know It until the wife
told me. - which is regarded a< one of
Mr.. McPhersoa'S jokes. tho"gll it is
strictly true.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

The team attached to the faInily
carriage of rich Galveston family ran
away few days ago. The lady and
her daughter were in the carriage, and
the street was full OF vehicles. She
asked the coachtnan if he could stop the
team. He said he could not, bat he
thought he could steer it. asThen,s y sail
she, leaning back with great composure.
'srun us into some stylish turnout. I
wsDt to be thrown into good company .
Fortunately the team was halted juss
as 1t was about to demolish . switl cart
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

The proportions Of the human figure
are six times the length OF the fee&
Whether the form is slender or plamp.
the rule holds good any deviation
from il is departure from the highest
beauty in proportion. The Greeks
made all their statues according TO this
rule. The face, from the highest point
of the forehead, where the hair begins.
to the chin, is one tenth of the whole
statue. The hand, from the wrist 60
the middle finger, Is the same. From
the top OF the chest to the highest poiaA
of the forehead is q seventh. If the
face, from the roots OF the hair to the
chin. be divided into three equal parts.
the first division determines the pisces
where Releyebrows meet, and the SEQ.
ond the place of the noetrils. The
height from the feet TO the top OF the
head is the distance from the extremity
of the fingers when the arms ara ex.
tended.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
Equine El,dnrance.

A Tanner experiment was made with a
number OF horses in Paris, in 1876. The
following results Were obtained 1. II
was proven beyond all doubt that horse
can hold out for twenty-days without any
solid nourisllment. provided it is supplied
with sufficient and good drinking water.
2. A horse can barely hold out for five
days without water. 3. If a horse Is wei,
fed for ten days, but insuf1iciently provided
with water during the same period, II
will not outlive the eleventh day. One
horse, from which water had been entire
ly withheld for three days, drank on the
fourth day sixty litrcs of water within
three minutes. A horse which received
no solid nourishment for twelve daysswas.
nevertheless, i'm a condition on the twelfth
day to draw load of 279 kilcs.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

81 don't think like shese mosquitor.
ing places said job Shuttle, aa be
gazed long and mournfully At bis lace
as reflected by the mirror. 81 declare,
! never met SO many bills IN one nigl {
before. Honored every one Of EN- witt,
. draft, too. Blood money, by jingo.' =
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

The Princess of Wales, when at San
brigham, has little tea parties for which
she herself makes the butter in silver
churn and spreads j: on slices of bread
which she cuts with her own hands.
While she is at work she wears chintz
dress and a little white apron.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12

An old monkey. desiring to teacl, his
sons the advantage Of unity, brought them
number of sticks and desired them to
see how easily they might be broken one
at time. So each young monkey took 4
stick and broke it. Now said tile
father, s.I'll teach you lessor. :, And he
began to gather the sticks into bsls.liIe.
But the young monkeys, thinking he was
about 10 beat them. sci upon him aitoretl,
er. and disabled linn. .sIhere.s' safd fhe
aged sufferer. ssbelloid the advantage II
unity II you had assaiied me one at +
tim. would have killed every mother
sop Of you - 's',s,s''s' ]
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
Important to Pre-+,npsor..
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, J
GENERAL. LAND OFFICE,
~ SIIINGrCiN ID q IuIu lR 1880


Registers and Receirers {:
GENTLEMEN-I transmit herewith a
copy of an act entitled IAN Act to amend
sections twenty-five hundI ed aud sIxty-two
and twenty three hundred and one of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, in
relation to the settlers affidavit in pre-
emption and cemnuted homestead en-
tries.''
The above named sections required these
afiidavits to be made before Registers and
Receivers, and this act provides that they
may be made before the Clerk OF the
tie. county and state or district and terri
tory in which the lands are situated and
# said lands are situated in any uuorgauiz-
ed county, such affidavit may be made III
similar manner in any adjacent organized
county in state or territory.
The affidavit required by section twenty
two hundred and sixty is the regular
pre-enptiou affidavit, designated as No.
20, page Il, of General Circular of Sep
tember i, 1879, and affidavit required by
section twenty-three hundred aud one Is
in case of commutation from a homestead,
as provided in said section, requiring
proof TO be made in same manner as under
the law granting pre-emprion rights. The
form for the latter affidavit is found in
the above named circular, on page so,
and is designated as No. 30.
have to advise you in the connection
that the campaigning act is to be consider
ed as retroactive in all cases pending. and
in which your action has been Withheld
by reason OF the affidavits having been
made before such officers as are designat-
ed III the act, before the date OF its approval.
Very respectfully,
j. a, WILLIAMSON,
Commissioner.
Bel enacted Jy tie Senate and House Of
Representatives. of the United States Of
.4mericd in Congress assembled, That the
affidavit required to be made by sections
twenty-five hundred and sixty-two and
twenty-three hundred and one of the
Revised Statutes OF the United States,
may be made before the clerk of the conn-
ty court or Of any court of record of the
county ana stare OF district anu Territory
in which the lands are situated and if
said lands are situated in any unorgarized
county, such affidavit may be made in a
similar manner in any adjacent county in
said state or territory, and the affidavit so
made aid duly subscribed shall have the
same force and effect as if made before the
register or receiver of the proper land dis
trict and the same shall be transmitted
by such clerk of the court of the register
and receiver with the fee and charges al
lowed by law.
Approved June 8, 1880.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-12
A ssraneer,. s1aaeake.
A few days ago q Western N

= 10" oays ago Q western msS
VINO wanted TO do some slghtss y
and buy his fall stock at the same tils.
entered . dry goods jobbing houee -
Broadway, and accosted the FIRST DeFsoN
ne met with. Are You the Prcpriefos
here Not exactly the proprietor.
was 1ne reply AZ present | am act
ing - shiPF'i'g c'erk, onI ! am cntiaasR
my ea'us io' : p1i'''o'slip neAs ysas
organizing noon prayer meesin9s u sns
basement.
"e stranger passed On 70
- :. = 80 . pas ~
'As f'n, @Aa aAsu se y0s@
''e neAu % 'ns "0uee
e'i' no eau say 90 4 am -
p'eseh'' Dus uase hopes q v Assnss-
-. - = IT, o.'s - -
s'a aaoo 80 '-'. - - = =.
s-o0 ~" :. 'e. 0''0''' aus
thae WIN mean quarter interest IN les
than SIX months.
Inc next man nau ms iees op' n.s
nat DacK aho lucent cigar IN ma
''o's' 'i'1 = 'oo- - - sss.1 'AAs s''s
stia1si rs'u
ou must run snis estaOlisnnent-
NE wen may run IL very aooilN