Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-16
GENERAL NOTES.
Stephen A. Douglass, Jr., has en-
tered the lecture field.

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distinctly, aud signing himself, Leo
P. P. KILL
The Boston Transcript has found
out that a match is light-headed
when il comes to the scratch.
Those prophets who predict 'one
of the coolest winters for twenty
years" are now stuck in the mud.
There are quite a number of resi-
dents of Detroit, SAYS the Free Press
who are Christians on the European
plan.
A man has been hung ont West
for living on his relations. He was
an Indian aud cana5alized his fami-
ly.
a man who was enabled to come
from India to Hudson, n. Y,
through the loan of 5000 by a broth
er, has eloPed with that brothers
daughter.
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in advertising made DR.. r.
V. Pierce, of Buffalo, immensely
rich and a Member of Congress.
A law reducing the rate of inter
est TO six per cent. went into effect
in New York at the beginning of
the year, and the Tribune says its
observance has been general.
The English in Cabul do not 90
to the trouble of telling that few
Afghans are to be hanged. They
mention the matter after the hang
ing is done.
The two important events in the
life of man are when he examines
his upper lip and sees the hair COM
ing and when be examines the top
of his head and sees the hair going.
Twenty kegs Of gold were receiv-
ed in Chicago from New York city,
a few days ago. Each weighed
about 800 pounds, and contained
S75, 700, making sl,5OO,OOO in all.
This money was sent by Jim Keene,
in payment for wheat.
Susan's lecture is entitled: ''Wo-
man wants bread, not the ballot"
The Escanaba Iron Post remarks:
''Susan was introduced to her au-
dience at L'Anse as Mrs. Susan Bah
thony, and the subject of her address
stated thus: "Woman wants bread,
not for ballast"
A young lady matchmaker in an
Akron match factory several years
ago wrote her name on a box of
matches. They were shipped West
and finally the box came into the
hands of a college student, who
wrote to the lady, and correspon-
dence has been kept up for year,
resulting in an engagement of mar
riage.
Leadville boasts of aristocratic
walters. At the Grand Hotel is an
ex-member of the New Jersey Leg
islature, whose letters bear the pre-
fix of ''Hon." At the Clarendon the
guests are served at table by an ex-
Confederate General, a doctor of
medicine, a lawyer, and an ex-Judge
from Freeborn county, MINI.
A man in a Chicago theater cried
"Brava" at the leading actress, and
she liked it, but when another and
intoxicated admirer shouted, 'Bully
for you old gal" and "You're dai-
sy," she stopped acting and demand
ed his expulsion. Four ushers un-
dertoOk the task, but he laid himself
on the floor, put his arms and legs
around the seats, and was immova-
BILE until they pried him loose with a
broom handle.
Despite the meager appropriation
made by Congress for the reDresen-
tation of the United States at the
Paris Exposition, Governor McCor-
mick contrived to return $4,000 to
the Treasury. What an example
But Governor Mccormick was not
as economical with his own money,
spending $4,000 more than his sal
airy in order to maintain a generous
hospitality, besides losing the oppor-
tunity of making 100000. No
wonder he is not anxious to accept |
another foreign mission.
Some facetious medical students
iu Indianapolis sent a professional |
"resurrectiOnist" to remove a body |
from its hiding place. The suppo5-
ed corpse in the sack was live med
ical student. The professional threw
the bag over his shoulder and set
out for the college. The corpse
Strengthened out just as his bearer
was crossing the canal. With rare
presence of mind the intended vic
tim of the joke heaved his burden
over the bridge into the water and
calmly walked on. Had not the
companions of the unfortunate man
rushed to his rescue, there would
have been "sure enough" corpse in
the party.
A very rich old man had married
a young wife, and died suddenly,
on which the widow raved like
maniac, and exclaimed to the doc
tor, who stood by the bedside of the
deceased, go, PlI not believe that
my dear partner is dead; he could
not die and leave me No, no, he's
aliVe-Pm sure he's alive Tell me,
doctor, don't you think so ?" mad
am" replied the medical man with
much gravity, 81 confess that it is
possible that he may be revived. 1
will apply the galvanic battery"
"Oh, no, mol" cried the grief-strick-
en- widow. "Hard as it is to bear
my fate, | will have no experiment
against the law of nature; let him
rest in peace"
A minister who had been reprov-
ing one of his elders for over-indul-
gence, observed a COW go down to
stream and take a drink and then
turn away. "There," said he to his
elder, sis an example for
you. The COW has quenched its
thirst and has retired" "Yes," re-
piled the elder, "that is very true;
but suppose another COW had come
to the other side OF the stream and
had said, Here's to you,' there's no
saying how long they might have
gone on"