Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-01

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THE EAST.
Ar Salem, Mass, on the 2lst, a train |
struck carriage at astreet crossing, killing |
the occupants, Aaron Stevens and Clara f. |
Frask.
The Maine Greenback Convention to !
nominate Electors met at Portland on the
2lst. After come discussion and against con-
siderable opposition resolution was adopted
recommending fusion with the Democrats,
giving four Electors TO the Greenbackers and
three to the Democrats. At the adjournment
of the Convention the straight Greenbackers
met at the City Hall, solon Chase presiding,
and nominated straight ticket.
The northern freight house of the
Boston Il Maine Railroad at Boston was
burned on the 2lst, involving o loss Of $780,
600.
The National Conference of Unita-
rian and other Christian churches began
biennial session at Saratoga on the Dist with
large attendance. The opening sermon was
given by r. W. Clayden, editor Of the London
.Drily Nery and preacher in the Unitarian
chapel at KentishtoWn.
DENIS KEARNEY urges Solon Chase
10 make n straight fight in Maine and not
fuse with the Democrats
THE steamships Frisia and Scythia,
which arrived at New York on the 22d,
brought Sl,33l,O 600 in gold.
THE Massachusetts Greenback Con-
vention, held at Worcester on the 22d, nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Governor,
General Horace b. Sargent; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, George Dutton; Secretary of State,
Jonathan Arnold; Treasurer, Wilbur +. Whit
ney; Auditor, Charles T. Warner; Attorney
General, John NJ. Raymond. The resolutions
reported affirm the Chicago platform Of June
=, 1880, and pledge support to the candidates
there nominated.
The schooner Gladiator was found on
the 18th bottom up about 100 miles east of
Sandy Hook The body Of one OF the crew
was hanging from the fOrerlgging As the
schooner lay in the track Of other vessels IL
was determined to scuttle her A large hole
was cut In her side Just about the water line.
The horrible smell which issued drove the
crew OF the boat which discovered her from
their work, and they felt confident that other
members OF the crew lay dead In the cabin,
The vessel sank before next morning.
A FIRE at Sherburne, N. Y, on the
I'D, destroyed brick block, the Medbury Ho-
tel, Congregational Church and half dozen
other minor buildings.
A SNOW fell on Mount Washington on
the 23d.
The one-hundredth anniversary of
the capture Of Major Andre was celebrated at
Tarrytown, N. Y, on the 23d. Fifty thou
sand people witnessed the parade, Samuel j.
Tilden was president OF the day In his re-
marks he reviewed the early military move
ments IN the valley Of the Hudson, eulogized
the picturesque scenery and told In detail the
story Of the treachery Of Arnold. In alludinP
10 the capture OF Andre he said he felt that
representatives, children or grandchildren, Of
Van Vert, Williams and Pauldng were be
fore him. Governor Cornell was unable 10
attend on account Of illness.
MEMBERS Of the expedition headed by
Lieutenant Frederick sehvatka, which sailed
from New York June l. 1873, for Bafiins Bay
and King Williams Land for the purpose OF
seeking further data upon the fate OF Sir John
Frahkln, arrived at New Bedford, Mass, on
the 23d. Though the special object of the
search, the recovery Of the records Of the
Franklin expedition, which according 10
EsquimAuX testimony were known 10 exist al
aspeched point, has not been attained, the
explorers have, ne4ertheless, obtained many
relics Of the Franklin party, including the re-
mains Of Lieutenant irving The expedition
discovered important rivers and coasts and
corrected errors on former charts. The re-
suit Of the expedition has shown that II Ia
possible for white men 70 adapt themselves To
the climate and life Of the Esquimaux In pros
seuting journeys in the PolArregions.
SHIPPERS OF live cattle TO Europe say
thO trade Is constantly increasing, spite of the
restrictions imposed upon II by the regula-
lions Of the British Government.
A COMMITTEE Of the International
Wool Growers Association have reported In
favor OF calling the attention OF Congress 20
the necessity Of making larger appropriations
20 the Department OF Agriculture to assist In
distributing documents regarding sheep and
their products.
In reply TO a letter from Theodore
Cook, of Cincinnatii regarding the payment
Of rebel claims General Hancock has written
letter stating that II he were President he
would veto all legislation which might come
before him providing for the consideration OF
payment OF claims OF any kind for losses OF
damages by persons who were In the rebellion
whether pardoned or not
BRIsTOL, r. l., celebrated the two
hundredth anniversary Of It's settlement on
the oath.
THE body of Peter Woodland, tn,
foreman who perlshed with nineteen other
when the Hudson River Tunnel chyed In, wa
removed from the Caisson on the night Of tn
2ith.
THE official returns Of the Vernon
election show a total vote Of &C, 700; Fanham
Rep, 1854; Phelps, Dem, 81, ,228i Heath, CIR
l,b1si scattering Farnham's majority, 25
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