Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-19
GENERAL.

Ar q recent kangaroo "drive" in
Australia 5000 of the animals we're
KILLED.
THE Mormons have thirty-one mis-
Eionaries in Great Britain, and will send
twenty MORE
ARATTJEsNAKE killed near San Diego,
Cal, had eleven rattles, and in its stom-
ach good-sized rabbit.
THE religious movement against
%'bangedn hair ia extending. Bishop
Elder, Of Cincinnati, has issued pro-
hibitory order on the subject.
In Tallahassee and other Southern
cities it is usual, during the Matching
season of the hooking bird, TO steal the
young birds from the nest, TO be trained
for singers. As only about two in hum
dred live, an early determination of
these birds is probable. A Florida pa
per suggests that a law be enacted for
bidding the capture of young mocking-
birds.
THE King of Denmark uses on state
occasions a breed of pure white horses
which are national property. They are
descended from a white stallion and a
white mare presented to King Christie
pher ~. by the Dey of Algiers. The
breed has been raised in royal estab-
hshment near Copenhagen for nearly
two hundred years.
THE apparent cause of the downfall
of John A. Woodward, who has alb
seconded with 5000 from the Boston
city treasury, was an actress known as
lmogene. Her maiden name was Amy
Louise Knowlton. He fell in love with
her, married her, maintained her in
costly home when she stayed in Boston,
and paid the heavy losses of her unsuc-
cessful tours as a star. The Boston
Herald SAYS that some of the bills which
Woodward had to meet were for break
age in hotels when his wife got drunk.
"REMINISCENCES are being published
of the first sleeping-car ever seen in this
country, which made its appearance at
Toledo, September 16, 1856. It was
the invention of Woodruff, now so well
known, and caused by his desire to make
travelling more comfortable for his sick
wife. The arrangements were very
primitive, being an old car filled with
double tier of hunks, which were in
tended TO be portable and adjustable.
From that small beginning have grown
the splendid and convenient affairs used
everywhere, and which have become in
dispensable TO the traveller.
NEXT year Great Britain takes her
census, and, with the exception of one
trifling change, on the plan of the CEN
sus of 1871. 1t is all to be taken on the
night of Sunday, April 8. The follow
ing day the returns, as filled up by the
householders, will be collected, and cor
rected when erroneous. Then the
books will be turned over to the regis
trars, and the results duly tabuated.
Great Britain is a small and densey
settled country, compared with the
United States. Still, with allowances
for the difference in this respect, CEN
sus taken in a day contrasts rather
strongly with our own, where, even in
cities rs thickly populated as the Eng
lish, the work of enumeration extends to
fortnight or three weeks.
Ko Hun IIUA, the Chinese professor
at Harvard, is described as an acute
reasoner and close observer. He has
learned to speak English fairly, and he
spends most of his time reading, for his
college duties amount to nothing, as he
has had but one pupil, and at present
has none. His contract is for three
years, whether there are any students in
his classes or not. The Springfield Re-
publican tells this story of him: "Great
was his surprise one morning to receive
n printed communication from the col
lege officials, which he took TO be dis
missal. Rushing at once to q Professor
near by, he thrust the circular into his
hands, exclaiming in an indignant and
injured tone, Tree year; boy, no boyl'
His relief was speedy when ne was as
sured that the circular was simply the
regular official announcement of his en-
gagement by the college"
A COLoRED man named Manderson
has been arrested in Philadelphia on the
charge of swindling number of his own
race by playing on their superstitions
and credulity. About two years ago
MandersOn went 10 the house of an old
colOred man named Cropper and told
tho latter that he knew where to find
100000 which had been buried in the
cellar of Choppers house many years
before, and offered to recover the treas
ure upon the payment of 1926. lie asked
CrOpper to let him have 81 with which
TO purchase the necessary tools. The re-
quired amount was given him and he
returned with the tools and he began
digging for the treasure. lie refused TO
complete the work until the remainder
nf the money was paid, and Cropper
gave him 1923 more. Manderson then
locked the old man and several others
in q room and made his escape. Six
months ago the prisoner visited the
house of a poor woman and informed
her that he was able TO work charm
that would be to her advantage. He
took her aside and after many mysteri-
Gus actions told her to place a fiity-cent
piece upon each corner Of a note and
one in the middle. The woman was re-
quested 10 leave the room and not re-
turn until he called her. She left, and
80 did he, but he was subsequently, ar
rested and served short term Of i'm
prisOnment.
Winter on the Summit OF the Sierras.