Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-09
M1sCELLANEoUs ITEMS.
-'Tho gentle dove is a good ightor.


Two rights do not make wrong.
-Pork-packing ranks as the third
American industry.
"A volcano with five-foot crater
has shot up in Wyoming.
The man clothed in his own self
righteousness is very thinly attired.
"A man must have great self-oontrol
to do what Is right, but he can do what
is wrong by just letting himself alone.
-Connecticuts State Capitol was
not only built without deficiency ap-
preparation, but there is $4,000 left
over.
"A New York man who was troubled
with insomnia took situation as night
Watchman, and was asleep half an hour
after he went on duty the first time.
The California Legislature has
passed bill prohibiting the playing Of
any games Of chance or skill in saloons.
The bill is currently known as the anti
poker bill.
"A New Hampshire town has
brought suit to recover money paid out
for securing substitutes in the late war,
and, as other towns that have or will
institute similar suits, the progress Of
these cases is being watched with inter
est.
How curious it is that in our fash
ionable cemeteries we may find a huge
white monument weighing many tons
on the grave of some one, and then
read the words inscribed on the mOnu-
ment, "May the earth rest lightly above
him."
"A recent accident has called up the
old question as to how long man can
| live on very little brains. And the old
answer to the old question also recurs
to the effect that some people can live
/ a great while on none at an.-M y.
| Herald.
There is an old Russian law that
protects all criminals found within the
Winter Palace at st. Petersburg. II
would thus seem that the very resi-
dence of the Gar was the safest place
for Nihilists. However, the late ex-
plosion blew that law out through the
roof
"A Troy church is to adopt a novel
idea. 1t has determined to abolish the
use of spire bells, as relic of barbar.
ism. Electric bells are to he arranged
in the houses of all the members o!
the church, and the sexton can thu!
notify them of the time to get ready
for the services.
Mr.. Hoppin, the American Secre
tary of Legation ia London, is charged
by the World, of that city, with wear
ing at court sort of uniform including
knee-breeches. AS this is contrary L
American rule and precedent, that live
ly journal wants to know if he will b.
censured by the Government.
The Finance Minister of tn,
neighboring Dominion has read hi
budget speech, and it seems there is
little deficit of the trivial sum of thre
million dollars or so. Canada is getting
such an immense debt on hand that b,
and by her Finance Minister can't bud
get.-Detroh Free Press.
"A Texas woman dreamed to som
purpose. She had visions on six con
secutive nights of buried treasure
which set her husband and others +
digging, and the result was the unearth
ing of vessel containing 50, 400. Th
good luck didn't strike her husband
however, for another man found tn
money.
- Mrs. Lille Devereanx Blake max
the novel suggestion that ''pC
licewoman" are needed in police sta
tions in New York. She bases he
reason on the fact that at leas
three hundred women are nightly "ru
in,r and that If any of these are crazy
i'll, or require any attendance that no.
it is men who must attend them.
Though Worcester bride was onl
thirteen, her husband deemed her tn
: safest custodian of the purse durin
their honeymoon tour; but they had onl
i gone as far as Concord when It was di
covered that the treasure had been 10
through q hole in hor pocket. The
were compelled to walk back hom
begging food and lodging by the wa,
The Board of immigration Con
, missioners expect that the number
arrivals from Ireland this season will
unusually large. Many thrifty Irii
men and w0men have drawn the
r money from savings banks for the pu
t pose of paying the fare OF friends
this country, and the various ImmigI
| tion Societies will promote the NOV
r ment by every means in their power.
+ ? Ex-senator Clingman, of Nor
Carolina, has, 1t Is said, found upon
0 farm the mineral zircon in great quan
r ties. 1t is Opaque, of greenish hue, al
8 of great hardness. He subjected
8 crystal of it to the action of blow-pi
" for two weeks without perceptible 10
= of substance. He believes 1t the met
: needed in the construction OF the
i eandescent electric lamp and the We
r thing Edison has been searching for.
"A parrot took the witness stand
, a London police court u fortnight ag
= The bird was claimed by Mrs. Tame
J who said that it had escaped from
cage and been caught by Mr.. Isaac
y who refused to give it up. Mr.. Isaa
II admitted that he had caught the pS
} rot, but disputed Mrs. Tanners ownt
ship. Mrs. Tanner said the bird oou
IS not talk much, but could say mothe
g quite plainly. Mr.. Isaacs said it W
, in the habit Of saying "my lord" t
1t magistrate directed that the parI
g. should be kept for some hours to see
D. it verified either statement, Duri
], the afternoon the bird gave such sat
e factory evidence in favor of Mrs. Ta
'e ner's statement that the magistrate 81
there was not the slightest doubt thai
belonged 10 her and he therefore I
L dered IL to be restored to her.
- THE ohRin-mail vest which is said
= have saved General Melikoff from VII
y y etskis bullet, has for many generate
4 past been common article Of We
= with the leading personages OF Euro
!. the most notable examples being OILY
4. Cromwell Gustavus Of Sweden,