Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
GENERAL.

LIGHTNING tore the scalp Of John
Mealey, Of Tionesta, Pa, completely off.
He was killed.
"THE fact that women have no ca
reers" is the London Worlds reason for
much social discomfort.
THE London pickpookets are very ill
bred. They tickle the noses Of ladies
who happen 10 be looking In at shop
windows and then rummage their pock-
cts.
A STRANGE blight has affected the oat
crop in portions Of Addison County, VT,
the ends Of the growing grain for sew
eral inches looking as II killed by frost,
while corn growing near by shows no
evidence of FROST
A DOG at Hartford, Conn, has a.
quired the odd trick, when wanting a
bone, of taking a piece of paper in his
mouth and offering It to any Of the mar
ket hands. He seems to regard this in
the nature Of a draft on the meat bench,
and it is seldom dishonored.
In Geneva, N. Y, lightning struck q
horse in the mouth and passed through
his body, killing him instantly. The
groom, Edward Burke, who was sitting
near by, was made perfectly insane,
and ran about crying, "Catch him,
catch him."
LIEUT.. CLARK is about starting on an
exploration of the Big Horn country in
the Northwest, which is now little
known, but is thought rich in soil and
mineral deposits. The expedition is
made by order of Gen. Sheridan, who
has visited a part Of the country and
considers it very promising.
A MANATEE, or sea-cow, has been re-
ceived in Charleston, which was recent
" captured in the St. Lucia River, in
Southern Florida. The captors design
taking it to Cincinnati, to be disposed of
to the Geological Garden, or for ex-
hibition. 1t is about eight and 2 half
feet long and weighs eight hundred
pounds.
WILLIAM BINKLEY, East Hempfeld
| Township, Lancaster County, Pa, went
to his field the other day to hoe tobacco.
He hung his coat and vest on the fence.
| In the vest pocket were S68 in money
and draft for $500. At the other end
of the field COW was grazing. The
COW meandered up to the fence and ate
the pocket-book, money, draft and all.
Mr.. WATRoUs was inclined to break
his engagement to marry Miss Swayne
! at Galveston, but she insisted that he
| should keep his promise. He said that
| he was willing TO take his chance on the
toss up of a cent-head to marry and
tail not to marry. Miss Swayne con-
sented. The cent was thrown and Mr..
Watrous won. The girl, however, re-
fused to abide by that decision, and has
begun lawsuit for damages.
DON'T lose your temper when sonnet
thing unlucl1y happens to you. A Hart
ford man dropped beer glass (after
emptying it). 1t broke. Without pick
ing up what was left he inquired the
damages, settled them on the spot and
gave the glass a spiteful kick. Even a
beer glass will turn when trodden upon,
and that glass went through a four
dollar plate-glass window. Losing your
temper at four dollars a time is an ex-
pensive recreation.
JUDGE JAMES GARLAND, of the Cor
poration Court of Lynchburg, Va,
probably is the Oldest public man who
still works. He is over eighty-eight
years of age. He practiced law fifty
eight years, and for ten years has
been Judge of the Corporation Court of
Lynchburg, and for eleven years he was
I'm public life as a member of the Legis-
lature or Congress. He is still sitting
and patiently trying cases and deliver
ing opinions, showing great vigor of
mind and considerable physical force.
AT the present time there is a gentle
man in the English diplomatic service
who has labored more than twenty years
to attain a Secretaryship of Legation,
worth just f5OO year. Those years
were spent in being transferred from
Paris to Madrid, Madrid to Rio Janeiro,
Rio to the Hague, the Hague to Teher-
an, Teheran to Washington, Washing
ton to Yeddo, thence to Rome and three
other European capitals in succession.
During four years of the time the gentle
man in question was unpaid. During
four more he was receiving a salary Of
ESQ per annum.
AN almost perfect house has been
lately disentombed at Pompeii. 1t is the
best preserved of all the Roman dwell
ings hitherto discovered. There are
two atria and very spacious peristyle,
in the middle of which there is an orna-
mental fountain. There is also COM
plete bath, which must assist in clearing
up some of the doubtful points concern
ing the arrangement of Roman baths.
The paintings in the interior of the
house were executed with considerable
taste, and they are in good preservation.
Those on the first floor, representing for
the most part marine animals, are
especially interesting. The frescoes
also, which are contained in the wings
of the building, are excellent represen-
tations of scenes from animal life.