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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

der Clay am de sort % ciothes-pin dat
goes walkin' 'rOun' % nights 'thOut
KNOWN Whedder be am gwine 10 rub de
heels Of q mule or de horns Of = Texas
steer, de sooner he decapitates hisself
from dis club de better for us ALL"
The Rev. Penstock said he rose 10 o
question Of privilege. lie had seen Il
charged in q South Carolina paper that
he was the inventor Of a heel com
presser for the benefit Of colored men,
and that scores OF his agents were now
canvassing that State. He Indignantly
denied the charge. He saw nothing
WRONG with any cOlOred mans heels. a
long heel gaze grace 10 the step and
rendered It's pOssessOr more sure-fOOted.
He was down on an invention 10 shorten
up heels or repress feet. He wore No.
1873 himself, and the only time he ever
thought Of his feet was when he got
down against a picket fence 10 pull his
boots of. Big feet did not keep a per.
son out Of society, away from church or
add to his taxes. Without them il was
hard work 10 maintain such dignity as
the possessor Of two dogs, a shotgun
and large and healthy family is every
where entitled To-. He wanted 10 stand
as pure as snow in the eyes Of his fel-
lOw-members, and he would therefore
move for a committee Of investigation.
The President replied that he did not
deem such q committee necessary.
Brother Penstock was regarded as a
truthful and upright man, and he had
plenty Of feet TO back up his denials.
The Lime.Kiln Club never considered
the length Of a mans heel while debat-
ing his character, and II the time ever
came when the aisles were crowded,
holes would be cut through the floor r.
accommodate members feet.-Detroil
FrPe pregg
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Imaginary DlsappOlntments:

Nor all the disappointments which
men and women note in their life are
disappointments which grow out of
their failure to develop excellence of
moral character, or to achieve some
good work for others. The element Uf
selishness enters largely into the COM
position of those regrets which we dig
nifty with the name of disappointments.
We mourn because we have lost some
personal advantage; because we have
failed to win the fame or the moneyfOr
which we hoped; or even because we
have not won some unworthy triumph
over a rival, or inflicted punishment
upon the enemies who have wronged
us.
Even in less directly selfish lsmenta-
tations over what seem to be failures in
ones past life, man often looks back
at the relations between success and
failure with eyes blinded by misappre-
hensiOn, and so grieves over what was,
in fact, a blessing rather than a curse.
He thinks only of the bright side of the
thing which he has missed, and ignores
the long line of certain or possible mis-
fortunes which would have followed
the attainment of the lost opportunity.
Not all the things which "might have
been'' are things of beauty and bless
ing. We dwell with melancholy mus
ings upon the bright things which we
have tailed to get, but we feel far too
little gratitude for the failure and suf-
fering which God has ayerted from us.
Indeed, the habit of coddling So
called dlsappoinhnents may so grow
upon us that we become utterly unable
10 distinguish between the true and the
false, and finally get into a fretfui and
sinful mood, because of failures which,
on the one hand, were real blessings.
or, on the other, had no actual basis in
fact Especially is this true of the re-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Brave Feat Of an Engineer.

WHAT would undoubtedly have been
a fatal accident was averted Tuesday
by the courage and presence of mind
displayed by Engineer Kingsley, of the
Housatonic road. He runs the up-ex-
press train leaving Bridgeport at 1910
a. IN. About half a mile south of Lee
he discovered child two or three years
of age on the track ahead. He at once
whistled down brakes and they were
applied. The train slowed up, but the
engineer saw it was not going to stop
in time to avoid striking the child, and
he accordingly jumped from the loco
motive, ran ahead and caught the little
girl just as the pilot touched her. She
was unharmed. Her mother arrived a
moment or two later, and was so over
come with joyful emotion on learning of
the child's escape that she tainted
NelD HdUen Palladium
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
A senseless Census Taker.

Mrs. PINE was in a great hurry the
other morning to get the little Pines off
in time for school. When a woman is
in hurry she is always excited, and Mrs.
Pine was only woman. There was
much hustle, much confusion and much
noise, which now and then swelled to an
uprOar, consequent upon one Of the lit
tie Pines getting his ears boxed, another
receiving a shaking and third running
away to escape the flying missiles in the
shape of a hair-brush or a handy piece
of soap.
It was in the midst of one Of these up
roars that a knock came at the door.
With flushed face she savagely threw it
open.
"Good morning, ma'am a very warm
day." said her visitor.
"You seem TO take it cool enough.
What's your business P'' was the not very
cordial reply.
"Who's the head of the familyp" he
inquired, getting his pen and book in
position.
"If he was in here he wouldn't ask
that" remarked one of the children.
Mrs. Pine darted fierce glance at the
last speaker, then turning TO her ques-
toner, answered, 81 am; but what's
that TO youP"
Census taker. Husband dead?"
emo"
"LivingPn
eff a man isn't dead he must be liv-
ing"
"Does he live here?"
UNO -
"Does he live in this cityP"
"Does he live in this State?"
"No.m
"Does he live in the United States ?"
"No.n
"Where does he live?"
"Why didn't you ask that at firstf
Do you think people have nothing else
to do but to stand talking to you? He
lives in Mexico"
"When will he be homeP"
"Dont know"
Divorced, suppose"
Mrs. Pines anger was steadily rising
under this interrogation, and when this
last question was put to her it burst forth
in all its fury.
Divorced, he!" she screamed, Di.
vorced! Do 1 look like a divorced
womanP Do you suppose any man
would get divorce from me! Do you
suppose any man would want divorceP
You base calumniator! You senseless
taker! Divorced, am 1 Oh, you vii
lain! you slanderer! you traducer! you!
you'll It's unbearable, so it is. After
having your husband tell you that
you are the sweetest tempered woman
he ever met, and call you ducky atleast
a thousand times, and then to have a
villain ask you if you are divorced!"
Then she sat down on the stairs and
had a good cry. The children were late
for school, and new census taker is
wanted in that district.-Nci0 Kork
Graphic.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Fish in Hot Water.

DURING the late suspension of pump
ing in the Belcher Mine the pump near
est the surface was Overhauled, and at
the clack were found number of cat
fish, one being nine inches in length
and fat as mud. There were some
twenty smaller ones, ranging in size
down to less than an inch in length.
About two years ago w. P. Bennett
purchased lot of these fish and placed
them in the Belcher tank on the sur
face. where they grew and bred A
very fine wire screen was placed over
the outlet of the tank to prevent their
escape. These fish must have wiggled
through this screen when very small,
and then found their way through the
connecting pipes to the pump col
umn. 1t is a mystery, however, how
these fish could have lived in the hot
water raised by the pumps, for if one
from ordinary water is placed in it, it
Immediately scalds the skin off. But
the fact that they did live in it and
thrive on it is attested by their presence
there and the fine condition of the
large one taken out.-Gold Hill (Mev.)
Ng3Dg.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
An Ant Worth Going To.

THERE has lately been discovered a
species of ant which deserves to be Mt
once introduced to the attention of all
children, servants and ladies keeping
house. No vestry should be ignorant
of the habits of so admirable a creature,
and sanitary boards of all kinds should
without loss of time be put in possession
of the leading facts with respect to
them. This ant, it appears, abominates
rubbish. If its house is made in mess
it gets disguised, goes sadly away, and
never comes back. Dirt breaks its
heart The insect in question is a
native of Colombia, and matches its
eggs by artificial heat, procuring for
this purpose quantities of foliage, which
in the course of natural fermentation
supply the necessary warmth. When
the young brood is Matched the COM
munity carefully carry away the de-
composed rubbish that has served its
purpose as hotbed, and stack it by it.
self at a distance from the nest.-Lon-
don Tele0rdph.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Proceedings Of the Llmo.Elln Club.

"DE man who finks he knows it all
am walkin' his way to de po'-house,"
solemnly observed the old man, as he
slowly drew in his legs and stood up.
"Ize finding men ebery day who knows
80 much dat dey doan want advice. 1t
am de hardest work in de world, mex to
splittin' swamp-ash rails, to convince
one o. dis sort dat he kin possibly be
wrong or any one else be right. When
a member Of dis olub comes 10 me an
axes nv advice as to whedder he better
quit a steady job 10 rush out to de Black
Hills, or de White Hills, or Leadville, or
any oder specificashus locality, stan
ready to waste heap o. talk on him.
When one inks he knows all about it
hisself an makes a rush, want it un-
derstood Hat i doan' raise any mo-
beans an taters dan my own family kin
eat"
The fact that Samuel Shin and Re-
storer johnson were intending to set out
for Leadville probably gave rise to the
above remarks. The hint that their
families need expect no assistance from
the club may make a radical change in
their plans.
The Committee on the Sick reported
that Midway Toots, member living
across the river, had been prostrated
from over-exertion in trying to catch a
street-car. He had asked TO be placed
on the list entitled to relief.
1t was further reported that Gen.
Scott Clay, another active member, was
laid up with sort of general goneness
from having rubbed against mules
heels in the dark.
Serves him right, and he can't get
no relief from dis club" answered the
President. "Dar am men in dis club
obar seventy years old who neber forgot
vhat' de mule stbod, nor de fact dat he
was loaded an ready TO 90 off. If Brud-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
A Monster Rattlesnake.

JOHN G. TEMPLEToN informs the Los
Angeles (Cal.) Herald that while pros
pecting in Tar Creek Canyon, in the
seepage region, he had occasion to
make a road through the snow four feet
deep. In doing so he came across an
immense rattlesnake in a torpid condi-
tion. After dispatching the monster
he found that it measured seven feet in
length by twelve and half inches in
circumference and had twenty-five rat
ties. These, which he cut off and
brought with him as a trophy, show
that his snakeship had attained the
venerable age of twenty y-eight years,
counting three years for the first button
and one year for each rattle.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

Scattering votes were cast as follows: Cali
fornia-Seymour, 2. Colorado-Loveland, 8;
Payne, 2. Iowa-MCDOnald, 2. Kansns-Ew-
ing, 10. Kentucky-McDonnd, l. Aassachu-
setts-Randal =. Michgan-Seymour l;
Lathrop, L; Mcclellan, 2. Nebraska-Love-
land, G. New Jersey-RRndall, 3; Parkor, ].
North Carolina-SoymOur, 1: Jcre. Black, l.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 1; Seymour, 3; Nc
Donald, ]. Rhode lsland-SeymOur, ]; En-
glish, 1. Observation-Disclosures, l. Whole
number Of votes cast, 1851. Necessary for
choice, 49l.
The Convention then adjourned to meet at
ten o'clock on the morning Of the oath.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

New York was excused from voting at her
own request. The question recurring on the
adoption OF the ma iority report 1t was adopt
ed By an almost uuananimOus Va DOcs vote.
Mr.. Wilson (W. Ya) moved that all con-
testing delegates be admitted TO the ConYen-
ton as spectators. Carried.
The report Of the Compittee on Permanent
Organization, recommending that ex-Gov-
ernor Stevenson, of Kentucky, be appointed
Permanent Chairman of the Convention,
with one Vice-President from each State and
the usual number Of Secretaries, was then
adopted, and Messrs. Mcdonald lRd.), But
Ter Is. o. and O'Connor Crenn.) were ap-
pointed a committee to conduct Governor
Stevenson to the Uhair. On assuming the
gaVel the Chairman delivered a spirited and
Interesting address Of thanks and cOngratu-
lAtiOn.
vote OF thauks be rendered 10 Judge Ho4l-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

AT the opening of every new Parlia-
ment in Italy each member receives
new medal Commemorative of the occa-
sion, struck specially at the royal mint.
The medal for the fourteenth Parlia-
ment is now being coined.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

In ancient Mexico it was the custom
to sacrifice human beings TO the gods.
This was case where several wrongs
made q rite.-BoSt0n Post.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

A WRITER in a New York paper says:
From 1851 to 1858 we had seven years
of plenty. From 1858 to 1865 we had
seven years of want. From 1865 to
1872 we had seven years Of plenty.
From 1872 to 1879 we had seven years
of want. Consequently, | prophesy a
follows: From 1879 to 1886 we shal
have seven years of plenty. From 1884
to 1898 we shall have seven years Of
want,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

HUSnING-BIRDs are very skillful and
secretive in their nest-building. A
Georgia paper thus describes one of
their abOdes: "It was set upon the
limb Of a tree the thickness of mans
thumb, and was coated outside with
the moss of an oak so as perfectly to
represent a klot. 1t was about the
size of a large hickory nut, an inch
high, and constructed OF cotton and
hair. It conained two little white eggs
about the size of a common snap
bean"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

WHEN a man loses his temper, says
the Boston Transcript, he is choief
blind.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23
CALCRAFT, THE HANGMAK.
The Romance Of His Daughter. Lone
Woman that He Hanged.

London world.
81 suppose | am the only person
with whom the late hangman had any
relations approaching friendship. Some
twelve years ago | used to fish nearly
every Saturday afternoon in the Lea,
near Sewardstone. Afternoon there
was wont to confront me on the left
bank a little old man with a long.
white beard. We began to converse
on fishing topics, and gradually grew
quite intimate, always, however, with
the stream between us. At length,
one day sudden thunderstorm came
on, and refuge had to be sought. |
counseled the old man to make for
bridge, get to my side aud accompany
me to the Fountain, well known fish
ing public house. As we were ap-
preaching the public house, he stop
ped, and said he would rather that |
went in alone. l pressed him for his
reason. Finally, with some emotion,
he told me who he was, spoke of the
possibility of his being recognized, and
the embarrassment the recognition
would cause to me.
II always take a man as | find him !;
and if Titus Oates were a man of
social tendencies, should not have
the slightest hesitation in standing
him a dinner at the Continental. Cal.
craft, think, was touched, and we
became almost friends as we sat and
drank while the thunderstorm spent
itself, Then and afterward he told
me some curious anecdotes of his pro-
fessiOnal career. Mrs. Manning, he
said, was the worst subject he had
ever worked of. She was somehow a
sort of distant cousin of his, and when
on the scafold he spoke to her sooth-
ingly. Her return was to make her
teeth almost meet in the ball Of his
thumb as he pulled the nightcap down
over her face. He promised to give
me whole sheayes of anecdotes, and |
atone time contemplated his biography;
but | vas called abroad, and never
saw the old man afterward.
There ran through Calcrafts ma
ture curious vein ofromance. When
| knew him he had an only daughter,
just grown up, on whom he dotted
She had found a sweetheart so he
told me one day in our cross-stream
gossips, and she asked her father to
be allowed to bring him home. Cal
craft counseled the girl to be candid
with her lover as to her fathers pro-
tession'-the expression was his own;
but the girl could not bring herself to
/ speak out, and she successfully en-
treated her father to keep the grue-
some secret also. The lover was an
assi0uous visitor to the maison Cal
craft up the New North roadway, and
the marriage day was actually fixed.
He owned that he was miserable with
! the sense of false pretense, and the
presentiment of impending misfor-
rune. One night, after the lover had
said bye to his girl, genial
neighbor stopped him-a woman, of
course, Calcraft bitterly interpolated-
and revealed to the lover who his i'm
pending ather-in-law was. The
fellow wentaway and never came back.
The girl was miserable. and the old
hangman was doubly miserable, partly
in remOrse for his own share in bring
ing it about. Here is the theme for a
tragedy in the hands of a man like
Mr. Wills
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23

THE people of Pine Bluff are in a
good humor Having heard from the
delegation sent to Louisville, they
don't care whether Cole is King or
not. The Pine Bluff Press of this
week says: We have before us the
Louisville Post and News which gives
the particulars Of the railroad meet
ing in that city on the 14th instant.
The meeting was addressed by Gen.
H. King White, and Messrs. r. G..
Atkinson, r. S. Thompson and j. A.
Austin of this city. The merchants
of Louisville appeared highly elated
at the statements made by these gem
tlemen and capital stock company
was organized. We learn from Gen.
White that about S350,000 of cash
subscription was raised on the spot
and that there will soon be delega-
tiOn here who will go over the line
from Duvall's Bluff via Pine Bluff to
Texarkana, the distance of 1856, is es-
timated at $4OOO,OOO. We sincerely
hope this road will be built, and that,
too, in shert time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23
OUEENswARE.

THE people of Memphis have the
utmost confidence in the efficacy of
the means now being employed to
make the city a healthy place and
eventually proof against epidemics.
In former years we have been crimin-
ally negligent, and the work before us
is immense. There are other places
besides Memphis in bad sanitary
condition, but that is their look out.
We are talking aboutand to Memphis
now. The accumulated filth of years
has to be removed in a few short
months. The work should be as
thorough as possible and we
are glad to be able to state
that it is going on with the ut
most dispatch in nearly all parts of
the city. Sanitation is the order of
the day, and nearly all classes, white
and black, are giving it some attention.
Those who are remiss will be remind
ed of their duty by inspectors whose
duty it is to examine every house in
the city. There are seven or eight
companies here engaged in cleaning
out privy vaults, and they are worked
to their utmostcapacity early and late.
A large force is engaged digging
trenches for the sewers. Several
carloads of sewer pipes are expected
tomorrow, and large barge loaded
with the same will be down in a few
days. The people are ready as a gen
eral rule, we believe, to pay the one
per cent. tax, which falls due on the
first proximo, and many will pay the
December tax at the same time. IF
all are prompt, there will be no lack
of funds, and the work of sewerage
will be rushed through by the begin
lug of summer. Dir. Porter is de-
termined to complete the sewer sys-
TEN, if possible, this season, so as not
to have to reopen the work next fall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23
TELEGRAPHIC.
CINCINNATI.
OistilIers to Memorabilia Congress-. Fire
Last Night.

CINCINNATI, January 22.-The ex :
Ccutive committee of the Distillers'
association held meeting and ap-
pointed committee to meet at Chicago
next week. A draft bill will be pre-
sented to congress covering sugges-
tons made by the association. The
following committee was appointed to
go to Washington and urge its passage:
President Miller, Messrs Leoser, New
York; Gallagher, Philadelphia; Stagg,
st. Louis; kellogg, Cincinnati; Clark,
Iowa; zell, Peoria; Shuffeldt, Chicago;
Thomas, Louisville; Renaued, New
York McNamar, Cincinnati.
A FIRE tonight damaged the build
ing and contents of No. 133 East
Pearl street to the extent of three
thousand dollars. The building was
owned by Thos. s. Smith, and occu-
pied by Smith, sheet-iron factory
Geo. Pelstring, cigar box factory, and
j. A. Lake, glue factory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23
River TeIegrams.

PITTsBURG, January 23.-Riyer 8
feet and falling. Clear and cool,
LOUISVILLE, January %. - River
stationary, with 10 feet Sinches in the
canal, and s feet s inches in the chute
on the falls Arrivals and departures
Robert Mitchell, New Orleans to Gin
'cinnati; Nellie Speers and tow, New
Orleans to Pittsburg; Ironsides and
tow, to Pittsburg.
CINCINNATI, January 23.-Arrived-
Cons Millar, Memphis; Andes, Wheel
ing, last night; Granite State, Pitts
burg, $3.50 am; Pittsburg, St. Louis,
II am. No departures. River %
feet and about stationary. Weather
cloudy and cold.
CAIRO, ILL, January 23.-Noon.-
Arrived Champion, Paducah, Ky..
4 am. Bigley, st. Louis. 4; Sharp
Mcdonald, New Orleans. Departed
Belle Memphis, Memphis, 8 pm.
Champion, st. Louis, 5. Weather
clear and pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23
Attachment Notice.

Before J, 5. Galloway, j. P. for Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn-G Eckerly & Bros vs.. Bocler 4
Co.
| n this cause an attachment having been
L sued out under section 1856 Of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit hav-
ing been made that defendants are indebted
to the plaintiffs in the sum of $500 60, due by
notes, and that the claim is Just, and that the
defendants are nonresidents Of the State of
Tennessee; or are about to remove, or have
removed themselves or property from the
state; or have removed, or are removing
themselves out of the county privately; or
concoaling themselves so that the ordinary
process Of law cannot be served upon them;
or have abseOnded; or are absconding or CON
cealing themselves or property; or have
fraudulently disposed Of, or are about fraudu-
lently to dispose of their property; it is there
fore ordered that said defendants make their
personal appearance before me on the 9th
day of February, 1880, at II o'clock M, at my
office, No So Madison street, Memphis, Tenn,
and defend said attachment suit within the
timo prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex parte; and that copy Of
this order be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the Public Ledger
This 23d day ofJanuary. 1850
S GALLOWAY, JP
l25 1sl 1877 llS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-23

A REPORT has been started in New
York that the manager of the Penn
sylvania Central railroad company has
made proposition to lease for a term
of years the Louisville and Nashville
and Great Southern railroad, and all
the lines and dependencies it has re
Gently acquired 1t is certain that
the subject has been broached, and
that conference has been held be-
tween Mr.. j. N. Mccullough, first
vice president of the Pennsylvania
company, and H Victor Newcomb,
first vice-president Of the Louisville
and Nashville company. This combi-
nation would be by far the largest
railroad power in the world. We are
prepared to hear of anything, except
that some syndicate has appropriated
the Mississippi river.