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

ATEN-YEARs-oLD Comanche boy, who
entered the Indian school at Carlisle In No
Vember last was interpreter in the confer
ence Of the party OF Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache chiefs with the Secretary Of the In-
terror.
DIR. II. Y. TANNER, of Milwaukee,
began on the 2Sth ult. In New York his feat
Of fasting forty consecutive days under the
supervision Of a committee Of six physicians
The wrecked steamer Narragansett
was raised on the 2sth ult. but sank again
while being towed toward Cow Bay. No more
bodies were recovered.
The Irish revolutionary convention
met in Philadelphia on the 2sth ult.
THE Orange County, New York,
Grand Jury has indicted Beaumont b. Buck,
the Texan student who shot John G. Thomp-
son, Jr., at Highland Falls a few weeks ago.
The excursion steamer Long Branch,
Just after casting of from the dock at New
York Cityon the Goth ult,, and crowded with
asunday school party, was run into by an oil
boat and crushed IN below the water line
The boat began TO nll, causing great alarm on
board among the children and teachers and
making frantic the friends ON shore who wit
messed the collision. The boat speedily re-
turned 70 shore aud all landed In safety.
some terrible sights confronted the
reporters who visited the scene of the wrecked
Seawanahala on the 20th ult. On the star
board eide, nearly level with the edge, was a
bed Of clnders and iron containing the remains
of two human beings Who they were win
probably never be known, for the remains
haRa q n nafktnu a.
than chunks Of burned meat The heads and
limbs alike we're welded by the tlerco heat In
20 a very small compass. The bodies lay
about eight feet apart. On the top OF the
horizontal boiler the ordinary position OF
which was directly beneath the main forward
deck were the bones Of a third. How the
person got there is a mystery, unless, indeed,
he or she fell through the burning deck, and
there met a fate thousand times more hoTl
BILE than death by drowning A large num-
Der Of the dead we're identified by friends.
The list of missing Is large, but the officers
were unable 10 give names.
PHILADELPmA has a population of
s47,a2.
SENATOR j. ID. CAMERON has written
a letter stating that he cannot accept the
chairmanshlp Of the National Republican
Committee, as he is physically unable to un-
dergo the labors which necessarily belong u
the position. He says he found himself after
the adjournment OF Congress- very much
broken down and he was therefore compelled
70 abandon all bis business affairs, although
they had been neglected during the entirt
session Of Congress, and go 10 White Sulphur
sprngs with the hope Of having his health re
stored.
A REVISED list Of the dead of the Sea
wanahaka disaster, made on the P0th ult.
showed that thlrty-two bodies hadr been re
covered. II all the missing persons be adde
to the list the total will reach sixty-two.
THERE were seventy-nine fatal case
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

Of sunstroke In New York City in the twenty
four hours ending at noon on the 1st
AT Kenebunk, Me-, on the 1st, Mrs.
Sylvester Chick took her only son, eight years
old, to the river, undressed him and held him
under the water until he drowned. She then
attempted to drown herself.
DURING a fire at New Brunswick, N.
J., on the LIST, George Robotham and Thomas
Hemming we're fatally injured by a ladder
falling.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
LATFR NRWa.

THERE were 1904 arrivals of immi-
grants at Castle Garden on the Both ult. The
total number Of immigrants for the month Of
June was 42,O28, as against 1880 for June OF
last year
CLEVELAND, Ohio, has a population
Of 159,399, an increase Of about 66,OOO since
1870.
A CONsTANTNoPLE dispatch says it is
believed there that the Porte has determined
TO resist the decision Of the powers. Il is also
believed that Greece will initiate the example
Of Montenegro and will not attempt to take
forcible possession of the ceded territory.
In the English House of Commons on
the ID Bradlaugh made affirmation. He signed
the roll in silence.
SCOTT BELL (Colored) was hanged at
stockville, Miss, on the I'd for the murder of
Jim Henry (colored) on the 10th OF May last,
English Carter alias L. B. Jones, was hanged
at Huntsville, Texas, on the same day for the
murder Of w. X. Spaulding in July last.
GENERAL j. b. WEAVER, GreenbAck
candidate for President, has written letter
Of acceptance, in which he expresses his graf
lfication at the honor conferred upon him and
accepts the nomination as a solemn duty. In
concluding his letter he says: " In cOnse-
quence of the great avenues TO public opinion
the press, bar and pulpit-belng mainly un-
derthe control of the enemies Of our Govern
ment our Convention thought proper to re-
quest its candidates 10 visit the various sec
tions OF the Union and talk 20 the people. 1t
Is my intention to comply with this request
TO the extent OF my ability. And now, eschew-
ing all violence and tumult as unworthy Of
the cause we represent and relying upon Di-
vine Providence and the justice OF our cause
go forthinto the struggle for human rights" +"
MARSHALL JEWELL. of Connecticut,
was elected Chairman of the National Repub-
lican Committee, and s. w. Dorsey, Secretary,
on the ID.
MARY OCoNNoR, aged forty-fve, of
Jersey City, N. j., killed her three children on
the night of the LIST. Mrs. O'Connor had been
sick for a long time and had been unable to
take care of her children and she thought that
by killing them they would go to heaven.
The Foreign Secretary has informed
the Ambassadors Of the Powers that the Porte
cannot consent to the cession OF Dulclgno
to Montenegro. The enrolment Of volun-
teers is actively and openly proceeding.
THE United States postal authorities
are negotiating with France for an enlarge
ment of the limit In the size and dimensions
OF sample packages of merchandise to be
sent through the mails between the two
countries.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has re-
turned TO the Treasury sl,OOO,OOO of the un-
expended balance of the appropriation for re,
funding the National debt, and S2,000,000 OF
the unexpended balance OF the appropriation
for collecting the revenue from customs for
the last year. being amounts saved by the
department out of the sums authorized TO be
expended by law.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

In polite circles in London new bev-
orage has been introduced. 1t is called
euphemistically "Rosy Love- and is
made of simple infusion of cherry
stalks. This cheering cup, says an
English ohronicler, ais sweetened with
ounce slrup, topped by whipped cream,
and iced. To the amiable mixture may
or may not be added wine, and the
result is drink extremely nice and re-
fteshing. 1t is served at lunch with
Narbonne honey, Swiss or Aylesbury
cheese, and brown bread and butter cut
very thin, and enlivened by fresh water
oress. The Duchess de Magenta hos
Oondesoended to honor this novel species
OF entertainment with her approval,
and invitations to partako Of IL are very
properly issued under the name Of
PoUche a Ia Mdrechale In her honori
though justice oompels the admission
that several of the Republican ladies
OF France have looked upon it with
equal favor"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

In Titusville, Pa. few days ago,
Mrs. Joseph Bushnell died from the
effects Of kissing the dead body of her
father ten days before, while attending
his funeral in Pittsburgh. Her father
died of erysipelas, and at the time men
toned she had sore on her lips,
through which her blood was poisoned.
Her little daughter Ella, is not expected
10 live from kissing her mother.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

CINCINNATI has an excellent fire de-
partment. The discipline is rigid, and
the best apparatus is used. A central
tower is supplied with elaborate electric
devices for receiving and sending out
alarms. An operator is on duty there
all the while. In order to keep him
constantly awake and vigilant and 20
learn promptly of any breaks in the
alarm telegraph wires, he is compelled
to test the circuits every twenty min
utes, and to call every engine house
through the telephone every hour. An
ingenious automatic register records on
card out of the operators reach, each
test of a circuit. Hope ID. Lockwood
has for six years been the night operator,
and during most Of that time a box
marked "rools," has stood locked
under his desk, The Superintendent
broke it open, the other day, and found
that it was filed with clock work
Searching further, he found that it
could be connected by concealed wires
with the registry dial. Its use was to
make the dial register tests that were
not really made. 1t would also ring a
bell every hour. BY its means Lock.
wood was awakened 10 make the hourly
calls, but could skip the twenty-minute
tests.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

"A widow lady of London, Ont,
feeling the heat oppressive the other
mig ht, arose and got into oistern in
her yard to take a bath, She was un-
able TO get out again, and next morn
ing was heard screaming for help by
two young men passing. They went TO
her assistance, and pulling her out one
of them enveloped her in his duster, in
which condition she returned indoors
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

A RULE for living happily with others
is to avoid having stock subjects for
disputation. 1t mostly happens, when
people live much together, they have
come to have certain set topics, around
which, from frequent dispute, there is
such growth ofangry words, mortified
vanity and the like, that the original
subject of difference becomes astanding
subject fora quarrel, and there is tend
ency in all minor disputes TO drift down
to 1t. Again, if people wish to live
well together, they must not hold too
much to logic, and suppose that every
thing is to be settled by sufficient reason.
DIR. johnson saw this clearly with re-
gard to married people when he said;
''Wretcbed would be the pair, above
all names of wretchedness, who should
be doomed to adjust by reason, every
morning, all the minute detail of the
domestic day" But the application
should be much more general than he
made it. There Is no time for such
reasonings, and nothing that is worth
them. And when we recollect how two
lawyers or two politicians can 60 on
contending, and that there is no end of
one-sided reasoning on any subject, we
shall not be sure that such contention
is the best mode of arriving at truth.
But certainly il is not the way to arrive
az good temper.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

In suburban cemetery Of Warsaw
were inferred, a few weeks ago, the re-
mains of venerable Pole, whose claim
TO be the Oldest inhabitant, of that city
had been undisputed for several years
previous 10 his demise. This patriarch
had completed his 1l8th year when he
was summoned TO his fathers; and, as
during his abnOrmally protracted exist
ence he had suffered no family bereave-
ments, except that which robbed him
of his wife, eighty-five years ago, his
body was followed to the grave by such
q procession of mourning descendants
as, at least with respect to its numbers,
has probably never before attended the
obsequies OF defunct Christian. No
fewer than 2S5 of his children and chill
dren's children, even unto the fourth
generation, streamed into the church
yard TO bid last adieu 10 their progen-
itor The death of a person who had
many grandchildren when the battle of
Waterloo was fought, and whose early
personal memories included such his
torical figures as Maria Theresa and
Frederick the Great, is a noteworthy
circumstance.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
"Inrislble Fire.

An English gentlemen discovered
that the fame of electricity as a cura-
tive power had penetrated Persia.
While tarrying at Shiraz, on business
connected with the overland telegraph,
he was visited by a Persian noble.
Having received paralytic stroke IN
his left shoulder and arm, the nobleman
came to inquire if the Englishman's in
visible fire electricity would not cure
him. He had heard that there were
magicians in England, who cured all
diseases by the aid of this fire. The
Englishman, having moderated the
Persian expectations by remarking that
the statement was an exaggeration, ac-
companied him to the Office of the tele-
graph. A powerful battery had just
been prepared and the officer in charge
readily consented to operate upon the
paralyzed arm. To the two poles of
the battery a copper wire was attached,
ana at the extremity of each wire a
dampened sponge. The Persian was
instructed to tightly grasp one of the
sponges in his paralyzed arm. Timidly
complying, he was astonished to feel no
sensation.
"Wait moment" said the English
man, clapping the other sponge on the
mans shoulder. With leap and a
yell he bounded out of the room, amid
the uproarious laughter of the officials.
All Shiraz was excited, the next day
at the shock the nobleman had received,
Though it effected a partial cure the
frightened man refused to submit to a
second application of the "invisible
fire." One shock was sufficient, for, he
declared, all the stars of the heavens
were visible to him in that awful mo-
ment. He would visit the telegraph
office and look with awe at the Z" fire ~
machines. Mournfully shaking his
head, he would depart without uttering
word,
Another Persian, whose curiosity con-
quered his fear, while examining the
telegraph, touched one of the terminals
of the machine. AS he felt no sensa,
tion he laid his hand on the other ter
minal. A sudden yell and a backward
Jump were the result. The man told
his companions, in an awe-struck tone,
that he had been bitten by the genii oi
the machine. The Englishman attempt
ed to explain the operation, but his
words did not disturb, in the least, the
Persian credulity.- Youths Companion
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

OLIVE LOGAN says; Paris is the
wickedest city on the face OF the earth. "
Directly after that she says: 1t is a
lovely place to visit, either for week
or twelvemonth."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

WHEN some one says that the dark
horse win be nominated, all the candi-
dates look into their mirrors to see
whether tney are very pale
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
A Sad Accident.
NEW LONDON, Conn, July

NEW 1OkDON, OOnu., July l..
The only sad occurrence of regatta
day was the painful accident that hap
pened on the Northern Railroad, and
which resulted in the death of President
F. w. Lincoln, of the Boston & Alba
ny Railroad, and Mrs. DIR. William APP
pleton, of Boston. II appears that Mr..
Lincoln and Mrs. Appleton were seated
on the rear platform of the private car
of Mr.. Lincoln, attached to a moving
grand stand, watching the race. The
car was next to the forward engine of
the train. Soon after the train started,
when the first race was begun, the coup
ling pin connecting the private car
with the platform car in the rear
broke in twain. The forward engine,
released of the heavy weight it was
dragging, shot rapidly ahead. The
shock threw Mr.. Lincoln and Mrs.
Appleton upon the rails. The forward
wheels of the platform car passed over
the lady and gentleman, crushing them
terribly. The rear wheels of the car
left the track, and the train then came
TO standstill. Mrs. Appleton died
within fifteen or twenty minutes after
the accident; MIR. Lincoln lived nearly
an hour. The bodies were brought to
this city in a private car and then con-
veyed to the residence of Mr.. Ham
mond.
A boy whose name has not been
learned was injured at the same time.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

A YoUNGsTER joyfully assured his
mother the other day that he had found
out where they made horses. He had
seen a man finishing one-''he was just
mailing on his last foot.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-16
Balky Horses.
oven.

A correspondent of the RurGLjSt
writes: Many and varied have been
the plans, both kind and harsh, tried
for the cure of balkiness in horses, by
parties troubled, delayed, and provoked
in this way. Having had considerable
experience in the handling of such
horses, | have found the following a
GOOD remedy. 1t is easily and quickly
performed, and has never, so far as l
am aware, failed to cure:
Two persons are required for the
trial. One should hold the reins while
the other fastens q short strap or rope
a halter-Strap, always at hand, an
swers the purpose well-just below the
fetlock of fore leg, then going for
ward, he should pull on the strap until
the horse lifts his foot; continuing to pull,
the foot will be brought forward and set
down little in advance of the other.
The horse thus thrown out Of natural
position, will move forward to gain his
equilibrium. Another pull will cause
another move forward. This may be
repeated several times, oruntil the horse
moves without having the foot pulled
forward. Usually the first or second
pull will start him. Three or four such
reminders at most will do the work.
When the start is made it is generally
an easy one. Sometimes, however, 1t
has the appearance of the horse being
in hurryt to get away from the pro-
vuking man with the strap, therefore a
steady hand should manage the reins.
| have never known horse under this
treatment to kick or to act mean IN any
does start off the hold on the strap
should be given up. After having gone
twenty-five or more yards the horse
should gently be brought to stand and
the strap removed. Then try to start
him without the strap. II he does not
move of at once apply it again. He
will soon tire of being thus annoyed,
aud will give you no further trouble in
this way.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-16
A POlyglOt Beggar.

Citizens who have had business on
Chestnut, Eighth, Arch and Spring Gar
den Streets cannot fail to have noticed
German Of medium build and middle
age, dressed as general rule, in light
colored clothing and wearing a dilapi-
dated white Derby hat, whose vocation
is alms-seeking. He is persistent feI-
low and will not take rebuff. lie has
a habit Of sldingup to gentlemen before
they are hardly aware of his presence
and accosting them with "Sprechen sic
Deutsch, mein herr?n Perhaps you do
and perhaps you don't. If not he will
try YOU with, "Parlez vOas Francaise,
monsieurm Maybe you don't speak
French and then he will fire several
other languages at you, which you don t
understand At last he says; "Mein
vriend, | Spelke leete English" and
strikes YOU for II small amount to help
him and his family along. He is, ac-
cOrd.ng to his story, poor working
man out OF employment and sometimes
a stranger in u strange city. One gen
tleman asserted yesterday that he had
actually been haunted by this man, as
he had been met by him on seven diff
ferent occasions in seven different
places on seven successive days and
numerically assailed with seven differ
ent languages. The name of this beg
gar is Charles Wagner. He was ar
s ted S5sr ss0, bat " Us =
leased on promising that he would dis
continue his meEdicant career. On
Saturday he accoSted gentleman on
Chestnut Street and was handed over
to the police. When taken before MAJ
iStrate Smith he said he was a teacher
of languages and promised to leave the
city if released. He was committed to
the House OF Correction. philadelphia
Press.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-16

nDo YOU attend the fair ~ she said,
And tossed her pretty little head.
he spake up with a rogulsh glance,
Yes, always, when get cnance
She blushed and said, "Now don't be green;
You know quite well, sir, what | mean;
Tire els only one fair in the town"
Said he, That's what | sal to Brown"
"Charles, l shall have to box your ears"
The lovely eyes were full of tears
"You know what fair; will you lake meW
"For better or worse2' said Charles, in gee.
"a is lair in love or war;" and tacy
4 family ticket fought next day
Nov Charles IOuks into h'r sparkling eyes
And swears he has carried off the prize.
-HOet Ster ErprSs.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-16
A PENNSYLVANIA Bear Story.


Three years ago, sheep, pigs and oc-
,asionally Il calf belonging to people
WING about Guyou Settlement, Warren
COUNTY, were missed from pastures ald
oens. 1t was at last discovered that an
immense black bear made the havoc.
The men OF the place went after him
with guns and dogs. He was hunted
for weeks. He was seen several times
and shot at. Once he came suddenly
out into road where George Root was
standing, rifle i'll hand. Root fired and
hit the bear. The bear turned on the
hunter. Root dropped his gun and
climbed tree. The bear waited under
the tree for him until dark. 1t was late
in the fall and very cold. When the
bear walked off into the woods Root
was nearly frozen, and had difficulty in
reaching home, three miles away. A
week afterward the bear was attacked
by two dogs that were with party of
hunters. Before any of the men az
rived on the scene both dogs were killed
and the bear had disappeared in the
swamp A large steel trap was baited
with honey and set in place that
showed signs Of the bear S frequentpres-
ence. The men who went to look at
the trap next morning found it sprung.
1t held the fore paw of a bear. The
size of the paw indicated that the ami
NAL to which it had belonged was OF
great size. 1t appeared to have been
gnawed from the leg. A trail Of blood
led from the trap to the swamp. That
was the last ever seen or heard of the
big bear.
Three weeks ago the sheep, pigs and
calves of Guyon Settlement began to be
mysteriOusly thinned out again. One
dav bear was seen to cross the road
near the place by some school children.
George Watson aud A. r. Root, Jr.,
took two dogs and went out with rifles
to kill the bear. The dogs struck a
track on the mountain in less than an
hour and they came up to the bear in a
very short time. When Root and Wat
son arrived they found the dogs engaged
in fight with a very large specimen of
the game they were seeking. When
the bear saw the men it knocked one OF
the dogs with its fore paw and threw
it twenty feet away. 1t did not return
to the contest. The bear then rushed
for the hunters. Root stopped it with
rifle ball. 1t made a second attack
and Watson sent bail into it. 1t arose
the third time and endeayored to reach
the men, who had retreated to safe
distance, but fell after making a few
steps and died. The bear had but three
feet. One OF its fore paws was missing.
For that reason the residents of Guyon
Settlement believe that the dead bear
was the one that was in the neighbor-
hood three years ago. The bear was
very thin, bat was the largest ever
killed in that region In good condition
it would have weighed 800 pounds
TJdtoute (Pa.J Cor Nea0 York Sun.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-16
The Foot.

1t is the glorious and inexpensive
privilege OF birds and most beasts to go
unshod. The horse is the only eXcep-
ton. Even the horse, in his wild and,
as some term it, natural state, pre-
fers to 90 shoelesS. Boys, and even
girls, at very early age show similar
tendency The first confinement of the
foot in leather is irksome. Pride and
vanity at last come to the wearer's re-
lief, and what at first was deemed a
fetter becomes finally q source OF de-
lioht: and the wearer is willing to en-
dure misery 80 that the shOei is a perfect
fit. The natural tendency of the foot is
democratic. Its inclination is to rebel
against the shape given it by the shoe
maker. No matter how deity fash
ioned or how patrician and high arched
the instep, nor how smoothly it conceals
the uncouth, kaobby and bunioned
foot of the wearer, every boot will in
time assume that shape which best suits
its own ease and convenience. As in
all cases of age, wrinkles will appear.
The gradual curving fall from ankle to
toe will become more or less abrupt or
disappear. and number Of hummOCky
ridges take its place. The sides lower
down will bulge out and perhaps slop
over. The foot may suffer less misery
but the great object for which boots and
shoes are worn, 1. e., to show, or profess
to show, shapely feet, is lost. The
cheaper the boot the sooner does this
result. Few boots after being worn re-
tain any dignity of appearance. Regard
the boots put without the hotel room
doors for brushing.-NeO York Graphic,