The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-16
The Agricultural Fair.

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.qsquash from Major Bennett, los lbs.
weight, 6 feet 8 inches circumference.
4 ffbm HalBsClist, three watermelons;
oee-sa la. issssAtsseaeer er-sxsigA gAiMg,
a4abel; ms ttuce fseuinciWuatermces4O
lbs; and one l-2 feet in circumference,
Sc pounds. 80
Potatoes from Mr.. HorneK, 4ai-R lbs.
each. ;naeii dtnd iaos iu,lfsi va
Potatoes ,from Fl. 6. Beard,oa lbushe
averaging pounds eachroes sdI
Onions rftbm qR dnibn Il, colss one
weighs 10 pounds, ,ahd lis 40 inches in
sixty weigh fl3pouads.
Beets 7 l-2feesiong iffomiSmith Bar
ber 4 CO. .,t.. .l., sd, H.. ~
From DR.. Logan, one beet ett measuring
AZ inches in circumference, and weighing
40 pounds; also one, weighing s5,pounds
A cabbage from J. Beam, with 25 well
formed heads. .j..,.t..,,;.,A
A cabbage from Mr.. HAIoprner, AIp weighing
S5 pounds, with IS heads, and the main
head in the centre, measuring in clrcGm-
ference IA inches; also tone weighing so
pounds, and anothers28 puuntlsh
Corn from Major Bennett, measuring so
feet in3length, taken from five acres aver
aging nearly so bushels per acre. va
Broom corn, sfrom Droutmanl & co. 8
feet high, heads 2feetlongsniHoa nc
Cucumbers from the same firm, weigh
ing s-4 pounds, and Is inches long.
Tomatoes, pounds each, from Horner
g. R,n;o, e~liIiN 4"" u sAhi .oY'd)
A tarnfbp,;, Weighing Is pounds, and
measuring % inches ii ccilrcumfefepce.-
One of 19 pounds, and a inches, in cir
cumference, from Downieville. "
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The Oregon Statesman Of the 9th inst
says:
Yesterday (lsriday, Nhs the day ap-
pointed for, the execution of. Adam Whip
pie, for the murder of his wife several
months since, and we suppose he suffered
the penalty of the law ih accordance with
the sentence, though he has all along de-
cIared he would s'never hang. nn Several
days previous Il to the one appointed for
his execution he attempted to escape by
getting one of the guard to 60 out with
him in obedIences, to-, a call of nature.-s
When out, .hel ran and jnmped off a high
bank Of the creek, and, 1--WE are,informed,
came near ieffecting his escape, but was
retaken by. the sheriff He had loosened
the irons from his legs. Onbeing brought
back he told the guard thut he would
leave them yet-that he was not going 10
be hanged.iHe made his will, and when
cur informant wrote, was having his con-
fession written out.l So far it did mot
vary from his former statement. 1rq~ alf''l
SHIP BtlLDING in LiyERPooL In a
yard on the westNside of Brunswick dock,
the keel Of a vessel Of upwards Of 5000
tons has been laid Tfhen completed
SHE viii BE the largest vessel ever built in
England. The great features in the. con
struction Of ibis vessel are that she Will be
built ofsoft wood pitch pine, with Amer
ican oak floors. She is intended for the
Australian trade, and is expected to carry
an Immense cargo. Her cost is expected
to he al little above halt Of that usually
charged for an oak built vessel
LAND, lWtRRANTs. 49, The. New Y ork
Times says that there is Increased inquiry
for hand warrants, with -a'Sltort supply aon
sale.s'i The Wall street dealers pay full
$3.50 forthe so acres script; ss75 for the
80 acres, and $S7n so for the 4Oacres. -
They resell at Ss164, $77, and $Ss So. 81
A correspondent Of the Times, writing
from the mines says:
Mining continues he same as usual.
One in twenty gets Something nineteen
not successful. New diggings have been
some so miles from here.
ii'rhe brother'of Maj! Jafies D. Savage,
who'was rec emily killed in California by