Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-10-16

At the Hillsborongh county, N. H. ag.
ricutural fair, a novel aud Interesting fea-
ture was a contest between seven brass
bands. The committee, composed Of ed
itors, gave the first premium, $50, to the
Manchester cornet band, the second Of $25
to the Nashua band, aud smaller premiums
to several others.
ray Al Cork, ireland, q few weeks
since, 500 fathoms of the first piece of the
Atlantic cable laid, which has been Rshed
up. were sold at less than four cents per
foot. They are not so enthusiastic about
the cable in England as to cut it up for
jewelry. ...s, O. t-.
RaS~ Some Of the fruits exhibited at the
California state fair were extraordinary.
Among them were pear weighing four
pounds, bunch of grapes weighing four
teen pounds, an apple weighing two pounds
| three ounces, peach measuring twelve
and oue.half, aud q strawberry six aud one.
half inches in circumference
Ha- A man weighing $50 pounds stole
a ride from Pittsburg to Mifflin, Pa., 2l0
miles, by slowing himself away on truck
under a car. When taken out the dirt and
dust was an inch thick on him and he was
unable to stand up. The conductor merci-
fully had him washed, and took him to
Philadelphia gratis.
Bsy- Mr. Weed of the Albany Journal
offers to bet $1,000 that Morgan, the re.
publican candidate, will be chosen govern
or of New York, on condition that the
money 10000, which eitherparty wins, shall
20 to the new state inebriate asylum.
Eay- The National Inteligencer compIi.
ments the people Cf South Carolina highly
for their respect for federal law in the case
Of the Echo slaves--on tue same gro nnds,
we suppose that man returns thanks after
o visit to New York city, that he did not
loose bis pocket book and was not CARROT
ted or slung-shotted in the streets. r .f
Da- w. ID. Washburn, younger broth
er of the famous three, is nominated to the
Minnesota Legislature by the republicans
of He nnepin county, and there is n talk OI
adding him to the Washburns in Congres:
next year.
M The administration papers of Hi
nois published an authenticated copy of q
mortgage lately executed upon his proper
ty in Chicago by senator Douglas, to sew
eral Tommany politicians, for $4,000
which they argue has gone in to pay cam
paign expenses, If Douglas is beaten, he
is financially as well as politically ruined
paS~ 1t is the desire of the administra.
ton that Gen. Denver shall recall hiSNres
gnation of the governOrship of Kansas
and of this fact he has been advised
R@- A Missouri paper says that Davy
A. Atchinson, who was four years ago th,
mightiest man of the border, has abandon
ed politics entirely, and is now living il
perfect retirement and dispensing his unos
tentatious hospitality.
Gs A Keokuck paper gives a distressing
picture of things in Iowa, comparing its condi
lion to that of "the doomed city of Jerusalem.
They have creditors without and creditors with
in, every third man is lawyer, every other ma
virtually pauper, and standing in listes1 an
Improbable idlenesS, except the police aud cor
stables ai.r .+-.
~ A fire occurred in the basement of th
Ohio State House, on the 5th inst, directly III
der the Office of the Secretary of State, in
room used by him as a store-rOom, and by work
men as paint shop. A large quantity Of st,
tionary was destroyed, besides five or six hui
dred volumes Of public documents, embracin
the only complete set Of documents from III
first organization of the Territorial Governmer
to the present time. The origin of the fire
unknown.