Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-07-10
suMMARY

np- The canal constructed es Niagara Fails
Cor manufacturing purposes, vus 70 have been
opened for the hrst time on lhe 5tA Of July
es- The fare on the New York aud New
Haven Road Is TO be considerably vduced.-
Cause steamboat competition
~ The sheriff At Quebec employed ne.
gro convict 10 naug n man and womun hist
Wa.k, gyihg his thirty dollars, aud setting him
free, for dong the disagveable job,
eSr Some 30 leagues square OF forests and
settlements uong The Saguenay river, Canada
have been ravaged by fire, aud many buildings
DESTROYED Many d tLc Inhabitants narrowly
escaped tleatb.
nsS- George Jennings Of Norwallsi while ar
ra glng the bell repe on freight train Of the
naNbury X, RI wus struck on the hcad IN pass
ing under tie bridge in the rear of l.. +. Far
wells residence, und lies in critical condition
as,- A curious instance of vegetable growth
was Witnessed ai Adriuhl Mich, aiew dnys ago,
being two mushrooms, perfect IN lorni, which
grew ou. from the buudAgrs with which a
6rSken leg was dressed. The pvultice must
have been very old.
zs- Mr. Burrell Quaker living near Roch-
ester, sunie years ago Horried his cousin, aud
the product Of tile iharringe being an idiot
child, the father hung himself last wees.-a
solemn warning to cousins
zsv- The Hartford Times says that WIN
Reed. ESQ, of VsstfRvilir, eaught sturgeon M
the Connecticut on Monday last, weighing 305
lbs. aud measuring feet nthl inches. Tie
meat is very fat and good favored,
as- The people Of Australia are begin
ning to hive the same difficulty with the
Chinese erigrants that is experienced in
California, and the Australian papers are de-
manding their exclusion from the county, as
| the only means Of preventing their ultimate
supremacy, by their overpowering numbers
as, The papers say ihut there is on exhibi
ton in Milwaukee, Wis. horse, eight se.rs
| old. well built ami active, with living snake.
about three inches long, constantly IN motion,
in the pupil of his eye The color Of this is
somewhat whittier than the other, but the sight
of the eye, though imperfect. is not destroyed
azy- Henry Brooks, Boetswa'n Of Kane's
Exlrdiru, died very suddenly at the n.
Navy Yard. Yesterday. Several OF those en-
gagged in the Expedition have died within 1
short time--owitg. probably TO the fact tina
their constitutions were ruined by the hardsh
aud exposure which they encountered.
a.y- The emigration from Europe to {
limited States, ia very light this year aDd like
; 10 1 e much Mailer Than for Biiiy yrars pas
The nnrRber arrived ut New ork. ms yea
nm to the 22d Of June, is only 3D,450, Srilin
oil Of 81 ,l59 from the number arrived up I
the same time in 1857.
ag- young couple about 10 be married
Newaqn. Mich. walked into the wousls, ar
{ while seated on log, the yonag lady was slit
i though the abdomen hy rife ball. aud eXpi
i I'd in ihtve hours thereafter. The pefpetrai'
II this melancholy deed claims thi,t he was OF
nunting, AMI that wem eay her through u
4 | bushes he thought her de,r.
; aay- The committee of the New York boar
3 of health have made WllitewaShing report q
!, the swill milk business, representing il as qu
/, decent and only needing some few improy
menis in the construction and management
!. the stables The Testimony ol the whole met
!, cal faculty Of the city happens to he ag iin
Them. and the conclusion is that the board wa
u the votes or ge. the nlsiuey OF the swill n'l
Z dealers.
u es- The Sacrament o nun says that the
es are at leas. two lhousandne at Different poit
- ON Puget Suund. who had llcru Unable 10 Z
~ any further towards the ue'sly discovered "a
:, diggings Many Of them were 50 situated tn
they cogH neither 20 ahead nor return
Clsins had been stakel oil ON The shore. a
e these who were the fortunate hold'ss were {
"a gagged in diggin CLAIMS Instead Of g,ld.
- 1SS- lie MluuselOWil Ol., oeHtiifet S'tNS ihe
u is an In lian WOMAN IN EtSt lIimpto i who "
Ie lie years nf age hlst FebuTy. Sic IS go
ID Tor cuti Ion, II mile walk or days waSnll
is which latter business is her means of Iiyelihu,
M She dislains the use Of spectacles, and has ncV
i, been seriously i'll except for Q few days VIII
: sue WIS only I05 years Of age, and her you
and vigorous constitutions carried her throu
! with That.
en ls> The idea Of sowing turnp seed in IN
* aud July is. doubtless, borrowed from Englal
ar our Girniers overlooking the important fact Il
ms The atmosphere OF Euelaud is hunid-wlici
me so essential 10 quick ervwlh-whle onr elm
is JUS: he oplrslte. and during these mon
with us the soil is generally parched &c.
zoe have experimental for the last two or th
80 wears. aud discover by sowing the seed alb
~ the 10th of August, IN bed. prepared Us
st tobacco, and then transpauiipg the plants
lr for cabbagt--aboni twelve inches apart. ah
mt the lst Of September, with the proper cult
in ton, success is The result. BY this method
of have succeeded when Others failed, and can
ino duee more on one acre than is generally ra
nnr on three. Turnils, to be brought to perfect
nsr require like any other roots, ,cork.
on Rural .NtO Torks