Demoine courier., 1855-05-10
GLEANINCS FROM THE PRESS.
PROMISING.

lhe Lagrange MtsS0urtdn, OF Satur'
day, the Dist, gives the following cheer.
ing of the prospect for the grow
ing crops Of The present season.
"The counties Of Northeast Nilsson
ri, have beer favored with fine rains the
pas, two weeks. which have cheered up
The hearts of The Responding husband
men, and made glad the homes of the
needy. Never ir The annals OF our his
tory was rain mere welcome, or did
Heaven receive more ~feryenl inyocations
for his kind providence.
The wheat crop looks unusually well,
and promises an abundant yield. The
farmers are busy planting oats, corn and
other staples. and !, is though, one third,
more grain will be produced this year,
than in any former one. May a propisi.
Gus season favor the thrifty yeomaury,
and a golden harvest crown their hard
earned iahors.
The weather is extremely warm for
The season, the thermometer ranging al
80 to 80. Vegetation has been quite
backward, but the late rains have given
an impetus 10 stunted nature, and the
forests and fields are rapidly exchanging
their dreary CO stume for the green gsrn-
iture OF spring.
FlRE.-The residence OF O. +. ODER,
was destroyed by lire on the lllh inst.,
a, Bloomfield, Davis county. The sum
Of $3.50 was raised among the crowd,
before the fire was out, and presented to
Mr.. ODER, towards the erection Of a new
house. That's public spirit.
EDrroRrAL.-Wm. G. Thompson has
become associated as editor in chief,
with Jenpison Of the Register, an in
Dependent. sheet published a. Marion. in
Linn county.
DEBORAH This is the County sea,
Of Winneshiek county, and a point Of
considerable importance, from the fact,
that one of the new Land Offices is TO
be established here. 1t is situated upon
the Upper Iowa River, between 30 and
40 miles from The MississippG in the J
ciDi,y Of large bodies Of timber andspos
sessing unrivalled water power. O The
Clayton Co. Herald. in,imates that De
corah would be an advantageous loca,
lion for q Press, and an effort 10 on foot
to secure one.-Reporfer:
Gov. REEDER has been enthusiast.
calIy received al his old home in Penn
sylvania. Ia a public speech, at Easton,
he confirmed all the reports which ap
peared in the northern press respecting
the outrage of the Missourians upon the
settlers of Kansas.
GEN. BUTLER, OF Kentucky, declines
the nomination for Congress recently
rendered HIM BY his political friends.
Gen. DopoE sailed from New York
in the Pacific, for Liverpool. on the %.
CosNEcrIcUr.-The Legislature Of
Connecticut. which meets on the 7lh inst.
is to pass upon two importan. amend
ments 10 the constitution. They are,
the striking the word "whi,e" out of The
qualifications for suffrage, and the on
finemen, Of the privilege Of voting to those
who can read.
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONAL
the las, session of the Legislature. The
following resolution 10 alter or amend The
Constitution Of the State OF Illinois, was
adopted:
Pesotued, by the Senate and HOUSE
Of Represrntafipes of the General ifs
s 'mbiy Of Illinois, Tha, The electors OF
The State Of Illinois be, and are hereby
recommended, at the next elecsian for
members of the General Assembly. 20
vote for or against a convention for the
purpose Of altering or amending the Con
s,isu,ion of the State Of Illinois.
Iowa GIRLs.-Next to the Johnson
county equestrian, Miss HoDoEs, we be.
lieye the smartest girl in the Stale is
Mise ELyIRA LEGEs of Dacotah. Dubu.
que county, whom the Observer credits
with having engrafted eighteen hundred
and nine apple trees, upon the farm ol
Horace White. the 9Th day of April! A
good days work for male Or female.
~ There is a great scarcity of food
on the island Of Jamaica. In several dis.
.ricts, distant from mnrket places. hund.
reds have to subsiss upon the young
ba,nboos, and 10 dig up and clutch any
wild root or spontaneous production &c
supper! life.