, 1859-01-22
UeSte1'la .1elUs Items,

GEE!r F1sH1Sd.-Two Germans, yesterday cut
81 bole through tho ice in Lake Pto-il, aud ruugnt
four hundred pounds OF piks,-Du5uq1e Isrss.
K1Tnnv1o.-DE. Sharpe, who killed Dr.. Stout
a oel11' 1o"o, Some thzee years sinre, and for
n Haie9 ~ ha vas tried at Dubuque, has been repriev-
praetclnS medicine in H4nibal. 10.
EDCcATloS.-The people of Wisconsin hare .x.
pended han million of dollars more fur tue elu.
catlcn Of their you.h, during the nast tn vasn.
tn1n tne entire cost Of Sustaining The State CIV.
efnment, This Is a fact 30 boDorabie tn them
tSas H5 u should be made OF lasting rccoru-Raeine
psd:; pCESsrsTH appears from the Waterloo Uowa}
ff9s!tT OF the Sub, that the ci,izens OF that e1,.
teTp11sing village hay gone to the trouble of toi
n? census OF both Waterloo and Ced,r F,1s IN
o1der 10 settle tile question OF population betwaen
tnem. According TO afidlrit5 published in thn
Register, the population Of ,ho-e two torns
s'ands; Waterloo l,52l; Cedlr Falls, l,oo3.
AARhow ESCAPE FnoA BrHa Po1sosEp,-On
CIoss-, br mistake, stuffed the turk~v far .l;nne- ~
WIN s,famoolu'n, thinking it to be sage. All who
paftook of the turkey were taken sick within =
sooft Time soua Of tie guests who afe hrart;1v
eane net. dying, but all we're slyed. The nast3r:
tns pl:co2a1 Chorch ate there, and was iaken
:adoenly slck IN the pulpit. Oae m,o Wis fgnnd
senseless. W. F'e' ano ueS'4s
1aE LINTON BEtDGE--Tlc Clinton Htra2d
lne ars! 1nstallment Of piles tor tits work
nAs osea oeil!eled, and strong force is nov en-.
f.6eo u selt1nS :hem across the channel on to
Lls.ie lsoch Island Two "pile drivers: have bsen
oua eso1s i one OF whlrh has already arrived and is
era d3ys to get i: into proper position md v,tk.
lns order but in the course Of the coming wsc}. f.
will lie in operation. ~
soE;GhCA toSEES71oS.-The N.verly floral
1tcpao:te1n says that convention Of A:,iY;,tnr,I
Socrtes: and Of all persyo5 who are Interested il;
.ns p,Au.1us anu cnltTatiog Of Chinese sugar cane
anu tue manufacture Of su5ar and molnsse; rhsra.
t!"m, Is called 1y tr.er or tie Brpnrr Conn,r
Asncu!tnrl! Society, to meet at Waveriy On IL.
tnlld day OF March, and to continne aa long i. il
may bc interesting. There will be a general dis.
enssa 1 =, o. tIG 1T rn"hnd nj planting tya,t
.nu M1hulacturlns sugar 1nd molass,s and ior =
tree Interchange Of views on this ;nnor.,rt
b1ahcA .! Agriculture. Specimens o: s,rup and
sugar u last >elsoa's crop, with moIe nj n mn.
ilttufe, are called for.
LAND SLIDE 1T MrscA11SE.-An immen7c
qnaaity ot earth and stone slid from the bluff IT
lhe sIhfoau-uepot. o. Friday last, by which the
ruad leading 10 South MQsSatine waS oh,trncfe5
and also The railroad truck. TJ;s i: the sec nj
land sl.de at that place this winter. It st.m.
mere strata Of coil and slate stone in the tlut
"ole1 oy the alternate action Of frost and th,vc
erldua!y crnmb'es and falls out, lcarin, M sur'
lott tos 1at. heaey mass OF sand stone and civ
auL'e IL. ~ IS feared these land sIe> will enl4n-
ger one OF more dwellings, IN The tlua The rn,.
1aSe occupied by Ncs:ts- Ey~tna and Fo,tcr IS no..
bluff, sNe o''" W 1ue
COUNTY SEAT ExcIzE4E$T.-Thcre his been
considerable excitement, OF lac, in Marsaall
county, loAa, about tue relocation Of tue Cuunty
seat: IAe tounty Canyassers, assembled uuder
WITT OF mandamus, Last week refused to obey
the writ, aud again rejected the returns from sey
erll townships. The caav4ssers 5ayc been arrest.
electors Of three townships OF their suffiaccs. Tbe
Times s1ys the County Judge has since called in
t"o !u;tces, re-cauyas5ed The vote aud declared
MARSHALL the County Seat, and Issued IN order to
Tue sheriff to remove the records, etc., and the
Sheriff Wa resisted by an armed mob There WA
large pose under the command Of tue Sheriff.
aud "as about charging upon the mob, when IN
injunction was served on tic S4crH. epioinins him
no' 10 REMOVE and he peacca5'y discharged h.s
pOSSe,