, 1859-04-09

PARSONAGE DESTROYED By F1nE--A frame
dwelling. occupied by the ReT. G. n. Br;ndle,
pastor of the II. Z. Church, was destroyed by
tire on Thursday, the l7th inst, at midday In
addition to the loss Of the building, which,
however, wns insured for three hundred dollars,
the minister lost valuable library, 4 gold watch
md some two hundred dollars, besides nearly
alt bis household goods. and the clothing Of him
self and fa1nily.-C2intoa TO. (lvra) .journal
:. 4 MlssorR1 FAnxER-Maj. ". c. Connect
Irving in buchanan County, thirteen miles from
st. Joseph, No., raised last year sixty tons Of
hemp, 1900 bushels Of corn, 5000 bushels Of
oats. and l3u tons Of hay; and in addition to
this. put up sn,1Ah pounds of pork, and sold
*''"' worth of butter, eggs, fruit, DC. His net
profits amounted to $l2,p1u. Maj. Connect is 4
virginian, and when be purchased his present
farm, his taxes were only $l.5o.-.Sf. Louis
AeEs.
TIE FRUIT 1SlrREb.-Stormy March has been
blowing his last breath through the nostrils Of
April, and SO spitcfulIy has he done it, that we
shiyered and covered under the influence Of his
chilly farewell Last Saturday night it turned
cold, and next morning tho fruit blossoms ia
high regions around the city were stiff with FROST
Monday night it Was colder still, and icc was
formed a1uartcr Of nh inch in thickness. 4
week sEo We had prospect Of an abundance vi
fruit; but it has been entirely blasted, we fear.
by the frost,-H. Louis -,ens.
'itASb nSfihS LAND ILAsTER.-c1nce the re.
duction Of freight rites Oh plaster, IN the De.
troit and Milwaukee and Michigan Central
Railroads, tue vast beds Of gypsum at Grand
Rapids arc being more extensively worked. and
the plaster il coming into more general u,c
among the farmers Ct Michigan. Ii is used in
IaFse Quantities IN Wisconsin, the principal mar
kct being Milwaukee, where it is sold 1T II Al
per bbl. lv the car load, or $3.50 By the yle
barrel. 1l!cre are quite number Of dealers ip
Detroit who sell this useful article to tillers Of
tile soil, III large quantitiesLetroit .iIttrtser,
DEAD BoDY ForSn.-The Dycrsvile Iowa)
-Ntrc"ty, which came to hand last evening
(Ih';rsday), says that as the paper was going
to press, Intelligence came that dead BODY hau
been found near Messrs. Moorc's house. on the
Delhi road, about two miles east Of Rockville
The following particulars are given by the Ntr-
'nrH:
The man is supposed to have been frozen at
the early part Of the winter. LIE had on cassi-
mere pants, blue drilling under pants, two
hickory shirts and straw hat The hair remained
in the crown Of tile lat, md the legs in the
boots; the trunk appears to have been destroy
ed BY dogs or wol'cS. 4 plug of tobacco and
shaving box, with glass, were in the pockets.
The remains were buried BY The people. then
cshu1nel lly 1,r. Amcs, Of Rockville, and others,
and carritd away. Tile articles Of dress are in
the care Of Mr.. Rnddcsden, at the late Parsons
Farm, where they may be seen. How far the
doctor Is right i'll his procedure, is Il question
bctwcen linn and the coroner Of Dnbu9nc.-
Udn4us Er. u"l Xt,.uld.
Qr1TE 4 Cruise FoR \ SHALL G1nL.-About
Two weeks ago small German girl came to this
city, from down somewhere near Racine, to sell
sumo raspbcrricS. Size went On board boat 10
sell tilenl and before she was aware the boat
started oil and took her to Manitowoc, wIerc
she got oil and was obliged TO stay some days,
not having any money with hrr. Size finally
got OIL u boat again, had her fair paid BY stan
ger, and was brought back to this city ycster
day morning. The boat reached here ycry eur
" in the morning, about two or th:ce o'clock
and she having no money, didn't know where t.
20, hut wandered about in the cold, and strppet
i'll at one place where she saw i light, and beg
ged to stay there; but there we're several harG
loo1ing customers i'll the place, who comncucct
abusing her: so that she left again. She was fl
naily picked vi, by Policeman DopGE, who toos
her to the Station House aud gave her stop,
| ping place late in the morning, when she
went o1 saying she could now find her WI,
buck home without amy trouble.-Huuankt,
| |Ttst0nsin.