, 1859-03-16

iHE nTE4AER LITTLE AfNA--Decldetly about
tue Smallest :pectme. Q: as'e10boat That will be
scsn upo1 1ue A':sSs1ppl LUIS summer, = nov
WYE IL 3ne ie'ec III 1toas o. nc Alton House.
II 's 'he lnlc Anna. Capt W. '. Cios'nau: She
Is but SKY ces III ltnstl' tcn feet IN width drlws
carries ten tons. and wlen full loaded Vii run
with Ease in len Inches Of water, II sucl q nuat
is not something ot an institution then what is
Shc was run last ycar in the Wisconsin River, and
Delted hcr owners very hundscule SUM fur their
sea>o1s time.
Capt. Crosta1an expects to have The repair;n.
finished this weak. md will s:art next week t1r
Quiye1 River, stream On tue Missouri side Of the
Mississippi, 4 short dis ancc above the mouth of
the lliitos. The light draft Of the Little 4Anna
will allow her to run ht111e distance III That
stream, and, used she will lie Tor ira ling Ut tue
yaruus POINTS thereon, she cannot but pru1c. un.
der the command Of Capt Cro>sman, good it,
yestment for her owuers.-Alton Courier.
SEED WuBAT,-AS EXPERIMENT Mfr r. Y
Rove has teen expeljuexIlng iat.ir In 20. i
Hheut. lie has planlcd o box With lbe wheat Of
last years crop, which las come up rcrv we'll.
und. so tnr, bids lair to prure fit Tor seed, He
planted, Oh Saturday, another bux. in Which he is
ing ihe difference Of the seels. He took ff.y
kernels Of The average crop OF list year and p1ant-
cd thenl IN H1arkel rows-1{ty Kernels Of the
MoEs, >hrise1'ed wheat That hc could lln1, ard
MY c1 tle oia "ne! o. nlsy,'eFen He wishes
10 see WAL tae oH1erence VII be IN the whcst
1a>ed from lhese inherent SEEDS. This experiment
y lnb!esunS 10 laFmefs, and We ieel auNious to
Know no" II %in 3ntn oat: II is sery desirable
~ AnoW "aesner last year crop u 1T lor seed or
1as: na "e noes ~. ~ a'as FIVE "of'a pianting.-
10eop"' 1'e1e''
Suoor1so ArrA1s.-On SATURDAY. 1aet Tho on;-
ct Of our usrally reacenbIel vi,iage ". thraw,
into utter commotion by one of tfos. di,orscsfni
aftrays which hare 60 often disturhed IA onod
order and outraged tbe moral sense Of this & eom.
munity, IN the sams family.
1t seems that some .lisht Misunderstanding
Frauk, which resulted in a phssape At arm. w,th
uitch!orks aud clubs. witnuut serions ;rinrv ~
ei,her party, Both parties armed thems.'rs.
with loaded shot gus. and after narler;no md
threatening each other for a while. Moraa ,oot
oe.oela.e a~ W aoa olssnareeo ms gun Directly
~ VIZ t.eo " p!o oou, oe!nA not tne1e 1nan VI.
teen 1ses from nim 81 1ne slme o. n;lng. The shot
took eneS. y 1ue !sce ana naneS Of tne son. bat
1o1aaos.e'y u.a not Ptose 'stal
| taAea % o1aug :ae parties 70 deserved punish
uene' ens EEL +ato'y ~ RleA. a9 eu'raes upon
common nsmaons ana against tne peace OF tha
eonulon'y ana ,ae otent'9 o4 INC 10" a3onto
no' Ro oano.issu; u ao'nloE ete le aone. the
| k1aoo 1ulf eusu'a inTesuRa'e mo matter, and
'@.e aenoa upon '1-LeeEpor' 1e<grap"'
HOUR FILL DoWK- FoR1uSArE EscApx.- One
day last week IN Uncommon incident occurred
| to and in the houte Of Mr. Reuben pge, who
lives On Shot Tower Hil," in this city. He
| lives in \ stone house recently built In tho
night be was awakened By heaxing something
apd the wall. This was repeattd several ,imrs'
which Awakened bis tuspicious tha, tue wall vas
falling down. ue immediately ross and 1e-
moved The bad ia which blu children were s!een.
ipe away some dis ance from the wall. ard al,o
that in which his wifs lsy. lie hsd Just done
this, when the whole end Of tbs house fell in
with q crash. completely covering The snot
where bis children lsy. Had be not proyiien.
| tjslly removed the bed a. be did. ther would
hare been crushed 10 death, There mus, haye