, 1859-05-02
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.

! IllSEss or JUDGE kEkr.-Tbe GAINESVILLE Tina
learns that Judge Keep Ges dangerously i'll at his
| residence in Deloit.
4 ADLoop-1u1RsrY MAroR.-The Mayor of ancs-
vile has instructed the people Of that city to kill
! ah persons who allow any dog OF bitch to run at
large without being securely muxzled, after April
a8, 1889,
Two Dozen or Takx. The Monroe {Wis.)
St"fi"i, oflast week, says: ''0ur fellow towns
man. r. IL. West, expects to leave Monroe for
Gai1tornin on Tuesday Of the present week He
taxes with him company Of twenty -four Of our
| citizens.
An INSANE uoRsE TuirE-The Polo ddrrti-
<<r, Of Thursday last, says:
"On Monday night last. a horse wac stolen
rom Gurdon Mason. near Woosung. AwarFant
was issued By Esq Reed and placed in the hands
Of Officer Swift who overlook the thief and horse
at l;arcay The offender proved to be one Dan
Iti hunk. on the examinations, the father Of
Nun Mank nm made M affidavit that the young man ~asin.
sane. and had escaped from custody while being
taken to tue Asylum. The prisoner wa. there.
upon discharged without further examination.
Conn SEws.-A well known Peorian who has
Just returned from trip through McLcan, Wood
f"rI aud IazeWeIf counties. informs us that the
apr'ng wheat crop eyerywhs re looks well and in
most a!l Of the fields heretofore considered
doubtful; ui the wheat appears to be coming up
farmers who commenced week before last had
closed their corn planting, and large number
IN addition are expected to close the present
week. Every acre Of land that is available for
hl!aCe will be put into cultivation, and the farm
ers generally are strong in the beliefthat boun-
tiiul harvest will jet crown their efforts.
THE " HEAT AND THE NzA7ukR-Thc last
week has been just what was wanted, the wealth
er being dry and Ut q temperature cool enough
to allow farmers to work their teams snugly. 1t
is generally thought that more acres Of wheat
have hecn sown than last, and it has been nut
IN better, More pains have been taken to secure
good seed, and as general rule the plowing
and narrowing has been better done. The hopes
Of the entire country are resting in this crop.
If the season is favorable, and good crop re-
suLts, the crisis Of the hard times will have been
safely past: Prices are morally certain to be
good, aad if the crop is fair one the West will
breathe a.aiu.-fre<porf Journat. asM.
WHEAT paospEcr.- Winter wheat il und oubt
edly "poor show" That sown on old ground
i. almost if not entirely Killed, while that On
lie" land is more or less injured, 50 that the
crop Of winter wheat must be light. in thi. Sec
ton at least; while the latcness OF the season
certainly promises anything but large crop Of
spring grain. Up to this date not one half of
i7,e h. spring crop Of wlltst is IN tho ground
Az ELoPExESr CASE SEr7LEn-We learn that
PaA+ 1AtIuhNo ~ w 4!lAu QAu WIG, came mere
L month or two ago from Maquokesa, lows, aud
set up tor themselves in IN independent manner
III the fourth ward. A day Or two ago another
man came along and claimed the woman al his
wife, and promised to prosecute the tirat one for
running away with her. The war Of words
xa1etl warm und eren rioleut for awhile; but
the woman interposed for pence, she agreeing to
return to Maquoketa With her husband, # be
would agree not to prosecute the other man Of
her choice, and the two went of lovingly toreth-
er.-Gutsna -4Irertiser.
CoSSrD1AL BLlss.-A few DAYS siuce, while
seuted at our residence, about 8 o'clock in the
ercniong, We were startled by the loud cries Of
female. On going to the door ne saw IL man
and woman in the midst Of pitched battle. in u
two horse wagon. At first the old lady had the
better OF her tiegc lord, and pummelled him un-
lncrcifully, but he soon succeedcd in planting
his tst with more force than ceremony, in her
face, whereupon sue fell in the bottom Of the
wagon, and we supposed the WAT was ended
But ahc again rallied. and catching the old gent
by the buck of bis neck and the seat Of his trow-
scrs, proceed to "spilt him OUT upon the ground
The old gentleman resisted heroicy, the horses
in the nla:ltime having run into the fence, and
by dint Of extraordinary exeriion, succeeded in
rcgainiDg his position in the wagon, when the
"o ugain fought Justify for short tiEne. In tho
meantime the citizens in the upper part Of Wash
inSton street, lad come out to see the fun, and
go in old man, :" give it to him old woman. =
The last re saw Of the happy couple, they were
passing up the Canal, their horses OIL run, aud
they fighting like cuts, They must have belong
cd to tue "happy family. y."--Gru"dy TO. my
Hsr4{d.
The "GREAr EXCITEMENT At K1LnorES C1rr"
SToRr.-The story that u thousand raftsmen
were at kbourls City, tearing away the dam ut
that place, &c, which appeared in the Asgns Of
last week and WhirI, hH1 lnnn $ofn hal
abroad. turns Out 10 BE- on Of the sensllion ar
tices' Of that sheet. The kilbourn City Air-
ror Of Monday says that there has been at no
time more than two hundred raf1smen there, aud
that there has been no such great excitement; :"
hut that there having been q tnilurc to make
tue chute entirely safe. as had been hoped, sonc
ftften or t.ettt:y ratisnen went 10 tearing down
one Of the gunwa1ts of tue chute, which was
1o"ked upun by the citizens is u wan1on destruc-
ton Of property. This created - little" not
"Srent' excitement. The raftslnen were pre-,
vailed upon to -t"p, without force; and since
that, there las bern an arrangement made which
we have strong hopes will result in sasins the
1umbcrmen 4pa our people ffonfurther trouble"