Beyond The Mississippi

Thousands have already gone, and thousands more are turniiig their eyes towards new homes in the fertile West. To thase g'oing to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Wyommg, Nevada, Oregun or California, we rcomrnuiid a cheap, sute, quick and direct route, via 3t. Louis, over the Missouri Paciflc Railroad, wnich runa its flne Day Co.-ichea and Pullman Sleepers frotn 8 1. Louis to primupul points in the Went without change. We believe tliat the Missouri Pncirlc Raüiood has the bftöt track and the finest and sufest equipment of any line west of the Missitssippi, and its conucctions with ronds further West are prompt and reliible. The Texas counection of thi road is now complüted, and passeners are uffered a first-claas. allrail route fi-om St. Louis to Texas, either over tlie Missuuri, Kangas & Texas R. Ii., vía Sedalia, or over the Atlantic át Piicirtc K. R., via Vinüa. Fr m:ips, lime taules, inforination a.- to rates, routes, &c, we infer our readers to I, (. Wheeler, Northern I'assentper Agent, 1 i Lloyd street, liutfalo, N. Y., or K. A. Pord , General Passeneer A gant, S t. Louis, Mo. (uestions wiil be cheerfutli and promptty answeredt Emipratton IHnmii: ! Clieap Furins in Nüinl-v;st Hissuuri !- The Atlantic & ttuAño Itailroad Company oifer3 1. 200,00'.) acres of land in Central and Southwest Missouri, at trom $3 to $1 2 p;;r acre, on neren year' time, with f ree rtuicpoi-tation i'roia St. Louis to all purchusers. Clirnate, aoil, tirahcT, mineral wealth, schools, chuinhes and law abidiutr society invite emigrante from 11 points to this land of fruits and üowurs. For particulars, addres A. ïuck, Land CommisRioner , St. Louis, Missouri. U17 - --44 -44 ■! Grasshoppers are very destructivo in Northern Iowa, particularly in Wirght county. ïhey are also appouriug in the vicinity of Dhs Moines. Nashua, N. H., baving gone to the expenae of two steain fire engines, now discovers that the whole water supply of the city will only keep oue of thein going for ten minutes. Three women, one at a tuce, married a rich Philadelphinn, in order to inherit his property, b'it he has bu ried thera all, and now, at the age of 95, is luoking around for another to bury. Isabellti, on her late visit to the Pope, bid high for his favor toward Friuce Alfonso. She presented hira with a diamond cross and donated 20,000 francs to the Denier de St. Pierre, to which Alfonso al8ó gave IOjOOO francs. Criminal proceedings were recontly undertaken against a mau atid his wiie in Wisconsin, for destroying a letter which tbeir daughter had written and íuailed to her husband, with whom they weie unwilliug she should coinmunicato. The judge charged that the couple could bo held guilty only after the intention to cominit a crime had been í'ouud, and as the jury found ao such intuntiun, they acquitted them.