The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-31
and The best security is state Of o,.,.
alton and constant vigilance. rep

iisas ie'.ers rom New Orleans =.
resent the calamity to be even wor,s !, !, }
the newspaper accounts, but as ,b..
frequent exaggeration in case Of sucb ::
iui excitement these may be 20. 'np
letter states that the ven fires in j, y.
occurred during the week and between y
teen and twenty squares had been ! y
|troyed. ue'
From the Peoria Register of oc,obe, 1.
HoRRID AFFAIR.--rhe peaceful Nh !:
borhood of Washington, Tazewell Y
was recently the scene of one of the ~ !
|diabolical acts ever perpetra,ed. ~
particulars are briefly these, gathered 4 .ae
"a gentleman who was on the sno, Ivy y
same day: = w
On Tuesday morning Of last weel
Mr.. Bogar. Frenchman, who had rss;,
ed with his wife in Washington e, y
years past, andwith whom he was tnas
to have had several matrimonial o,,,,,os
threatened her SO severely as to cause ! !.
to determine to leave his roof the 6rs s as'
.portnnity. Bogar having. after bre,l,.If
to his work as usual. ats, ,s'
yard in the suburbs, Mrs. B. obtain
horse and set out for the house ofhe, !.
Their at Partridge Point, intending II ,l.;'
his protection. On the way she was eom a
PEELED to pass the tan yard, and was g., -,
BY her husband. He Instantly re,p,a sl
to his house. took two pistols which {
had purchased i'll Peoria the SATURDAY l. !
fore, wentin pursuit Of his wife, and o,s
took her about mile from town. ST.,
ing her with the fury Of a fiend he d,,s
ged her from her horse to the ground. A.
liberately drew pistol and Shot he, /
the head. At that momen, Young m,s
approached on horse back, when Ron,
drew the other pistol and fired another b n
into the head of his victim. He then nn
ceeded to load his pistols again, as be We.
ked away from the body out on the prai
RE. All this was done while The vonn
man was in sight. and who passed sus
ciently near The sufferer to hear gnn
which he supposed vas her last. Hen.
tened towards Washington, and thu, men
moment heard another discharge from,
pistol.
As soon as he could make the hornl
Giro instances known, several citizens +.
paired to the place, and found Bogar VEL
tering in his blood, with the upper paroI
his face blown off by the contents ofaa
pistol, which he had himself discharged
his mouth. BGt his ,cife ,rds mol fhsr
Incredible as it may appear, she had sur
yived the two pistol shots, had risen inn
the ground, and ran to the nearest hous |
(Mr. I'rimble s. a quarter of mile Dis |
tant. She remember d and related ds |
tinclly what passed until the first psh |
was fired, but knew nothing more Until |
she found herself at the house spoken Of |
aid being had, it was ascerlans !
that the first ball did not pass tllroughhs
skull, but was found in the hair faliena
with the resistance it had met with. ThI
second ball had penetrated the skull, and /
was found just within it split il two y
The pieces were extracted with some di. (
ficulty; in a few days the wound was ]
healed, and Mrs. B. raised asi.were from
he grave, is now in perfect health.
Bogar, as already stated, was French. !
nan. His wife is a native Of German
about 80 years of age, of sprighdy maa |
1ers and rather handsome person. Theg |
were married in France about four Yeas
lgo, had a child. still living. three year
Did, and had been. about that length d /
lme in this country. Jealousy is sad . /
rave led the wretched man TO the perpe
ration of this act of revenge, whia
through the mysterious agency Of Diva
Providence, has resulted in his own deal
md the escape of his intended victim.
The BANK OF CIRcLEvIL. Eth
Cleveland Herald says:--We learn by tht
Herald that the Stockholders in the Bank !
If Circleville as incorporated by the lie
,islature of Ohio in 1918 have organize
md elected board of directors. ThedS
ectors appointed s. G.. Renisk, PresldeaE
nd H. FL. Warren, Cashier. The Fer
Id says, '.the board Of directors consiS
# prudent and worthy men--men Of sr /
tance-such men as have the con6deurs
If the community in their private trans
actions, and will be likely to retain tia
he managers Of monied institution. ThE
,nly inconvenience we have heard sus
rested from the organization Of this bank
S its identity of name with molher afts
~ in operation. Perhaps some mode vii
,e devised tofobviate this objection ~
expected to 60 into operation in the coars
If a few weeks s3
chow WE APPLES SWIM
At the great Tournament held at Egllp,EE
:oun Castle, Scotland, of which q bnaI
notice is published in another part o. hs|
paper, there appeared a Distinguish
stranger, not like iyanhoe al Asl ss-
a-zouche incognito, but with all his li Y!
and armoral bearings fully displayed, i IasE
was no less a parsonage than the redoua
able and renowned 1t. Col. FassIrT, ap 4
ie-camp to Governor David R. Porter &c
Pennsylvania! The way these illasiri0'I
Americans swing in England is seaE
lion! .rince John Van Buren, had ny y
: his brother, the Major, followed, NJ
now the aid de-camp of Governor P0la