Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-05-30
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MAINE LAW IN CANADA.-The Toronto, c.
w.. Leader SAYS, that the Governor sGencral
cannot give his consent to the prohibitory |
LIQUOR bin. His instructions are ssto reserve
for the Specification of the Queens pleasure,
every bill Of an extraordinary or unusual
nature"
CUSTOMS OF THE DIGGER INpIANs.-A Cali
foinia editor has Witnessed the rights of the
Digger Indians. lie says the ceremonial
consists in making bonfire of the mortal
remains Of the deceased, and the combustion
is iacilit ted by punching the defunct with
long poles. The affair is enlivened by the
vocal efforts of The females, whose color is
heightened by bount;fal application Of tar
When the deceased has been reduced to char
COIL, the disconsolate friends proceed to pull
verize him BY dancing fandango on the ash
Lear.
Mr. Longworth says his grapes are uninjured
by the late frosts in the vicinity of Cincin-
nati and that he shall make full as much, if
not more wine than he has any previous year.
The amount Of gold shipped from Mel
bourne to Geelong, Australia, since the dis
covery to the 10Th of January, 1855, reaches
the enormous sum of ga ,73S, 000-nearly
l20,0O0,0OU.
The devotees OF human slavery in Missouri
have purchased massive Silver Pitcher de-
signed as a present Of the voters of the Third
District, Kansas Territory, to Mr.. Thomas
S.rinson, of that District. The gift is an cx-
preston Of gratitude to Mr.. S. ssfor zeal and
efficiency in supporting our national institu-
tons, and advancing the interests of the
In fbo nj. oh
resents Southern scene, negroes cultivating
sugar cane, building, &c., with an inscription.
The engraving, to be appropriate, should be-,
Missouri bandits invading Kansas, election
day-the insori ion-"Squatter Sovereignty
Three daring ladies came dowa the Sus-
quehanna from Oswego to Columbia on a
raft last week. stopping at the latter place
over Sunday ard then proceeding towards
tide water. The excursion Was undertaken
for pleasure. ]ss
Nor pleasant MIsTAxE.--Und the head
Of killed by mistake,"a number of cur east
ern exchanges announce the homicide Of Mr..
W. I. Bose Of Richmond, Va, by DIR.
Stark who was to shoot another man. As
this is one Of the mistakes that can't be rec
tilted it was particularly unpleasant for Mr..
Boze.
DIR. Reese of the American Medical Gazette
asks to have it kept before the people, tina,
the only sure and infallible remedy for burns
and scslds is wheat -four, freely I'D repeat
cdly laid on. lie has tried it for thirty years
aud never had fatal case. lie has known
the most extensive burns by falling into
cauldrons of boiling oil, and even moulten
copper, and yet the patients were rescued by
TINS simple and cheap remedy.
An Egyptian Sphinx has been received a,
/ ine State Department at Washington from
Mr.. De Leon, U. S. Consul in Egypt. 1t i;
covered with herogl.phics, AID has carved
on It representations Of u beetle, ball, q
scorpion, dogs, a crocodile, faces. and Other
figures. - =. X t,-
4 The Assay Office at New York during til,
past week has melted up a curious deposit Of
some hundred gold nose and ear rings, sucl
as are worn by the negroes Of the African
coast. They were valued at 81 400, and were
oe'alnedb BY merchants in tn, trade with AZ
The juryin the case of DIR. Brown agains
The New Haven Railroad Company have re
turned verdict for the plaintiff, assassin:
The damages 10 $4,000, DIR. Brown was in
luseds at Norwalk, and sued for $40, 900.
4 Tho Agricultural Bureau which has bee
attached to the Patent Office is to be dscon
unued In u week or two, the appropriate
iGr 1t icing exhausted. Most Of the clerk
hays been already transferred or dismissed