Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-04-30

alpurchases. A large increase In business
!, noticeable here in all branches OF trade
and manufactures the present spring.
CARPET BAG FouxD.-A few days ago some
nerson found, near Linn Grove, in Scott
township, this County, Carpet Bag, be-
longing to a Mr.. S ockdale, shoem .ker; who
left ,h's place sometims about the first of
February, and has not since been heard OF.
There appears to be some mystery about this
matter and fears arc entertainer that nc froSe
to death. We understand that search Is to
be mad. for hisbody.-Alt. Pleasant Observ.
We learn that drunken Irishman, by the
name OF Nornev stabbed his wife SO badly
las, Saturday night, that her life was near
" dispaired Of. We suppose he was urged
on to the desperate deed by imbibing OF the
6cry rotations d ALT out by some Of his Irish
friends, in one Of those pious holes which
passes under the cognom"n of dogSeries.
RExARKABLE ESCAPE FROM AccIDE>r.-One
of the most singular escapes from death or
serious injury we have ever heard of, took
place on Mon lay last, on the Boston and
Concord railroad. The train was on d.
scending grade, moving at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, when the engine was thrown
from The track down an embankmcnt of some
40 feet, two baggage cars followed, and the
passenger cars came after them. all wreck
Of matter TO greater or less extent, yet
not a single person was materially hurt, not
n limb brokeu--nothing but severe bruises
resulted.
Boa Constructors FoUND.-On Saturday
week two boa constructors, one alive and the
other dead, were found in the cellar of the
old custom house, in Second street, below
Dock. Tho live one was about six feet in
length. 1t was Immediately killed. How
these terrible reptiles came in such place
is a Observation-Disclosures American.
HOPE, one of the largest, if not the largcs
retail grocers in the United States, advertise
eli his wires and liquors for sale at auction
% Saturday, the 2lst instant-L. NJ. Hoffma,
auctioneer. Mr.. Hope evidently thinks the
law constutionAl.-[N. Y. Evening Post.
correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post
dominates Mayor Wood, of New York, Al
tho democratic candidate for the Presidency
We fully antic:pate that one more grea
mistake will be made in managing matters il
the Crimea. We expectation of hear
ing that all the plum-puddibgs which hav
been sent out there for the troops, have bee
fred away under the idea that they yer
round shot Pun Oh.
The people Of New Orleans are rcjoicn
over strawberries which have come into maj
ket. Strawberries at one end of the Unior
icebergs At the other.
Canadian paper estimates that from twcls
to fifteen hundred persons pass over Ii
Great Western Railway daily, the majorit
o. whom are emigrapts, bound for kansa'
Nebraska and Minnesota. @
The mint in San francisco has commence
the coinage of silver though, at present, al
rangements are only completed for the COLI
age Of half dollars. -
An Irishman was so affected by the heat
Maysvilla, Kentucky, on Wednesday last, t
hefell from his work inscnsible, and died dn
Ing the night. Another man was effected
similar manner, but not 90 severely. II
weather was probably quite warm on We
ncsday last but the sufferers must havo nc
itup little extra with VIII skey. a'es
.ThsiNew Eorkcss are makisg trsmendo
oatcry about the Maine Law but It certain
must hare one good effect, for by cutting
the supplies Of distillers, slops, will seou
~ impeovedkind Of food for COWS. Bet
milk will thus banffprded, and . fruitful cav
OF !nfartile mortality be removed.