Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-04-23

sea monster was caught near Punta Ros-
sas ou the Florida coast, on the 23j nlt., which
had Z mouth three and . hart feet long and
wide enough to swallow canoe. The space
between Its eyes measured four feet four
inches, its length Of body nineteen Feet,
and breadth nineteen feet, and weighing
5000 pounds.
T At Fort des Moines, Iowa, there is a dread
fui scarcity OF women. In one hou:e were
found nineteen bachelors and only one mar
ried couple. Tho editor en.reA,s the ladies
to come out there.
On the 4th inst, Mrs. Edward Thomas, Of
Lottersvills Loudon county, Va, fell dead
while sitting in her chair. Her husbands
brother, Nimrod, ran to her assistance, and be-
fore reaching her fell on the floor . corpse.
Their deaths were not two m nutes apart.
An affair Of honor has juet been settled
without resort to weapons, between r. A.
Pryor, of the Richmond Enquirer, and James
Mcdonald, Of the Lynchburg Virginisn.
This is the second affair Of the kind Mr.. Pry-
or has had on hand this spring. Editsrs are
looking up in Virginia.
The total number Of applications un Tor
the bounty land act up to the 18th INST, has
been svsnty-ons thousand two hundred.
One young man in the vicinity of Boston
shot hinself last week, because he could not
get wife, and another because hs could not
get divorce.
In adair county KY, on the 9th of March,
the venerable John Pendleton, aged 80 years,
was married to the amiable Mrs. Mary Ado
ma, aged 72 years, who is entirely blind.
There is very general complaint in Louie
lana of the prospects of the sugar crop.
Heavy fr0sts, cold weather, absence of rain
have seriously injured the cane.
The House Of Representatives of Wisconsin,
by vote Of A to q, have restored the death
penalty in that State. The Senate have yet
to act upon the matter.
The San Francisco Sum-, of March IA,
states that ffty-two murders had been COM
mitted in that State since the lst day of Feb
ruary, averaging more than one day.
Mrs. Ann Dickson, about IS years of age,
committed su eide in Troy on Thursday night,
by hanging herself in the garnet Of house in
Fifth street. Cause temporary alteration of
mind, brought on by the conduct of an in
crate son.
The Syracuse Chronicle has just seen a
fugitive slave with hardly mark Of African
blood in him. He was so white that he left
the South on train of cars withort being
suspected, and came through without the
slightest difficulty, sitting by the side of q
young Southern blood "a the cars as hail
fellows we'll met, and taking the best fare
at hotels.
The N. Y. Times says the feeling among
business men in that city, is that as long as
Mr.. Marcy remains at the head Of the State
Department, there will be no war about Gu
"a.
The King Of Prussia has ordered great
medal for science, and n golden cosmos
medal TO be pres nted 10 Lieut.. Maary fer the
wind and curr Mt charts.
In the Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives on the l4th inst !, the address to the
Governor to remove Judge Loring was car
ried-yeas 2O7, nays Ill. The Senate has
yet to act upon the matter.
The U. S. brig Perry, in which the New
York officers went in pursuit Of Baker, the
murderer of Poole, encountered a severe
gale, sprang a leak, and put back to Phlla-
delphla.
A tragical affair occurred near Nashville,
ILL.,, recently. While Mr.. Dorsey Baker,
respectable citizen, was chastising his son
for some fault, an elder brother, aged IL.
who was regarded Of unsound mind, struck
his father on the head with a spade, and xii.
led him.
A lad carrying a coat from tailor to his
customer, in Boston. on Monday, was ac-
costed by stranger in the street, who claim
ed the coat as bis, but the boy had his
doubts, and asked him if his name was
Higgins. eyes," replied he, 'sthat's my
NAME" "'Tis'nt yonr coat, then" said the
boy, "for that is not the owners name."
The rascal finding the 10 too smart for him,
left him and went on his way.