Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-22

q Trr prrcE OF WaEaT.-flrnts Merchants
slasax;ue publishes table 1T price OF heat
Is Iihany ON tbs FIRST day of January for 81
years. II is from minutes kept a. the Van
Rensselaer, Manor, whore large amounts OF
rent are pay bic in WHEAT. OF cash equiTa-
lsut, on the FIRST Of January each year; and
rs two parties are interested IN the pricc' J.
is probably tie most cerrect OF any rreofu
that can be obtained. The list commences
in l193, when the price .as 10 cents ensa-
ef-only Eve times. in the sixty one years
wheat has been s. or upwards. per busaei,
while il was seventeen times at 81 or under,
twice at seventy five cents. Only once IN
thirtv-seven years. that IS since 1911, TO VII
in 1887, has it reached So. he average
price for the whole period is 81 30. For the
last 30 years it is 81 %.
PRrsrprSr SnaxsoS AS MILLERrr THE
Columbia Statesman re-puhtishes from the
s.3,fidaiaht Cry of lS43, letter then
written bv James Shannon, in which it APP
pears beyond dispute that tho worthy Presi-
dent sswas victim of the Miilerite Delu-
sion., Mr.. Shannon figured it cut 'sthat
1913 would close the grand drama of this
worlds history The letter quoted, We
happen to know, is genuine; but we think its
re production at this time is extremely I'M
kind in the Statesman. We fear the mis-
take made in calculation by the President
will tend to weaken the force of his "Bible
Arguments on the slavery question.
lSt. Louis Intel.
Fr.RFuL MoRTALITY.--We mentioned last
week the ravages of the cholera in neigh
borhood Ia miles south of us on Mud Greek,
and that six members of one family had died
of cholera. We have since learned that in
stead Of six there had been nine deaths in the
family from the disease in less than week
We could not learn the name of the family.
i Bloomington Paragraph.
CHOLERA IN BLooMFIELp.-We are sorry to
hear, through our correspondent ut Bloom
field, Davis county, of the frightful preva-
lence of cholera at that place. Writing un-
der date of the 18th, he says: Its violence
has stopped every thing like business. No
new cases day.. One half or perhaps more
of our citizens have left town. There have
been eleven deaths in town; four in Troy,
and | hear Of some in the country. Our
streets are deserted, and the travel shuns our
fyillage.-[Gate City.
A few days since Margaret Cane, Of Alba
ny stole covered basket from the door OF a
grocery, supposing it contained at least
| weeks stock of provisions. What was her
chagrin at discovering on her arrival home,
that instead Of sugar, soap AND spices. she
had got basket full Of "the sweetest baby
10 the world.' She carried it back rs quick
| as she could, with the apology that she
'sguesscd she took the wrong basket She
| certainly did.
| DR.. Rocslar, alopathic, was doctoring n
| child in New York that grew no better quite
fast. DR.. Hoffman, Homeopathic, assured
the mother that the child was suffering from
allopathic medicines and nothing else. He
| prescribed, and the child died. A coroncr's
| Jury set upon the case, and decided that the
| child died a natural death Notwithstanding
it had two doctors. The jury reprimanded
the homnpathist in severe terms, however,
for interfering with the allopathist's patient
and practice.
A BIG Toorn.-In Enon county, Ohio, a
/ tooth big enough to be the tooth of time, has
been discovered. In its perfect state it must
have weighed fifteen pounds, and if the crea-
ture had a complete set in proportion, his
teeth must have weighed four hundred, and
the bulb containing them four thousand
pounds. Imagine mouth full of these, and
! then think what the oats and pumpkins of
those times have been to match and make a
mouthful.
KIDNAPPING "A printer in New York, who
| had got tipsy on the Attn of July. found him
| self IN the morning on board the brigantne
Isaiah, bound for Halifax, j. recruit for the
| Crimea Frenchman and six Germans shared
| his fate. One of the Germans had been IN
weighed on board under false pretences. He was
| from Schenectady, and had come to New York
| to find employment. On inqniring at an intel
| ligence office, he was promised berth aboard a
vessel. where he was told he would have good
pay and light work; and his surprise was great
when he found himself bound for the seat of
| war.
| The printer and the Schenectady German cs .
| capped after reaching Halifax, but their compAn-
ions were probably carried off to the East -
This is fine business, allowing the ag hts of the
| British government h carry on their crImping
operat on' in our iorts. -as
| DHsCRIPTIoN OF A SLavE.-The Cincinnati
| Colnmb'a an says that day two since legal
| gentleman of that C ty was called upon to VT te
deed OF lnannmission 10 be given by Lnuis.-
| ana laDtcr to one of his saves. young girl
whom he had brought with him. The following
is the description Of the girl, as COPIED from
| the deed:
'Said-is about II years of age, medium
height AID rather slight figure, very fair COM
plexion, with straight, light brown hair, and
hazel eyes, with features of the Caucasian
| race
RUSAwAT WIFE.--A physician named
Thompson, belonging in Stetson, Maine, APP
| piled to the chief of police at Boston, on the
9Th inst, for aid to recover his lost wife,
who suddenly disappeared from her home
one morning, number of weeks since, ia
| king with her considerable amount of mo-
ncy. He traced her to Boston, and found her
name registered at one Of the hotels; but
| she was not in the house, and no trace of her
can be found. He seemed anxious to recov-
err her, Offering as reward all the property
he possessed.
| Railroad iron has advanced to the enor-
nous price of $50 per ton in New York
market, the renewed demand being greater
than the supply. The last advices from
Wales give the quotation of 81 15s.,
there on shipboard, with large orders I'M
| der execution.
John Gilman, citizen of Dexter, Jeffer-
son county N. Y, who has been one of the
unfortunate 'ssympathizers" in the Canadian
| revolt in 1888, taken prisoner and sent to a
British penal colony, returned to his family
on the Goth ult, after an absence of II years.
THE VIRGINIA SpR1NGs.-There are some
140 visitors at the Red sulphur, $50 at the Old
Sweet, 100 at the Red Sweet, 500 at the White
Sulphur Springs, ard over 10c at the Fauquier
White Sulphur, at Warrenton, Virginia.
1t is stated that among the visitors ut Cape
ay is an heiress of Cincinnati worth $780,
600. 1t would give considerable interest to
the fact, If it were stated that the lady is
''disposable."
A young officer now in Constantinople.
writes home that it is delightful city, in
which for $500 year man of moderate
desires may live Ike a prince-bave COM
modious habitation, the best of wine, the
most glorious tobacco, three beautiful wives,
and no going to church.
A German on Monday, performed the feat
OF drinking sixty mugs of lager bier success
fully in Jersey City, for a wager.
Since the swamp land system of Louisi-
ana was organized in 1853, n, less than four
engineers, engaged in surveying the lands
have died from the effects of the imprudent
exposure to the deadly climate.