Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

I fAE{ Mayed II Qu1fd be o.
! The shexp txpossd 80 the rxin and driss.
Are frst % ali nure OF rsssh<rs
And t,ss fAxgrd yocns birds inast make shift,
| lasu they can ret new feathers"
Dosr AGaEE WITH HfA.-0ne Of the three
| persons saved from the propeller Toledo was q
Young man shout twenty years Of Age. named
/ AquiiiA Clifford. This VAS his secou. srip. he
| having made his frs, on board the steamer Nj
agara, which was burned few weeks ago.
He now thinks - home on the ocean wave Ii
not the place for him, and that he VIII stay
ashore awhile.
The GREAT EASTERN SrEASsHfP.-The larges,
| vessel ever built since Nosii's time i 10 be
launched in England about the middle of mex,
April. Her first trip will be 10 Portland, Me-,
| where wiarves for her accommodation are MOI
being built. A vessel Of $1,000 tons il nov.
city in the maritime world.
Tie Pittsburgh Journal calculates thst the
| loss TO the merchants, manufacturers. r,cchan.
les and mariners OF that city, since July fast by
the suspension OF river navigation, has amount
ed TO one and a half millions of dollars.
The Gloucester Mass Telegraph states that
during the past week vessels have been arriving
home from the Bay ofSt. Lawrence. Many OF
| them have but ten, fifteen, and twenty barrels
L
feet have met with the same poor luck. II
The sum OF eight hundred dollars was raised
| at recent dedication Of the first church in Ne
| braska territory. The church belongs TO the
Methodist Episcopal denomination. Ii Is sixty
by forty feet, and the inside of has been finish
ed oil IN style which cannot be surpassed even
| in the older states
While Mr. VIM. jackson, Of Cass county. Iowa
| few days since, Was lighting prairie fire
| which threatened to burn his house, a daughter
eight or nine years old, getting separated from
the restof the fainily, Was caught in the fire and
burned to death.
new kind of candle has lately been manu-.
facrured in st. Lonis from '.paraffena n product
OF the Breckenridge coal. II is said to be harder
than the spermaceti, burn more LUMINOSITY than
| the Star, AID can be manufactured cheaper than
the stearine.
The President has officially recognized Emil
spangenburg as Consul of Hesse Darmstadt for
the State Of Wisconsin and Territory of MINES.
ota, and Ernst Carl Anglerod of Consul of Wur.
temburg for the States of Illinois and Nilsson.
ri, to reside at st. Louis
The Ii and Indian Bureaus have sent out
joint insNdct ons to Kansas to guard against the
Delaware reserved lands. The sales are to BIZ
stopped, should such associations appear
Coon SwIMMER.-A lady living at the Minot
House, Choasset, Connecticut recently swan
mile to u rock in that vicinity, took brief rest
and then swan back to the shore.-She per.
formed the feat without any difficulty or dis
tress. ssa
TOTAL EcLIPsEs FOR THE NEXT Fifty Years.
Calculations have been made at the Observatory
OF Paris, that from the present time TO the nine
teenth century there will b. only six total eclip-
ses OF the sun, not one of which will be visible
in France, VIZ: In 1890, 1861, 1870, 1887, 1896,
and 1900; SO that from the year 1000 to 1870"
there will have been 255 eclipses Of the sun, with
one total for Paris, on Aug u, 1888.
AccIDENT-A THUMB OF SOME CONSEQUENCE
Robert Owen tried TO rcnstate his thumb, after
he had entirely cut it off, up near New London,
Wisconsin, last week. Failing to succeed, he
took the severed portion to Dr. Perry, of the
above place, who reunited it successfully.
On Tuesday night Montreal was visited by a
terrih hurricane. Much damage was done to the
buildings in the city and neighboreood, but no
loss of life is reported. Tie ste ,lner Prince
Albert was driven ashore at ST. Hollands Island,
but the passengers were landed in safety and
properly cared for by the garrison stationed
there
BODIES REcoyERED-The bodies of twenty
one persons lost on the propeller Toledo, have
been recovered. Among them are the Captain,
nrst mate, engineer, several ladies' and Others,
so mu.iatsd as not to be recognized. Only three
OF all that were on that Inflated vessel, were
ved.-i Toledo Blade, Nov Z.
A new paper is about to be started at Canaan
che, IN this County, to be called the Great Wes-
tern Advocate. Also one at Clinton, which
will probably he called the Great Advocate of
the West. Long may they ''.care." s,,
An old hotel keeper in Washington once
posted on his dinlng-loom door, the following
notice: Members of Congress will 20 to the Ia
Bile iirst then he gentlemen. Rowdies and
olackguards must not mix with the Congress-
men, as it is hard TO tell one from t'other''
HuMnuG.-"Now; papa, tell me what is hum
bug"
ut is" replied papa, "when mama pretends
to be very fond otme, and puts no buttons Oh
my shirt"
Il say, Pat, what is the difference between
being hung on.a ga!lows like gentleman, and
being on ii gbbet." "Sure, an i'll the first
place II man hangs only ii thrifle of an hour or
so, anu III the other he hangs Gil the days afhis
life"
New MATERIAL FOR BEDs-The leaves Of The
beach tree, collected in Autumn, in dry weather,
form an admirable article for beds. The smell
Is grateful and wholesome, they do not arbor
vermin, are very elastic, and may be rcplenished
without cost.
new bill for the better prosecution of the Ii
quor Law has passed the House of Representa-
tives IN Vermont. by seventy majority.
81 love the silent watches Of the night" as the
nocturnal thief said when he was robbing the
jewellers shop.
Happiness is like a pig with greasy tail,
which every one runs after, but nobody can
hold.
Ii some quacks stand up high, it is simply
on account OF the numerous fats that surround
them
firt changes all her opinions every day,
except the good opinion she has of herself.
tits safe prediction that the result of the
next Presidential election will be known in all
the principal cities OF Europe, And possibly in
India, On the morning OF the next day after 1t
has TRANSFERRED
A monster cafe sabout to built on the Boule |
ward St. Denis, Paris. 1t is to contain no less |
than eighty-six saloons, each of which will have |
1 special decoration typical OF one of the depart
nents q France.
Robbers up to all sorts of lodges now |
Two gentlemen on the 'hig way lazy recently
a ma i'm tI,a