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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

A SUBSTANTIAL FAMILY. A correspondent
writing from New Sharon, Me-, informs US that
IN the town of kingfeld, Franklin County Me.
there Is living family Of father mother, seven
sons and four daughters The father il fifiy-
seven years of age, stands erect, is supple in
limb, and has scarcely gray hair on his head
His height IS six feet six inches-we!.ht .l6
pounds. His wife is five feet seven inches in
height and weighs leo pounds. The total height
OF their seven sons is torty-four feet two inches.
averaging six feet three inches)-toial weight
l 400 pounds. The total height OF the girls is
twenty-;hree feet, averaging very near six feet)
-tota! weight GOO pounds Total height OF
sons and daughters sixty-seven feet two inches
total weight 1000 pounds This family reside
on the high lands of northern Maine about IS
miles from Portland. Neither the father nor
any member OF his family have ever been ad.
aicted to the of tobacco or Intoxicating
liquor Boston Journal
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

Goop REASON WHY A MAN SHOULD NOT BE
SENT TO THE PENIrESrIARY.-A few weeks ago
an freshman who had been vegetating in the
lower part OF the State was tried and convicted
for stealing, and was sentenced to the Penten-
tiars in this city for the term of ten wears. On
being asked by the Judge what reason he had
10 assign why sentence should not he prononn.
ced unon him according to law, the Hibernisn
replied:
WELL yer honor, I'm good dmecrat; yer
honor's dimecrat, an the jury is all dimecrats.
an be Jasus the id no nothins' themselves
couldn't have trated me wuss."
Pats plea was greeted with loud applause but
was not considered good. When last heard of
he was on the point OF making his entrance into
the State prison, protesting all the time that
the jury was composed OF disguised mo moth
ins'. "-Frankfort Commonwealth.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

MORE LYScH1NG-Two MEy urye IN ,IoNss
CousIf.-fron MIR. jackson, = resident Of Cas-.
cade IN this county, We learn the particul, rs OF
some recent acts Of the Vigilance COMMITTEE es OF
the counties OF Jones, Iacksan and Linn. Be
tween Monticello and Anamcsa there reside d a
DIR. Lon, and his brother, who had fallen mn der
the suspicious OF the community as persons en-.
gagged IN horse tAiesing operations.
On Friday night the Vigilance Committee. ar.
rived at Longs, and captured the brother and
another person charged with similar offer .t.s
ana hung them. Dir. Long was informed ( the
approach OF his enemies in time TO make hi : es
cape, and fed toward Dubuque. In pa. s,nr
through Cascade he informed a confed rate
named farrott. resident of that place, OF his
danger, guard was raised, and the citizens: re.
solved that the Lynchers should not aitee, heir
purposes.
On Saturday night two strangers rode into
cascade from the south, Recommended the uwn.
stayed around short time saying but little and
transacting no business, and finally departe d A
they came. They were supposed to be scouts of
me advancing army Of Regulators, and a. the
latter did not make their appearance, it is sun.
posed that they thought the town too m uch
aroused 10 permit of their success in secu ing
PARROT.
We believe that up to this time there have
been nine persons hung by the Vigilance Com.
mittees In jackson, Jones, Clinton and e,lar
counties. Where this matter is going to end Is
hard to say.-Dabaque Repub.. llth.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22
The CrOD of 1871.

The Cincinnati Gazette-good commercial
authorlty-has the following estimates of the
crop OF 1857, compared with the production of
ls4s, in the nine great grain. growing States of
the West. The Gazette says that estimates are
based on sound data in relation to increase of
population and ratios of production, and on the
assumption that the crop of this year will be
iuii average Ut course, providental circum-
stances may mar this uattering prospect; but
with continuance of weather favorable for ri
pening the wheat in the higher attitudes and
with a late fall in which corn will have time TO
mature, those figures seem to be as nearly right
as anv that can be made
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22
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W. lEarn irLasaa III IL -.


we learn from VIM. II. Backns, ESQ. So,
intendent OF the Burlington and Missouri hi
road, that the affairs of this company and a,
work along its line are in q most pro.p.,or.
condition. At the last annual meeting ! 81.
trolling interest In its stock was taken Nv 4.
New York Central, the Michigan Central and Il.
chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. !,
gentlemen connected with these great lines ~
that the money is all provided to complete h 4
ottumwa, or the Des MONIES river, eighty ,ail,.
west OF Burlington, as fast as possible Lsrr.
gangs OF men are at work all along the line H..
tween Ottumwa and Rome, the present term.
nus, thirty-six miles west OF burlington and ia
work is in a commendable state of forwar1ns,.
The iron is all either received or IN the r,,
to complete the road to Fairfield, fity five mil,
west of the Mississippi, in time for the f,ll IND.
ness.
A large amount Of rolling stock. embracing,
complete equipment, has been purchased .nd !,
being daily received at Burlington Extensive
and convenient grounds have been obtained ia
that city Tor depo's, machine shops, &c, where
active preparations are in progress to provide
all necessary accommodations for the randy
increasing business ofsthe road.
West OF 0ttumwa the road has large and mog
valuable tracts. oil lands, wAssA ~,n enable IA,
COMPANY 10 push 1t forward rapidly to the Ms
souri, River, The character OF the men who
control u Is a sufficient guarantee that Il will
be completed yth all reasonable dispatch |.
viii reach ottumwa early in the spring, when i,
will form the most direct route to Kansas, leay.
ing only one hundred and forty miles Of staging
to the Missouri River. Everything which ener.
gy and ample means can accomplish will h
done TO secure an early completion OF the road
With the Chicago, Burlington and Qupsy, a.
ready one OF the best and most important road
entering the city, this road will secure for orr
merchants andmanufacturers AL amount Of b..
mess which we have no doubt will .urprs.
them. Let us have the road as early a. possi.
BILE and then, ho tor Kansas. We and THOUSAND,
OF others "are bound to GO then, if not teiore
Chicago Press.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

A "FouL Casa French printer, with an
unwritable name, was discovered on Pacific
street by the police somewhat "out of sorts"
The officer thinking that his lease" needed
some attention, gave "chase" to him, caught
and locked his form up in the station house.
Yesterday morning the police judge correct
ed his mater" and "planed bin, down to
the tune of ten dollars, Which we think will be
a sufficient warning to the typo to induce him
to "stick " close to the "rule' Of sobriety and
peace hereafter-IS T. Chronicle
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

Aggregate,


ms shows an advance of 90 per cent on the
production OF ls49. The increase o! popula.
Ton Is about 80 per cent; so we have allowed
large margin for more favorable crops, Look
ing to the consumption OF Indian corn bread.
the consumption OF wheat Tor -four and seed in
these States will not exceed a., 600, 600 bushels,
so that there will be, assuming an average crop
OF twenty-eight millions of bushels for exporta.
ton. This is probably double the amount
which went out OF the northwest to the Attain
tic
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

EXTENSIVE PoCKET-PICKiNG.-OnS Saturday, a
gentleman from Marion, Iowa, named J. w.
Wood, while transacting business on the Levee,
had his pocket picked OF $3.50, all in $50 bills
except one, which was Of $50, on the Syracuse
Bank.-.St. Louis Intel.
e If this means old Timber, it is evidently mis-.
lnL
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

FERNANDO Woop A. ns is.--A Judgment for
S7,62e 90 has been rendered in the Superior
Court OF New York against Fernando Wood, on
> charge Of fraud. forgery, and Justification oil
accounts. The history of the transaction. as
revealed In the progress OF the trial, shows
Wood 70 have been Of the .'Dcal Rabbit order
before he was elected Mayor. He owes service |
to the State instead uf the city.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

A son Of Professor Stowe, aged mir eteen, was
drowned at Andoyer, Mass, on Thursday, while
bathing. He had just returned from Europe,
where he had spent the last year, travelling with
bis mother. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe. They
arrived in the Persia, on Tuesday evening, and
the young man reached home "Wednesday, his
mother going to Fishkill, to pay a short visit TO
the family Of her brother, Rev Henry Ward
Reecher
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

There has recently been held in Syracusea
Dress Reform Convention" at v hich one DR..
Jackson, in the course of speech in favor OF
short petticoaes, told the audience that "he had
seen fifteen hundred women take of tie long
skirts and put on the short skirts The old
reprobate.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

writer in the Charleston Courier advises Al
their writer's and speakers to always use the
term african" in connection with slavery
lie thinks the use OF that word would, from
the acknowledged infcriority' of the African
race, constitute an improbable deselse OF the
system, STRIPPING il Of lis otfcnsiyeuess.n
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

NKRMoNr.-Good old Vermont is a pillar
among the righteous. One OF It's papers thus
says oil II:
There is but one city in this State, and not
soldier We have no police, and no, mur-
der Inns been committed in this State with in the
last ten years. We have no musen.ns, nor crys.
tai palaces; but We have homes, genuine homes,
that are the centre OF the world TO their in
mates, for which the father works, votes and
talks-where the mother controls, edocates,
iabors. and loves-where she rears men, sholars
and patriots.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

A gentleman thought he'd like something
painted in the hall of new house, and chose
the israeiises passing over the Red Sea. lie
engaged man for the JOB, who went to work
ana painted the hall red mice COLOR said he.
'out where are the Israelites." ..Oh, they've
passed over
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

How HE GOT HIS TITLE-General VIM. r.
Packer, Democratic candidate for Governor Of
PENNSYLVANIA, has been dubbed General" not
Tor any military service-for he has always been
innocent OF such-but simply as the recognized
leader of the army Of jobbers, horse-leeches,
spectators, and plunderers, who, Tor years,
have proved upon the State Treasury
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

How WE LOOK IN GREEK-A life OF Wash
ington has just made its appearance at Athens,
Greece. The noble people appreciate fully, as
they have reason to do, our great struggle for
liberty, and especially the characters OF the rev.
olu'ionary heroes, but they make shocking work
with their names. Washington is rendered
y"asigkton; Hancock, Igkok; Bunker Hill,
Bonnonton Borqher; and old Gov. Dunwiddie
figures, in the classic language of Homer, De-
mos,henes and rlato, as Diocketes Dinouiaes.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

The foundation u the largest cotton factory
IN the world has jus. been laid in Russia. OH the
island OF Csonhom, in the river Naroya. Do.
tween It's two cataracts. 1t il in the form Of i
grand sq'"re, and will possess l,s7e windows.
10000 gas burners. aud win occupy 5000 work.
men.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

OFFIcIAL.-Chief Justice CARTER, Of Evans.
vile, Indiana, and two constables of that CITY.
are now injail there. having been sentenced 10
thirty days confinement for petty offence, ard
the Journal states that one Of the constables OF
the city is in Jail, that two others ran away in
the night and have not yet returned, and tina an
ex'!astlce swindled number of the neighbors
and deeamped.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

RrAoaEp LyNcuINa ~ DrBrouE COUNTY. -
1t was rumored here in Dubuque yesterday, that
Grove. Of three hundred people had surroun.
ied the no use Of man named Jack Parrot, in
Cascade, and took him away, determined to
hang him on su 'picion of being horse thief. Il,
is really tim. tina. the law-abiding and order.
loving port, OF our people were becoming
alarmed at the disgr >ceful proceedings Of the
late mobs throughout Q, " State. IL is high time
they we're stopped. II hey are persevered IN
much longer. our State wiz ne eye.word ana
an object OF scorn ,hrourhon the Union. Even
NOW We see in some Of our Ea stetn exchanges
the first symptoms Of hue and ,sy 70 the Peo-
Pile against emigratng to such a riofoas and
mob-governed country as some por Hons OF our
land are fast becoming.-Dubuque Express,
18th.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

~We heard Of several cases of sun-stroke
Saturday. Among the number was that of
woman living in one Of the shanties in the south.
ern part of the city, who died in the afternoon
very soon after being attacked.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

MAD DoGs.-lt is stated that there are a very
large number OF mad dogs in Chester and Della.
ware counties, Pa, and that horses, cows and
hogs have become rabid from being bitten; and
IN Philadelphia, it is said, no less than i've
deaths have occurred from hydrophobia since
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

Two young lrshmen happened to get into 40
ARRAY, in which one Of them was knocked dow
His eomrade ran up to Lin, and cried o4i,
POUNDS, Dennis, if you be dead, can't yca
spakes'
I'm not dead. but spachless, y said the etEe..
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

Fred, the prince Of waas, was getting sous
rather late. and little happy, when passingb1
dark alley huge, two listed fellow stepp.i
out, seized him by the collar, and demandetha
meney. Money" said Fred, money, ! b-H
none; but YOU hold on moment, l will give
you my note for thirty days.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

eYWe hear Of fine showers in all directions,
at Monmouth, in Des Mones county, and every
where except in Burlington. Here we eau get
never q drOp
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

OEE WHO DESERVES WELL OF HER Country
the late Mexican papers chronicle the extra.
ordinary fact, that woman in the city OF Mex
leo, on the Goth of April last, was delivered, at
one birth, of seren mate children, We believe
this is the most cspious case of practical patri-
otism on record
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

uA woman, belonging to the encampment
of Danes and Swedes, just outside the city, died
on Friday night, Of Inflammation of the bowels.
On Saturday, at noon, = man in the same com.
pany, died Of cholera morbus, supposed to have
been brought ON By excessive use Of cold water.
He vas we'll in the morning, and before noon
waa Ifrleaa
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

TAXING OFT AN EYE TO MEND H.-The Leip-
sic Journal OF Literature, Science and Art, pub.
hshes al account Of the wonderful discoveries Of
DR.. Graeh in diseases OF the eye, and tue won.
derfnl cures he performs. He has found the
ball Of the eve to be transparent, and by a Gu.
rious instrument examines infinitely the interior
takes it out and performs any necessary surgical
operation, and replaces il without injury to it's
appearance or vision. 4 young girl had long
been afflicted with the most excruciating pain
in the left eye, the cause of which the most
learned co uld not understand DR.. Graeif found
IN the centre OF the ball little worm, which he
removed, md restored the poor creature imlne-
diately 10 health and perfect sight. His Office
is thronged all day by the poor praying for
relief. One is almost reminded of the miracles
of the Son Of Man, in reading the cures he
makes--N. Y. Mirror.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

young lady returning TO her fathers house,
after having been at a boarding school, quite
shocked her brother will ner refined xpressions.
81 declare" said he one day TO his father, .our
Sally has got to be so learned that can't IN
derstand above one half what she says; twas
only this morning that she stuck 20 on 70 tater,
and called moasses treac!c
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22
Unsophisticated Boy-"Mama. papa is GETTING

Unsophisticated Boy-"Mama, papa is getting
very rich, isn't hes"
Mother-"I don't know-why do you think
so, child"
unsophisticated Boy--"Cause he gives me
SO mueh money. Almost every morning, just
after breakfast when Sally is sweeping the nar.
Tor, ne gives me sixpence to 20 ont and plsy."
Sally received short notice to quit.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

The Dalton couple have not run AWAY with
each other. The woman received an invitation
to meet her husband on a certain evening.
and went, met him, and spent the night with
him; SO she SAYS. He denies it altogether;
whereupon her father undertook to whip him,
but they were parted.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

a Sacramento zeal. paper says Or. Newson,
OF hed Blum, has big rattlesnake in . jar,
Wmcn ne 70 trying 10 starve to death. The
snake has had nothing to eat since last Angina,
but weighs two ounces more than when NM il
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

q Mr.. Charles p. Moore, late of the Barrett
House, but more recently of the Twins House,
Keokuk, has taken the Brazeton House, Mt.
Pleasant
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

"a The thermometer etoOd at 1909 in our
Office, on Saturday afternoon, with fresh breeze
blowing through the room.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

John Berry, an antique Hibernian, (who
has been there before,) considerably soaked,
vas brought before Justice Walbridge, yester-
day, for being drunk. and abusing his family
de argued the case. per Sc, and opened the de.
fence. assoon a. he entered the room, thus:
Indignantly. "Ah! Squire, by the tavern, me
coat was stolen If me,-and . shirt, and my
pantaloons, from me carpet sack. Look YOU,
now, Squire where it is cut. I'm civil, pacea-
BILE ould man, Squire;-.'s in Davenport live,
yer honor, and wasn't drunk"
"fou say you was not drunk? Did you not
beat your wife?"
b. Coafdentiaily. "Hist, now, Squire, hist.
The wimin is dhrunk, dye see. They've bar
die o whiskey in the shanty, and it's sucking it
all the time time they are"
sis not your wifs's arm brokens"
at is, SIR"
"Why do you beat her, then?''
B. Seriously. "By me troth, Squire, niver
did"
~ think it best to teach you little lesson.
sir"
B. Deprecatingly. "Ah, Squire now, be aisy
wild me, for I'm an ould man, sir, sivinty two
years of age it is, l AMIN forty one years in
America, Squire, and voter. I'm thirty one
years an Odd Fellow, Squire, and Freemason
too, BY the tavern. Oh, it's al honist, civil spo.
ken man am, yer honor-I niver worked an
hour on the public works in me lfe Squire
since the birth o the Vargin niver did. Be
aisy, sir, and let me 60. I've me carpet sack
yonder, Gnd I'll cross the ferry, indade, indade,
and niver be seen in Burlington again, I'm an
ould man, Squire"
II know you are, and think it time you are
taken care of. shall fine you ten dollars"
B. Mortified. "Ah, sir, were it tin dollars, or
. tousand, or tin cints, can't pay it, SIR"
"rhen shall be obliged to send you to Jail.
Mr.. Marshall you will take charge of him.
B. Family. "Ah, sir, it's not near the jail
am. but nearer fainting. BY the tavern, sir,
cannot 60 there, for I'm sure to fain: and die
before climb the hill"
Marshall, 'Do you think you can muster
strength to get to the ferry?"
Z B. Hopefully. II Think can, SIR"
N. "Well, then, come along-let's 80 to the
ferry"
Exit Marshall, smilingly, and Berry, very
briskly, in the direction Of the County castle.
AFTER THEN AGAIN.-Jimmy Wells is after
the dogs and hogs again, and every body who
10 SO rich ~ to own . dirty cur or an interest
ing porker, will at once understand that taxes
must be paid upon the ono, and the other re-
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

RsnARxADLE RAPiDIrY.--A gentleman in this
city recently received letter which has made
the enormous distance Of twenty-eight miles.
between NJ. Pleasant and Burlington, in the
incredibly short space Of sir dHys' We are very
much grati6ed to notice this improvement IN
our postal arrangements, and hope the onward
progress thus commenced will be continued un.
al the mail system shall arrive at such state
az perfection that our paper can reach Parish
eha sane veek they ore published.