Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-15
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Is1st vent ont Ike 4 kmis. Yesterday was
mid sjssnrasr than Y sn1ing day, and in
III 6f thAgslndng, sgocs5og dust, Broad
swafSnd t1Sa6lI 4 4 shaking ware
rooms we're crowded With ladies earnestly given
TO tneYsuny Of -she April fashions Dry goeds.
,neschsnts land mantilhs vendors we're happy
men. with plenty Of customers and heary sales.
Indeed, the new goods Of the season are well
calculated to tempt the money from the pockets
Of any Who have q weakness in that line. tor
they are unusually rich and tasteful Giace,
foulard, and China silks OF delicate colors, With
Hounces or bAyadere stripes; chintzs and lAvns
in paim Leaf patterns; and rich grenadines and
bareges are most in vogue. We saw an amber
grenadine with chene hounces, terminating with
N amber fringe, which WAS very rich. Nounces
trimmed with fringe, are very generally worn.
Delicate colors, pearl, stone and lilac are most
! in favor. Skirts are very full and very long-a
most excellent thing in the present condition Of
the streets. The rumor that hoops we're about
TO be collapsed seems to have been un.ounded,
Judging from the testimony of living witnesses.
The prophets have gone down, but the hoops
haven't. ss tsa1ta -
Basques and opera sleeves are still worn.-
Wide pagoda sleeves, slit up in the inside of the
arm, are in vogue for dinner and evening dres
ses. The sleeves for morning dresses are made
large and open, and are confined by a band at
the wrist, or finished with gauntlet cuff, with
puffs and ribbon trimming !.
Black lace jackets promise to be favorites for
| the coming season. These are of black tuile,
covered with rows Of narrow black velvet, or
are formed with rows of black lace insertion
edged with narrow lace. Canezous of clear
white muslin, trimmed with bretelles Of needle
| work, will be much worn. Collars are moder-
ately small. Undersleeves for full dress are of
l. >,.1In fl fell of rsr looa
| and are invariably trimmed with ribbon.
| Long basques, reaching almost to the knees,
| are and will continue to be worn. These are
of velvet, silk, and cloth, and in black gen.
orally, though we observe growing tendency
| towards more fanciful colors. We saw very
pretty and simple one, with double skirt; the
upper skirt or frill being more than quarter of
| yardin depth. The ed e.was bound with gal
| loon, and the front trimmed with crotchet but
| tons. Another had a richly embroidered skirt,
set on. in box-plaits. Large circulars in fancy
| colors, with hoods, are also much worn. The
| new mantas are generally in the shawl form,
and are Of taifetta MORE, silk, with lace and
| chenille trimmings. There is very pretty
| basque mantilla, the fronts of which form a
flowing sleeve, while the back falls like closely
| fitting basque, and is terminated in rounded
| skirt, ten or twelve inches in depth, This is
much more graceful than the long basque. Very
tasteful summer mantillas OF chantilly and GUT
| pure lace are shown. a5 5 2-+a.=.r. D..
Bonnets have long fronts, with dropping
crowns and shallow capes; some are veritable
| gipseys. Leghorn is the favorite material just
! now. t
We saw very pretty dress for child, of light
| green merino, with full skirt, and high waist,
richly embroidered. The sleeves were flowing,
| with undersleeves of the same material. Blou-
ses, covered in front by lappet and buttons,
are much worn by the boys.-New York Times,
| April /. -s aes. 4e' 5.=.., rs.r--
! =. A DOUBLE ELopEMESr.-On Friday night, two
girls, one 10, the other 16 years of age, daugh-
/ tiers of farmer residing in Greenfield, eloped
with two men, named Stewart and Curtiss, and
came to this city to the house Of j. Hoye. They
were to be married the next morning at 10 o.
clock. The rings were bought, the esquire" en-
gagged and the certificates partly made out, when
the police arrested the whole party, thus break.
ing up the marriages. The friends Of the
| girls and their father, came in and complained
to the Police, when the Chief and officers Gar.
lick and Rice, Immediately went to Hoyes and
found the ''elopeI;" the last named officer hav.
| ing seen the wagon coming into the city al
| about l o'clock, Saturday morning.
| The men Curtiss and Steward are of previous
| good character. Curtiss is we'll known an in
dustrious and worthy man, and we have never
heard anything whatever against Stewart. One
of the girls is determined yet to marry Curtist
and he to have her; both were willing to leave
and eloped voluntarily with their lovers; one Of
them says she did it to escape punishment and
unkind treatment at home; and because she
loved the man and was forbidden to marry
Nil. Sentinel.