The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-02

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| 4 building which had hesn used siaes 1918 80
| powder houss. The box coming in copsaas ufsA
The wall caused friction, prcduc.ag. Are, and n
explosion followed, bufning aIl hands ID 8
shocking manner Ms. Dupont Desped inso .
race near By, and the others made svssy elOss
TO exfinguish the fra ON their clotheAs Ms.
Dupont having succeeded in exiinguishine tho
fre ON his clothes. hastened to sss IL the press
roof had caught fire. Az he approached I sef.
rible explosion took place. shataeripg she build
ing 70 atoms. By thr flying fragments Ar. De-
pont had his right thigh fractured, three Of bis
ribs broken, and one Of his lungs peiforated.--
up, gave directions to the persons. ,,rrse III 70
hasten and cxtinguish the flames. 80, =.
| To-day Sunday at 1--WE O'clock, Mr.. Dapcns
| Anthony Dougherty, ard Edward Hurst, the
foreman Of the mill, we're dend. ss#Ha assata ~
Louis Vache, was mortally wounded. and Jehn
McClaferty and George Fisher were injured, bus
not fatally. The others escaped nnhurt.
Killed ~ LighsninE. '.' II.
Geneva, in Kane County, was visited BY :
severe thunder storm on Friday afternoon, do.
ring vhich Mr.. Bennest, farmer residing nsAr
that village, and . pair Of horses. we're killed BY
lightning Mr.. Bennett was on hiA way kc NC
IN two horse Wagon, his son sitting besils
him on the seat, when the bolt seruck, bus
strangeto state, the lad escaped withous serious
injury. 4.-Ee
cALlsoRxIA.-By The arrival Of 1 part~ Of
twelve men, Who reached here On the ilth, we
have news from California to the let or .rcns.
They report times - tolerably good in the
mines; the miners generally doing we'll.
The party had no trouble with Indans-iea card
Of no depredations having been COMMITTED b-
them on emigrants, nor of any collision with the
troops. When they we're d Fort Keasney, Gel.
Sumner was expected there soon. The Indians
had recently stolen from the government con-
tractor 500 head Of cattle, which had not been
recovered when they left ehs Fort Sassa ass
At Salt Lake they heard that the MOrnons
were preparing to receive the United ,Sta:ss
officers and troops 10 hostile manner. Thee
report Brigham Young and the Mormous - full
OF the devil as ever. and sadly in need Of drub-s
binS. II isoar opinion that unless Col. 6umner
has troops enough at his command to awe them
Into submission ut once, he will have trouble.
Let them once get the idca that he u to have
but small or Inadequate force, and syste0i
of persecution will be commenced, which will
for devilishness throw Nauvoo in the shade
At Nauvoo they were but few hundred, now
they are many thousands. There they were in
part under the control Of law, at least undaR
some little restraint; now their only law il the
mandate of Brigham Young and his council-
We fear trouble ahead Plattsmonth Jeiferso-
nian. ta sHH H #sH kss&8 stfs#@itaa silsa
NEW CousrEAgElra--Ten on the Union Bank,
Dover, n. H. raised from ones; tens on tho
Citizens Bank, New York city, raised from
ones; fives and tens on the Waapan Bank, Wis
consin, raised from ones and twOs fives on the
Western Bank, Lockport. N. X, raised from
ones; tens on the Hudson City Bank, Wisconsin,
raised from ones; tels on the Exchange Bank,
Lockport n. y; threes on the Mechanics and
Trn. lAras Rank i. Ava nn "
change Bank, Hartford, Conn. Ha.isF
A WoAAN CowaIprsa BuRaLAR-Ths res.
idence Of Mrs. Madden, corner Of Second sad
South Second streets, was entered by burglar
few nights since. The fellow must have in
dulred rather freely, from the fact that hs
helped himself to some refreshments and then
csinped down upon the door, where be fell
asleep and renamed until morning. Mrs. Mad
den went down 70 the basement, and percciving
the sleeping Intruder, locked the door, and
seixing cndgcl commenced to lay IL over the
fellow witasa good WILL Having stsiking
proof thai something unpleasant was transpt-
ring, hc ran ahsut the room In bewilderment,
the ladyAal the while showering blows upon
his head aud body, until hc finally escaped by
boiling through the hascMen, window, and
made bis escape.--[N. Y. Tribune. .w,.E
SALr.-We have just received from Mr.. Vim.
Manufacturing Company, . sample OF as line
white,, nice, pure salt ~ We ever saw. This
Company have just commenced the alaaaise-s
ture, and knowing the energy OF the President
We feel sure that the work will NOT aag, but Wfll
be pushed forward until We will he able 10 sup
ply the whole western world VITA salss There
il enough Of 1t there, and can be manufactured
as cheap Tor nearly sol as ut Salirc, n. r., or
at any other point. TITS the Company are de.
| termincd to prove, BY making the ssls, and
| holding themselves In readiness 10 supply au
| demands. The sample ". have before Us u -
| free iromimpurities As any well be; In iact,
| II is salt, and nothing else. We shall be happy
| al any time to show those interestrda spccisnen
Of the salt, which We shali keep in the oilics
for that purpose to salt our customers Platte
\ mouth Jefersonian.
Experiment IN Raslroaa superssruc
- 80 tnrc. .ss
The New York and Erie Rrailroad Company
recently laid down An iron superstracturs on
their track about . dozen milcs west o. Jersey
City, over which trains are now daily passing,
| and which seem likely, says the NJ \. 7i,asa,
70 inaugusate . new era 10 the history Of rail-
roads. Il IL composed entirely Of cast sron, and
Includes everything pertaining to tne roadway,
i except the rails. IL requires no bolts or spikes
| OF any kind and We are informed that ID may
| be taken from the furnace and adjaseed upsa
the road with lsss labor and scxpsAse thAn y
usually required to lAy the osdlnary wooden
sleepsra This iron casting V embedded in tho
ground On stone, or similar soIid foundation,
where il is secure ffom FROST end dsher dissxsh.
L ing causes. The ralls ssat upsN India r1hesp
springs, which deadsA The Aoise ,of = .tain, and
/ q shs same time eaye oG those heavy biows sad
shocks " the engines and cars while reaninE,
thus diminisding sheie' weas and tsas.s The
i NNsts adds: II 81 u aaa ssaEs ssss4 n ss4tasas4
The peculiar merit Of this asv, structura
seems 90 be its dsra6iiity. When II ID once
built there can be no occasion for disturbing u,
as Il i not perishable like our present railway
stfuc.ures, Ard ~ nsshisg of asAsOAyiag As-
tuse couseet4A visA y. !. This fAeA delbslsaAI
1 adds 70 the safety Of railroad built In thil
manuer. The wooden sieepers that xre con
ssandy decaying, ana she heavy Spikes 'Aas -
constantly working loose and drawing out, have
always been sources Of danger - ssoinA. .pAsaino
over our roads. The, Ahsencs Of al these 4
thia neW structure III merit, though NOT I'M
only merit Il itpossesse4 And 49, ccnst1<fthg
this. aud every other new ayssem Of constrSs-
sion that tends, tog rendee cur rAilFoads, mar,
proAmbls 70 stockholdera and sAfer 10 tfavelafu
deserves y be c0mdended.
Two NxN DRowSKp Bond, miller. Z
Clark y Kirkwoods mill, above shia sisy. wa
drowned In eaIeaA River this morning. :
He Attempted 10 cross above the dam. The rive
u now very high and swift. liz vcntursd 70
near The dam. His boat was drawn In the Gus
rent, and carried over s.A broken - piAnear-
He was seen for 4 moment, above the saslAe1
NGd then disappeared. lila body had NOT bee
, recovered as noon. He Was an estimable man
and leaves young wife with two cAsidren. + I
Joseph Wallace, = respectable fss1sF, N
! Fl hives : short distance below thiss city, -
J | drowned u the river eboat ths same time
] | lie attempted to swim his horss across. Tn
! horse could not of would not ewim; and bot
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