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

WHARS DER POLfCE!-An aCmlraDle Snlh0y
| took place, yesterday noon, at ''the old house
| at home" corner of Main and Columbia streets,
between divers sons (and fair daughters) Of
Erin. We did not learn the origin of the battle
but hear that it was most skillfully waged. On
| of the principle actors, believing that mans
| house is his castle, stationed himself therein,
while the trusty and aifectionate partner of his
! Joys and sorrows, with her back against the
door, served as body guard OF one. An in
effectual attempt was made to cut through the
door. In the meantime, the fight hourished
with undiminished energy among the bystand.
ers, who, destitute of outer covering, save their
variegated pantaloons, vaantly waged war,
and punched each others heads with remaIka-
bic enthusiasm. The scene was one Of terrific
grandeur. Shocks OF hair toated alone upon
the breeze,-the blades Of axes glistened in the
meridian sun, and blood ran riot in the cutters.
Mutual exhaustion caused the scene to close,
without any victory. The combatants retired,
satisfied with the brilliant display Of their he.
roism, and by this time are doubtless as happy
as kings land queens) in the recollection their
fea,s Of bravery.
The New Orleans True Delta has advices
from all portions of the sugar districts Of tho
most cheering character.
tH-At Jacksonville, on Monday last the
spire of the new Baptist church, owing to some
disarrangement in the tackling by which it was
being raised, fell over, swapping the main post,
and came point downward, breaking hole in
the roof and through the ceiling, doing consid-
cradle damage to the building.
sHThe Knoxville Wing is confident that
East Tennessee will be able to sell two millions
| of bushels of wheat the present season. The
| farmers in the counties tributary to Hickman
are likely to realize million of dollars from
| their wheat crop alone.
rN-A German named Valentine, from forty
eve TO fifty years OF age, cut his throat az Ciil-
cinnsti on Thursday last. He is described as
intelligent, Of good habits, and he was on the
eve Of marriage with young and beautiful girl.
f&rIn the New York Court Of Sessions, on
the 9Th, man named James Flynn was sen
fenced to toenty nine years in the state friso"
for highway robbery.
fBr Our readers will see that our Poiice oi-
ficuities which have been stewing aud seethine
here for some time, eliminated in the overthro~
Of the old Police, without substituting any iorcs
in their stead. We think the crisis was passet
at the time of the Heally and Shaw fight, and
| are not astonished at the result.
eN A church in New Jersey was recently
struck by lightning aud many persons prostra-
: ted. Those ladies wearing brass hoops escapes
unhurt. with the loss Of the hoops, However
!. which were melted.
g rH- The largest excursion party OF the sea
sou was that of the Baptist Sunday School yes
terday, which went by the western cars 10 10
Checoaus river, where they had pic mic dinner
4 There were ten cars, with as many as coulo s.
ON them and into them-say ono thousand chi
" dren snd grown persons.
: Hopss SxorHER9D IN AUD-Ths CamAncu
Register says that fne horse belonging 70
Miilsrd. ir.. Of that place, was swamped 90
smothered in mud in crossing slOush IN sacl
he son county, . few days since.
= PoLIcE.-Harrison kShaw appeared oeio'
a. a. Justice Harris, on information Of Capt. hssh
ex-chief of Police, charged with breach Of q
peace, and resisting officer. Informant fAlie
= to appear, and the respondent was discharged
CoUArAasEIrEas.-A person was arrested
1t. Pleasant. this morning, for passing coonse
y felt ten dollar bills on the Bank Of Wheehn
" There we're three men in the company, bus on
- one was arrested.
=. ~Two thousand Eve hundred andhfty-so
dogs we're ishumanly drowned during TWEEN
days If june and July. in New York.