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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01
DANFORD'S IMPROVED
IRON REAPER & MOWER,

I
WE would call the attention of the Farmers Of til.
w West to the above Celebrated LR0A REAPER
! MO which We are manufacturing for the Harvest,
OF Isl I, and for which We shall he prepared to
! orders at an early date.
With The experience or seven years we have been en-.
abled TO bring maChine to high degree Of persc.
ton. ohvatng many difficulties experienced In all sach
machines, removing many imp.dimen,s which have
feen developed by the working Of the machines, and
making improvements which have facilitated It's oyeTs-
| tons In many particulars. Our CuRvIp PIaIstM
causes the Grain TO fall in Gavels Bundles
by enables the Raker to perform his task with about
nail the usual labor The Farmer with such
machines VIII appreciate this advantage. by simple
ARA, cement we have done away with the side br2@
wagon, thus saving much worry the tenn. fy
venent mode o raising and lowering TO suit The differ.
ent heights Of cut, placing the LAX nj poin,
where the work per formed with the leas, possible
Dor we have made the nearest approach possible 10
good self raker.
Reaper ana Mower, or the Single Mower. The aittf
machine we shall furnish with Reels, which be used
or not a. pleasure. they will be OF decided
oh'y Whe The grass tall or thin or strongly affected
by tie wind.
We formerly used Wood in the construction Of eur
machines, but from its p.rishab'e nature constant
liability To out repair, have been induced 10
substitute IR"s for entire IRAN, work ard cutter
beam We shall hereafter sdrp, this aterai. as our
experience convincts us thai give tn, Fsim'r
Tor Tie same price, Machine OF Iron, which will lat
ten years longer than the best that possibly be
ufactured of Wood.
The machine We manufacture will be cons,ruc. ofe
choicest materials and built In The thorough and
workmanl,ke manner under the inme late Of
the pr"pTietors, and pains money viii spared 10
make our machine OF invaluable TO the Farmers Of
our country.
Our Cutting APPARATUS is different from that OF ary
| other machine We use two SIctes instead Of Of e
worked in opposite directions by crank. This secure,
double advantage in cutting and ndsbit d
more to this peculi iiy tan to other for the
riory Of our machine, for by we are enabled to cn
clean all kinds oGrass thick thin dry lodg
or standing, on smooth q ouid rough, single YEA
OF n!hss or nay Cuck thrown upon HE ground LNeIy
4 ted N ri mr.
machine such as oosel thrown trodd.n into thu
.ahoing grasS-smali wads Of loose gIass twisted
ana placed In u standing gras.-ihe seppsd, 81
made to start again without backing up or cisanh
doing its proper work.
In grain, our machine requires one or two span 0
horses, according to circumstances, and driver snt
raker. In grass, one spsn Of horses and a driver.
works with loose tongue and be easily turned
backed to suit con yenence.
We have never eudeavored by unfair mean 10 for
our machine into notice, but have left II for tie Farm
to decide upon its merits and wherever the s
been used, the feeling Is uniformly IN It's favor.
VIZ NAVE RECEIVED PIRsT PREMIUMS TuR
La POTtR Co Ind 4ur.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

i"e .amarh'-e investigation, OF the nature OF
modern Spiritual Manifestations. SO called.
seems likely 10 be earnes, and thorough. We
notice that Mr.. G A. Redman, one OF the most
noted mediums" of this city, leaves this after
noon to spend a week in Boston and vicinity.
with special reference TO Prof. Agassix and his
colleagues In the Investigation. The Fox girls
are zlfeady on hanG. We exhcr, all devotees
Of .sAnkle:joint" and "knee-pann theories TO
.ssch them sharply and report progress.-[N.
7. Trib., 2oth.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

az The weather was hot yesterday-not ex.
traordinarily hot for the season, for it was only
30 in the shade, but hot by contras..-
Local items were scarce. All was quiet--not a
fight or arunaway or anything else whereon to
hang paragraph. Even the river was station.
ary and would not 60 up or down = single inch.
The only thing to break the monotony of this
state of affairs was the Strawberry party and the
ices served up by the ladies at Marion Hall. But
the cooling effects OF the ice-cream and lemon
ade is supposed TO have been more than over.
balanced by the more rapid pulsa.ions Of the
heart noticed among number Of our male
acquaintance. aas
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

ExrREMks MEkr.-Hoops are not destined to
creatures who invented them, with most ex-
quisits gace-so much so, that we gaze upon
the hoops Of n pork barrel with sentiment of
gallantry. Their expansive proportions and en-
crossing dimensions are destined to a collapse
in 1883, if We may credit the Paris correspon.
dent of the New York Courier, who writes
"Lank Is the Recomier Of 1900, the substitute
for the full blown rose we now behold, the belle
of 1883 will come upon US in appalling, unmiti.
gated dsiormity,-sdns crinone, sans basque,
sdas hustle, saas cvad, SANS wool, sans every
thing
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

On THE BRIGHT SIDE.-We find in the Bslti-
more American the following reasons why the
late and cold spring has been just what was
needed to insure the greatest good to the great.
est number. Gods ways are not as mans way 8,
hat how surely and faithfully he cares for us:
|. 1t has secured a magnificent sugar crop
amounting in value to SlO,0O0,0OO or ST., 900, =
900; crop especially needed at this time, be-
cause of the future last year of the Louisiana
gar crop. To make the maple sap run free
ly and abundantly, frequent changes in the tenn
perature are necessary. 1t has taxed the trees
to their utmost, without damaging them, and so
an unprecedented c:on of sugar has been made
probably double what has ever been made
before. 2-.s s-a.t 4r.. 8 70 s-af
9. splendid fruit crop. Had the month
of April been warm, the blossoms would have
been so far developed as to have been de-
stroyed by the sold Of May. But the blossoms
have been kept back until all danger of their
destruction by frost is past, and there is pros
pect of a most abundant crop.
3. An excellent hay crop. The wet weather
has invigorated the grass roots, and they are
shooting forth with much vigor. There is eve
ry prospect Of an abundant crop. f-3 rf'
On the whole VIC are in favor of the present
administration of tho season, So and we nre on
posed to innovations from any quarter what
ever.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01
To Farmers and Dealers.


NOUR attention lie respectfully solicited 10 N,
present extensive and complete stock Of v,,,,
Ing Implements and Utensils now In store nm,
enables the proprieors OF the bur gon Avricnl,u
and Seed Warehouse to offer unrivsed induce u,n. =,
the trade and purchasers generally.
Large invoices Of lIsying and Harvesting Tool, con,
sisting OF
SCYiHE SNA THES CRADLKS, WOOD Avn
IRON BRACE AND GRAPE PLyE PAR
TERSS, IA YFORKS, GA Stined, ,SJYTHE
STONES &c RIFLES, HAND q RETOL
TZEG ma FORKS, eto., ETC.,
have just been received to which daily additions ar. h.
Ing made by fresh arrivals.
Purchasing directly from the msnufa thr=e A.,
tcles OBJ aimed at the lowest possible prices sn,bnv
US to sell lower than any other house in Burlington
full assortment of Wood and Willow Ware Cor,
dage, Bed Cords, Clothes Lines, &c. constantly a,
hand KEITH, ROBINSON co
june l2-4dt-wtf Water Street, near Jefferson,
Burlington, Iowa
NOTICE is hereby given that on Monday N,
10th day Of July next at the post Office In the es
Of Kingston Des Mones Co Iowa. viii let out a, pubs
SALE TO the lowest responsible bidder contracts 70,
ditchng draining. Said contracts 10 be let by the
cubic yard in sections of 70 OF mle each.
The ditch will commence in Section 8, Township Il
" Range, W and extend Nsrthwardly about X Of
mile and Is to be from 1871 TO 20 feet In width aud
from inches 10 feet In depth.
by order of the Hon. County Judge
june 17-w4t j. WILSON VILLAINS
Drainage Commissioner for Des Moline. 10 lov,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

HORSE THIEvEs.-This portion OF Iowa is
sorely infested by Horse Thieves. Almost
nightly some neighborhood suffers 10y their de-
precautions. The evil has been endured go long,
and has become SO grievous spirit of ven-s
geanee Is aroused which will make short work
with some of the miserable scoundrels before
they are much older. That there is an extensive
combination, and rsgs,lar system of operations
among the thieves, defss not seem to admit of
doubt; and when once the net is seized, good
many OF the tsh will be landed high and dry
sooner efficient steps are taken to head the
game, the better.-Iowa City Repuh
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

San Francisco WAsHEnwoMcy- The San
Francisco washerwomen wash on. "a mans shirt
in this stye;-the shirt is first soaped till it glis
tens like poul,ee. 1t is then dipped into
poo! OF water, taken out, and twisted by two
operators having hold of each end, until it re-
sen,sles, with lis coating of yellow soap, large
stick of molasses candy. 1t is tbe. slashed
upon stosc for some time with the washerwo-
mans full strength. Shirts washed in this way
OF course come TO their owners innocent of but
tons, and hasterins with rags. Some was in
San francisco has asserted that what is called
"asherwomans Bay, is paved with shirt-hut-
tons.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

RIGHT BUT DRAwBAcKs.-'Glad to see you,
Monsieur Cuvier," said one of the forty of the
French Academy, eve have just iinished de-
finition, which we think quite salts factory, hut
upon which we would like to have your opin-
ion. We have been defining the word crab,
and hare explained it thus: Crab. small red
fish, which walks backwards" Perfect, gen.
tlemen," said Cuvier, "only l. will make one
small observation in natural history: the crab
is not fish, it is not red, and it Goes not walk
backward. With these exceptions, your deini-
ton is excellent Eng. paper. a -.-5 81.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

ARMY WoRa-We learn that the army worn,
has made its appearance in several places in
this vicinity. We saw this morning field of
barley from which they had cut off all the
beard. giving it the appearance of smooth.head
wheat They are at work upon it in crest
numbers. and unless their rayages are STAYED
by no. sunshine, they viii totally destroy the
entire field The only means of checking them
is by blowing trenches across the track and
Unnecessary, deepening the trenches with lines
they may be killed in these trenches by hauling
q small log or other smooth piece of timber
along them every day Louisville .yo,,-
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

AWoRD FOR SNAKEs-The Prairie Farmer,
at Chicago, has good word for the progeny Of
grandmother Ewes beguiler in this country. 1t
says that there are only three or four snakes in
the United States whose bite is mortal, the only
ones at the North being the genuine rattlesnskc
and the copper head The prairie rattlesuske
of this country, It says, cannot kill by its bite,
though its venom causes great pain and severe
sickness for brief period. The service Of the
snake, il says, lies in the great amount of insects
and field mice which 1t destroys. They may be
poOd for somethinU
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

q h shows u What straits the opposition
Ass 1fivsn sAsa Il + slAtAd that sbsut the
ssssaosss ssAs1s tAksa against he new Conssisu.
tica have other besn upon its best poiais -
spoa articles common 70 the Cons,isssions Of
~ ssvsrsl States and Of The United ss.tes.- -
Aaan instance IN paint 1t IL psspss u stats tina.
tAs' Dsbsqss Expsess and Herald s osjecting
" 10 adoption on scsouns Of the foliorins:
NO person shall - deprived Of his lie, liberty
q property. viatest doe process Of hwr In
this saligbtesed nlseteenth csntsry I public
josynsi protesting Democratic principles objects
~ Coossitatioa because !, guarantees 70 every
serssn life, liberty, and property uatii they
ere deprived Of tbese rishts BY Adue process Of
law" This Objectionable feature OF the new
Constitution 10 found in the first article and first
section Of the old Constitution now in force
10 promulged In the Declaration Of Independ.
ence--and on Il securely rests oar free and Re.
publican Institutions and the whole fabric OF
Government in all civilized countries. And
what objection does the reader suppose the
knowing editors Of the Express and Herald can
find against clause which guarantees such i'm.
portant rights They say Il will interfere with
the execution Of the Fugitive Slave ia~l!
They would sweep away the bill of rights
habess eorpas-trial by jury. and everything
guaranteeing The rights of person and property
TO the three quarters Of million Of white per.
sons living in lows in order that the owners OF
human chattles may have clear field for the
capture Of few hundred negroea Such Is the
mos. dsgracsfal phase Of the "nigger question, /"
and the most abject and pitiable exhibition Of
doughfaccdnsss ever seen north Of Mason and
Dixons line! The Dubuque paper has made the
opposition Of tho lows State Gazette not only
respectable. but dignihsd and manly.
Another objection is pertinsciousIy urged
The new Constitution requires for the passage
Of every law majority Of all the members in
each branch Of the legislature. This upon trial
will be found an excelen. section. II will com.
pei full aud constant attendance of all the
members, prevent pairing of and greatly facil-
itate the transaction of public business. full
attendance upon the sessions of the Legislature
will DO compelled, and we believe the people of
the State will have cause to rejoice that the
trainers Of this Constitution did so wise thing
as 10 incorporate this new feature.
This 10 a fair sample of the character of the
opposition and shows how frivolous and heart
less 1t is--we had almost said how false and
corrupt
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

INTERESTING TO BILL HoLDERs.-John S. Dive,
editor of Dyes Wall Street Detector, transmitted
to the lierklmer County Bank, two mutilated
bills Tor redemption. The Cashier refused to-
redeem them, basng his refusal upon the fact
that the names of both the Cashier and Presi-
dent were torn off, though the Registers name
and the stamp of the Comptroer's Office were
still visible. Mr.. Dye then sent the bills to the
State Comptroller, who decided Thar the bills
must be redeemed by the bank, as long as the
Registers name and stamp them, even
though the names of tn: officers OF the bank be
Obiitcrated .sr-~.-4..r-es-g.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01
SherlH's Sale.

State Of Io'cd, Des .Moin.s County, IS.
DY virtue Of special execution directed Issued
ID the office of the Clerk of District Court for said
county, in favor Of C. X. Lt,efed against Joseph
Pat have levied upon and will expose sale TO the
highest bidder at my Office door in said county Of De,
Mnines, the Sd day Of July next A D. 1851 between
the hours of . O'Clock A N, and O'Clock NJ # ;, ID
day, the following described property, to-wit Lot No
fourteen. In Block No three in Barr cts Addition to tn,
City OF Burlington, with all the In provem on III,
sams. Taken and levied upon The property Of said
Joseph Plat to satisfy said writ of execution
June ,l. VIM GARRETT,
Sheriff IF Des NInss n Tour,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

How TO Srop TARL,. TuRNING.-Tn Ife course
OF his travels. tabie.turning reached Munich,
the capital OF Baysris Lebeg had recently
been established .htye as professor ST chemis-
try, the enlightened iovernment of that king
dom having drawn N thither from Glessen.-
The experiment of tabie-turl,ing succeeded
marvellous ty 1T first. Good and intelligent peo
pie were amazedat the phenomenon, and fairly
believed, either that spiritual forces were at
work lathe mahogany, or that sorue new physi.
cal Es~er was unfolding itself. They naturally
wesy to the great philosopher to obtain his
es,inion. He simply said place your hands
ander the table, and not on it, They did so,
and no table, however light. though running
Or castors over the polished floor under the
smallest isnpusion, you'd not bulge hairs
breadth. The good people of Munich, again
astonished at the facility with which they had
deceived Themselves, banked I.eibeg for open
ing their eyes; for is is not the custom there to
consult men of sceure on obscure subjects, and
then abuse them if heir opinions do not hap.
pen to coincide with the popular madness of
the hour-and tabIe-turnine has never trou-
bled Munich since. The explanation, was, of
course, that when their hands were under the
table, they could not push it without II con-
scous effort, inasnuch as the force of gravta,
ton was against them, And, as they were hon.
est people, they won'd not push, and as the
table was an honest ia bic, it would not 60. a'
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

ASriDoTE TO MosorrToEs.-A certain or even
tive TO attacks OF mosquitoes, black HES &C., i:
said to be-glyeerine, 4 o., o,i OF peppermi. ut
= drachms, oil of turpeniine 1 draci,rns TIL
face, hands in fact all parts exposed, 10 be rub
bed with the mixture This WAS given me BY
an eminent American physician, previous to 90
ing into the State of Maine on a hunting expe-
dition. never knew it used without pertee,
success.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

The New York Evening Post names fiI1ibus-
ter Walker the pirate of the Gulf" and very
properly compares him to Captain Kidd, of a
hundred years ago or more only that poor
Kidd returned to his country and was hung;
while Walker returns to his and is welcomed
with triumphal procession. Kidd was err,
aimed in history as Il pirate and ~ murderer -
Walker Is entertained, by our President, at the
seat Of government, and by his public, func-
tionaries In New in k, as =; missionary Of civ
Iilaton. - !, -
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

DEDICATION OF THIRD SrRgEr CHApEL.--This
beautiful church will be dedicated tomorrow a,
ten o'clock; sermon to DO preached by Rev. T.
N. Cunningham, Of Indianapolis. The pastor,
Rev. T. N. Oviatt, will be installed in the even.
ing with appropriate ceremonies.
In our notice the other day We should have
given credit for the design of the Gallery to Mr..
Slower As there is nothing in our city, in
Church Architecture, pres,ier than this gallery,
1t is proper that credit should be given to the
right party.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01
The MoLocR OF FAsHIoN.--The Paris CORES
pondent of the Boston Traveller SAYS:

1.-THE doctors have declared tina. the present
extraordinary invasion of colds, gr,pes and pc
ritoneal Inflammation (Which prove usually fatal
are entirely owing to the bell petticoats, which
expose the whole female person, from the waist
down to the feet, to the weather. Ladies' after
q promenade, return home shivering; the GRIN
olne has given them chill; and the first thing
we hear is that the family undertaken has been
sent for. Is it not strange that ladies should
never adopt any fashion which is not prejudi-
cial to health? Corsets, thin shoes microscopic
bonnets: and crinoline have murdered AS many
persons as MOloch himself.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

SetoRxP NAsoSs.-There are eight lodges Of
coieFea mnsons IN this State. Three in Cincin.
nan, one IN Columbus, and one in each Of the
cues OF Cleveland, Zanesville, Sandusky and
hauiilton. There are about thirty representa-.
f,ves to the Grand Lodge, now in session in this
city.-CeiRnabns ca = ' : =
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

RAILROAD AccIpENT-Yesterd morning q
construction train, while backing between Wash
ington and Cruger, ran over cow, which threw
the platform cars, with thirty or forty men on
them, off the track, killing one man instantly
and severely injurinEc several others. We did
not learn the name OF the one that was killed.
Peoria Trans Sat .5"-. --[t
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

HOOPS ORDERED OUT OF MARKEr.-The Nor
FOLK (Va.) Argus states that on Saturday, a mu-
ldtto girl went to the market of that city with
hoops so extensive that the clerk ordered her
away from the place as an obstruction. In the
meantime, noisy crowd had collected, and the
girl becoming frightened, attempted to tear her
hoops Oft, in which she was successfully aided
by two or three colored women present.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

VICTIMS OF THE PLAGUE DIsINTERREp AFTER
Two During the excavations which
are now taking place near tue tunnel of the,East
Kent Railway, a. Ordnance place, Chatha H. the
workmen have discovered a great number of
hannah remains, amounting in the whole, it is
said, to nearly fifty. The skeletons were dis.
covered at depth of scarcely more than three
feet below the surface Of the ground, nearly the
whole of them appearing as if having been bu-
ried in collins. Tie discovery of such number
OF skeletons has caused vast amount of inter-
est in the neighborhood, and speculation is rife
as to how they came to be buried at the spot in
question, which is far removed from anything
like n churchyard. Local ant,quarians seem to
be OF opinion that the bodies have been there
about two hundred years, and it has been sug-
gested that 1t is more than probable that they
are the remains of those persons who died dur
ing the great plague in 1866, as it is we'll
known fact, from the parish records, that Chat
ham suffered severely on that occasion, and
from fear of infection it appears feasible that
the bodies of the decvased persons would be
deposited as far away from the town as possible.
The bodies were lying east and west, the an.
Gent way OF placing the corpse in the grave.
The skulls of many of the bodies are very per.
feet, some OF the teeth being entire
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

Effkcrs OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES claims
two more suicides. George Stiles, of Milford,
shot himself through the heart, week before last,
and, day or two afterwards, his uncle, Vim.
Stiles, stabbed himself with tho shank Of hay
fork. Both were spiritualists, and died martyrs
to their faith
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

AcclnRsr.-ie afternoon, . black
horse, that vas attached TO . French sulkv EN-.
Ployed IN the excavation Of Mr. Letters cellar,
on Jefferson street, fell to the ground, and was
with some difficulty restored to his proper posi-
tioa. We did not understand that he wss ser;.
oasiy injured, and our reporter failed to 6nd
cut the cause Of the accidens--supposedt to have
been caused BY sudden hin,ness.